Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals

71-71, 34-36 Away

Final

63-79, 37-33 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
B. BatemanCF	1-3	2	0	0	.330
G. SpringerDH	1-5	0	0	2	.251
V. Guerrero Jr.1B	2-4	1	0	0	.262
S. Keys1B	1-1	1	1	1	.214
A. KirkC	2-5	1	0	2	.274
K. Okamoto3B	1-5	0	0	1	.227
C. McAdoo2B	0-2	1	0	0	.237
J. SmithPH-2B	0-1	0	0	0	.219
E. ClementSS	2-5	1	0	2	.276
N. LukesRF	1-4	1	0	0	.265
M. StrawLF	2-3	1	0	1	.236

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Taillon	2.0	2	1	0	1	29-18	5.65
J. Mantiply	2.0	1	0	0	1	23-14	2.57
B. Fisher	1.0	0	0	1	0	14-7	3.21
B. Little	1.0	0	0	1	1	31-18	7.54
M. Lorenzen	3.0	3	1	0	2	33-27	7.03

According to ESPN Analytics

TOR

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Kauffman Stadium

1:10 AM, 5 September 2026

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 18,218

Game Time:2:21

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mark Ripperger
First Base Umpire - Shane Livensparger
Second Base Umpire - Dan Merzel
Third Base Umpire - Dan Bellino

Kirk, Clement and Springer each drive in 2 runs as Blue Jays beat Royals 9-2 to reach .500

— Alejandro Kirk, Ernie Clement and George Springer drove in two runs apiece to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.

Sep 5, 2026, 03:58 am - AP


TOR
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	9	13	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0

Scoring Summary

		TOR	KC
1st	Kirk singled to right, Bateman scored, Guerrero Jr. to third.	1	0
1st	Okamoto singled to left, Guerrero Jr. scored, Kirk to second.	2	0
1st	Clement doubled to left, Kirk scored and McAdoo scored.	4	0
1st	Witt Jr. homered to left (410 feet).	4	1
2nd	Kirk doubled to center, Straw scored, Guerrero Jr. to third.	5	1
6th	Straw hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Clement scored, Lukes to second.	6	1
6th	Springer doubled to right, Bateman scored and Lukes scored.	8	1
9th	Keys homered to right (399 feet).	9	1
9th	Pasquantino homered to right (369 feet).	9	2

Data is currently unavailable.

Blue Jays
9
Royals
2

Game 1

5/9

Blue Jays
Royals

Game 2

6/9

Blue Jays
Royals

Game 3

6/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	84	57	.596	-	W1
New York	80	61	.567	4	L1
Boston	77	65	.542	7.5	W2
Toronto	71	71	.500	13.5	W3
Baltimore	69	73	.486	15.5	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	74	67	.525	-	W1
Cleveland	72	70	.507	2.5	W2
Minnesota	67	74	.475	7	L2
Detroit	64	77	.454	10	L2
Kansas City	63	79	.444	11.5	L1

Athletics hit 4 home runs in 3rd inning of 7-6 victory over Mariners

— Zack Gelof launched one of four homers by the Athletics in a five-run third inning and later hit a tiebreaking triple that sent them to a 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

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Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals

Video Highlights

Kirk, Clement and Springer each drive in 2 runs as Blue Jays beat Royals 9-2 to reach .500

J. Mantiply2-0

D. Lynch IV4-5

M. Lorenzen1

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