Greg Holland has thrown to Salvador Perez enough times in their careers as Royals to not have any fear about throwing a slider in the dirt with a runner on third base.
So with two out in the ninth inning on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium, that’s exactly what Holland did. The reliever needed one more out in the club’s eventual 3-2 win over the Angels and Holland had two strikes on Jared Walsh with the bases loaded and David Fletcher on third.
There came the signature slider. It took one hop in the dirt, bounced off Perez’s chest as he went to block it and then bounced to hit Walsh in the leg. As the ball rolled past Perez, he looked up to see Fletcher halfway down the third-base line looking to score on a wild pitch, so Perez fired the ball to Hunter Dozier at third for the pickoff and third out. The Angels challenged the call, but Fletcher was ruled out.
Royals host the Angels this afternoon, Brad Keller starts for KC
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