Blue Jays vs. Royals (Sep 4, 2026)

Blue Jays TOR

70-71

4-1 in Last 5

Royals KCR

63-78

2-3 in Last 5

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Odds

TOR

KCR

+111

Money

-113

Money

o9.5

-111

u9.5

+104

-3.5

+365

+3.5

-400

o9.5

Open

-125

Open

D. Lynch IV Over 12.5 Outs Recorded -144 C. Jensen Over 0.5 Hits -285

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TOR

Probable Pitchers

KCR

Jameson Taillon

RHP #56

Daniel Lynch IV

LHP #41

2-6

W-L

4-4

5.68

ERA

3.06

1.37

WHIP

1.05

84.0

61.2

TOR

Team Stats

KCR

133

146

566

606

1,169

1,174

.246

AVG

.248

.308

OBP

.316

.381

SLG

.403

3.92

ERA

4.71

1,229

1,030

517

508

TOR

Injuries

KCR

Luis Urías

10-Day IL (Quadriceps)

Craig Kimbrel

Day-to-day (Nausea)

Jameson Taillon

15-Day IL (Forearm)

Maikel Garcia

10-Day IL (Hamstring)

Shane Bieber

15-Day IL (Back)

Beck Way

15-Day IL (Back)

Trey Yesavage

15-Day IL (Knee)

Tony Gonsolin

15-Day IL (Elbow)

José Berríos

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Carlos Estévez

60-Day IL (Foot)

Patrick Corbin

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Connor Seabold

60-Day IL (Lat)

Yimi García

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Jonathan India

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Anthony Santander

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Cole Ragans

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Cody Ponce

60-Day IL (Knee)

Stephen Kolek

60-Day IL (Flexor)

Bowden Francis

60-Day IL (Elbow)

James McArthur

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Addison Barger

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Alec Marsh

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Jonatan Clase

60-Day IL (Foot)

Nick Mears

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Jake Bloss

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Luinder Avila

60-Day IL (Forearm)

Current Series

Blue Jays

Royals

-100

-122

Game 1

Blue Jays

Royals

Game 2

Blue Jays

Royals

Game 3

2026 AL East

TORKCR

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	83	57	.593
Yankees	80	60	.571	3.0
Red Sox	76	65	.539	7.5
Blue Jays	70	71	.496	13.5
Orioles	69	72	.489	14.5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	73	67	.521
Guardians	70	70	.500	3.0
Twins	67	73	.479	6.0
Tigers	64	75	.460	8.5
Royals	63	78	.447	10.5

TOR

Last 5

KCR

Thu, Sep 3

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Wed, Sep 2

Wed, Sep 2

Tue, Sep 1

Tue, Sep 1

Sun, Aug 30

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Sat, Aug 29

Sat, Aug 29

Game Info

September 4, 2026

Kauffman Stadium

Kansas City, Missouri

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Ernie Clement E. Clement	137	521	56	143	29	1	9	44	20	2	54	6	1	.274	.301	.386
Kazuma Okamoto K. Okamoto	135	493	73	112	21	0	28	78	48	6	165	1	1	.227	.302	.440
Andrés Giménez A. Giménez	131	412	35	100	20	1	8	52	14	14	87	20	3	.243	.288	.354
Myles Straw M. Straw	127	251	41	58	18	1	3	23	23	1	38	7	1	.231	.295	.347
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. V. Guerrero Jr.	126	473	65	123	22	0	8	54	50	4	67	7	3	.260	.332	.357
George Springer G. Springer	108	398	52	100	20	2	14	46	42	3	83	11	2	.251	.326	.417
Nathan Lukes N. Lukes	105	343	39	91	13	0	10	35	21	6	57	1	1	.265	.317	.391
Jesús Sánchez J. Sánchez	96	263	24	69	18	0	8	35	17	8	68	1	2	.262	.321	.422
Brandon Valenzuela B. Valenzuela	81	217	26	48	9	0	8	21	26	1	64	1	0	.221	.306	.373
Alejandro Kirk A. Kirk	63	218	18	59	6	0	8	32	26	0	31	1	0	.271	.344	.408
Davis Schneider D. Schneider	62	113	18	16	6	0	3	12	25	0	47	1	0	.142	.295	.274
Yohendrick Piñango Y. Piñango	58	169	12	44	8	0	5	20	11	0	44	0	0	.260	.306	.396
Luis Urías L. Urías	26	52	5	13	3	0	3	8	6	0	10	0	0	.250	.322	.481
Charles McAdoo C. McAdoo	24	74	7	18	2	0	2	10	5	0	20	1	0	.243	.288	.351
Brett Bateman B. Bateman	22	91	14	30	4	1	0	7	8	0	22	3	0	.330	.380	.396
Josh Smith J. Smith	16	32	10	8	0	0	3	4	6	0	13	1	0	.250	.368	.531
Sean Keys S. Keys	14	41	6	8	1	0	1	6	2	0	15	0	0	.195	.233	.293
Addison Barger A. Barger	9	22	2	1	1	0	0	2	5	0	7	0	0	.045	.214	.091
Jonatan Clase J. Clase	9	22	4	6	0	0	2	6	3	0	8	0	0	.273	.360	.545

