Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 7,
Toronto 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 15, 2021
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Roberto Ortiz, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
Attendance: 6266
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Roberto Ortiz, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
Attendance: 6266
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Toronto
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .214 |
| Bo Bichette | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .302 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .413 |
| Randal Grichuk | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .283 |
| Cavan Biggio | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .171 |
| Joe Panik | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .205 |
| Rowdy Tellez | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .162 |
| Joshua Palacios | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .316 |
| Danny Jansen | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .080 |
| Alejandro Kirk | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (3), Joe Panik (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Marcus Semien, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 7, Joe Panik 2, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2, Rowdy Tellez 2, Alejandro Kirk | |||||||||
| RBI - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (10), Joe Panik 2 (3), Rowdy Tellez (2), Joshua Palacios (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Marcus Semien (4), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (3), Cavan Biggio (5), Danny Jansen (5) | |||||||||
| SF - Joshua Palacios (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Bo Bichette (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Cavan Biggio 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Anthony Kay (L 0-1) | 3.1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Tanner Roark | 2.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.94 |
| Joel Payamps | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Anthony Kay 56-36, Tanner Roark 49-33, Joel Payamps 21-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Anthony Kay 6-1, Tanner Roark 4-2, Joel Payamps 2-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Anthony Kay 16, Tanner Roark 11, Joel Payamps 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tanner Roark 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .227 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .302 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .154 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .171 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .293 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 |
| Kyle Isbel | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Hanser Alberto | 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Andrew Benintendi (2), Jorge Soler (1), Hunter Dozier (1), Hanser Alberto (4) | |||||||||
| 3B - Nicky Lopez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Andrew Benintendi 2, Jorge Soler 3, Hunter Dozier 3, Hanser Alberto 3, Nicky Lopez 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Andrew Benintendi (2), Hunter Dozier (2), Hanser Alberto (3), Nicky Lopez (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (3), Carlos Santana (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Andrew Benintendi (2, 3rd by Kay/Jansen) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis (W 1-0) | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Jake Newberry | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.50 |
| Kyle Zimmer (H 1) | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.04 |
| Scott Barlow (SV 1) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.24 |
| WP - Jake Newberry, Kyle Zimmer | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 81-52, Jake Newberry 20-10, Kyle Zimmer 22-13, Scott Barlow 22-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 3-4, Jake Newberry 0-0, Kyle Zimmer 1-3, Scott Barlow 3-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 21, Jake Newberry 4, Kyle Zimmer 6, Scott Barlow 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jake Newberry 2-2, Kyle Zimmer 2-1 | ||||||||