Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays

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Kansas City Royals

59-75, 23-45 Away

Final
0 - 3

Toronto Blue Jays

65-69, 34-34 Home

Nathan Lukes homers and Blue Jays end Royals' 9-game winning streak with 3-0 victory

Louis Varland gets the strikeout to close it for the Blue Jays

Chad Dallas (2-1) struck out four in 2 2/3 hitless innings for his second career win and Louis Varland got the final four outs for his 30th save in 31 chances.

The Royals were seeking their longest win streak since a 10-game stretch from June 7-18, 2014.

Toronto used its ninth shutout to bounce back after losing consecutive games for the first time in a month. The Blue Jays lost 8-3 at New York on Sunday and 5-3 Tuesday to Kansas City, their first back-to-back defeats since a four-game skid from July 19-22.

The Royals had two hits through seven innings before Carter Jensen and Bobby Witt Jr. chased Tyler Rogers with back-to-back singles in the eighth. Varland came on and retired Jac Caglianone on the first pitch.

Nick Loftin doubled with two outs in the ninth and John Rave followed with an infield single. Varland ended it by striking out Isaac Collins.

Spencer Miles opened for Toronto and was replaced after Tyler Tolbert’s infield hit to begin the third. Brendon Little walked Jensen and Witt was intentionally walked before Little struck out Caglianone. Dallas came on and struck out Salvador Perez.

Kansas City’s Randy Dobnak (2-2) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings.

Lukes homered off Dobnak in the fourth, his ninth.

Royals infielder Michael Massey did not play. He left Tuesday’s game after falling and hitting his head on the turf.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-6, 4.73 ERA) is scheduled to start Thursday against Royals LHP Noah Cameron (8-8, 4.02).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Collins struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rave reached on infield single to shortstop, Loftin to third.
	9th Inning	Loftin doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Perez fouled out to first.
	8th Inning	Springer flied out to right.

Statistics

KC		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
141	Pitches	109
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
7	Total Bases	10
35	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
1.7	Runs Created	2.2
.182	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.212	Slugging Percentage	.333
.152	Secondary Average	.167
.229	On Base Percentage	.226
.441	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.559
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
10.0	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.52
.030	Isolated Power	.133
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
-.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
0.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
64.0	MLB Rating	74.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0