TORONTO – Max Scherzer allowed only one run over six innings and Davis Schneider’s early two-run bloop single helped the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-2 win over the Kansas Metropolis Royals on Saturday.
Schneider’s one-out hit to centre discipline scored Myles Straw and Tyler Heineman within the third inning because the Blue Jays (65-47) received for less than the second time in seven outings.
Schneider scored on Bo Bichette’s single to proper three batters later for a three-run benefit. It was the primary of Bichette’s three singles within the sport.
The 41-year-old Scherzer’s solely blemish was a solo homer to left discipline by Salvador Perez, his twentieth, with two out within the sixth inning.
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Scherzer (2-1) yielded 5 hits with 5 strikeouts and no walks in his 85-pitch outing earlier than 41,842 at Rogers Centre.
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Royals starter Noah Cameron (5-5) lasted 6 1/3 innings, giving up 4 runs on six hits and a stroll with a strikeout.
The Royals (55-56) pulled to inside a run within the seventh when Adam Frazier led off with a double and scored on Kyle Isbel’s one-out sacrifice bunt to reliever Brendon Little.
The Blue Jays responded with a one-out run-scoring single from Ernie Clement within the backside of the seventh.
Earlier than Jeff Hoffman picked up his twenty sixth save with a clear ninth inning, reliever Seranthony Dominguez retired the Royals he confronted.
Heineman departed after three innings with a head contusion. Toronto’s catcher was hit within the masks with a foul ball on the prime of the inning after which hit by a pitch within the backside half.
LEFT STRANDED
Isbel hit a pair of one-out doubles to left discipline, solely to be stranded at third base on each events by his Royals teammates.
SPRINGER CLOSE
George Springer (concussion) felt nicely sufficient to take batting apply Saturday. He’s eligible to return in Colorado towards the Rockies on Tuesday.
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Chris Bassitt (11-5) will face Kansas Metropolis’s Seth Lugo (8-5) in Sunday’s collection finale with the three-game set at Rogers Centre tied 1-1.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Aug. 2, 2025.
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