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Myles Straw M. Straw	6	12	-	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	.250	.308	.333
Andrés Giménez A. Giménez	4	9	-	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	-	-	.333	.400	.333
George Springer G. Springer	3	8	-	3	1	0	3	1	0	2	-	-	.375	.444	.500
Ernie Clement E. Clement	3	6	-	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	-	-	.500	.500	1.000
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. V. Guerrero Jr.	3	8	-	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	-	-	.500	.500	.875
Alejandro Kirk A. Kirk	3	6	-	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	-	-	.333	.429	.333
Anthony Santander A. Santander	1	2	-	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	.500	.667	1.000
Josh Smith J. Smith	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000

Pitchers	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
Mason Fluharty M. Fluharty	74	4	5	1	3.38	60	0	0	1	56.0	46	21	21	6	25	1
Braydon Fisher B. Fisher	67	8	3	4	3.26	67	0	0	1	69.0	49	25	32	7	36	3
Tyler Rogers T. Rogers	65	0	2	2	1.87	35	0	0	4	62.2	53	13	21	1	21	2
Louis Varland L. Varland	63	0	5	4	1.16	86	0	0	32	69.2	50	9	18	2	19	0
Spencer Miles S. Miles	44	6	6	2	2.84	78	0	0	1	85.2	71	27	29	5	21	1
Dylan Cease D. Cease	26	26	10	5	2.25	221	1	1	0	156.1	97	39	44	10	65	3
Brendon Little B. Little	23	0	0	3	7.89	34	0	0	0	21.2	26	19	21	5	20	0
Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	19	15	3	4	5.51	63	0	0	1	80.0	98	49	50	12	25	6
Joe Mantiply J. Mantiply	18	0	1	0	2.84	17	0	0	0	19.0	19	6	6	2	4	1
Trey Yesavage T. Yesavage	18	18	5	5	3.65	91	0	0	0	93.2	61	38	39	10	46	2
Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	13	13	2	7	6.16	46	0	0	0	57.0	53	39	39	12	26	1
Shane Bieber S. Bieber	11	11	5	2	4.37	44	0	0	0	55.2	55	27	28	10	24	0
Paul Sewald P. Sewald	7	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	0	6.2	3	0	0	0	3	1
Chase Lee C. Lee	7	0	1	0	7.88	2	0	0	1	8.0	8	7	8	3	8	0
José Soriano J. Soriano	6	6	2	1	4.36	24	0	0	0	33.0	35	16	17	2	13	3
Myles Straw M. Straw	4	0	0	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	2	2	1	1	0
Chad Dallas C. Dallas	4	0	2	1	6.10	10	0	0	0	10.1	10	7	7	1	6	0
CJ Van Eyk	4	0	0	1	4.05	1	0	0	0	6.2	11	3	4	1	2	1
Spencer Arrighetti S. Arrighetti	3	1	0	3	6.55	10	0	0	0	11.0	10	8	9	3	5	0
Michael Lorenzen M. Lorenzen	2	0	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	3	1	1	0
Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	2	2	0	0	3.38	7	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	3	1	5	0
Ricky Tiedemann R. Tiedemann	2	0	0	0	3.38	2	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	0	2	0
Cody Ponce C. Ponce	1	1	0	0	3.86	3	0	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	0

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Salvador Perez S. Perez	131	506	47	112	22	1	18	65	21	12	108	1	0	.221	.266	.375
Carter Jensen C. Jensen	131	459	66	106	27	2	22	67	58	2	148	2	1	.231	.316	.442
Jac Caglianone J. Caglianone	129	469	66	133	27	2	23	69	30	5	131	6	2	.284	.333	.497
Isaac Collins I. Collins	126	395	42	90	23	3	6	40	53	6	103	6	5	.228	.326	.347
Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	122	477	78	135	28	1	16	50	57	2	92	38	8	.283	.359	.447
Michael Massey M. Massey	112	348	46	97	23	1	11	45	19	0	62	3	0	.279	.312	.445
Nick Loftin N. Loftin	101	313	40	75	23	2	7	41	38	6	59	3	1	.240	.330	.393
Vinnie Pasquantino V. Pasquantino	94	349	41	84	16	2	9	42	45	3	64	5	0	.241	.329	.375
Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	81	243	28	57	9	1	6	24	14	3	60	6	0	.235	.282	.354
Maikel Garcia M. Garcia	73	283	34	76	18	3	3	32	24	0	47	5	4	.269	.324	.385
Tyler Tolbert T. Tolbert	66	114	31	35	5	0	3	8	12	1	24	21	3	.307	.375	.430
Josh Rojas J. Rojas	35	91	10	23	4	0	2	13	4	0	15	1	0	.253	.284	.363
John Rave J. Rave	34	86	16	19	5	1	3	8	9	0	20	4	0	.221	.295	.407
Jonathan India J. India	17	48	8	8	1	0	2	8	8	2	13	0	0	.167	.310	.313
Luke Maile L. Maile	12	33	2	5	1	0	1	5	1	0	11	0	0	.152	.176	.273
Matthew Lugo M. Lugo	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	.333
Carlos Estévez C. Estévez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Connor Seabold C. Seabold	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Lucas Erceg L. Erceg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Nate Pearson N. Pearson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Alex Lange A. Lange	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-

