The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sep 5, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Kazuma Okamoto went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Blue Jays.
- Max Scherzer pitched 5.2 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 3 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- John Rave went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Lukes | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuma Okamoto | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| George Springer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Clement | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brett Bateman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Scherzer | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Tyler Rogers | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Varland | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Fluharty | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Sewald | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Rave | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Rojas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Gose | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Connor Thomas | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Before and after
- Blue Jays · 2026 season · Previous Sep 4, 2026: TOR 9, KC 2 · Next Sep 6, 2026: TOR 1, KC 6
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 4, 2026: TOR 9, KC 2 · Next Sep 6, 2026: TOR 1, KC 6