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Guerrero drives in 2, Bichette has 2 hits in return from injury, Blue Jays beat Royals 5-4

TORONTO (AP) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, Bo Bichette had two hits and two RBIs in his return from injury and the Toronto Blue Jays held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Friday night.

Guerrero’s two-run double off right-hander Carlos Hernández (1-10) helped the Blue Jays (78-63) hold onto the final AL wild-card berth with their fourth win in five games.

Toronto matched a season best by moving 15 games above .500. The Blue Jays are 23-19 in one-run games. Kansas City, at 44-98, fell behind Oakland for the worst record in major leagues.

Bichette went 2 for 5 and scored once after being activated off the 10-day injured list before the game.

“When he has runners on base, he does anything to bring them in,” Guerrero said of his fellow All-Star through a translator. “It’s great to have him back.”

Bichette, the two-time AL hits leader, returned after missing nine games because of a strained right quadriceps.

“Just having him back in the lineup is definitely huge,” Blue Jays left-hander Yusei Kikuchi said through a translator. “It puts a lot of pressure on the other teams. He’s a big presence in our lineup and also a leader. It’s really good to have a leader like him back.”

Blue Jays manager John Schneider called Bichette “an instant shot of energy to our offense.”

“He hasn’t seen live pitching in 10 or 12 days and he’s taking tough pitches,” Schneider said. “It’s impressive what he can do in the box.”

Royals manager Matt Quatraro wasn’t as pleased to see Bichette back.

“I would have been a lot happier if he had a few more days off,” Quatraro joked.

Blue Jays rookie Davis Schneider reached base four times. He doubled in the second and fourth, and walked in the sixth and seventh.

Chad Green (2-0) got two outs for the win and left-hander Tim Mayza got one out in the eighth. Closer Jordan Romano recorded the final four outs for his 33rd save in 36 chances despite giving up an RBI single to Salvador Perez in the ninth. Edward Olivares flied out to end it, stranding runners at first and second.

Kansas City left-hander Austin Cox had to be helped off the field in the seventh after injuring his left knee while covering first base.

“He’s in some pain,” Quatraro said. “We’re going to get more diagnostic testing and see exactly what it is.”

Cox struck out pinch hitter Santiago Espinal to begin the inning, but went down while trying to get to the base on Alejandro Kirk’s infield single.

“It’s really tough,” Royals infielder Nick Loftin said. “Saying a lot of prayers for him.”

Hernández came on to replace Cox.

Tyler Heineman pinch ran for Kirk and advanced on a wild pitch before Kevin Kiermaier flied out. George Springer walked and Bichette tied it with a first-pitch single.

Guerrero followed with a two-run double. He has 16 RBIs in 24 career games against Kansas City.

Pinch-hitter Ernie Clement capped the four-run rally with a two-out RBI single off left-hander Tucker Davidson.

Bobby Witt Jr. cut it to 5-3 in the eighth when he doubled and scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by pinch-hitter Olivares.

Royals outfielder Dairon Blanco hit a two-out solo homer off Kikuchi in the third, his second.

It was the second homer off Kikuchi in 10 starts since the All-Star break. Kikuchi allowed one run and three hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out eight.

Toronto tied it against right-hander Alec Marsh in the sixth when Kiermaier led off with a triple and scored on Bichette’s one-out double.

Kansas City reclaimed the lead with a two-out rally against right-hander Trevor Richards in the seventh. Freddy Fermin singled and scored on Loftin’s first career triple. Richards left after walking Kyle Isbel and Green came on to strike out Blanco.

Right-hander Collin Snider opened for the Royals and allowed one hit in two scoreless innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: Kansas City activated 1B Nick Pratto (left groin) off the IL and optioned INF Matt Beaty to Triple-A Omaha.

Blue Jays: John Schneider said C Danny Jansen will miss the rest of the regular season after having surgery Thursday on his fractured right middle finger. Jansen’s status for the playoffs will be evaluated if Toronto advances to the postseason. … 3B Matt Chapman resumed hitting and fielding drills Friday after having a splint removed from his sprained right middle finger.

