Kansas City 11, Toronto 3
When: 7:07 PM ET, Monday, July 2, 2012
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
77°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Carlson, 1B -
Angel Hernandez, 2B -
Chris Conroy, 3B -
Ed Hickox
Attendance:
17127
By SportsDirect Inc.
Royals 11, Blue Jays 3: Mike Moustakas hit his first career grand slam as part of a five-RBI performance as visiting Kansas City routed Toronto in the opener of a four-game series.
Salvador Perez added a two-run homer and Yuniesky Betancourt also had two RBIs as the Royals notched a season-high run total while snapping a three-game losing skid.
Everett Teaford (1-1) allowed solo homers to Toronto’s Jose Bautista and Colby Rasmus but was otherwise solid, allowing three runs and five hits in seven innings.
Kansas City led 6-3 in the seventh before loading the bases with none out. Betancourt singled in one run before Moustakas smacked a grand slam off the facing beyond the center-field fence off Blue Jays reliever David Pauley, giving the Royals an eight-run advantage.
Perez hit a two-run homer in the second off Ricky Romero (8-3) to give the Royals a 2-1 lead. Betancourt and Moustakas added run-scoring singles in the third.
Bautista’s homer in the third was his major league-leading 27th for the Blue Jays.
Alex Gordon had an RBI single in a two-run fourth that saw Kansas City take a 6-2 lead.
Romero was charged with eight runs and 11 hits in six innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Kansas City tied its season high with 14 hits for the third time … Bautista was named American League Player of the Month for June after setting a club record with 14 homers in a single month … Royals center fielder Jason Bourgeois had a season-best three hits … Romero has allowed 16 earned runs in nine innings over his last two starts.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Kansas City |
|
Toronto |
|
Jason Bourgeois | Player |
Jose Bautista
|
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
4 |
TB |
5 |
|
1.000 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
14 |
2 |
24 |
.359 |
12 |
5 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Toronto
|
6 |
2 |
13 |
.188 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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