Kansas City Royals 0, Toronto Blue Jays 3 — August 26, 2026

Game Highlights

Published August 26, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
B4	Nathan Lukes	Nathan Lukes homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field. Jesús Sánchez scores. Kazuma Okamoto scores.	KC 0, TOR 3

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	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 0

Randy Dobnak started for Royals, leaving trailing 0–3.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Randy Dobnak Starter 6.0 92 3 5 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Randy Dobnak threw

CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 64% 3.7 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Sinker	42	46%	1	7	9	14	11
Sweeper	23	25%	1	6	3	10	3
Changeup	17	18%	2	1	3	7	4
Four-Seam Fastball	9	10%	0	2	2	4	1
Slider	1	1%	0	0	0	1	0

Mason Black Long 2.0 17 0 0

Blue Jays HOME 3

Spencer Miles started for Blue Jays, leaving with the game tied 0–0.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Spencer Miles Starter 2.0 33 0 1

Pitch-by-pitch: what Spencer Miles threw

CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 25% 4.1 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Sinker	23	70%	5	3	9	6
Curveball	4	12%	2	0	1	1
Slider	4	12%	1	2	1	0
Four-Seam Fastball	2	6%	0	0	2	0

Brendon Little Middle 0.2 16 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
Chad Dallas Middle 2.2 37 0 4 W inherited 3, stranded 3
Mason Fluharty Middle 1.0 10 0 1 HLD
Paul Sewald Middle 0.2 12 0 0 HLD
Tyler Rogers Setup 0.2 18 0 1 HLD
Louis Varland Closer 1.1 15 0 1 SV inherited 2, stranded 2

Where the game turned

3 runs Bottom 4th · off Dobnak

Lukes HR (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC

BATTER	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Carter Jensen C	3	2	1	0	.222	.305	.403	.708	SB
Bobby Witt Jr. SS	3	1	1	1	.288	.366	.458	.824
Jac Caglianone RF	4	0	0	2	.274	.326	.486	.812
Salvador Perez DH	4	0	0	2	.221	.266	.372	.638
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	4	0	0	0	.242	.329	.374	.703
Nick Loftin 3B	4	1	0	1	.237	.329	.385	.714	2B
John Rave LF	4	1	0	0	.233	.300	.452	.752
Isaac Collins 2B	2	0	0	2	.229	.329	.347	.676
Kyle Isbel CF	3	0	0	1	.238	.283	.363	.646
Tyler Tolbert 2B	2	1	0	0	.294	.361	.422	.783	SB

HOME · TOR

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Brett Bateman CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.324	.356	.397	.753
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.262	.334	.353	.687
Alejandro Kirk C	4	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.354	.411	.765
George Springer DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	.239	.316	.388	.704
Kazuma Okamoto 3B	2	1	0	0	1	0	.228	.302	.435	.737
Nathan Lukes RF	3	1	1	3	0	1	.264	.316	.384	.700	HR (9)
Ernie Clement 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.282	.307	.398	.705
Andrés Giménez SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.286	.358	.644
Jesús Sánchez LF	3	1	2	0	0	1	.267	.324	.431	.755	2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Randy Dobnak	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	92	1.92	L
Mason Black	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	4.31

HOME · TOR

PITCHER	IP	H	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Spencer Miles	2.0	2	0	1	33	2.95
Brendon Little	0.2	0	2	1	16	8.27
Chad Dallas	2.2	0	0	4	37	6.10	W
Mason Fluharty	1.0	0	0	1	10	3.52	HLD
Paul Sewald	0.2	0	0	0	12	5.56	HLD
Tyler Rogers	0.2	2	0	1	18	1.92	HLD
Louis Varland	1.1	2	0	1	15	1.20	SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · KC

Matt Quatraro

Lineup 4.6 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 2.5 R

HOME · TOR

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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