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09/06 16:39 CDT Pasquantino and Perez homer as Royals win 6-1 to knock Blue
Jays out of playoff position
Pasquantino and Perez homer as Royals win 6-1 to knock Blue Jays out of playoff
position
By DAVID SMALE
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez homered as the
Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Sunday to avoid a
three-game sweep.
Toronto (72-72) dropped a game behind Cleveland for the final American League
wild card. The Guardians edged Detroit 3-2 in 10 innings.
Randy Dobnak (3-3) allowed one run over six innings for the win. He struck out
three and walked none. Three of the four hits he gave up came in his last
inning.
Blue Jays starter Spencer Arrighetti (7-9) yielded six runs and five hits in 4
2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out three.
Kansas City went ahead 3-0 before Arrighetti got an out. John Rave beat out an
infield single before Bobby Witt Jr. coaxed a walk. Pasquantino then launched a
three-run homer.
Witt led off the third with a line-drive double off the wall in left field. One
out later, Perez bounced a drive off the top of the fence in nearly the same
spot for a two-run homer and a 5-0 cushion.
The Royals added another run in the fifth on an infield single by Nick Loftin
after a walk and a hit batter.
Toronto finally got to Dobnak in the sixth when Josh Smith hit his fifth home
run just over the right-field fence inside the foul pole.
Up next
The Blue Jays travel to the West Coast for the start of a three-game series
against the Athletics on Monday night. RHP Dylan Cease (10-5, 2.25 ERA) will
pitch for Toronto.
The Royals host the Arizona Diamondbacks in a Monday matinee. LHP Noah Cameron
(9-8, 4.08) goes for Kansas City.
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