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Brewers use 7-run third inning to complete sweep of Royals

The Brewers completed a sweep of the Royals on Sunday afternoon, powered by a huge third inning and a strong relief appearance from usual-starter Eric Lauer at American Family Field.

Salvador Perez homered for the second consecutive day in the first inning, giving the Royals a quick 1-0 lead. Christian Yelich hit his third homer in two days to lead off the bottom half of the inning, tying it up 1-1 after the first.

Christian Yelich: home run machine#ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/5ZraG2YqCa

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) May 14, 2023

The Royals put together some offense in the second, as Nick Pratto singled before Michael Massey walked and Bobby Witt Jr.