The Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Aug 25, 2026 at Rogers Centre.
Final · Rogers Centre
Top performers
- John Rave went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Max Scherzer pitched 5.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Loftin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Rave | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Connor Thomas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Bateman | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Clement | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Lukes | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kazuma Okamoto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Andres Gimenez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Valenzuela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesus Sanchez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Springer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Scherzer | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Brendon Little | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tyler Rogers | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Sewald | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Fluharty | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Braydon Fisher | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 23, 2026: DET 7, KC 11 · Next Aug 26, 2026: KC 0, TOR 3
- Blue Jays · 2026 season · Previous Aug 23, 2026: TOR 3, NYY 8 · Next Aug 26, 2026: KC 0, TOR 3