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Vinnie Pasquantino, Salvador Perez lead Royals past Blue Jays Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez each homered to power the Kansas City Royals to a 6-1 victory over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. ,Royals starting pitcher Randy Dobnak (3-3) pitched six solid innings, allowing one run on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts. ,Bobby Witt Jr. ...

Blue Jays push their way into wild-card spot, seek to sweep RoyalsThe Toronto Blue Jays are getting hot at the right time -- and taking advantage of the struggling Kansas City Royals in the process. ,Aiming for a season-high fifth straight victory, the visiting Blue Jays will look to complete a three-game series sweep of the Royals on Sunday. ,Toronto (72-71) lost...

Blue Jays top Royals, over .500 for first time in 5 monthsKazuma Okamoto's fourth hit of the night went for a tiebreaking, seventh-inning RBI single, and the Toronto Blue Jays made it hold to win their fourth straight, 4-3 over the host Kansas City Royals on Saturday, to move above .500 for the first time since early April.,With the game tied 3-3, Kansas C...

Ascending Blue Jays battle Royals, focus on better wild-card positioning

With three weeks remaining in the regular season, the American League still is taking applications for the third and final wild-card spot.,The Toronto Blue Jays (71-71) continue to assert themselves as a viable candidate heading into the second contest of a three-game set against the host Kansas Cit...

Alejandro Kirk, Ernie Clement spark Blue Jays past Royals

Alejandro Kirk and Ernie Clement had two hits and a pair of RBIs apiece to help the visiting Toronto Blue Jays post a 9-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.,After Toronto (71-71) starter Jameson Taillon exited with elbow discomfort following two innings, four relievers combined to throw ...

Blue Jays bid to make up for recent performance vs. Royals

For the Toronto Blue Jays to have a chance at moving into an American League wild-card spot this weekend, they'll likely need to play better vs. the Kansas City Royals than they did against the team last week. ,The Blue Jays (70-71) will aim for their third straight victory on Friday night when they...

Royals take finale vs. Marlins behind Carter Jensen's 3 hits, 3 RBIs

Carter Jensen hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning, had three RBIs and finished a single shy of the cycle as the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Miami Marlins 7-3 on Thursday.,Jac Caglianone added two hits with two RBIs for the Royals (63-78), who salvaged the finale of a three-game...

Behind Sandy Alcantara, Marlins vie for series sweep of Royals

Lately, the Miami Marlins have struggled to win with ace Sandy Alcantara on the mound. ,Meanwhile, it's been more than three weeks since the Kansas City Royals lost a game started by All-Star Michael Wacha. ,The visiting Marlins will look to avoid a fifth straight defeat in a start by Alcantara on T...