A late rally carried the Kansas City Royals past the Toronto Blue Jays, with Salvador Perez’s go-ahead single in the fifth giving the Royals a lead they never relinquished.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| TOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Seth Lugo set the tone for Kansas City with a strong start, limiting Toronto’s offense and earning the win. The Royals’ bullpen then held the advantage through the finish.
Salvador Perez’s single brought Bobby Witt Jr. home in the fifth. In the sixth, Nick Loftin scored on Kyle Isbel’s sacrifice bunt and a throwing error by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., before John Rave scored on Carter Jensen’s sacrifice fly. John Rave later singled to bring Tyler Tolbert home in the ninth.
Toronto made a late push when Nathan Lukes’ single brought Daz Cameron and Brett Bateman across, but the Blue Jays could not complete the comeback. Max Scherzer took the loss for Toronto.
Kansas City extended its winning streak, while Toronto saw its losing streak continue. The game belonged to the Royals’ late rally, which created separation and gave their pitching enough room to finish the job.
Kansas City Royals defeated Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3.
- Brett Bateman went 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored (batting .328 on the season).
- Bobby Witt went 0-for-3 with 1 run scored (batting .288 on the season).
- Ernie Clement went 1-for-4 (batting .283 on the season).
- Max Scherzer allowed 2 runs on 4 hits over 5.0 innings, striking out 4, and took the loss (1-7) (7.02 ERA).
- Seth Lugo allowed 1 run on 6 hits over 5.0 innings, striking out 5, to earn the win (6-7) (4.61 ERA).
- Connor Thomas allowed 0 runs on 0 hits over 1.0 inning (13.06 ERA).
Toronto Blue Jays fell to 64-69 (2 straight losses); Kansas City Royals improved to 59-74 (9 straight wins).