Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in Friday's 4-3 loss to Oakland.
Fantasy Impact
Perez put the Royals on the scoreboard by belting a solo shot off Athletics pitcher Cole Irvin in the top of the seventh inning. He went deep again off Jake Diekman in eighh frame to tie the game 3-3. The 31-year-old is on a five-game hitting streak and it hitting .400 (8-for-20) with two homers during that span. Perez is a surefire top-3 catcher in fantasy and leads all backtstops with 16 long balls in 2021.