Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals Live Coverage, Stats, and Updates - September 5, 2026 Gametracker

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M. ScherzerR	1-7 W-L	50.0 IP	7.02 ERA	1.44 SO/BB	1.54 WHIP
S. LugoR	6-7 W-L	150.1 IP	4.61 ERA	2.47 SO/BB	1.38 WHIP

.M. Scherzer

1-7, 50.0 IP, 7.02 ERA

.S. Lugo

6-7, 150.1 IP, 4.61 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Patrick Corbin	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Jameson Taillon	Forearm	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
Jose Berrios	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Yimi Garcia	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Joe Mantiply	Knee	08-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 29
Cody Ponce	Knee	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Luis Urias	Quadriceps	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
Josh H. Smith	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Anthony Santander	Shoulder	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Shane Bieber	Shoulder	09-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 21
Bowden Francis	Elbow	03-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Apr 1
Addison Barger	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Jonatan Clase	Foot	09-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 20
Trey Yesavage	Knee	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	09-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 5
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	03-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Apr 1
Michael Massey	Concussion	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
Beck Way	Back	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

TORBlue Jays

KCRoyals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. Okamoto 3B	130	478	69	109	74	26	45	159	.228	.301	.435	.736	21	0	1	1	323
E. Clement 2B	131	501	54	141	43	9	18	51	.281	.306	.397	.703	29	1	5	1	299
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	120	450	62	117	46	7	48	66	.260	.333	.351	.684	20	0	7	3	296
G. Springer DH	103	379	47	92	43	13	41	78	.243	.320	.398	.718	16	2	10	2	264
A. Gimenez SS	125	394	34	95	49	8	14	81	.241	.286	.358	.644	20	1	19	3	245
N. Lukes RF	99	321	35	85	31	9	20	53	.265	.316	.383	.699	11	0	1	1	188
J. Sanchez RF	91	255	24	68	34	8	17	66	.267	.324	.431	.755	18	0	1	2	159
M. Straw LF	122	238	36	52	21	3	19	37	.218	.276	.336	.612	17	1	7	1	151
A. Kirk C	59	201	17	55	29	7	26	25	.274	.352	.408	.760	6	0	0	0	141
B. Valenzuela C	79	211	25	48	21	8	23	63	.227	.305	.384	.689	9	0	1	0	121
Y. Pinango LF	58	169	12	44	20	5	11	44	.260	.306	.396	.702	8	0	0	0	88
J. Smith 3B	14	28	8	7	3	2	3	11	.250	.323	.464	.787	0	0	1	0	84
D. Schneider LF	62	113	18	16	12	3	25	47	.142	.295	.274	.569	6	0	1	0	64
L. Sosa 2B	28	80	9	15	6	1	1	18	.188	.205	.275	.480	4	0	0	0	41
L. Urias 2B	26	52	5	13	8	3	6	10	.250	.322	.481	.803	3	0	0	0	39
B. Bateman CF	16	68	7	22	5	0	4	16	.324	.356	.397	.753	3	1	1	0	37
C. McAdoo 1B	21	68	6	17	10	2	4	20	.250	.288	.368	.656	2	0	1	0	37
J. Clase LF	9	22	4	6	6	2	3	8	.273	.360	.545	.905	0	0	0	0	21
S. Keys 3B	12	36	5	6	5	1	1	13	.167	.189	.278	.467	1	0	0	0	14
E. Jimenez DH	12	31	2	9	3	0	3	7	.290	.343	.290	.633	0	0	0	0	13
D. Cameron RF	7	21	3	5	3	1	0	6	.238	.227	.429	.656	1	0	0	0	12
A. Barger 3B	9	22	2	1	2	0	5	7	.045	.214	.091	.305	1	0	0	0	7
Total	135	4549	529	1116	506	126	368	976	.245	.306	.379	.685	216	8	65	14	2644

HITTING	G
K. Okamoto 3B	130
E. Clement 2B	131
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	120
G. Springer DH	103
A. Gimenez SS	125
N. Lukes RF	99
J. Sanchez RF	91
M. Straw LF	122
A. Kirk C	59
B. Valenzuela C	79
Y. Pinango LF	58
J. Smith 3B	14
D. Schneider LF	62
L. Sosa 2B	28
L. Urias 2B	26
B. Bateman CF	16
C. McAdoo 1B	21
J. Clase LF	9
S. Keys 3B	12
E. Jimenez DH	12
D. Cameron RF	7
A. Barger 3B	9
Total	135

