The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Apr 4, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Daulton Varsho went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Yusei Kikuchi pitched 5.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Franmil Reyes went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Toronto Blue Jays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Bichette | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Springer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Chapman | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Jansen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yusei Kikuchi | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Yimi Garcia | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Mayza | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jordan Romano | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erik Swanson | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Franmil Reyes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nate Eaton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bubic | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Amir Garrett | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Apr 3, 2023: TOR 5, KC 9 · Next Apr 5, 2023: TOR 3, KC 0
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 3, 2023: TOR 5, KC 9 · Next Apr 5, 2023: TOR 3, KC 0