The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Sep 10, 2023 at Rogers Centre.
Final · Rogers Centre
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Kevin Kiermaier went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Jose Berrios pitched 7.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 5.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 6.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bo Bichette | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Whit Merrifield | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cavan Biggio | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Clement | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis Schneider | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Berrios | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Jordan Romano | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Yimi Garcia | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genesis Cabrera | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 9, 2023: KC 1, TOR 5 · Next Sep 11, 2023: KC at CHW
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Sep 9, 2023: KC 1, TOR 5 · Next Sep 11, 2023: TEX 10, TOR 4