Kansas City 5, Toronto 2
When: 2:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Estabrook, 1B -
Phil Cuzzi, 2B -
Ted Barrett, 3B -
Brian O'Nora
Attendance:
15285
By SportsDirect Inc.
Billy Butler and Jose Guillen had RBI doubles in a three-run fifth inning that lifted the Kansas City Royals to a 5-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.
Leading 2-1 entering the fifth, the Royals put the game away and chased Toronto starter Mark Rzepczynski (0-1) in the process. Mike Aviles led off with a triple and came around to score on Butler's double. Butler advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored the Royals' fourth run on Guillen's two-base hit to center field.
One out later, with Rzepczynski replaced by Casey Janssen, Brayan Pena singled home Guillen to make it 5-1. The Royals cruised from there to take two out of three against the visiting Blue Jays.
Zack Greinke (6-9) was sharp, limiting the Jays to six hits over eight innings while striking out nine. Joakim Soria pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 26th save.
Rzepczynski surrendered all five Kansas City runs on nine hits over 4 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three in his second start of the season.
John McDonald and Lyle Overbay drove in runs for Toronto, which fell to 4-2 on its 10-game road trip.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Toronto
|
8 |
0 |
10 |
.235 |
13 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Kansas City
|
10 |
0 |
17 |
.303 |
12 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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