PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs, helping the Kansas City Royals overcome Kyle Schwarber's NL-high 52nd homer and delay the Philadelphia Phillies from clinching the NL East with a 10-3 win Sunday.
Philadelphia, which entered with a six-game winning steak, leads the NL East by 12 games over the second-place New York Mets, who beat the Rangers 4-2 in 10 innings on Sunday on Pete Alonzo's three-run home run. The Phillies' magic number remains at one.
Perez hit his third homer in two games, a three-run drive off Aaron Nola (4-9) in a four-run sixth that built a 6-2 lead. He added a two-run single in the seventh as the Royals ended a six-game losing streak.
Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto homered in the first off Noah Cameron (8-7), who allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings.
Jac Caglianone tied the score with a two-run homer in the fifth and Bobby Witt Jr. homered in the ninth against Max Lazar.
Royals closer Carlos Estévez got two outs in the ninth before leaving with an apparent injury.
Witt led off the sixth with a triple off the high wall in right and scored on a double by Vinny Pasquantino, who had three hits.
Kansas City has been swept in series just four times this season, second-fewest in the AL.
Royals: Host Seattle and RHP Logan Gilbert (4-6, 3.54) in a series starting Tuesday.
Phillies: LHP Rangers Suárez (12-6, 2.77) starts Monday night's series opener at the Los Angeles Dodgers.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer off Luis Curvelo, and the New York Mets stopped an eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
Their lead for the last NL wild card berth down to a half-game, the Mets backed rookie rookie Nolan McLean with a 2-0 lead only for Joc Pederson to tie the score with a two-run single in the seventh off Reed Garrett.
Alonso hit an opposite-field homer to right off Curvelo (1-1), then saluted the Mets' dugout and tossed his helmet before reaching first base. As he rounded third, Alonso began untucking his shirt before he sprinted across the plate and was doused with popcorn by jubilant teammates. He ended the Mets' longest losing streak since 2018, raising his season totals to 34 homers and 117 RBIs.
Texas had won six straight games and began the day two games back in both the AL West and for the final AL wild card.
Making his sixth big league start, McLean gave up five hits, struck out seven and walked two, lowering his ERA to 1.19.
Francisco Alvarez raced home from third on Juan Soto's fifth-inning groundout off starter Jacob Latz and Brandon Nimmo homered leading off the sixth for the Mets.
Alonso has five career walk-off- homers.
McLean's ERA is the lowest by a Mets pitcher through his first six startsy.
Rangers: RHP Jack Leiter (9-8, 3.81 ERA) starts Monday's series opener against division rival Houston, which starts RHP Jason Alexander (4-1, 4.19)
Mets: RHP Clay Holmes (11-8, 3.75 ERA) will be opn the mound for Tuesday's series opener against San Diego and RHP Michael King (4-2, 2.87 ERA). Holmes, who has thrown a career-high 151 innings, will likely be piggybacked by LHP Sean Manaea.