ROSTER MOVES

To make room for Bichette, Toronto optioned INF Mason McCoy to Triple-A Buffalo.

ROYAL PAIN

Toronto has won eight of its past nine home meetings with Kansas City.

ROCKY ROAD

The Royals are a major league-worst 18-52 on the road.

UP NEXT

RHP Kevin Gausman (10-8, 3.39 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays on Saturday. Kansas City hasn’t announced a starter.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC44-98	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	9	1
Blue Jays TOR78-63	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	X	5	9	0

Rogers CentreToronto, ON

W: C. Green (2-0)L: C. Hernandez (1-10)S: J. Romano (33)
HR: KC - D. Blanco (3)

KCRoyals

TORBlue Jays

.Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi
P
5.0 IP, ER, BB, 8 SO, 88 P
.A. MarshAlec Marsh
P
4.0 IP, ER, 2 BB, 6 SO, 65 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Garcia 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.280	.326	.379	.706	0.0
B. Witt SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	.273	.313	.496	.808	3.0
S. Perez 1B	5	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	.249	.289	.418	.707	3.5
M. Melendez LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.237	.309	.398	.707	-0.5
a- E. Olivares PH-LF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.256	.307	.438	.745	1.0
N. Velazquez DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	.252	.310	.636	.946	1.5
D. Waters PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.307	.391	.698	0.0
F. Fermin C	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.281	.321	.461	.781	4.0
N. Loftin 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.368	.478	.632	1.110	3.5
K. Isbel CF	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	.230	.266	.371	.637	4.0
D. Blanco RF	4	1	1	1	1	0	3	4	.238	.310	.429	.739	4.5

HITTERS	AB
M. Garcia 3B	4
B. Witt SS	4
S. Perez 1B	5
M. Melendez LF	3
a- E. Olivares PH-LF	2
N. Velazquez DH	3
D. Waters PR-DH	0
F. Fermin C	3
N. Loftin 2B	4
K. Isbel CF	2
D. Blanco RF	4

a-hit into fielder's choice for Melendez in the 8th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
G. Springer RF	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	.258	.332	.400	.733	1.5
B. Bichette SS	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	.315	.344	.489	.833	6.0
V. Guerrero 1B	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.266	.342	.436	.779	4.5
D. Schneider DH	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	.403	.535	.881	1.415	6.0
C. Biggio 3B	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	.222	.327	.367	.693	1.5
b- E. Clement PH-2B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.425	.429	.575	1.004	2.0
W. Merrifield 2B-LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	7	.281	.323	.396	.719	-0.5
D. Varsho LF	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.220	.286	.371	.657	-1.0
a- S. Espinal PH-3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.305	.322	.627	-0.5
A. Kirk C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.256	.339	.359	.698	0.5
T. Heineman PR-C	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.214	.371	.250	.621	0.5
K. Kiermaier CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.277	.336	.433	.769	5.0

HITTERS	AB
G. Springer RF	3
B. Bichette SS	5
V. Guerrero 1B	4
D. Schneider DH	2
C. Biggio 3B	1
b- E. Clement PH-2B	1
W. Merrifield 2B-LF	4
D. Varsho LF	2
a- S. Espinal PH-3B	2
A. Kirk C	3
T. Heineman PR-C	1
K. Kiermaier CF	4

a-struck out for Varsho in the 7th
b-singled for Biggio in the 7th

2B - B. Witt (26)
3B - N. Loftin
HR - D. Blanco (2)
RBI - S. Perez (64), E. Olivares (26), N. Loftin (4), D. Blanco (17)
2-Out RBI - S. Perez, N. Loftin, D. Blanco
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - E. Olivares, N. Loftin 2 (2), D. Blanco 2 (2)

