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Major League Baseball
Kansas City 3, Toronto 2
When: 7:40 PM ET, Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Alex Mackay, 1B - Ryan Additon, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 10282

The host Kansas City Royals took advantage of early miscues by the Toronto Blue Jays en route to a 3-2 win on Wednesday evening.

Making his major league debut, left fielder Addison Barger misplayed Kyle Isbel's second-inning fly ball into a double, then allowed Isbel to advance to third on an error. Isbel scored on Maikel Garcia's two-out single to extend the Royals' lead to 2-0.

After Blue Jays starter Yariel Rodriguez issued two walks in the first inning, Salvador Perez drove in Kansas City's first run with a sharp RBI single to left.

Royals starter Alec Marsh allowed two hits and two walks over 4 1/3 scoreless innings but was forced from the game after being struck near his pitching elbow on a hard comebacker by Barger leading off the fifth.

After Marsh exited with a right forearm contusion, George Springer hit his third home run of the season to center against reliever Angel Zerpa, cutting the Blue Jays' deficit to 2-1 in the fifth.

After back-to-back singles by Isbel and Garcia to lead off the fifth, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an RBI single, ending the night for Rodriguez (0-1), who allowed three runs on six hits with two walks, striking out two in four-plus innings. Reliever Genesis Cabrera came on to get a groundout, and after an intentional walk, got a forceout at home and a flyout to leave the bases loaded.

Ernie Clement's RBI groundout in the sixth trimmed Kansas City's lead to 3-2, but the Royals' bullpen shut out the Blue Jays with just one baserunner over the final three innings.

John Schreiber (2-0) pitched a hitless seventh for the win. Chris Stratton struck out two in the eighth, setting up James McArthur to record his sixth save of the season.

McArthur allowed a single to pinch hitter Justin Turner before getting a groundout and striking out Cavan Biggio to end the game.

Springer had two of Toronto's six hits as the Blue Jays left seven runners on base and were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Toronto   Kansas City
Yariel Rodriguez Player Alec Marsh
Loss W/L No Decision
4.0 IP 4.1
2 Strikeouts 1
6 Hits 2
6.75 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Toronto   Kansas City
George Springer Player Salvador Perez
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
1 HR 0
6 TB 2
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Toronto 6 1 10 .182 15 8 2 3 0 2
Kansas City 9 0 10 .273 19 2 3 3 4 0