Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

55-56, 27-28 Away

Final
2 - 4

Toronto Blue Jays

65-47, 38-18 Home

Max Scherzer works 6 innings and earns 2nd win as Blue Jays beat the Royals 4-2

Errors prove costly for Royals as Blue Jays win

Davis Schneider hit a two-run single for the AL East-leading Blue Jays, who came in having lost five of six.

Bichette hit an RBI single in the third inning and added base hits in the sixth and eighth. He leads the majors with 137 hits.

Scherzer (2-1) allowed one run and five hits, including a solo homer by Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez. The right-hander walked none and struck out five in picking up his first win since beating the Athletics on July 11.

Perez’s homer was his 20th. He has hit three homers off Scherzer, including his first in the majors in August 2011 against Detroit.

Brendon Little got two outs for Toronto, Seranthony Domínguez retired all four batters he faced and Jeff Hoffman finished for his 26th save in 30 chances.

Royals left-hander Noah Cameron (5-5) allowed four runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings, losing for the first time since June 27 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman was struck in the mask by a foul tip from Kansas City’s John Rave in the third, but stayed in the game and scored from second base on Schneider’s hit in the bottom half. Ali Sánchez replaced Heineman in the fourth. The Blue Jays said Heineman had a head contusion.

Key moment Schneider opened the scoring with a two-run single in the third and Bichette capped the three-run inning with a two-out hit.

Key stat Perez has nine 20-homer seasons with Kansas City, breaking George Brett’s franchise record.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Chris Bassitt (11-5, 4.34 ERA) is scheduled to face Royals RHP Seth Lugo (8-5, 3.03) in Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Frazier struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Perez struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Domínguez
	8th Inning	Straw struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	France grounded out to third, Barger to second.

Statistics

KC		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	2
2	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
17	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
125	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	8
34	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
2.8	Runs Created	2.9
.188	Batting Average	.267
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.375	Slugging Percentage	.267
.219	Secondary Average	.100
.212	On Base Percentage	.333
.587	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.600
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
24.0	Batter Rating	25.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.188	Isolated Power	.000
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.167
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
73.5	MLB Rating	78.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0