Batters	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Salvador Perez S. Perez	3	6	-	1	0	1	1	1	2	-	-	.167	.333	.167
Jonathan India J. India	3	7	-	4	0	1	1	0	1	-	-	.571	.625	.571
Isaac Collins I. Collins	3	6	-	0	0	0	1	0	3	-	-	.000	.143	.000
Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	2	4	-	1	0	1	0	0	1	-	-	.250	.250	.250
Maikel Garcia M. Garcia	2	4	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Seth Lugo S. Lugo	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Luke Maile L. Maile	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	1	3	-	2	1	2	0	0	1	-	-	.667	.667	1.667
Michael Massey M. Massey	1	3	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Vinnie Pasquantino V. Pasquantino	1	3	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.333	.333	.333

Blue Jays TOR

Royals KCR

Odds

Probable Pitchers

Team Stats

Injuries

Current Series

2026 AL East

Last 5

Game Info

Hits

H+R+RBIs

Total Bases

Pitcher SO

Outs Recorded

28

78

.274

10

221

2.25

23

69

.284

9

143

3.36

Pitchers	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
Alex Lange A. Lange	52	0	2	7	6.04	55	0	0	10	53.2	54	36	38	8	27	5
Daniel Lynch IV D. Lynch IV	51	5	4	4	3.06	46	0	0	1	61.2	46	21	25	5	19	2
Steven Cruz S. Cruz	50	2	2	3	4.27	57	0	0	6	52.2	46	25	26	12	19	3
Lucas Erceg L. Erceg	47	0	4	4	6.23	31	0	0	12	43.1	53	30	35	5	29	6
Seth Lugo S. Lugo	28	28	6	8	5.03	118	0	0	0	154.0	170	86	94	18	49	7
Michael Wacha M. Wacha	28	28	9	8	3.36	143	0	0	0	176.2	151	66	70	24	44	6
Noah Cameron N. Cameron	27	26	9	8	4.08	138	1	1	0	154.1	139	70	75	16	49	4
Nick Mears N. Mears	21	0	2	3	5.12	15	0	0	0	19.1	18	11	11	2	11	0
Luinder Avila L. Avila	21	12	5	4	5.53	61	0	0	0	70.0	71	43	43	7	42	2
Beck Way B. Way	19	1	1	1	3.86	21	0	0	0	23.1	27	10	13	4	10	1
Nate Pearson N. Pearson	17	0	1	1	0.53	15	0	0	2	17.0	9	1	1	0	6	3
Mason Black M. Black	17	0	0	0	4.31	19	0	0	0	31.1	30	15	16	6	20	2
Jose Cuas J. Cuas	15	0	0	1	2.93	16	0	0	0	15.1	18	5	6	0	10	0
Randy Dobnak R. Dobnak	11	9	2	3	2.65	40	0	0	0	57.2	57	17	17	5	23	0
Stephen Kolek S. Kolek	10	10	4	3	4.50	34	1	1	0	54.0	55	27	30	8	12	2
Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	8	0	1	0	0.00	5	0	0	1	8.0	2	0	0	0	2	1
Cole Ragans C. Ragans	8	8	1	4	4.84	45	0	0	0	35.1	27	19	20	10	23	0
Connor Thomas C. Thomas	6	0	1	0	2.57	5	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	2
Connor Seabold C. Seabold	5	0	0	0	9.00	5	0	0	0	5.0	7	5	6	0	4	2
Easton McGee E. McGee	5	0	0	0	9.95	7	0	0	0	6.1	11	7	7	2	3	0
Tyler Tolbert T. Tolbert	5	0	0	0	25.07	0	0	0	0	4.2	17	13	13	4	3	1
Anthony Gose A. Gose	3	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Spence M. Spence	3	1	0	2	21.21	6	0	0	0	9.1	19	22	22	3	9	0
Carlos Duran C. Duran	2	0	1	0	13.50	1	0	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	0	3	0
Carlos Estévez C. Estévez	1	0	0	1	162.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	6	6	1	2	0
Luke Maile L. Maile	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Rojas J. Rojas	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nolan Hoffman N. Hoffman	1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1