The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Sep 21, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Trey Yesavage pitched 4.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Carter Jensen went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Daulton Varsho | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Springer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ernie Clement | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Heineman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Lukes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Davis Schneider | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Yesavage | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Brendon Little | 1.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seranthony Dominguez | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Lauer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Randal Grichuk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rave | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luinder Avila | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
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