2B - B. Bichette (27), V. Guerrero (28), D. Schneider 2 (9)
3B - K. Kiermaier (6)
RBI - B. Bichette 2 (64), V. Guerrero 2 (84), E. Clement (9)
2-Out RBI - B. Bichette, V. Guerrero 2 (2), E. Clement
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - B. Bichette, C. Biggio, W. Merrifield 4 (4), D. Varsho

SB - K. Isbel (7)

DP - (Snider-Loftin-Perez)
E - F. Fermin (9)

DP - 2 (Bichette-Merrifield-Guerrero; Bichette-Merrifield-Guerrero)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Snider	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	3.55	1.50	4.5
A. Marsh	4.0	3	1	1	2	6	5.95	1.63	9.0
A. Cox (H, 5)	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	4.79	1.29	-0.5
C. Hernandez (L, 1-10) (BS, 5)	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	4.81	1.19	-11.0
T. Davidson	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	6.46	1.67	2.5

PITCHERS	IP
C. Snider	2.0
A. Marsh	4.0
A. Cox (H, 5)	0.1
C. Hernandez (L, 1-10) (BS, 5)	0.1
T. Davidson	1.1

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
Y. Kikuchi	5.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	3.57	1.24	14.0
J. Hicks	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.56	1.40	2.5
T. Richards	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	4.06	1.24	-1.5
C. Green (W, 2-0)	0.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	13.50	2.10	7.0
T. Mayza (H, 22)	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	1.24	-1.0
J. Romano (S, 33)	1.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.65	1.18	7.5

PITCHERS	IP
Y. Kikuchi	5.0
J. Hicks	1.0
T. Richards	0.2
C. Green (W, 2-0)	0.2
T. Mayza (H, 22)	0.1
J. Romano (S, 33)	1.1

Pitches-Strikes - C. Snider 20-13, A. Marsh 65-40, A. Cox 10-6, C. Hernandez 20-8, T. Davidson 27-19
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C. Snider 3-1, A. Marsh 5-2, A. Cox 1-0, C. Hernandez 1-1, T. Davidson 2-1
Batters Faced - C. Snider 7, A. Marsh 17, A. Cox 2, C. Hernandez 5, T. Davidson 7

Pitches-Strikes - Y. Kikuchi 88-62, J. Hicks 11-5, T. Richards 28-17, C. Green 13-8, T. Mayza 10-4, J. Romano 29-18
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Y. Kikuchi 6-2, J. Hicks 1-0, T. Richards 0-3, T. Mayza 1-1, J. Romano 1-2
Batters Faced - Y. Kikuchi 18, J. Hicks 3, T. Richards 5, C. Green 4, T. Mayza 3, J. Romano 7

.Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi
P
5.0 IP, ER, BB, 8 SO, 88 P
.A. MarshAlec Marsh
P
4.0 IP, ER, 2 BB, 6 SO, 65 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC44-98	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	9	1
Blue Jays TOR78-63	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	X	5	9	0

Rogers CentreToronto, ON

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Garcia 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.280	.326	.379	.706	0.0
B. Witt SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	.273	.313	.496	.808	3.0
S. Perez 1B	5	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	.249	.289	.418	.707	3.5
M. Melendez LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.237	.309	.398	.707	-0.5
a- E. Olivares PH-LF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.256	.307	.438	.745	1.0
N. Velazquez DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	.252	.310	.636	.946	1.5
D. Waters PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.307	.391	.698	0.0
F. Fermin C	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	.281	.321	.461	.781	4.0
N. Loftin 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.368	.478	.632	1.110	3.5
K. Isbel CF	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	.230	.266	.371	.637	4.0
D. Blanco RF	4	1	1	1	1	0	3	4	.238	.310	.429	.739	4.5
Total	34	4	9	4	1	6	13	18	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Garcia 3B	4
B. Witt SS	4
S. Perez 1B	5
M. Melendez LF	3
a- E. Olivares PH-LF	2
N. Velazquez DH	3
D. Waters PR-DH	0
F. Fermin C	3
N. Loftin 2B	4
K. Isbel CF	2
D. Blanco RF	4
Total	34

