Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays
· Major League Baseball
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Mike Yastrzemski homers in his 1st at-bat as a Royal in 9-3 victory over the Blue Jays
Acquired from San Francisco just before the trade deadline Thursday, Yastrzemski had a two-run shot off Kevin Gausman (7-8) in the second inning to make it 2-1.
Wacha (5-9) allowed three hits and stuck out five, helping the Royals improve to .500 for the first time since June 20. He gave up one run for the fourth consecutive start.
Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Perez and Adam Frazier also homered for Kansas City.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two-out homer in the first inning to give Toronto a 1-0 lead. After Yastrzemski gave the Royals the lead in the second, and Witt's three-run homer made it 5-1 in the third.
Kansas City added four runs in the ninth. Perez and Frazier homered and Maikel Garcia had a bases-loaded single.
Addison Barger hit a two-run homer for Toronto in the ninth.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | France struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Barger homered to right (362 feet), Loperfido scored. |
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9th Inning | Bichette grounded out to shortstop, Loperfido to third. |
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9th Inning | Guerrero Jr. flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Loperfido doubled to left. |
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9th Inning | Hatch relieved Wacha |
Statistics
 KC |
 TOR |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 10 | Ground Balls | 7 |
| 7 | Strikeouts | 6 |
| 9 | Runs Batted In | 3 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 11 | Hits | 5 |
| 2 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 3 | Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 9 | Runs | 3 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 38 | At Bats | 33 |
| 4 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 10 | Runners Left On Base | 7 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 2 | Doubles | 2 |
| 21 | Fly Balls | 20 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 176 | Pitches | 119 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 25 | Total Bases | 13 |
| 41 | Plate Appearances | 33 |
| 648.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 6 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 8.7 | Runs Created | 2.0 |
| .289 | Batting Average | .152 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .658 | Slugging Percentage | .394 |
| .500 | Secondary Average | .242 |
| .341 | On Base Percentage | .152 |
| .999 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .545 |
| 0.5 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.4 |
| 8.7 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 1.9 |
| 65.0 | Batter Rating | 27.0 |
| 9.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 16.5 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.29 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.61 |
| .368 | Isolated Power | .242 |
| 0.43 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.00 |
| .073 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .000 |
| .211 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .091 |
| 18.0 | Runs Produced | 6.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.7 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.1 |
| 105.8 | MLB Rating | 74.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 41,492 | Capacity: