Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Toronto 5,
Kansas City 4
When: 7:07 PM ET, Friday, September 8, 2023
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Ben May, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Chris Segal, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 26493
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Ben May, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Chris Segal, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 26493
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .280 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .273 |
| Salvador Perez | 1B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .249 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .237 |
| Edward Olivares | PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .256 |
| Nelson Velazquez | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .256 |
| Drew Waters | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Nick Loftin | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .368 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .230 |
| Dairon Blanco | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .238 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Bobby Witt Jr. (26) | |||||||||
| 3B - Nick Loftin (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Dairon Blanco (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Bobby Witt Jr. 2, Salvador Perez 3, Nelson Velazquez, Freddy Fermin 2, Nick Loftin 3, Dairon Blanco 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez (64), Edward Olivares (26), Nick Loftin (4), Dairon Blanco (17) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez (25), Nick Loftin (2), Dairon Blanco (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Edward Olivares (28), Nick Loftin 2 (2), Dairon Blanco 2 (16) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Salvador Perez (11), Freddy Fermin (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Kyle Isbel (7, 2nd off Green/Kirk) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Freddy Fermin (9, Catcher interference) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Collin Snider | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.55 |
| Alec Marsh | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5.95 |
| Austin Cox (H 6) | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.54 |
| Carlos Hernandez (L 1-10; BS 5) | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.81 |
| Tucker Davidson | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.46 |
| WP - Carlos Hernandez 2, Tucker Davidson | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Collin Snider 20-13, Alec Marsh 65-40, Austin Cox 10-6, Carlos Hernandez 20-8, Tucker Davidson 27-19 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Collin Snider 3-0, Alec Marsh 3-2, Austin Cox 0-0, Carlos Hernandez 0-1, Tucker Davidson 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Collin Snider 7, Alec Marsh 17, Austin Cox 2, Carlos Hernandez 5, Tucker Davidson 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Carlos Hernandez 1-1, Tucker Davidson 2-1 | ||||||||
Toronto
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .258 |
| Bo Bichette | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .315 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .266 |
| Davis Schneider | DH | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .403 |
| Cavan Biggio | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .222 |
| Ernie Clement | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .425 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B-LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .281 |
| Daulton Varsho | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .220 |
| Santiago Espinal | PH-3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .239 |
| Alejandro Kirk | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 |
| Tyler Heineman | PR-C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Bo Bichette (27), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (28), Davis Schneider 2 (9) | |||||||||
| 3B - Kevin Kiermaier (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Bo Bichette 3, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2, Davis Schneider 4, Ernie Clement, Alejandro Kirk, Kevin Kiermaier 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Bo Bichette 2 (64), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2 (84), Ernie Clement (9) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Bo Bichette (26), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2 (40), Ernie Clement (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bo Bichette (39), Cavan Biggio (34), Whit Merrifield 4 (51), Daulton Varsho (65) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Whit Merrifield (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Yusei Kikuchi | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3.57 |
| Jordan Hicks | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.21 |
| Trevor Richards | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.06 |
| Chad Green (W 2-0) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Tim Mayza (H 22) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.32 |
| Jordan Romano (SV 33) | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.65 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Yusei Kikuchi 88-62, Jordan Hicks 11-5, Trevor Richards 28-17, Chad Green 13-8, Tim Mayza 10-4, Jordan Romano 29-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yusei Kikuchi 4-1, Jordan Hicks 1-0, Trevor Richards 0-1, Chad Green 0-0, Tim Mayza 1-0, Jordan Romano 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Yusei Kikuchi 18, Jordan Hicks 3, Trevor Richards 5, Chad Green 4, Tim Mayza 3, Jordan Romano 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Chad Green 2-0, Tim Mayza 2-1, Jordan Romano 3-0 | ||||||||