MLB, round 24
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TOR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
 KC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
The Toronto Blue Jays held off the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium.
The Blue Jays improve to 72-71. The Royals fall to 63-80.
Attendance: 20,547.
Full recap at ESPN: Kazuma Okamoto leads Blue Jays past Royals 4-3 to pull into tie for last AL wild cardWritten automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Bateman CF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .327 | .391 | .388 |
| G. Springer RF | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .248 | .323 | .413 |
| V. Guerrero Jr. 1B | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .261 | .332 | .357 |
| A. Kirk C | 1-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .272 | .342 | .408 |
| N. Lukes RF | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .270 | .320 | .392 |
| K. Okamoto 3B | 4-5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .233 | .305 | .445 |
| A. Gimenez SS | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .243 | .290 | .354 |
| E. Clement 2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .275 | .302 | .387 |
| M. Straw CF | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .236 | .298 | .349 |
| Team | 13-39 | 39 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 159 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Scherzer SP | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 76-50 | 6.03 | 76 |
| M. Fluharty RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20-11 | 3.32 | 20 |
| P. Sewald RP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-4 | 5.28 | 7 |
| T. Rogers RP | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-7 | 1.84 | 12 |
| L. Varland RP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13-10 | 1.15 | 13 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 128-82 | 128 |
| Stats | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Jensen C | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .230 | .315 | .440 |
| B. Witt Jr. SS | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .283 | .359 | .452 |
| J. Caglianone RF | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 | .331 | .494 |
| N. Loftin 3B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .238 | .326 | .388 |
| S. Perez DH | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .226 | .269 | .378 |
| M. Lugo LF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| V. Pasquantino 1B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .238 | .325 | .378 |
| M. Massey 2B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .280 | .314 | .444 |
| J. Rave RF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .225 | .303 | .438 |
| J. Rojas 3B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .247 | .278 | .355 |
| T. Tolbert SS | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .304 | .372 | .426 |
| K. Isbel CF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .231 | .278 | .348 |
| I. Collins LF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .224 | .323 | .342 |
| Team | 7-33 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 128 |
| Stats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Lugo SP | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 95-61 | 5.04 | 95 |
| J. Cuas RP | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17-14 | 2.81 | 17 |
| C. Thomas RP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 11.20 | 2 |
| C. Kimbrel RP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22-14 | 3.80 | 22 |
| A. Gose RP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14-10 | 0.00 | 14 |
| A. Lange RP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9-6 | 5.93 | 9 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 159-107 | 159 |
Kirk reached on infield single to third, Guerrero Jr. scored on throwing error by third baseman Rojas, Kirk to second.
Lukes singled to left, Kirk scored.
Caglianone reached on infield single to second, Jensen scored, Witt Jr. to third.
Perez singled to right, Witt Jr. scored, Caglianone to third.
Okamoto doubled to left, Lukes scored, Okamoto out stretching at third.
Rave homered to right (366 feet).
Okamoto singled to center, Springer scored, Lukes to third.
Blue JaysRoyalsWatch the game highlights right here.
Schedules, results and news
Game data from TheSportsDB, box scores and live data from ESPN. Times are shown in your community's time zone.
