Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

36-56, 17-29 Away

Final
2 - 4

Toronto Blue Jays

50-43, 30-19 Home

Manoah, Blue Jays blank Royals 3-0, Guerrero hits first HR

Manoah (1-0) held the Royals hitless until Jackie Bradley Jr. singled with one out in the fifth. Despite struggling to locate his off-speed pitches for strikes, Manoah struck out five with four walks.

The Blue Jays broke a scoreless tie in the sixth with a one-out grounder by Matt Chapman, plating Guerrero. With runners at the corners, Chapman appeared to ground into an inning-ending double play, but first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino was unable to handle Bobby Witt Jr.’s low relay after the force out.

The Blue Jays added a pair of runs in the eighth with Guerrero’s leadoff homer and a run-producing single by Chapman. Guerrero and Daulton Varsho had three hits apiece.

Zack Greinke (0-2) worked ahead of batters all night, throwing first-pitch strikes to 20-of-25 hitters. He threw six innings, allowing a run on seven singles and a walk, striking out three.

Jordan Romano closed out the Royals with a scoreless ninth inning, collecting his third save in three chances.

The Royals were shut out for the third time in six games.

TRANSACTIONS

Royals OF Kyle Isbel has been placed on the paternity list, with 1B/OF Nick Pratto recalled from Triple-A Omaha.

Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (0-1, 0.00 ERA) takes the mound opposite Royals RHP Jordan Lyles (0-1, 1.69) in the series finale Thursday afternoon.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hicklen struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Olivares grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Romano relieved Mayza
	8th Inning	Gurriel Jr. struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Hernández struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	13
11	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	0
114	Pitches	110
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	11
32	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
1.7	Runs Created	2.8
.226	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.323	Slugging Percentage	.355
.097	Secondary Average	.129
.250	On Base Percentage	.242
.573	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.597
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.0
18.0	Batter Rating	26.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.56	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.33
.097	Isolated Power	.129
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.129	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.097
4.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
71.3	MLB Rating	77.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0