The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Apr 6, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Kevin Gausman pitched 6.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Jordan Lyles pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 9 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Bichette | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Belt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chapman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Jansen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cavan Biggio | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 38 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Gausman | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Anthony Bass | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yimi Garcia | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Mayza | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Richards | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nate Eaton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Franmil Reyes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Jose Cuas | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Amir Garrett | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
Before and after
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Apr 5, 2023: TOR 3, KC 0 · Next Apr 7, 2023: TOR 4, LAA 3
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 5, 2023: TOR 3, KC 0 · Next Apr 7, 2023: KC 3, SF 1