April 17, 2018 · 3:07 PM EDT
Lucas Duda
1B2-4H-ABHR · 1 RBI · 2 RTop hitterRG
Randal Grichuk
RF2-4H-ABHR · 2B · 3 RBI · 2 R
Jaime GarcíaP5.0IP3 ER · 5 K · W
Eric SkoglundP5.0IP5 ER · 6 K · LLosing pitcherBiggest lead KC by 1 · TOR by 8 · 2 lead changes
| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1BO Red Sox | 108 | 54 | .667 | — |
2HO Astros | 103 | 59 | .636 | 5.0 |
3NY Yankees | 100 | 62 | .617 | 8.0 |
4OA Athletics | 97 | 65 | .599 | 11.0 |
5CL Guardians | 91 | 71 | .562 | 17.0 |
6TB Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 18.0 |
7SE Mariners | 89 | 73 | .549 | 19.0 |
8LA Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 28.0 |
9MI Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 30.0 |
| 10TOBlue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 35.0 |
11TE Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 41.0 |
12DE Tigers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 44.0 |
13CW White Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 46.0 |
| 14KCRoyals | 58 | 104 | .358 | 50.0 |
15BA Orioles | 47 | 115 | .290 | 61.0 |
Catcher's view. Count is after the pitch.
JJ Jon JayLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
WM Whit Merrifield2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
MM Mike MoustakasDH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LDLucas Duda1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
JS Jorge SolerRF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CC Cheslor Cuthbert3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PO Paulo OrlandoCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
AE Alcides EscobarSS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CG Cam GallagherC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AA Abraham AlmontePH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RG Ryan GoinsSS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2B: Merrifield, Gallagher
HR: Moustakas, Duda
RBI: Moustakas, Duda
CS: Merrifield, Cuthbert
LOB: 17
BB Blaine Boyer | 0.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
BS Burch Smith | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 50 |
| ESEric SkoglundL | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 77 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 150 |
SP Steve PearceDH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TH Teoscar HernándezLF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
JS Justin Smoak1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
YS Yangervis Solarte3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
RM Russell MartinC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
KP Kevin PillarCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
AD Aledmys DíazSS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RGRandal GrichukRF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DT Devon Travis2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CG Curtis GrandersonDH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
GN Gift Ngoepe3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 36 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
2B: Hernández, Pillar, Grichuk
HR: Solarte, Grichuk
RBI: Pearce, Smoak, Solarte 4, Pillar 2, Grichuk 3
LOB: 14
AL Aaron Loup | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| JGJaime GarcíaW | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 86 |
JA John Axford | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
SO Seunghwan OhH | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 146 |
The Blue Jays routed the Royals 11-3 at Rogers Centre.
Jaime García got the win and Eric Skoglund took the loss. Randal Grichuk went 2-for-4 for the Blue Jays, while Lucas Duda went 2-for-4 for the Royals.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
