MLB, round 24
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TOR | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
 KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
The Toronto Blue Jays rolled past the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Friday at Kauffman Stadium.
The Blue Jays led after every inning. The big inning was the first, when the Blue Jays scored 4.
The Blue Jays improve to 71-71. The Royals fall to 63-79.
Attendance: 18,218.
Full recap at ESPN: Kirk, Clement and Springer each drive in 2 runs as Blue Jays beat Royals 9-2 to reach .500Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Bateman CF | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .330 | .390 | .394 |
| G. Springer RF | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .251 | .324 | .417 |
| V. Guerrero Jr. 1B | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .262 | .333 | .358 |
| S. Keys DH | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .214 | .250 | .381 |
| A. Kirk C | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .274 | .345 | .413 |
| K. Okamoto 3B | 1-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .227 | .301 | .438 |
| C. McAdoo 2B | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .237 | .289 | .342 |
| J. Smith 2B | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .219 | .314 | .320 |
| E. Clement 2B | 2-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .276 | .302 | .388 |
| N. Lukes RF | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .265 | .316 | .389 |
| M. Straw CF | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .236 | .299 | .350 |
| Team | 13-38 | 38 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 134 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Taillon SP | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29-18 | 5.65 | 29 |
| J. Mantiply RP | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23-14 | 2.57 | 23 |
| B. Fisher RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14-7 | 3.21 | 14 |
| B. Little RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31-18 | 7.54 | 31 |
| M. Lorenzen SP | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33-27 | 7.03 | 33 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 130-84 | 130 |
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Jensen C | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .231 | .316 | .443 |
| L. Maile C | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .176 | .273 |
| B. Witt Jr. SS | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .283 | .360 | .452 |
| T. Tolbert SS | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .307 | .375 | .430 |
| J. Caglianone RF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .281 | .330 | .493 |
| S. Perez DH | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .224 | .268 | .377 |
| M. Lugo LF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| V. Pasquantino 1B | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .241 | .328 | .382 |
| N. Loftin 3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .237 | .326 | .388 |
| M. Massey 2B | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .280 | .315 | .446 |
| I. Collins LF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .226 | .324 | .344 |
| K. Isbel CF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .232 | .279 | .350 |
| Team | 6-31 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 130 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Lynch IV RP | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70-46 | 3.51 | 70 |
| N. Hoffman RP | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31-21 | 5.87 | 31 |
| E. McGee RP | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33-19 | 6.97 | 33 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 134-86 | 134 |
Kirk singled to right, Bateman scored, Guerrero Jr. to third.
Okamoto singled to left, Guerrero Jr. scored, Kirk to second.
Clement doubled to left, Kirk scored and McAdoo scored.
Witt Jr. homered to left (410 feet).
Kirk doubled to center, Straw scored, Guerrero Jr. to third.
Straw hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Clement scored, Lukes to second.
Springer doubled to right, Bateman scored and Lukes scored.
Keys homered to right (399 feet).
Pasquantino homered to right (369 feet).
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