a-hit into fielder's choice for Melendez in the 8th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
G. Springer RF	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	.258	.332	.400	.733	1.5
B. Bichette SS	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	.315	.344	.489	.833	6.0
V. Guerrero 1B	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.266	.342	.436	.779	4.5
D. Schneider DH	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	.403	.535	.881	1.415	6.0
C. Biggio 3B	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	.222	.327	.367	.693	1.5
b- E. Clement PH-2B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.425	.429	.575	1.004	2.0
W. Merrifield 2B-LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	7	.281	.323	.396	.719	-0.5
D. Varsho LF	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.220	.286	.371	.657	-1.0
a- S. Espinal PH-3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.305	.322	.627	-0.5
A. Kirk C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.256	.339	.359	.698	0.5
T. Heineman PR-C	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.214	.371	.250	.621	0.5
K. Kiermaier CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.277	.336	.433	.769	5.0
Total	32	5	9	5	5	9	14	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
G. Springer RF	3
B. Bichette SS	5
V. Guerrero 1B	4
D. Schneider DH	2
C. Biggio 3B	1
b- E. Clement PH-2B	1
W. Merrifield 2B-LF	4
D. Varsho LF	2
a- S. Espinal PH-3B	2
A. Kirk C	3
T. Heineman PR-C	1
K. Kiermaier CF	4
Total	32

a-struck out for Varsho in the 7th
b-singled for Biggio in the 7th

2B - B. Witt (26)
3B - N. Loftin
HR - D. Blanco (2)
RBI - S. Perez (64), E. Olivares (26), N. Loftin (4), D. Blanco (17)
2-Out RBI - S. Perez, N. Loftin, D. Blanco
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - E. Olivares, N. Loftin 2 (2), D. Blanco 2 (2)

2B - B. Bichette (27), V. Guerrero (28), D. Schneider 2 (9)
3B - K. Kiermaier (6)
RBI - B. Bichette 2 (64), V. Guerrero 2 (84), E. Clement (9)
2-Out RBI - B. Bichette, V. Guerrero 2 (2), E. Clement
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - B. Bichette, C. Biggio, W. Merrifield 4 (4), D. Varsho

SB - K. Isbel (7)

DP - (Snider-Loftin-Perez)
E - F. Fermin (9)

DP - 2 (Bichette-Merrifield-Guerrero; Bichette-Merrifield-Guerrero)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Snider	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	3.55	1.50	4.5
A. Marsh	4.0	3	1	1	2	6	5.95	1.63	9.0
A. Cox (H, 5)	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	4.79	1.29	-0.5
C. Hernandez (L, 1-10) (BS, 5)	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	4.81	1.19	-11.0
T. Davidson	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	6.46	1.67	2.5
Total	8.0	9	5	5	5	9	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
C. Snider	2.0
A. Marsh	4.0
A. Cox (H, 5)	0.1
C. Hernandez (L, 1-10) (BS, 5)	0.1
T. Davidson	1.1
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
Y. Kikuchi	5.0	3	1	1	1	8	1	3.57	1.24	14.0
J. Hicks	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.56	1.40	2.5
T. Richards	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	4.06	1.24	-1.5
C. Green (W, 2-0)	0.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	13.50	2.10	7.0
T. Mayza (H, 22)	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	1.24	-1.0
J. Romano (S, 33)	1.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.65	1.18	7.5
Total	9.0	9	4	4	6	13	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
Y. Kikuchi	5.0
J. Hicks	1.0
T. Richards	0.2
C. Green (W, 2-0)	0.2
T. Mayza (H, 22)	0.1
J. Romano (S, 33)	1.1
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - C. Snider 20-13, A. Marsh 65-40, A. Cox 10-6, C. Hernandez 20-8, T. Davidson 27-19
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C. Snider 3-1, A. Marsh 5-2, A. Cox 1-0, C. Hernandez 1-1, T. Davidson 2-1
Batters Faced - C. Snider 7, A. Marsh 17, A. Cox 2, C. Hernandez 5, T. Davidson 7

