Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - John Hirschbeck, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 10314
Jose Bautista hit a pair of homers and drove in five runs as the Toronto Blue Jays rolled to a 8-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday.
The Blue Jays made life tough for Royals starter Brian Bannister (0-1), who was socked with the loss in giving up six runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Travis Snider hit a solo homer off Bannister in the fourth to the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead and Bautista ripped a three-run shot in the fifth.
Bautista also homered in the seventh with one man on to give Toronto an 8-1 advantage.
The Royals couldn't get anything going against Blue Jays starter Brandon Morrow (1-1), who went seven innings and allowed just one run on three hits while striking out eight.
Jose Guillen was 2-for-4 for the Royals, who scored their lone run on an RBI single by David DeJesus in the sixth.
| Kansas City | Toronto | |
| Brian Bannister | Player | Brandon Morrow |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 5.1 | IP | 7.0 |
| 6 | Strikeouts | 8 |
| 7 | Hits | 3 |
| 10.12 | ERA | 1.29 |
| Kansas City | Toronto | |
| Jose Guillen | Player | Mike McCoy |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 2 | TB | 4 |
| .500 | Avg | .750 |
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Kansas City | 5 | 0 | 6 | .167 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Toronto | 11 | 3 | 24 | .306 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |