TORONTO – Randal Grichuk belted a three-run homer to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a convincing 11-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday in the first game of a doubleheader.
Grichuk anchored a six-run sixth inning by taking Blaine Boyer’s 1-2 pitch over the wall in left for his second homer of the season. Four batters later, Yangervis Solarte drove in Devon Travis with a sacrifice fly before Kevin Pillar’s two-run single put Toronto ahead 11-3.
Jamie Garcia (2-0) earned the win, allowing three earned runs on eight hits over five innings while fanning five and walking one.
Toronto (10-5), playing for the first time since Friday after having three straight games postponed, has won two straight five of its last six games. Kansas City (3-11) has dropped six consecutive contests.
Toronto took a 2-0 lead on Solarte’s two-run homer off Royals starter Eric Skoglund in the first. Paulo Orlando brought Kansas City’s first run home when his groundout into a double play scored Lucas Duda.
But the Royals went ahead 3-2 in the third following consecutive solo homers from Mike Moustakas and Duda. Toronto countered with three in the fifth on RBI singles from Steve Pearce, Justin Smoak and Solarte, who finished 2-for-3 with four runs-batted in.
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