Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals

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Toronto Blue Jays

72-72, 35-37 Away

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Kansas City Royals

64-80, 38-34 Home

Pasquantino and Perez homer as Royals win 6-1 to knock Blue Jays out of playoff position

Toronto (72-72) dropped a game behind Cleveland for the final American League wild card. The Guardians edged Detroit 3-2 in 10 innings.

Randy Dobnak (3-3) allowed one run over six innings for the win. He struck out three and walked none. Three of the four hits he gave up came in his last inning.

Blue Jays starter Spencer Arrighetti (7-9) yielded six runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out three.

Kansas City went ahead 3-0 before Arrighetti got an out. John Rave beat out an infield single before Bobby Witt Jr. coaxed a walk. Pasquantino then launched a three-run homer.

Witt led off the third with a line-drive double off the wall in left field. One out later, Perez bounced a drive off the top of the fence in nearly the same spot for a two-run homer and a 5-0 cushion.

The Royals added another run in the fifth on an infield single by Nick Loftin after a walk and a hit batter.

Toronto finally got to Dobnak in the sixth when Josh Smith hit his fifth home run just over the right-field fence inside the foul pole.

Up next The Blue Jays travel to the West Coast for the start of a three-game series against the Athletics on Monday night. RHP Dylan Cease (10-5, 2.25 ERA) will pitch for Toronto.

The Royals host the Arizona Diamondbacks in a Monday matinee. LHP Noah Cameron (9-8, 4.08) goes for Kansas City.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Clement flied out to left.
	9th Inning	McAdoo grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Okamoto grounded out to third, Straw to second.
	9th Inning	Straw singled to left.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Thomas
	8th Inning	Perez grounded out to third.

Statistics

TOR		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
13	Ground Balls	10
5	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
3	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
2	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	14
34	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
2.2	Runs Created	6.0
.250	Batting Average	.226
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.344	Slugging Percentage	.452
.125	Secondary Average	.452
.294	On Base Percentage	.400
.638	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.852
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
15.0	Batter Rating	39.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.73
.094	Isolated Power	.226
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.88
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.175
-.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.226
2.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
73.3	MLB Rating	86.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0