Blue Jays 4-1 Royals (5 Apr, 2023) Final Score

Kansas City Royals

1-4, 1-4 home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
G. SpringerDH	0-4	0	0	0	.240
B. BichetteSS	1-5	1	0	0	.375
V. Guerrero Jr.1B	1-4	0	0	0	.278
M. Chapman3B	3-4	1	0	1	.579
D. VarshoLF	2-4	1	1	1	.250
W. MerrifieldRF	1-4	1	0	0	.200
D. JansenC	0-4	0	0	1	.091
S. Espinal2B	1-4	0	0	0	.125
K. KiermaierCF	2-4	0	0	0	.412

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
Y. Kikuchi	5.0	3	1	1	2	69-47	1.80
Y. Garcia	1.1	1	0	0	0	20-11	7.71
T. Mayza	1.1	0	0	0	4	19-13	3.86
E. Swanson	0.1	0	0	0	0	5-3	3.86
J. Romano	1.0	0	0	0	1	14-9	0.00

According to ESPN Analytics

TOR

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Kauffman Stadium

12:40 AM, 5 April 2023

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 12,123

Game Time:2:32

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jerry Layne
First Base Umpire - Vic Carapazza
Second Base Umpire - Manny Gonzalez
Third Base Umpire - Adam Hamari

Toronto ends 3-game skid in Whit Merrifield's return to KC

— Yusei Kikuchi and four relievers limited the Kansas City Royals to one run on four hits, and the Toronto Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory in Whit Merrifield's return to Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday night.

Apr 5, 2023, 04:15 am - AP


TOR
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	11	0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0

Scoring Summary

		TOR	KC
2nd	Reyes homered to left center (455 feet).	0	1
3rd	Chapman singled to left, Bichette scored, Chapman to second, Guerrero Jr. thrown out at third.	1	1
4th	Merrifield scored on Bubic wild pitch.	2	1
6th	Varsho homered to left (373 feet).	3	1
8th	Jansen hit into fielder's choice to right, Chapman scored, Varsho out at second.	4	1

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Blue Jays
5
Royals
9

Game 1

4/4

Blue Jays
4
Royals
1

Game 2

5/4

Blue Jays
3
Royals
0

Game 3

6/4

Blue Jays
6
Royals
3

Game 4

6/4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	94	68	.580	-	W1
Baltimore	91	71	.562	3	W3
Boston	81	81	.500	13	W1
Tampa Bay	80	82	.494	14	L1
Toronto	74	88	.457	20	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	92	69	.571	-	L2
Kansas City	86	76	.531	6.5	W1
Detroit	86	76	.531	6.5	L2
Minnesota	82	80	.506	10.5	L4
Chicago	41	121	.253	51.5	W2

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Toronto ends 3-game skid in Whit Merrifield's return to KC

Y. Kikuchi1-0

K. Bubic0-1

J. Romano2

Scoring Summary

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