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Salvador Perez reaches 1,000 hits for his career

Salvador Perez has already won accolades as an All-Star, Gold Glove winner, Silver Slugger winner, and World Series MVP. Now that he is 30, we can start seeing him pass impressive career milestones.

Salvy was off to a slow start this year, hitting just .185 going into tonight’s game against the Angels, and he was a few hits shy of 1,000 for his career. He got his season kick-started with singles in the first and fourth inning. Then in the sixth, he put the Royals on the board with an RBI single to lift his average all the way to .