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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 6, Toronto 4
When: 7:07 PM ET, Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 20009

Bruce Chen worked into the eighth inning for his career-best fourth consecutive victory as the Kansas City Royals prevailed 6-4 over the host Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.

Chen (9-5) humbled the Blue Jays, his only mistake coming on a Yunel Escobar three-run homer in the sixth. The crafty lefthander limited Toronto to three runs on four hits over 7 2/3 innings while equaling a career high with nine strikeouts.

He was given plenty of help as the Royals pounded out 16 hits against Toronto starter Brandon Morrow (9-8) and a pair of Blue Jays relievers. Rookie Eric Hosmer had three hits - including his 11th homer, Billy Butler also went deep and Jeff Francoeur added four hits.

Joakim Soria allowed a run in the ninth but earned his 23rd save.

Morrow was tagged for six runs on 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings, his shortest outing in five starts. The hard-throwing righthander has lost three of his last four decisions.

Toronto second baseman Mike McCoy went 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored in place of Aaron Hill, who was traded to Arizona - along with backup infielder John McDonald - for second baseman Kelly Johnson earlier Tuesday.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Toronto
Bruce Chen Player Brandon Morrow
Win W/L Loss
7.2 IP 4.2
9 Strikeouts 5
4 Hits 11
3.52 ERA 11.57
Hitting
Kansas City   Toronto
Jeff Francoeur Player Yunel Escobar
4 Hits 2
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
6 TB 5
.800 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 16 2 27 .381 22 8 5 1 1 0
Toronto 6 1 10 .188 5 11 4 1 1 1