TOR 4, KC 1 | Apr 4, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, April 4, 2023•Kauffman Stadium•80°F, Overcast

TOR

Blue Jays

Royals

Final

WIN

Yusei Kikuchi

LOSS

Kris Bubic

SAVE

Jordan Romano

The Blue Jays defeated the Royals 4-1.

★Matt Chapman3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Matt Duffy3-for-3, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Top 6: Daulton Varsho homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

Weather: 80°F, OvercastWind: 22 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:40 PM UTCT: 2:32Att: 12,123Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Jerry Layne

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91.0%C

12 missed calls

+14.3% TOR

+0.48 runs TOR

Win Probability

KC WinTOR Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	11	0
KC	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Game 718708 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
George SpringerDH	4	0	0	0	1	0	.240/.269/.240	103.6	.271	.379
Bo BichetteSS	5	1	1	0	0	1	.375/.400/.542	100.3	.478	.588
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1B	4	0	1	0	1	0	.278/.440/.333	107.8	.271	.256
Matt Chapman3B	4	1	3	1	0	1	.579/.619/.842	108.7	.483	.520
Daulton VarshoLF	4	1	2	1	0	1	.250/.333/.450	98.2	.178	.284
Whit MerrifieldRF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.200/.308/.300	93.2	.106	.114
Danny JansenC	4	0	0	1	0	1	.091/.167/.091	101.8	.246	.249
Santiago Espinal2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.125/.125/.125	93.6	.106	.097
Kevin KiermaierCF	4	0	2	0	0	1	.412/.412/.412	104.5	.832	.802
Bench
Yusei KikuchiP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Yimi GarcíaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	37	4	11	3	2	7	-	-	-	-

HR:Varsho (6th off Hernández, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Chapman; Merrifield

TB:16

RBI:Varsho; Chapman; Jansen

SB:Springer 2

Team LOB:8

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.118/.250/.118	106.7	.131

Pitching

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Yusei KikuchiW	5.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	69-47	91.4	1.80
Yimi GarcíaH	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20-11	92.5	7.71
Tim MayzaH	1.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	19-13	92.3	3.86
Erik SwansonH	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	89.6	3.86
Jordan RomanoS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	91.8	0.00
Totals	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	127-83	-	-

WP:Kikuchi

Inherited runners-scored:Mayza 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Kikuchi 69-47; García 20-11; Mayza 19-13; Swanson 5-3; Romano 14-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Kikuchi 6-6; García 1-3; Mayza 0-0; Swanson 0-1; Romano 0-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Kris BubicL	5.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	88-57	87.1	3.60

Game Notes

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T8Replay review: Blue Jays challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Danny Jansen flies into a force out, right fielder Nate Eaton to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Matt Chapman scores. Daulton Varsho out at 2nd. Danny Jansen to 1st.

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B2Wild pitch by Yusei Kikuchi

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T4Wild pitch by Kris Bubic

Bot 2 • KC

0-1

Franmil Reyes homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 110.9 mph💣 455 ftLA: 25°

Top 3 • TOR

1-1

Matt Chapman singles on a ground ball to left fielder Edward Olivares. Bo Bichette scores. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. out at 3rd on the throw, left fielder Edward Olivares to third baseman Matt Duffy. Matt Chapman to 2nd.

EV: 108.7 mph87 ftLA: 3°

Top 4 • TOR

2-1

Santiago Espinal strikes out swinging.

Top 6 • TOR

3-1

Daulton Varsho homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 98.2 mph💣 373 ftLA: 32°

Top 8 • TOR

4-1

Blue Jays challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Danny Jansen flies into a force out, right fielder Nate Eaton to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Matt Chapman scores. Daulton Varsho out at 2nd. Danny Jansen to 1st.

EV: 73.4 mph214 ftLA: 54°

Bench
Hunter Dozier1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.077/.077/.077	95.3	.164	.229
Kris BubicP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Carlos HernándezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Amir GarrettP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Aroldis ChapmanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-