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
By SportsDirect Inc.
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
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 |
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