Alejandro Kirk belted a two-run homer to left field in the eighth inning to push the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-2 win against the shorthanded Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
TORONTO - Alejandro Kirk belted a two-run homer to left field in the eighth inning to push the Toronto BlueKirk's 11th round-tripper provided the BlueWith fellow all-star Vladimir Guerrero on first base after a leadoff single to centre, Kirk smashed a 3-2 pitch off Royals reliever Wyatt Mills in front of 36,681 fans at Rogers Centre.closer Jordan Romano then finished off the Royals with a clean ninth inning for his 20th save.scored two unearned runs in the third inning to pull even.
Espinal scored when Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. muffed Kirk's slow-rolling grounder. Guerrero took advantage of the error to move to third and scored on Bo Bichette's sacrifice fly to right field. The Royals scored a run in each of the first two innings. Leadoff hitter Nicky Lopez singled to centre, advanced to second on Vinnie Pasquantino's one-out single and scored Edward Olivares' bloop single to centre.
Kansas City first baseman Nick Pratto led off the second inning with a blast to right field for his first career homer.Lopez, Pasquantino, Pratto and Witt were among six rookies in the Royals' starting lineup. They were without 10 regulars, including standouts Whit Merrifield and Andrew Benintendi, who didn't make the trip to Toronto because of their COVID-19 unvaccinated status.
Royals lefty Kris Bubic lasted seven innings. He held the home team to five hits with four strikeouts and two unearned runs.Toronto catcher Danny Jansen had a solid defensive outing. He caught Freddy Fermin trying to steal second in the fifth inning and picked off Pratto on first base two innings later.The MLB All-Star game is set for Dodger Stadium on Tuesday.
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