In the moments after the Royals lost a series finale in Baltimore to the Orioles on Thursday night, Royals catcher Salvador Perez sat at his locker in Camden Yards and struggled to muster a smile.
He'd hit a grand slam on his 28th birthday. That was cool, he said.
But it wasn't enough.
Given another chance to provide a lift against the Indians on Friday in Cleveland, however, Perez delivered in spades.
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