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
D. Cease SP	24	24	8-5	0	0	144.1	2.37	89	43	38	9	64	209	.175	1.06	413
L. Varland RP	61	0	5-4	30	31	67.2	1.20	49	18	9	2	18	83	.202	0.99	393
J. Soriano SP	4	4	1-1	0	0	21.1	4.22	24	11	10	1	8	16	.293	1.50	319
P. Sewald RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	4	.125	0.86	236
T. Yesavage SP	18	18	5-5	0	0	93.2	3.65	61	39	38	10	46	91	.185	1.14	210
S. Miles RP	41	5	5-2	1	1	82.1	2.95	70	29	27	5	20	74	.227	1.09	198
S. Arrighetti RP	1	0	0-1	0	0	3.1	8.10	3	3	3	1	2	4	.250	1.50	170
M. Straw LF	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	8	2	2	1	1	0	.421	2.25	151
T. Rogers RP	63	0	2-2	4	7	61.0	1.92	53	21	13	1	20	33	.230	1.20	144
M. Fluharty RP	71	4	5-1	1	1	53.2	3.52	44	21	21	6	23	57	.223	1.25	137
B. Fisher RP	65	8	3-4	1	1	67.0	3.36	47	32	25	7	36	63	.207	1.24	129
S. Bieber SP	11	11	5-2	0	0	55.2	4.37	55	28	27	10	24	44	.253	1.42	120
J. Taillon SP	2	2	0-0	0	0	8.0	3.38	7	3	3	1	5	7	.226	1.50	115
P. Corbin SP	19	15	3-4	1	1	80.0	5.51	98	50	49	12	25	63	.302	1.54	104
J. Mantiply RP	17	0	1-0	0	0	17.2	2.04	16	4	4	1	4	16	.254	1.13	43
M. Scherzer SP	12	12	1-7	0	0	50.0	7.02	52	39	39	12	25	36	.264	1.54	32
L. Estrada RP	8	0	1-1	1	2	13.0	5.54	8	9	8	2	10	9	.178	1.38	25
C. Dallas RP	4	0	2-1	0	0	10.1	6.10	10	7	7	1	6	10	.250	1.55	22
C. Lee RP	7	0	1-0	1	1	8.0	7.88	8	8	7	3	8	2	.286	2.00	16
T. Andrews RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	1	.111	1.00	6
C. Ponce RP	1	1	0-0	0	0	2.1	3.86	1	1	1	0	1	3	.111	0.86	5
R. Tiedemann RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	5.40	2	1	1	0	0	2	.286	1.20	3
Y. Rodriguez RP	10	0	0-1	0	1	9.1	7.71	12	11	8	2	7	6	.324	2.04	-2
B. Little RP	22	0	0-3	0	2	20.2	8.27	26	21	19	5	20	32	.325	2.23	-2
C. Van Eyk RP	3	0	0-1	0	0	5.2	4.76	11	4	3	1	1	1	.393	2.12	-3
J. Fleming RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	12.00	6	4	4	1	2	1	.429	2.67	-3
Total	135	135	65-70	45	59	1201.1	4.00	1082	594	534	139	500	1177	.240	1.32	2981

PITCHING	GP
D. Cease SP	24
L. Varland RP	61
J. Soriano SP	4
P. Sewald RP	5
T. Yesavage SP	18
S. Miles RP	41
S. Arrighetti RP	1
M. Straw LF	4
T. Rogers RP	63
M. Fluharty RP	71
B. Fisher RP	65
S. Bieber SP	11
J. Taillon SP	2
P. Corbin SP	19
J. Mantiply RP	17
M. Scherzer SP	12
L. Estrada RP	8
C. Dallas RP	4
C. Lee RP	7
T. Andrews RP	2
C. Ponce RP	1
R. Tiedemann RP	1
Y. Rodriguez RP	10
B. Little RP	22
C. Van Eyk RP	3
J. Fleming RP	1
Total	135

