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August 25, 2026 · AL East

Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays

August 25, 2026Rogers CentreClear 72°F · 3 mph, R To L
AWAY
Kansas City Royals
59-74
5
vs
HOME
Toronto Blue Jays
64-69
3

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez grounds into a double play, shortstop Andrés Giménez to second baseman Ernie Clement to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. Vinnie Pasquantino out at 2nd. Salvador Perez out at 1st. KC 1, TOR 0
B1 Jesús Sánchez Jesús Sánchez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Isaac Collins. Brett Bateman scores. KC 1, TOR 1
T5 Salvador Perez Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Myles Straw. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 3rd. KC 2, TOR 1
T6 Kyle Isbel Kyle Isbel hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Nick Loftin scores. John Rave to 3rd. Kyle Isbel to 2nd. KC 3, TOR 1
T6 Carter Jensen Carter Jensen out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brett Bateman. John Rave scores. KC 4, TOR 1
T9 John Rave John Rave singles on a line drive to center fielder Brett Bateman. Tyler Tolbert scores. KC 5, TOR 1
B9 Nathan Lukes Nathan Lukes singles on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Daz Cameron scores. Brett Bateman scores. Nathan Lukes out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Isaac Collins to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Tyler Tolbert. KC 5, TOR 3

Box score

  123456789 R
KC 100012001 5
TOR 100000002 3

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Royals AWAY 5

Seth Lugo started for Royals, leaving with a 2–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Steven Cruz took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Seth Lugo Starter 5.0 89 1 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Seth Lugo threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 43% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Curveball 17 19% 4 2 4 7 0
    Cutter 16 18% 4 0 2 8 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 15 17% 1 2 2 6 4
    Sinker 13 15% 0 2 5 3 3
    Sweeper 13 15% 2 4 1 2 4
    Slider 9 10% 0 0 1 6 2
    Changeup 6 7% 0 0 2 4 0
  • John Schreiber Setup 1.0 13 0 1 HLD
  • Connor Thomas Middle 1.0 10 0 0 HLD
  • Nate Pearson Middle 1.0 25 0 1 HLD
  • Steven Cruz Middle 1.0 12 2 0
Blue Jays HOME 3

Max Scherzer started for Blue Jays, leaving trailing 1–2. Out of the bullpen, Braydon Fisher took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Max Scherzer Starter 5.0 92 2 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Max Scherzer threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 61% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 42 46% 2 7 9 17 7
    Changeup 18 20% 0 4 1 10 3
    Slider 13 14% 2 2 3 4 2
    Curveball 13 14% 3 2 0 6 2
    Cutter 6 7% 0 1 1 4 0
  • Braydon Fisher Middle 0.1 12 2 0
  • Mason Fluharty Middle 0.2 9 0 0 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Paul Sewald Middle 1.0 22 0 1
  • Brendon Little Middle 1.0 21 0 3
  • Tyler Rogers Setup 1.0 18 1 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 5th · off Scherzer
  • Perez 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carter Jensen C 4 1 1 1 1 2 .219 .301 .401 .702
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 3 1 0 0 2 1 .288 .365 .458 .823
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 3 0 1 0 2 0 .245 .332 .379 .711 SB
Salvador Perez DH 4 0 1 1 1 1 .222 .268 .375 .643
Tyler Tolbert 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1 .290 .358 .421 .779 SB
Nick Loftin 3B 5 1 1 0 0 2 .237 .330 .383 .713
Isaac Collins LF 4 0 2 0 1 0 .231 .330 .349 .679
John Rave RF 4 1 2 1 1 1 .232 .303 .464 .767
Kyle Isbel CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 .287 .368 .655
Michael Massey 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .276 .310 .444 .754
HOME · TOR
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Brett Bateman CF 5 2 3 0 0 2 .328 .362 .406 .768
Nathan Lukes RF 4 0 2 2 1 0 .263 .316 .375 .691
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 .335 .354 .689 2B
Kazuma Okamoto 3B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .229 .302 .436 .738
Jesús Sánchez DH 2 0 0 1 0 1 .262 .320 .425 .745
Ernie Clement 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283 .308 .401 .709
Andrés Giménez SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 .243 .288 .361 .649 2B
Alejandro Kirk C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .360 .420 .780
Daz Cameron LF 1 1 1 0 0 0 .294 .278 .529 .807
Brandon Valenzuela C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .305 .384 .689
Myles Straw LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .217 .272 .332 .604
George Springer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 .317 .390 .707

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Seth Lugo 5.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 89 4.61 W
John Schreiber 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 3.72 HLD
Connor Thomas 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 13.06 HLD
Nate Pearson 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 25 2.41 HLD
Steven Cruz 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 12 4.44
HOME · TOR
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Max Scherzer 5.0 4 2 2 5 4 0 92 7.02 L
Braydon Fisher 0.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 3.41
Mason Fluharty 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 3.59
Paul Sewald 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 22 5.65
Brendon Little 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 21 8.55
Tyler Rogers 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 18 1.94

Manager comparison

AWAY · KC
Matt Quatraro
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 4.6 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 2.5 R
HOME · TOR
John Schneider
John Schneider
Lineup 2.5 R Bunts 5.3 R IBBs 6.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · KC
3-7 L4 -11 run diff
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HOME · TOR
4-6 W1 -5 run diff
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Season series: 3-3 with KC listed first across 6 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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