The Kansas City Royals ’ 8-6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park had one bright spot as slugger Salvador Perez made history with a single swing.

The veteran catcher crushed a splitter from Phillies starter Taijuan Walker in the third inning, sending the ball into the left-center seats for his 300th career home run and 1,000th career RBI . The blast came just two innings after Perez had already taken Walker deep for a two-run shot, his 299th homer that pushed his career RBI total to 999. Expand Tweet

Perez also became only the eighth primary catcher in Major League Baseball history (minimum 75% of games caught) to reach 300 home runs. The World Series MVP joined a list of legends that includes Mike Piazza, Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk, Yogi Ber

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