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	09-12-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 13
Jameson Taillon	Elbow	09-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 9
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	09-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 27
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	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18

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	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Connor Seabold	Lat	09-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 11
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	135	493	73	112	78	28	48	165	.227	.302	.440	.742	21	0	1	1	340
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	126	473	65	123	54	8	50	67	.260	.332	.357	.689	22	0	7	3	319
E. Clement 2B	137	521	56	143	44	9	20	54	.274	.301	.386	.687	29	1	6	1	307
G. Springer DH	108	398	52	100	46	14	42	83	.251	.326	.417	.743	20	2	11	2	287
A. Gimenez SS	131	412	35	100	52	8	14	87	.243	.288	.354	.642	20	1	20	3	254
N. Lukes RF	105	343	39	91	35	10	21	57	.265	.317	.391	.708	13	0	1	1	207
M. Straw LF	128	251	41	58	23	3	23	38	.231	.295	.347	.642	18	1	7	1	169
J. Sanchez LF	96	263	24	69	35	8	17	68	.262	.321	.422	.743	18	0	1	2	161
A. Kirk C	63	218	18	59	32	8	26	31	.271	.344	.408	.752	6	0	1	0	151
B. Valenzuela C	81	217	26	48	21	8	26	64	.221	.306	.373	.679	9	0	1	0	125
J. Smith 3B	16	32	10	8	4	3	6	13	.250	.368	.531	.899	0	0	1	0	93
Y. Pinango LF	58	169	12	44	20	5	11	44	.260	.306	.396	.702	8	0	0	0	88
D. Schneider LF	62	113	18	16	12	3	25	47	.142	.295	.274	.569	6	0	1	0	64
B. Bateman CF	22	91	14	30	7	0	8	22	.330	.380	.396	.776	4	1	3	0	60
L. Sosa 2B	28	80	9	15	6	1	1	18	.188	.205	.275	.480	4	0	0	0	41
C. McAdoo 2B	24	74	7	18	10	2	5	20	.243	.288	.351	.639	2	0	1	0	40
L. Urias 2B	26	52	5	13	8	3	6	10	.250	.322	.481	.803	3	0	0	0	39
J. Clase LF	9	22	4	6	6	2	3	8	.273	.360	.545	.905	0	0	0	0	21
S. Keys 1B	14	41	6	8	6	1	2	15	.195	.233	.293	.526	1	0	0	0	18
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	141	4751	566	1169	539	133	393	1022	.246	.308	.381	.689	226	8	71	14	2815

HITTING	G
K. Okamoto 3B	135
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	126
E. Clement 2B	137
G. Springer DH	108
A. Gimenez SS	131
N. Lukes RF	105
M. Straw LF	128
J. Sanchez LF	96
A. Kirk C	63
B. Valenzuela C	81
J. Smith 3B	16
Y. Pinango LF	58
D. Schneider LF	62
B. Bateman CF	22
L. Sosa 2B	28
C. McAdoo 2B	24
L. Urias 2B	26
J. Clase LF	9
S. Keys 1B	14
E. Jimenez DH	12
D. Cameron RF	8
A. Barger 3B	9
Total	141

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
D. Cease SP	26	26	10-5	0	0	156.1	2.25	97	44	39	10	65	221	.176	1.04	465
L. Varland RP	63	0	5-4	32	33	69.2	1.16	50	18	9	2	19	86	.201	0.99	413
J. Soriano SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	33.0	4.36	35	17	16	2	13	24	.276	1.45	345
P. Sewald RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	5	.130	0.90	239
S. Miles RP	44	6	6-2	1	1	85.2	2.84	71	29	27	5	21	78	.222	1.07	215
T. Yesavage SP	18	18	5-5	0	0	93.2	3.65	61	39	38	10	46	91	.185	1.14	210
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	169
T. Rogers RP	65	0	2-2	4	7	62.2	1.87	53	21	13	1	21	35	.226	1.18	148
M. Fluharty RP	74	4	5-1	1	1	56.0	3.38	46	21	21	6	25	60	.223	1.27	142
B. Fisher RP	67	8	3-4	1	1	69.0	3.26	49	32	25	7	36	67	.209	1.23	135
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
B. Little RP	23	0	0-3	0	2	21.2	7.89	26	21	19	5	20	34	.313	2.12	2
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
J. Fleming RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	12.00	6	4	4	1	2	1	.429	2.67	-3
Total	141	141	70-71	47	61	1254.1	3.92	1116	607	547	144	517	1229	.237	1.30	3221

