Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals
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Royals delay Blue Jays' playoff party with 2-1 win behind Cameron
Toronto's lead in the AL East was trimmed to two games over the New York Yankees, who won 6-1 at Baltimore. Both teams have seven games left, and the Blue Jays hold the tiebreaker.
Toronto dropped its fourth straight, matching its second-longest losing streak of the year.
Cameron (9-7) allowed a run on three hits in 6 2/3 innings with two walks and five strikeouts for his third straight quality start.
Cameron allowed permitted baserunner in each inning except the first and sixth, exiting with two outs in the seventh after Daulton Varsho’s 19th homer. His nine wins match Bill Butler in 1969 for the most by a Royals rookie left-hander.
Carlos Estévez worked around Ty France’s one-out hit in the ninth to earn his major league-best 41st save.
Witt opened the scoring with his 23rd homer leading off the fourth and Pasquantino followed with his 31st home run — Kansas City’s fourth set of consecutive homers.
Witt added a hustle double in the sixth, recording his 44th multihit game.
One game after getting a franchise-record 27 hits, the Royals had just four.
Jac Caglianone left in the seventh inning after being hit with a pitch above the right elbow.
Shane Bieber (3-2) tossed 6 1/3 innings in his longest start for the Blue Jays, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk, striking out four.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Clement lined out to center. |
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9th Inning | Varsho flied out to center. |
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9th Inning | Loperfido ran for France |
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9th Inning | France singled to center. |
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9th Inning | Kirk fouled out to right. |
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9th Inning | Estévez relieved Clarke |
Statistics
 TOR |
 KC |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 9 | Ground Balls | 11 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 1 | Runs Batted In | 2 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 4 | Hits | 4 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 4 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 1 | Runs | 2 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 30 | At Bats | 29 |
| 1 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 12 | Runners Left On Base | 13 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 1 |
| 16 | Fly Balls | 13 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 142 | Pitches | 125 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 2 | Pinch At Bats | 2 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 8 | Total Bases | 11 |
| 34 | Plate Appearances | 32 |
| 162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 2 | Extra Base Hits | 3 |
| 1.5 | Runs Created | 2.5 |
| .133 | Batting Average | .138 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .267 | Slugging Percentage | .379 |
| .267 | Secondary Average | .310 |
| .235 | On Base Percentage | .219 |
| .502 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .598 |
| 0.6 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.8 |
| 1.5 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 2.7 |
| 13.0 | Batter Rating | 20.0 |
| 30.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 14.5 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.18 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.91 |
| .133 | Isolated Power | .241 |
| 0.80 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.40 |
| .118 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .063 |
| .133 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .172 |
| 2.0 | Runs Produced | 4.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.1 | Balls In Play Average | 0.1 |
| 66.3 | MLB Rating | 71.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 25,774 | Capacity: