Kansas City’s Salvador Perez clubbed a two-run shot in the seventh inning on Wednesday to tie George Brett’s Royals franchise record of 317 career home runs.

Perez’s 437-foot blast in a 5-4 home win over the San Francisco Giants went to the fountains beyond the wall in right-center. The homer off right-hander Landen Roupp pulled the Royals within 3-2.

Perez, who has played all 15 of his major league seasons with Kansas City, has hit three of his 14 homers this season in the last five games.

In an on-field postgame interview, Perez said he was honored to be in the same category as Brett, the Hall of Famer who excelled for the Royals from 1973-93.

“Everybody knows what George Brett did here for this city,” Perez said. “To be (tied with) a Hall of Famer, I’m certainly excited, too.”

Perez, 36, is batting just .211 with 43 RBIs in 95 games this season. He is a nine-time All-Star and a five-time Gold Glove catcher.

–Field Level Media

Scottie Scheffler wasn’t about to take three weeks off before the FedEx Cup playoffs commence.

The World No. 1 golfer chose to fly from England to Minnesota and compete for the first time at the 3M Open, where he’ll be far and away the favorite when the tournament tees off Thursday in Blaine, Minn.

Scheffler missed the weekend at the Genesis Scottish Open — his first missed cut in about four years — before tying for fourth at the Open Championship last week at Royal Birkdale. There are three tournaments to go before the playoffs, and while Scheffler certainly doesn’t need a points boost as he leads the FedEx Cup standings, he didn’t want rust to gather.

“This is a tournament that I haven’t played before, so excited to be here,” Scheffler said. “This might be my first time in Minnesota. I’m not sure if I’ve ever actually been to this state before.

“For me it was good scheduling. Like I said, we had two weeks in the UK, and three weeks off before the Playoffs didn’t seem like the most ideal way to set up my schedule. This was a tournament that I’ve heard a lot of good things about and so far everything seems pretty true, which is nice. So I’m excited to get the week started and yeah, play some golf.”

Most players of Scheffler’s caliber are taking at least one week off after the UK swing. That leaves the Texan as the most notable player at TPC Twin Cities by a mile. He’s the +260 favorite to win at DraftKings and +275 to win at BetMGM; defending champion Kurt Kitayama is a distant second at +2400 and +2500, respectively.

The thing is, Scheffler went 0-for-4 at the majors for the first time since 2023 and has not won a tournament of any stripe since January. He’s atop the FedEx Cup standings despite that.

“One of the things I like in this game, one of the things that I’ve always kind of prided myself on is the consistency,” he said. “That’s something that shows that I’m playing some pretty good golf. It just hasn’t been quite good enough to win some tournaments.

“I haven’t played any great golf yet, but I’ve played some nice golf over the course of the season.”

Last year, Kitayama squeaked into the weekend at 6-under-par when the cut line was at 5 under. He proceeded to fire an 11-under 60 on Saturday and a 65 on Sunday to win by one stroke over Sam Stevens.

Kitayama posted a remarkable 13 birdies in 18 holes on the front nine of the third and fourth rounds.

“I feel like I had a few more wedges maybe on the front nine,” Kitayama recalled. “I hit those close on the weekend. Back nine maybe (played) a little tougher. You know, coming down the stretch, maybe (played) a little more conservative.”

Other notables in the field include Scottish Open champion Tom Kim of South Korea, Hideki Matsuyama of Japan, Max Homa and Canada’s Corey Conners. They’ll take on a par-71, 7,431-yard track that has produced winning scores in the high teens or low 20s under par most years since the tournament’s inception in 2019.

Aaron Wise, a former PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, will continue his comeback after taking off nearly two full years to address his mental health. After missing his first six cuts of 2026, he’s made his last three, including a T3 finish at the ISCO Championship and a T15 at the Corales Puntacana Championship, alternate events opposite the Scottish and The Open.

“It’s just a matter of … the days are stressful, so how do you then calm yourself down, how do you even deal with the stress as the day’s going on,” Wise said. “Keeping your mind in a good frame to where you feel like you can go keep hitting good shots and keep playing well, and on top of it, enjoying it.

“Even though it’s stressful, we’re supposed to like being out here. We started playing golf because we love the game.”

–Field Level Media

Joey Ortiz ripped a two-run triple, collected three hits and scored twice to fuel the Brewers to a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday afternoon in Milwaukee.

Christian Yelich had an RBI single in Milwaukee’s three-run second inning and a run-scoring triple in the sixth for the Brewers, who captured the decisive contest of the three-game series. Milwaukee has won five of six games since the All-Star break.

Logan Henderson (4-1) allowed two runs on five hits and matched a career high with nine strikeouts over five innings. He also fanned nine batters in his MLB debut against the Athletics on April 20, 2025.

Aaron Ashby struck out four batters over two scoreless innings and Abner Uribe bridged the gap to Trevor Megill, who allowed New York’s Francisco Alvarez an RBI single in the ninth before retiring the side to secure his 16th save of the season.

Marcus Semien belted a solo homer in the second inning and Brett Baty added a homer in the fifth to atone for a previous miscue in the field.

Semien capped a seven-pitch at-bat by depositing a Henderson heater over the wall in left field. The homer was Semien’s 10th of the season and first since June 14.

Milwaukee responded with two outs in its half of the inning. Baty misplayed an Ortiz fly ball in right field and allowed Garrett Mitchell and Andrew Vaughn to score. Ortiz trotted home on Yelich’s single to left field off Christian Scott (3-2).

Baty halved New York’s deficit after belting a 1-2 changeup from Henderson over the wall in right field. The homer was Baty’s sixth of the season and third in the last seven games.

The Brewers got that run back in the sixth, as Ortiz scored following Yelich’s blast that caromed off the wall in center field.

Scott permitted three runs on four hits with three walks in 3 2/3 innings.

–Field Level Media