KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- No mammoth home runs and YouTube-filling bat flips in this game. No three-consecutive-error innings by the opponent. And no runs, either, for the game's most powerful offense.

What there was, however, was a 5-0 series-opening loss to the Royals and a trip to the X-ray machine for Edwin Encarnacion, whose left middle finger swelled up again. The X-rays were negative, but the Blue Jays are uncertain whether Encarnacion will be able to return in time to play in Saturday afternoon's Game 2 after leaving Friday night's opener.

"It swelled up a bit more than we've seen in the past," manager John Gibbons said. "Did that early in the game. We'll see how he is Saturday. Hopefully he can go. Usually after a day or two it calms down on him and he's able to get through it. We'll see. It's an early game tomorrow. Hopefully he'll be ready to go."

First baseman Chris Colabello said the Friday night temperatures in the 50s also might have been a factor since he thinks it was the coldest game the Blue Jays have played since the finger became an issue. With the earlier Game 2 start, it should be warmer Saturday. Encarnacion also received an injection to reduce to swelling, a source told ESPN's Marly Rivera.

If Encarnacion is not ready to play, it won't be good for Toronto. Despite dealing with the injury for several months -- he missed games in August and September because of it -- Encarnacion hit 39 home runs with 111 RBIs this season. He also hit a massive home run in Game 5 of the division series. Justin Smoak, meanwhile, popped up with runners on first and second when batting for Encarnacion in the eighth inning.

"It's definitely a concern," Troy Tulowitzki said. "He's one of our better hitters, and for him to come out of the game, his finger was probably bothering him pretty good. But we've seen it all year and he responded well and hopefully he'll be ready to go tomorrow."

Tulowitzki is another source of concern because he still appears to be struggling with his shoulder injury. Apart from Game 3 of the division series when he hit an important three-run homer and a single, he doesn't have a hit in 22 other at-bats this postseason. He was 0-for-4 Friday with two strikeouts, including one with two on and two out in the sixth inning.

He seemed to struggle against hard fastballs and sinkers from Kansas City starter Edinson Volquez, whose average velocity was higher than it has been in a couple of seasons. Asked whether there are certain areas of the strike zone that are affecting his shoulder and swing more than others, Tulowitzki replied, "That's not something I'm going to say on camera."

Tulowitzki says he is receiving constant treatment for the shoulder.

"I know the shoulder still bothers him," Gibbons said. "But he's good enough to play and he wants to play and he's gutting it out this time of year. I tip my hat to him. He's been struggling with that a bit.

"We can't focus on him tonight because everybody got shut down, really."

That is most definitely true. Facing the staff with the highest ERA of the 10 postseason teams, the Blue Jays managed only three hits, all singles. It was only the fifth game this season they haven't had an extra-base hit and only the sixth time they were shut out. They worked the count well -- they made Volquez throw 37 pitches in the sixth inning -- but it was to no avail. Toronto was 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position. No bats were flying out of Jose Bautista's hands -- he walked three times and struck out once -- nor was anything else.

"The ball wasn't really flying much tonight; we noticed it tonight in batting practice," Colabello said. "But he kind of mixed it up and used his changeup well."

The game might have turned out differently had the Royals made three consecutive errors in one inning -- where were you, Elvis Andrus? -- but Kansas City has one of the game's best defenses, as well as one of the best bullpens.

Then again, it was only one game, one loss, and the Blue Jays came back from much worse in the division series when they lost the first two games at home but rallied to win it. They also have ERA champ David Price starting for them in Game 2.

"We're not trying to go down 3-0, I don't think," Colabello said. "That would be interesting setting them up like that. We obviously would like to be ahead 1-0, but we can even it. We seem to be doing OK when we get behind so it's OK."