Witt Jr. and Perez homer to back Cameron's strong start as Royals beat Pirates 9-3
Cameron (3–4) struck out seven in a season-high seven innings. The left-hander allowed three hits, a walk, and two runs–on Tommy Pham's two-run shot in the third. Witt went 2 for 3 and scored twice to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. Witt hit his 13th homer, a two-run shot the opposite way to right-center field off reliever Chase Shugart, to give the Royals a 6–2 lead in the fourth. He added a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Witt finished off a seven-game trip Sunday by extending his club-record hitting streak on the road to 25 games.
Perez hit his 11th homer, a solo shot to left in the fifth, for a five-run advantage. He hit his 24th double off the top of the wall in left to drive in a run for a 3–2 lead in the third. Vinnie Pasquantino hit a two-out pitch from Andrew Heaney in the first for his 15th homer and a 1–0 lead. Nick Loftin hit his second, a one-out solo shot off Génesis Cabrera in the eighth.
Heaney (4–8) threw 76 pitches and allowed four runs in three innings. Pham's homer was his third. It snapped Pittsburgh's 30-inning scoreless streak and gave the Pirates a 2–1 lead.
Steven Cruz pitched a scoreless eighth, and Jonathan Bowlan allowed Alexander Canario's RBI single in the ninth to finish for Kansas City.
Key moment: Cameron didn't surrender a hit after Bryan Reynolds' leadoff single in the third.
Key stat: The Royals hit more home runs in their first home game of July than they did in the month of June.
Up next: Pirates RHP Mitch Keller (3–10, 3.64) starts Tuesday opposite Royals RHP Seth Lugo (6–5, 2.65).
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