The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Sep 9, 2023 at Rogers Centre.
Final · Rogers Centre
Top performers
- Zack Greinke pitched 3.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- George Springer went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Kevin Gausman pitched 8.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 1 earned run with 10 strikeouts.
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. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 3.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| James McArthur | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Springer | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan Biggio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis Schneider | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daulton Varsho | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ernie Clement | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
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 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Jordan Hicks | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 8, 2023: KC 4, TOR 5 · Next Sep 10, 2023: KC 2, TOR 5
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Sep 8, 2023: KC 4, TOR 5 · Next Sep 10, 2023: KC 2, TOR 5