The Venezuelan of the Kansas City Royals, Salvador Perez, is still on fire with the wood and this Saturday he hit his 39th homer of the current season of Major League Baseball – MLB, matching Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Through the game Royals vs White Sox, Salvador Pérez hit his thirty-ninth home run of the current 2021 season, this being a hit that puts him three behind the Japanese Shohei Ohtani, who is the leader of this department in the Big leagues.
Undoubtedly, Perez He has been the best Venezuelan in the MLB this year 2021 and by means of home runs he continues to show it, this being one of two runs to put the game 6-3 at the height of the third inning in the bottom half.
The Dominican pitcher Reynaldo López was the one who suffered the power of the Venezuelan of the Royals, since he left the slider power zone and the consequence was a home run through the center field, which went to 105. miles per hour and reached 428 feet away.
Here’s the home run:
In addition, with this hit the Venezuelan becomes a one-man law to arrive for the first time in his career to a 40-homer season, undoubtedly being his best season so far in Major League Baseball.
Recalling, after having five consecutive full-return hits last week, he became the American League catcher with the most home runs in a season of MLB, beating the record of legend Carlton Fisk.
Added to this, Salvador Pérez, He is only nine home runs away from reaching 200 for life in his career, being an extremely positive year that could lead him to win the 2021 Luis Aparicio Award, which honors the best Venezuelan in MLB.
After this homer with which he gets to three of Ohtani, “Salvy” is hitting .276, with 142 hits, 96 RBIs and 67 scored in 134 games with the Royals.