Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays

KC 5 — 3 TOR
Final — 2026-08-25
MVP: Seth Lugo 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 K

Kansas City Royals defeated Toronto Blue Jays 5-3. Seth Lugo led the way with 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 K. Seth Lugo earned the win and Max Scherzer took the loss.

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KC 100012001 5
TOR 100000002 3

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Salvador Perez grounds into a double play, shortstop Andrés Giménez to second baseman Ernie Clement to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. Vinnie Pasquantino out at 2nd. Salvador Perez out at 1st. (1-0)
Bot 1: Jesús Sánchez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Isaac Collins. Brett Bateman scores. (1-1)
Top 5: Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Myles Straw. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 3rd. (2-1)
Top 6: Kyle Isbel hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Nick Loftin scores. John Rave to 3rd. Kyle Isbel to 2nd. (3-1)
Top 6: Carter Jensen out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brett Bateman. John Rave scores. (4-1)
Top 9: John Rave singles on a line drive to center fielder Brett Bateman. Tyler Tolbert scores. (5-1)
Bot 9: Nathan Lukes singles on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Daz Cameron scores. Brett Bateman scores. Nathan Lukes out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Isaac Collins to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Tyler Tolbert. (5-3)

KC — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Jensen C4110001120 .219.301.401.702
Tolbert 2B2110000011 .290.358.421.779
Collins LF4020000100 .231.330.349.679
Perez DH4010001110 .222.268.375.643
Loftin 3B5110000020 .237.330.383.713
Rave RF4120001110 .232.303.464.767
Massey 2B2000000100 .276.310.444.754
Pasquantino 1B3010000201 .245.332.379.711
Isbel CF4010000010 .241.287.368.655
Witt SS3100000210 .288.365.458.823

TOR — Batting

NamePOSABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
Clement 2B4010000010 .283.308.401.709
Gimenez SS3021000000 .243.288.361.649
Valenzuela C2000000000 .227.305.384.689
Bateman CF5230000020 .328.362.406.768
Lukes RF4020002100 .263.316.375.691
Springer PH1000000000 .239.317.390.707
Guerrero 1B4011000000 .262.335.354.689
Cameron LF1110000000 .294.278.529.807
Sanchez DH2000001010 .262.320.425.745
Straw LF2000000010 .217.272.332.604
Kirk C2000000000 .280.360.420.780
Okamoto 3B3000000120 .229.302.436.738

KC — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Thomas 1.0000000 10-5 13.062.23H
Pearson 1.0100110 25-13 2.411.22H
Lugo 5.0611150 89-53 4.611.38W
Cruz 1.0322000 12-9 4.441.24
Schreiber 1.0000010 13-10 3.721.30H

TOR — Pitching

NameIPHRERBBSOHRPC-STERAWHIPDecision
Little 1.0000130 21-11 8.552.20
Sewald 1.0100210 22-14 5.651.12
Scherzer 5.0422540 92-51 7.021.54L
Fluharty 0.2000100 9-8 3.591.25
Fisher 0.1220000 12-7 3.411.24
Rogers 1.0311010 18-12 1.941.18

Venue: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario

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