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

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M. ScherzerR	2-7 W-L	57.0 IP	6.16 ERA	1.77 SO/BB	1.39 WHIP
S. LugoR	6-8 W-L	154.0 IP	5.03 ERA	2.41 SO/BB	1.42 WHIP

.M. Scherzer

2-7, 57.0 IP, 6.16 ERA

.S. Lugo

6-8, 154.0 IP, 5.03 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Patrick Corbin	Shoulder	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
Jameson Taillon	Forearm	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
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
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
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	09-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 21

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
Connor Seabold	Lat	09-01-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 2
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
Beck Way	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. Okamoto 3B	134	489	73	112	78	28	48	162	.229	.304	.444	.748	21	0	1	1	342
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	124	466	63	120	48	7	49	66	.258	.330	.348	.678	21	0	7	3	304
E. Clement 2B	135	512	54	141	43	9	19	53	.275	.301	.389	.690	29	1	5	1	299
G. Springer DH	107	394	51	99	45	14	42	82	.251	.327	.416	.743	19	2	11	2	284
A. Gimenez SS	129	404	34	97	52	8	14	85	.240	.286	.354	.640	20	1	19	3	249
N. Lukes RF	103	333	38	87	32	10	21	56	.261	.315	.384	.699	11	0	1	1	198
M. Straw LF	126	247	39	56	22	3	21	38	.227	.287	.340	.627	17	1	7	1	161
J. Sanchez LF	94	259	24	68	34	8	17	67	.263	.322	.425	.747	18	0	1	2	159
A. Kirk C	62	213	18	59	32	8	26	29	.277	.351	.418	.769	6	0	1	0	152
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	20	82	10	26	7	0	7	21	.317	.367	.390	.757	4	1	3	0	51
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	23	73	7	17	10	2	5	20	.233	.278	.342	.620	2	0	1	0	39
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	8	24	3	5	3	1	0	7	.208	.200	.375	.575	1	0	0	0	11
A. Barger 3B	9	22	2	1	2	0	5	7	.045	.214	.091	.305	1	0	0	0	7
Total	139	4674	549	1145	524	131	382	1004	.245	.306	.380	.686	221	8	69	14	2742

HITTING	G
K. Okamoto 3B	134
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	124
E. Clement 2B	135
G. Springer DH	107
A. Gimenez SS	129
N. Lukes RF	103
M. Straw LF	126
J. Sanchez LF	94
A. Kirk C	62
B. Valenzuela C	80
Y. Pinango LF	58
J. Smith 3B	14
D. Schneider LF	62
B. Bateman CF	20
L. Sosa 2B	28
L. Urias 2B	26
C. McAdoo 2B	23
J. Clase LF	9
S. Keys 3B	12
E. Jimenez DH	12
D. Cameron RF	8
A. Barger 3B	9
Total	139

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	62	0	5-4	31	32	68.2	1.18	49	18	9	2	18	84	.200	0.98	404
J. Soriano SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	28.1	4.13	29	14	13	2	10	22	.271	1.38	343
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	43	6	5-2	1	1	84.1	2.88	71	29	27	5	21	77	.225	1.09	203
S. Arrighetti RP	3	1	0-3	0	0	11.0	6.55	10	9	8	3	5	10	.233	1.36	172
M. Straw LF	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	8	2	2	1	1	0	.421	2.25	161
T. Rogers RP	64	0	2-2	4	7	61.2	1.90	53	21	13	1	21	35	.228	1.20	146
M. Fluharty RP	73	4	5-1	1	1	55.0	3.44	45	21	21	6	24	59	.223	1.25	140
B. Fisher RP	66	8	3-4	1	1	68.0	3.31	47	32	25	7	36	65	.204	1.22	133
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. Scherzer SP	13	13	2-7	0	0	57.0	6.16	53	39	39	12	26	46	.242	1.39	66
M. Lorenzen RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	5	3	3	1	1	2	.357	2.00	47
J. Mantiply RP	18	0	1-0	0	0	19.0	2.84	19	6	6	2	4	17	.271	1.21	42
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	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	3.38	2	1	1	0	2	2	.222	1.50	4
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	139	139	68-71	46	60	1236.1	3.96	1102	604	544	144	512	1214	.238	1.31	3152

