Major League Baseball
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Kansas City 5, Toronto 2
When: 2:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 15285

Billy Butler and Jose Guillen had RBI doubles in a three-run fifth inning that lifted the Kansas City Royals to a 5-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.

Leading 2-1 entering the fifth, the Royals put the game away and chased Toronto starter Mark Rzepczynski (0-1) in the process. Mike Aviles led off with a triple and came around to score on Butler's double. Butler advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored the Royals' fourth run on Guillen's two-base hit to center field.

One out later, with Rzepczynski replaced by Casey Janssen, Brayan Pena singled home Guillen to make it 5-1. The Royals cruised from there to take two out of three against the visiting Blue Jays.

Zack Greinke (6-9) was sharp, limiting the Jays to six hits over eight innings while striking out nine. Joakim Soria pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 26th save.

Rzepczynski surrendered all five Kansas City runs on nine hits over 4 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three in his second start of the season.

John McDonald and Lyle Overbay drove in runs for Toronto, which fell to 4-2 on its 10-game road trip.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Toronto   Kansas City
Marc Rzepczynski Player Zack Greinke
Loss W/L Win
4.2 IP 8.0
3 Strikeouts 9
9 Hits 6
9.64 ERA 2.25
Hitting
Toronto   Kansas City
Vernon Wells Player Brayan Pena
3 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 4
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Toronto 8 0 10 .235 13 10 2 0 0 1
Kansas City 10 0 17 .303 12 6 5 1 1 0