Pitches-Strikes - Y. Kikuchi 88-62, J. Hicks 11-5, T. Richards 28-17, C. Green 13-8, T. Mayza 10-4, J. Romano 29-18
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Y. Kikuchi 6-2, J. Hicks 1-0, T. Richards 0-3, T. Mayza 1-1, J. Romano 1-2
Batters Faced - Y. Kikuchi 18, J. Hicks 3, T. Richards 5, C. Green 4, T. Mayza 3, J. Romano 7

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

3RD INNING
Blanco homered to left 1 0
6TH INNING
Bichette doubled to right, Kiermaier scored 1 1

3RD INNING
	Blanco homered to left	1	0

6TH INNING
	Bichette doubled to right, Kiermaier scored	1	1


Loftin tripled to deep right, Fermin scored	2	1
Bichette singled to left, Heineman scored, Springer to third	2	2
Guerrero doubled to left center, Bichette and Springer scored	2	4
Clement singled to right, Guerrero scored, Schneider to third, Clement to second	2	5

8TH INNING
Olivares reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Witt scored, Perez out at second 3 5
9TH INNING
Perez singled to left, Isbel scored, Garcia to second 4 5

8TH INNING
	Olivares reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Witt scored, Perez out at second	3	5

9TH INNING
	Perez singled to left, Isbel scored, Garcia to second	4	5

1ST INNING
Royals
Y. Kikuchi Pitching:
M. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Garcia lined out to shortstop
B. Witt: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul tip, Witt struck out on foul tip
S. Perez: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Perez struck out swinging
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Blue Jays
C. Snider Pitching:
G. Springer: Strike looking, Springer fouled out to first
B. Bichette: Strike looking, Bichette grounded out to second
V. Guerrero: Guerrero grounded out to pitcher
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Royals
Y. Kikuchi Pitching:
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul tip, Melendez struck out on foul tip
N. Velazquez: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Velazquez walked
F. Fermin: Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Fermin grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Velazquez out at second
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Blue Jays
C. Snider Pitching:
D. Schneider: Strike looking, Ball, Schneider doubled to deep right
C. Biggio: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Biggio walked
W. Merrifield: Merrifield grounded into double play pitcher to second to first, Schneider to third, Biggio out at second
D. Varsho: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul tip, Varsho struck out on foul tip
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Royals
Y. Kikuchi Pitching:
N. Loftin: Ball, Ball, Loftin grounded out to third
K. Isbel: Strike looking, Foul, Strike looking, Isbel struck out looking
D. Blanco: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Blanco homered to left
M. Garcia: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Garcia grounded out to third
Middle of the 3rd (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Blue Jays
Alec Marsh relieved Collin Snider
A. Kirk: Strike looking, Ball, Kirk grounded out to third
K. Kiermaier: Strike looking, Kiermaier grounded out to catcher
G. Springer: Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Springer struck out looking
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Royals
Y. Kikuchi Pitching:
B. Witt: Foul, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Witt struck out swinging
S. Perez: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Perez singled to left
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Melendez flied out to deep center
N. Velazquez: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Velazquez reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Perez out at second
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Blue Jays
A. Marsh Pitching:
B. Bichette: Strike looking, Bichette flied out to deep center
V. Guerrero: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Guerrero struck out swinging
D. Schneider: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Schneider doubled to deep left
C. Biggio: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Biggio struck out looking
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Royals
Y. Kikuchi Pitching:
F. Fermin: Foul, Fermin reached on bunt single to shortstop
N. Loftin: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Loftin struck out swinging
K. Isbel: Strike looking, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Isbel struck out swinging
D. Blanco: Strike swinging, Strike looking, Strike looking, Blanco struck out looking
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Blue Jays
A. Marsh Pitching:
W. Merrifield: Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Merrifield popped out to shortstop
D. Varsho: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Varsho struck out looking
A. Kirk: Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Kirk struck out looking
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Royals
