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	131	481	70	111	77	27	45	159	.231	.303	.443	.746	21	0	1	1	332
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	121	454	63	118	47	7	48	66	.260	.333	.352	.685	21	0	7	3	300
E. Clement 2B	132	505	54	141	43	9	18	52	.279	.304	.394	.698	29	1	5	1	299
G. Springer DH	104	383	50	96	44	14	41	78	.251	.326	.415	.741	17	2	10	2	276
A. Gimenez SS	126	398	34	96	50	8	14	82	.241	.286	.357	.643	20	1	19	3	247
N. Lukes RF	100	325	37	86	32	10	21	53	.265	.317	.391	.708	11	0	1	1	196
J. Sanchez RF	92	257	24	68	34	8	17	66	.265	.324	.428	.752	18	0	1	2	160
M. Straw LF	123	239	36	53	22	3	19	37	.222	.279	.339	.618	17	1	7	1	153
A. Kirk C	59	201	17	55	29	7	26	25	.274	.352	.408	.760	6	0	0	0	141
B. Valenzuela C	80	214	25	48	21	8	24	63	.224	.304	.379	.683	9	0	1	0	122
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
B. Bateman CF	17	73	8	24	5	0	4	17	.329	.359	.397	.756	3	1	2	0	41
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
C. McAdoo 2B	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	136	4583	537	1128	514	129	370	979	.246	.307	.382	.689	218	8	66	14	2687

HITTING	G
K. Okamoto 3B	131
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	121
E. Clement 2B	132
G. Springer DH	104
A. Gimenez SS	126
N. Lukes RF	100
J. Sanchez RF	92
M. Straw LF	123
A. Kirk C	59
B. Valenzuela C	80
Y. Pinango LF	58
J. Smith 3B	14
D. Schneider LF	62
B. Bateman CF	17
L. Sosa 2B	28
L. Urias 2B	26
C. McAdoo 2B	21
J. Clase LF	9
S. Keys 3B	12
E. Jimenez DH	12
D. Cameron RF	7
A. Barger 3B	9
Total	136

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
D. Cease SP	25	25	9-5	0	0	150.1	2.33	93	44	39	10	65	217	.176	1.05	439
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	6	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	4	.150	1.06	237
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 SP	2	1	0-2	0	0	7.1	7.36	8	7	6	2	4	8	.267	1.64	170
M. Straw LF	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	8	2	2	1	1	0	.421	2.25	153
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	72	4	5-1	1	1	54.2	3.46	44	21	21	6	24	58	.220	1.24	140
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
M. Lorenzen RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	3	1	1	0	1	2	.333	2.00	48
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
C. Van Eyk RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	6.2	4.05	11	4	3	1	2	1	.355	1.95	-1
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
J. Fleming RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	12.00	6	4	4	1	2	1	.429	2.67	-3
Total	136	136	66-70	45	59	1210.1	3.98	1087	595	535	140	504	1186	.239	1.31	3063

PITCHING	GP
D. Cease SP	25
L. Varland RP	61
J. Soriano SP	4
P. Sewald RP	6
T. Yesavage SP	18
S. Miles RP	41
S. Arrighetti SP	2
M. Straw LF	4
T. Rogers RP	63
M. Fluharty RP	72
B. Fisher RP	65
S. Bieber SP	11
J. Taillon SP	2
P. Corbin SP	19
M. Lorenzen RP	1
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
C. Van Eyk RP	4
Y. Rodriguez RP	10
B. Little RP	22
J. Fleming RP	1
Total	136

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	117	458	76	132	49	16	55	91	.288	.365	.459	.824	28	1	36	7	411
J. Caglianone RF	124	448	62	127	66	23	29	126	.283	.333	.500	.833	24	2	6	2	333
C. Jensen C	126	439	61	98	61	19	55	144	.223	.309	.415	.724	25	1	2	1	292
S. Perez DH	126	485	46	107	60	17	20	105	.221	.265	.369	.634	19	1	1	0	266
V. Pasquantino 1B	90	333	41	82	41	9	44	61	.246	.336	.384	.720	15	2	5	0	236
M. Massey 2B	110	340	46	94	44	11	19	62	.276	.310	.444	.754	22	1	2	0	233
I. Collins LF	122	383	41	89	38	6	52	100	.232	.331	.352	.683	22	3	6	5	229
N. Loftin 3B	96	295	36	69	40	6	36	55	.234	.326	.380	.706	21	2	2	1	205
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	77	230	26	54	24	6	13	57	.235	.282	.361	.643	9	1	6	0	132
T. Tolbert SS	65	110	29	33	8	3	11	23	.300	.366	.427	.793	5	0	20	3	121
J. Rave RF	31	78	14	17	8	3	7	17	.218	.282	.423	.705	5	1	4	0	61
J. Rojas 3B	32	83	8	19	9	1	4	15	.229	.264	.313	.577	4	0	1	0	41
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	136	4559	581	1129	553	140	429	1070	.248	.316	.401	.717	243	18	109	29	2787

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	117
J. Caglianone RF	124
C. Jensen C	126
S. Perez DH	126
V. Pasquantino 1B	90
M. Massey 2B	110
I. Collins LF	122
N. Loftin 3B	96
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	77
T. Tolbert SS	65
J. Rave RF	31
J. Rojas 3B	32
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	11
M. Lugo LF	1
Total	136

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	27	27	8-8	0	0	170.2	3.32	145	67	63	22	42	136	.229	1.10	394
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
S. Cruz RP	49	2	2-3	6	7	51.2	4.35	46	26	25	12	19	56	.237	1.26	131
D. Lynch IV RP	50	4	4-4	1	3	58.1	2.93	43	23	19	4	17	43	.200	1.03	130
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	121
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	41
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	136	136	61-75	34	57	1195.1	4.65	1170	659	617	165	496	991	.257	1.39	2364

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	27
N. Cameron SP	26
S. Lugo SP	27
S. Cruz RP	49
D. Lynch IV RP	50
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	136

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