Toronto at Kansas City — MLB September 5, 2026

4 – 3

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	13	0
KC	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	2

Decisions

Win M. Fluharty TOR

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 2 K · 3.32 ERA

Loss C. Kimbrel KC

1.0 IP · 1 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 3.80 ERA

Save L. Varland TOR

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 1.15 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	TOR	KC
Top 1st Alejandro Kirk singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Josh Rojas. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scores. Alejandro Kirk to 2nd. Throwing error by third baseman Josh Rojas.	1	0
Top 1st Nathan Lukes singles on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Alejandro Kirk scores.	2	0
Bottom 1st Jac Caglianone singles on a ground ball to second baseman Ernie Clement. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd.	2	1
Bottom 1st Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to right fielder Nathan Lukes. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Jac Caglianone to 3rd.	2	2
Top 3rd Kazuma Okamoto doubles (23) on a ground ball to left fielder Isaac Collins. Nathan Lukes scores. Kazuma Okamoto out at 3rd on the throw, left fielder Isaac Collins to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to third baseman Josh Rojas.	3	2
Bottom 4th John Rave homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.	3	3
Top 7th Kazuma Okamoto singles on a ground ball to center fielder John Rave. George Springer scores. Nathan Lukes to 3rd.	4	3

Closing line

Box score

Toronto

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
B. Bateman CF	4	0	1	0	1	1	.327
G. Springer DH	4	1	0	0	1	0	.248
V. Guerrero Jr. 1B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.261
A. Kirk C	5	1	1	0	0	0	.272
N. Lukes RF	5	1	3	1	0	0	.270
K. Okamoto 3B	5	0	4	2	0	0	.233
A. Giménez SS	3	0	1	0	1	0	.243
E. Clement 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.275
M. Straw LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.236
Totals		4	13		3	4

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
M. Scherzer	5.2	5	3	3	1	2	76
M. Fluharty W	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	20
P. Sewald	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	7
T. Rogers	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	12
L. Varland S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	3	1	0	0	0	0	.230
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	.283
J. Caglianone RF	1	0	1	1	0	0	.283
N. Loftin RF-3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.238
S. Perez DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	.226
M. Lugo PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.238
M. Massey 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.280
J. Rave CF	3	1	1	1	1	1	.225
J. Rojas 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.247
T. Tolbert PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.304
K. Isbel PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.231
I. Collins LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.224
Totals		3	7		2	5

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
S. Lugo	5.0	8	3	3	2	1	95
J. Cuas	0.2	2	0	0	0	2	17
C. Thomas	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2
C. Kimbrel L	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	22
A. Gose	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	14
A. Lange	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	9