Jordan Hicks relieved Yusei Kikuchi
M. Garcia: Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Garcia struck out looking
B. Witt: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Witt walked
S. Perez: Perez grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Witt out at second
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Blue Jays
A. Marsh Pitching:
K. Kiermaier: Kiermaier tripled to deep center
G. Springer: Ball, Strike swinging, Springer grounded out to shortstop
B. Bichette: Ball, Bichette doubled to right, Kiermaier scored
V. Guerrero: Ball, Guerrero flied out to shallow right
D. Schneider: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Schneider walked
C. Biggio: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Biggio walked, Bichette to third, Schneider to second
W. Merrifield: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Merrifield struck out swinging
End of the 6th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Royals
Trevor Richards relieved Jordan Hicks
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Melendez fouled out to left
N. Velazquez: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Velazquez struck out swinging
F. Fermin: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Fermin singled to center
N. Loftin: Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Loftin tripled to deep right, Fermin scored
K. Isbel: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Isbel walked
Chad Green relieved Trevor Richards
D. Blanco: Strike swinging, Ball, Isbel stole second, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Blanco struck out looking
Middle of the 7th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Blue Jays
Austin Cox relieved Alec Marsh
Santiago Espinal hit for Daulton Varsho
S. Espinal: Strike looking, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Ball, Strike swinging, Espinal struck out swinging
A. Kirk: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Kirk reached on an infield single to pitcher
Carlos Hernandez relieved Austin Cox
Tyler Heineman ran for Alejandro Kirk
K. Kiermaier: Strike swinging, Ball, Heineman to second on wild pitch, Kiermaier flied out to right
G. Springer: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Springer walked
B. Bichette: Bichette singled to left, Heineman scored, Springer to third
V. Guerrero: Ball, Ball, Ball, Guerrero doubled to left center, Bichette and Springer scored
D. Schneider: Ball, Guerrero to third on wild pitch, Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Schneider walked
Tucker Davidson relieved Carlos Hernandez
Ernie Clement hit for Cavan Biggio
E. Clement: Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Schneider to second on wild pitch, Clement singled to right, Guerrero scored, Schneider to third, Clement to second
W. Merrifield: Strike looking, Ball, Merrifield flied out to deep left
End of the 7th (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Royals
Ernie Clement at second base
Whit Merrifield in left field
Santiago Espinal at third base
Tyler Heineman catching
M. Garcia: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Garcia struck out swinging
B. Witt: Witt doubled to deep left
S. Perez: Ball, Perez singled to left, Witt to third
Tim Mayza relieved Chad Green
Edward Olivares hit for MJ Melendez
E. Olivares: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Olivares reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Witt scored, Perez out at second
N. Velazquez: Strike looking, Velazquez singled to right, Olivares to third
Drew Waters ran for Nelson Velazquez
F. Fermin: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Fermin walked, Waters to second
Jordan Romano relieved Tim Mayza
N. Loftin: Loftin reached on fielder's choice to second, Fermin out at second
Middle of the 8th (1 Run, 3 Hits, 1 Error)
Blue Jays
Edward Olivares in left field
Drew Waters at designated hitter
S. Espinal: Strike looking, Espinal grounded out to third
T. Heineman: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Heineman struck out looking
K. Kiermaier: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Kiermaier singled to left center
G. Springer: Springer reached on catcher's interference, Kiermaier to second on catcher Fermin fielding error
B. Bichette: Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Bichette grounded out to first
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Royals
J. Romano Pitching:
K. Isbel: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Isbel walked
D. Blanco: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Blanco struck out looking
M. Garcia: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Garcia walked, Isbel to second
B. Witt: Ball, Witt flied out to right
S. Perez: Foul, Foul, Ball, Perez singled to left, Isbel scored, Garcia to second
E. Olivares: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Olivares flied out to center
Middle of the 9th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)

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