PITCHING	GP
D. Cease SP	26
L. Varland RP	63
J. Soriano SP	6
P. Sewald RP	7
S. Miles RP	44
T. Yesavage SP	18
S. Arrighetti RP	3
M. Straw LF	4
T. Rogers RP	65
M. Fluharty RP	74
B. Fisher RP	67
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
B. Little RP	23
C. Van Eyk RP	4
Y. Rodriguez RP	10
J. Fleming RP	1
Total	141

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	122	477	78	135	50	16	57	92	.283	.359	.447	.806	28	1	38	8	422
J. Caglianone RF	129	469	66	133	69	23	30	131	.284	.333	.497	.830	27	2	6	2	347
C. Jensen C	131	459	66	106	67	22	58	148	.231	.316	.442	.758	27	2	2	1	325
S. Perez DH	131	506	47	112	65	18	21	108	.221	.266	.375	.641	22	1	1	0	283
M. Massey 2B	112	348	46	97	45	11	19	62	.279	.312	.445	.757	23	1	3	0	240
V. Pasquantino 1B	94	349	41	84	42	9	45	64	.241	.329	.375	.704	16	2	5	0	240
I. Collins LF	126	395	42	90	40	6	53	103	.228	.326	.347	.673	23	3	6	5	233
N. Loftin 3B	101	313	40	75	41	7	38	59	.240	.330	.393	.723	23	2	3	1	223
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	81	243	28	57	24	6	14	60	.235	.282	.354	.636	9	1	6	0	137
T. Tolbert SS	68	114	31	35	8	3	12	24	.307	.375	.430	.805	5	0	21	3	128
J. Rave RF	34	86	16	19	8	3	9	20	.221	.295	.407	.702	5	1	4	0	66
J. Rojas 3B	36	91	10	23	13	2	4	15	.253	.284	.363	.647	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	141	4733	606	1174	577	146	444	1102	.248	.316	.403	.719	256	19	114	30	2924

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	122
J. Caglianone RF	129
C. Jensen C	131
S. Perez DH	131
M. Massey 2B	112
V. Pasquantino 1B	94
I. Collins LF	126
N. Loftin 3B	101
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	81
T. Tolbert SS	68
J. Rave RF	34
J. Rojas 3B	36
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	13
M. Lugo LF	3
Total	141

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	28	28	9-8	0	0	176.2	3.36	151	70	66	24	44	143	.229	1.10	414
N. Cameron SP	27	26	9-8	0	0	154.1	4.08	139	75	70	16	49	138	.237	1.22	320
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	50	2	2-3	6	7	52.2	4.27	46	26	25	12	19	57	.234	1.23	134
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	128
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	52	0	2-7	10	13	53.2	6.04	54	38	36	8	27	55	.262	1.51	115
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
N. Pearson RP	17	0	1-1	2	3	17.0	0.53	9	1	1	0	6	15	.153	0.88	100
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
C. Kimbrel RP	8	0	1-0	1	1	8.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	5	.087	0.50	77
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
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
J. Cuas RP	15	0	0-1	0	1	15.1	2.93	18	6	5	0	10	16	.300	1.83	16
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
C. Thomas RP	6	0	1-0	0	0	7.0	2.57	6	2	2	0	1	5	.231	1.00	0
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
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	141	141	63-78	34	58	1239.1	4.71	1215	691	648	175	508	1030	.257	1.39	2377

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	28
N. Cameron SP	27
S. Lugo SP	28
D. Lynch IV RP	51
S. Cruz RP	50
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Erceg RP	47
A. Lange RP	52
S. Kolek SP	10
R. Dobnak SP	11
N. Pearson RP	17
L. Avila SP	21
C. Kimbrel RP	8
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
M. Black RP	17
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
A. Gose RP	3
J. Cuas RP	15
L. Maile C	1
N. Hoffman RP	1
E. McGee RP	5
C. Duran RP	2
C. Thomas RP	6
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	141

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