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	116	453	75	131	49	16	55	90	.289	.366	.459	.825	27	1	36	7	409
J. Caglianone RF	123	444	62	125	66	23	29	125	.282	.332	.500	.832	24	2	6	2	331
C. Jensen C	125	434	60	97	59	18	55	142	.224	.310	.410	.720	25	1	2	1	286
S. Perez DH	125	481	46	106	59	17	20	104	.220	.265	.370	.635	19	1	1	0	265
M. Massey 2B	110	340	46	94	44	11	19	62	.276	.310	.444	.754	22	1	2	0	233
V. Pasquantino 1B	89	331	41	81	41	9	43	61	.245	.332	.384	.716	15	2	5	0	233
I. Collins LF	121	380	41	87	38	6	51	100	.229	.327	.347	.674	21	3	6	5	225
N. Loftin 3B	95	291	36	69	40	6	36	54	.237	.329	.385	.714	21	2	2	1	206
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	76	226	26	54	24	6	13	55	.239	.287	.367	.654	9	1	6	0	133
T. Tolbert SS	64	110	28	33	8	3	11	23	.300	.366	.427	.793	5	0	20	3	120
J. Rave RF	31	78	14	17	8	3	7	17	.218	.282	.423	.705	5	1	4	0	61
J. Rojas 3B	31	80	8	18	9	1	4	14	.225	.262	.300	.562	3	0	1	0	40
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	11	29	2	5	5	1	1	11	.172	.200	.310	.510	1	0	0	0	11
M. Lugo LF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	1
Total	135	4525	578	1120	550	139	427	1061	.248	.316	.401	.717	240	18	109	29	2769

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	116
J. Caglianone RF	123
C. Jensen C	125
S. Perez DH	125
M. Massey 2B	110
V. Pasquantino 1B	89
I. Collins LF	121
N. Loftin 3B	95
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	76
T. Tolbert SS	64
J. Rave RF	31
J. Rojas 3B	31
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	11
M. Lugo LF	1
Total	135

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	26	26	7-8	0	0	162.2	3.49	141	67	63	22	42	126	.233	1.13	359
N. Cameron SP	26	25	9-8	0	0	149.1	3.98	134	71	66	15	48	131	.237	1.22	312
S. Lugo SP	27	27	6-7	0	0	150.1	4.61	161	85	77	16	47	116	.279	1.38	266
D. Lynch IV RP	50	4	4-4	1	3	58.1	2.93	43	23	19	4	17	43	.200	1.03	130
S. Cruz RP	48	2	2-3	5	6	50.2	4.44	44	26	25	12	19	54	.233	1.24	123
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	120
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
A. Lange RP	50	0	2-7	10	13	51.2	5.75	50	35	33	6	27	53	.255	1.49	115
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
R. Dobnak SP	10	8	2-2	0	0	51.2	1.92	50	11	11	3	21	34	.254	1.37	100
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
N. Pearson RP	14	0	1-1	2	3	13.2	0.66	7	1	1	0	6	12	.149	0.95	91
J. Schreiber RP	54	0	1-3	1	4	48.1	3.72	41	23	20	7	22	36	.236	1.30	78
C. Kimbrel RP	5	0	1-0	1	1	5.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.071	0.56	70
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	40
M. Black RP	17	0	0-0	0	0	31.1	4.31	30	16	15	6	20	19	.252	1.60	36
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
J. Cuas RP	13	0	0-0	0	0	14.0	1.93	15	3	3	0	8	14	.278	1.64	23
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
A. Gose RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	3
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Thomas RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.154	0.50	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	135	135	60-75	33	56	1186.1	4.68	1164	659	617	165	496	979	.257	1.40	2319

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	26
N. Cameron SP	26
S. Lugo SP	27
D. Lynch IV RP	50
S. Cruz RP	48
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	50
S. Kolek SP	10
R. Dobnak SP	10
L. Avila SP	21
N. Pearson RP	14
J. Schreiber RP	54
C. Kimbrel RP	5
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
M. Black RP	17
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
J. Cuas RP	13
E. Morgan RP	16
C. Duran RP	2
A. Gose RP	1
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Thomas RP	4
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	135

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