Blue Jays vs. Royals (Sep 5, 2026)

Blue Jays TOR

71-71

4-1 in Last 5

Royals KCR

63-79

1-4 in Last 5

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Odds

TOR

KCR

+100

Money

-106

Money

o9.5

-108

u9.5

+100

-1.5

+150

+1.5

-160

o9.5

Open

-110

Open

S. Perez Over 0.5 Home Runs +426 B. Bateman Over 0.5 Home Runs +1076

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TOR

Probable Pitchers

KCR

Max Scherzer

RHP #31

Seth Lugo

RHP #67

2-7

W-L

6-8

6.16

ERA

5.03

118

1.39

WHIP

1.42

170

57.0

154.0

TOR

Team Stats

KCR

134

148

575

608

1,182

1,180

.247

AVG

.248

.309

OBP

.316

.382

SLG

.403

3.91

ERA

4.74

1,234

1,033

519

511

TOR

Injuries

KCR

Luis Urías

10-Day IL (Quadriceps)

Craig Kimbrel

Day-to-day (Nausea)

Shane Bieber

15-Day IL (Back)

Maikel Garcia

10-Day IL (Hamstring)

Trey Yesavage

15-Day IL (Knee)

Beck Way

15-Day IL (Back)

José Berríos

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Tony Gonsolin

15-Day IL (Elbow)

Patrick Corbin

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Carlos Estévez

60-Day IL (Foot)

Yimi García

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Connor Seabold

60-Day IL (Lat)

Anthony Santander

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Jonathan India

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Cody Ponce

60-Day IL (Knee)

Cole Ragans

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Bowden Francis

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Stephen Kolek

60-Day IL (Flexor)

Addison Barger

60-Day IL (Elbow)

James McArthur

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Jonatan Clase

60-Day IL (Foot)

Alec Marsh

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Jake Bloss

60-Day IL (Elbow)

Nick Mears

60-Day IL (Shoulder)

Luinder Avila

60-Day IL (Forearm)

Current Series

Blue Jays

Royals

Game 1

Final

Blue Jays

Royals

-111

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	77	65	.542	7.0
Blue Jays	71	71	.500	13.0
Orioles	69	73	.486	15.0

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	74	67	.525
Guardians	72	70	.507	2.5
Twins	67	74	.475	7.0
Tigers	64	77	.454	10.0
Royals	63	79	.444	11.5

TOR

Last 5

KCR

Fri, Sep 4

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Thu, Sep 3

Thu, Sep 3

Wed, Sep 2

Wed, Sep 2

Tue, Sep 1

Tue, Sep 1

Sun, Aug 30

Sun, Aug 30

Game Info

September 5, 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	138	526	57	145	30	1	9	46	20	2	54	6	1	.276	.302	.388
Kazuma Okamoto K. Okamoto	136	498	73	113	21	0	28	79	48	6	167	1	1	.227	.301	.438
Andrés Giménez A. Giménez	131	412	35	100	20	1	8	52	14	14	87	20	3	.243	.288	.354
Myles Straw M. Straw	128	254	42	60	18	1	3	24	23	1	38	7	1	.236	.299	.350
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. V. Guerrero Jr.	127	477	66	125	22	0	8	54	50	4	67	7	3	.262	.333	.358
George Springer G. Springer	109	403	52	101	21	2	14	48	42	3	83	11	2	.251	.324	.417
Nathan Lukes N. Lukes	106	347	40	92	13	0	10	35	21	6	57	1	1	.265	.316	.389
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	64	223	19	61	7	0	8	34	26	0	31	1	0	.274	.345	.413
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	25	76	8	18	2	0	2	10	6	0	20	1	0	.237	.289	.342
Brett Bateman B. Bateman	23	94	16	31	4	1	0	7	9	1	22	3	0	.330	.390	.394
Josh Smith J. Smith	17	33	10	8	0	0	3	4	7	0	14	1	0	.242	.375	.515
Sean Keys S. Keys	15	42	7	9	1	0	2	7	2	0	15	0	0	.214	.250	.381
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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jesús Sánchez J. Sánchez	7	11	-	1	0	0	1	2	1	6	-	-	.091	.154	.364
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. V. Guerrero Jr.	4	10	-	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	-	-	.200	.273	.300
Andrés Giménez A. Giménez	4	9	-	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	-	-	.333	.400	.556
George Springer G. Springer	3	7	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	-	-	.286	.286	.286
Ernie Clement E. Clement	3	4	-	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	-	.500	.600	.500
Alejandro Kirk A. Kirk	3	3	-	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	.000	.400	.000
Anthony Santander A. Santander	2	4	-	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	-	-	.250	.250	.750
Luis Urías L. Urías	2	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Myles Straw M. Straw	2	3	-	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	-	-	.333	.333	.333
Nathan Lukes N. Lukes	2	6	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.167	.167	.167
Addison Barger A. Barger	2	4	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Josh Smith J. Smith	1	3	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Davis Schneider D. Schneider	1	3	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Brandon Valenzuela B. Valenzuela	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Kazuma Okamoto K. Okamoto	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000	.500	.000
Brett Bateman B. Bateman	1	3	-	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.667	.667	.667

