Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

56-56, 28-28 Away

Final
7 - 4

Toronto Blue Jays

65-48, 38-19 Home

Kyle Isbel has go-ahead hit as Royals score 5 in 10th to beat Blue Jays 7-4

Vinnie Pasquantino hits a game-tying RBI single

Vinnie Pasquantino hit a tying single with two out in the eighth, and Kansas City scored five in the 10th while taking two of three from the AL East-leading Blue Jays.

The Royals are 24-12 in series finales, winning their past nine.

Hunter Harvey (1-0) pitched one inning for the win as Kansas City returned to .500 at 56-56.

Nathan Lukes and Addison Barger cut into Kansas City's lead with RBI singles in the bottom of the 10th, but Toronto (65-48) lost a home series for the first time since losing two of three to the White Sox from June 20-22.

Isbel drove in the winning run with a double down the line against Seranthony Domínguez (2-4).

Jonathan India walked and Bobby Witt Jr. was hit by a pitch before Tyler Tolbert added a two-run single.

Witt scored on a throwing error by catcher Alejandro Kirk, and Maikel Garcia capped the rally with a sacrifice fly.

Blue Jays outfielder Joey Loperfido had two hits, including an RBI single in the fifth.

Key moment Isbel’s tiebreaking hit came on the first pitch he saw from Domínguez, a 96 mph fastball.

Key stat The Royals are 9-7 in series-deciding games.

Up next Royals: LHP Bailey Falter (7-5, 3.73 ERA) is scheduled to start against Red Sox RHP Brayan Bello (7-5, 3.19 ERA) on Monday.

Blue Jays: LHP Eric Lauer (6-2, 2.68 ERA) is expected to face Colorado RHP Tanner Gordon (2-3, 4.85 ERA) on Monday.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Kirk grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Barger out at second.
	10th Inning	Barger singled to center, Lukes scored, Bichette to third.
	10th Inning	Bichette walked.
	10th Inning	Lukes to second on fielder's indifference.
	10th Inning	Guerrero Jr. fouled out to catcher.
	10th Inning	Loperfido struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	11
6	Strikeouts	8
6	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
138	Pitches	179
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	8
42	Plate Appearances	42
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
2.9	Runs Created	3.1
.182	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.242	Slugging Percentage	.229
.212	Secondary Average	.143
.293	On Base Percentage	.341
.535	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.570
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
37.0	Batter Rating	24.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.29	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.26
.061	Isolated Power	.000
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.086
13.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.3	MLB Rating	75.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0