The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Sep 4, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Sean Keys went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Michael Lorenzen pitched 3.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuma Okamoto | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| George Springer | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Clement | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Lukes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Bateman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles McAdoo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Keys | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
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 Lorenzen | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Joe Mantiply | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jameson Taillon | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brendon Little | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Braydon Fisher | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew Lugo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Hoffman | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Easton McGee | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Before and after
- Blue Jays · 2026 season · Previous Sep 3, 2026: TOR 6, CLE 3 · Next Sep 5, 2026: TOR 4, KC 3
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 3, 2026: MIA 3, KC 7 · Next Sep 5, 2026: TOR 4, KC 3