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	68	8	3	4	3.21	67	0	0	1	70.0	49	25	32	7	37	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	24	0	0	3	7.54	35	0	0	0	22.2	26	19	21	5	21	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	19	0	2	0	2.57	18	0	0	0	21.0	20	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
Michael Lorenzen M. Lorenzen	3	0	0	0	6.00	4	0	0	1	6.0	8	4	4	2	1	0
Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	3	3	0	0	3.60	8	0	0	0	10.0	9	4	4	2	5	0
Spencer Arrighetti S. Arrighetti	3	1	0	3	6.55	10	0	0	0	11.0	10	8	9	3	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	132	509	47	114	22	1	18	65	21	12	108	1	0	.224	.268	.377
Carter Jensen C. Jensen	132	463	66	107	28	2	22	67	58	2	150	2	1	.231	.316	.443
Jac Caglianone J. Caglianone	130	473	66	133	27	2	23	69	30	5	131	6	2	.281	.330	.493
Isaac Collins I. Collins	127	398	42	90	23	3	6	40	53	6	103	6	5	.226	.324	.344
Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	123	480	79	136	28	1	17	51	58	2	93	38	8	.283	.360	.452
Michael Massey M. Massey	113	350	46	98	23	1	11	45	20	0	62	3	0	.280	.315	.446
Nick Loftin N. Loftin	102	317	40	75	23	2	7	41	38	6	60	3	1	.237	.326	.388
Vinnie Pasquantino V. Pasquantino	95	353	42	85	16	2	10	43	45	3	64	5	0	.241	.328	.382
Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	82	246	28	57	9	1	6	24	14	3	60	6	0	.232	.279	.350
Maikel Garcia M. Garcia	73	283	34	76	18	3	3	32	24	0	47	5	4	.269	.324	.385
Tyler Tolbert T. Tolbert	67	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	13	33	2	5	1	0	1	5	1	0	11	0	0	.152	.176	.273
Matthew Lugo M. Lugo	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.250	.250	.250
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	2B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Salvador Perez S. Perez	15	38	-	14	2	4	10	1	0	3	-	-	.368	.385	.737
Jonathan India J. India	4	9	-	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	-	-	.222	.364	.333
Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	4	8	-	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	-	-	.125	.222	.125
Vinnie Pasquantino V. Pasquantino	4	8	-	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	.250	.333	.375
Anthony Gose A. Gose	3	8	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	-	-	.000	.000	.000
John Rave J. Rave	3	5	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Josh Rojas J. Rojas	3	4	-	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	.500	.500	.500
Nick Loftin N. Loftin	3	5	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Maikel Garcia M. Garcia	3	4	-	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	.000	.200	.000
Kyle Isbel K. Isbel	2	4	-	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.500	.500	1.000
Michael Massey M. Massey	2	3	-	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	-	-	.333	.500	1.333
Isaac Collins I. Collins	2	3	-	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	.333	.500	.333
Carter Jensen C. Jensen	2	4	-	3	2	0	0	1	0	1	-	-	.750	.800	1.250
Luke Maile L. Maile	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000	.500	.000
Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1	3	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Jac Caglianone J. Caglianone	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000

Blue Jays TOR

Royals KCR

Odds

Probable Pitchers

Team Stats

Injuries

Current Series

2026 AL East

Last 5

Game Info

Home Runs

Hits

Pitcher SO

28

79

.276

10

221

2.25

23

69

.283

9

143

3.36