Kansas City at Toronto — MLB August 25, 2026

5 – 3

Final

Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	5	10	1
TOR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	10	1

Decisions

Win S. Lugo KC

5.0 IP · 6 H · 1 ER · 5 K · 4.61 ERA

Loss M. Scherzer TOR

5.0 IP · 4 H · 2 ER · 4 K · 7.02 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	TOR
Top 1st Salvador Perez grounds into a double play, shortstop Andrés Giménez to second baseman Ernie Clement to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. Vinnie Pasquantino out at 2nd. Salvador Perez out at 1st.	1	0
Bottom 1st Jesús Sánchez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Isaac Collins. Brett Bateman scores.	1	1
Top 5th Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Myles Straw. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Vinnie Pasquantino to 3rd.	2	1
Top 6th Kyle Isbel hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Nick Loftin scores. John Rave to 3rd. Kyle Isbel to 2nd.	3	1
Top 6th Carter Jensen out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brett Bateman. John Rave scores.	4	1
Top 9th John Rave singles on a line drive to center fielder Brett Bateman. Tyler Tolbert scores.	5	1
Bottom 9th Nathan Lukes singles on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Daz Cameron scores. Brett Bateman scores. Nathan Lukes out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Isaac Collins to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Tyler Tolbert.	5	3

Closing line

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	4	1	1	1	1	2	.219
B. Witt Jr. SS	3	1	0	0	2	1	.285
V. Pasquantino 1B	3	0	1	0	2	0	.245
S. Perez DH	4	0	1	1	1	1	.222
M. Massey 2B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.274
T. Tolbert 2B	2	1	1	0	0	1	.290
N. Loftin 3B	5	1	1	0	0	2	.237
I. Collins LF	4	0	2	0	1	0	.231
J. Rave RF	4	1	2	1	1	1	.232
K. Isbel CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.241
Totals		5	10		9	9

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
S. Lugo W	5.0	6	1	1	1	5	89
J. Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13
C. Thomas	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10
N. Pearson	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	25
S. Cruz	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	12

Toronto

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
B. Bateman CF	5	2	3	0	0	2	.328
N. Lukes RF	4	0	2	2	1	0	.263
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.262
K. Okamoto 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	.229
J. Sánchez DH	2	0	0	1	0	1	.262
E. Clement 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.283
A. Giménez SS	3	0	2	0	0	0	.243
B. Valenzuela C	2	0	0	0	0	0	.227
A. Kirk PH-C	2	0	0	0	0	0	.280
M. Straw LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.217
G. Springer PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.239
D. Cameron LF	1	1	1	0	0	0	.294
Totals		3	10		2	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
M. Scherzer L	5.0	4	2	2	5	4	92
B. Fisher	0.1	2	2	0	0	0	12
M. Fluharty	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	9
P. Sewald	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	22
B. Little	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	21
T. Rogers	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	18