PITCHING	GP
D. Cease SP	25
L. Varland RP	62
J. Soriano SP	5
P. Sewald RP	6
T. Yesavage SP	18
S. Miles RP	43
S. Arrighetti RP	3
M. Straw LF	4
T. Rogers RP	64
M. Fluharty RP	73
B. Fisher RP	66
S. Bieber SP	11
J. Taillon SP	2
P. Corbin SP	19
M. Scherzer SP	13
M. Lorenzen RP	2
J. Mantiply RP	18
L. Estrada RP	8
C. Dallas RP	4
C. Lee RP	7
T. Andrews RP	2
C. Ponce RP	1
R. Tiedemann RP	2
C. Van Eyk RP	4
Y. Rodriguez RP	10
B. Little RP	22
J. Fleming RP	1
Total	139

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	120	470	77	134	50	16	55	92	.285	.360	.451	.811	28	1	37	7	417
J. Caglianone RF	127	460	64	130	66	23	30	129	.283	.333	.496	.829	25	2	6	2	338
C. Jensen C	129	451	61	101	62	19	57	147	.224	.310	.412	.722	26	1	2	1	297
S. Perez DH	129	498	46	110	62	17	20	106	.221	.264	.369	.633	21	1	1	0	273
V. Pasquantino 1B	92	340	41	83	41	9	45	63	.244	.334	.379	.713	15	2	5	0	237
I. Collins LF	125	391	42	90	40	6	53	102	.230	.329	.350	.679	23	3	6	5	234
M. Massey 2B	110	340	46	94	44	11	19	62	.276	.310	.444	.754	22	1	2	0	233
N. Loftin 3B	99	308	39	73	41	7	36	58	.237	.325	.393	.718	23	2	2	1	217
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	79	236	26	55	24	6	14	58	.233	.282	.356	.638	9	1	6	0	134
T. Tolbert SS	67	114	30	35	8	3	12	24	.307	.375	.430	.805	5	0	20	3	125
J. Rave RF	33	83	16	18	8	3	8	19	.217	.286	.410	.696	5	1	4	0	64
J. Rojas 3B	35	89	10	23	13	2	4	15	.258	.290	.371	.661	4	0	1	0	54
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	13	33	2	5	5	1	1	11	.152	.176	.273	.449	1	0	0	0	11
M. Lugo LF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.666	0	0	0	0	0
Total	139	4663	593	1154	564	142	437	1091	.247	.316	.400	.716	250	18	110	29	2849

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	120
J. Caglianone RF	127
C. Jensen C	129
S. Perez DH	129
V. Pasquantino 1B	92
I. Collins LF	125
M. Massey 2B	110
N. Loftin 3B	99
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	79
T. Tolbert SS	67
J. Rave RF	33
J. Rojas 3B	35
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	13
M. Lugo LF	3
Total	139

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	28	28	6-8	0	0	154.0	5.03	170	94	86	18	49	118	.286	1.42	253
D. Lynch IV RP	51	5	4-4	1	3	61.2	3.06	46	25	21	5	19	46	.202	1.05	135
S. Cruz RP	49	2	2-3	6	7	51.2	4.35	46	26	25	12	19	56	.237	1.26	131
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	125
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	51	0	2-7	10	13	52.2	5.81	52	36	34	6	27	54	.259	1.50	116
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	11	9	2-3	0	0	57.2	2.65	57	17	17	5	23	40	.258	1.39	101
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	15	0	1-1	2	3	14.2	0.61	7	1	1	0	6	13	.140	0.89	94
C. Kimbrel RP	6	0	1-0	1	1	6.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	3	.059	0.47	73
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	54
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
J. Cuas RP	14	0	0-0	0	0	15.0	1.80	16	3	3	0	9	16	.276	1.67	25
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
A. Gose RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	0.27	17
L. Maile C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	11
N. Hoffman RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0.00	6
E. McGee RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	9.95	11	7	7	2	3	7	.379	2.21	6
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
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	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	5	2	2	0	1	4	.217	0.95	-2
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	139	139	62-77	34	57	1221.1	4.69	1196	679	637	170	504	1009	.257	1.39	2341

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	27
N. Cameron SP	26
S. Lugo SP	28
D. Lynch IV RP	51
S. Cruz RP	49
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	51
S. Kolek SP	10
R. Dobnak SP	11
L. Avila SP	21
N. Pearson RP	15
C. Kimbrel RP	6
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
M. Black RP	17
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
J. Cuas RP	14
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
A. Gose RP	3
L. Maile C	1
N. Hoffman RP	1
E. McGee RP	5
C. Duran RP	2
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Thomas RP	5
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	139

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