Saturday, Sep 5, 2026Kauffman Stadium7:10 PM ETPreview

TOR · Away · 71-71·T-Score42

Toronto Blue Jays

AL East · 4th · 13.5 GB

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H2H 2–4

KC · Home · 63-79·T-Score32

Kansas City Royals

AL Central · 5th · 11.5 GB

Starting pitcher matchup

Max Scherzer RHP

Toronto Blue Jays

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

6.16

207th

WHIP

1.39

153rd

K/9

7.26

155th

BB/9

4.11

179th

P-Score34

FIP

5.64

HR/9

1.89

207th

OPS/R

0.660

IP

57.0

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA6.23

Road ERA6.00

Last 5 starts

ERA

4.10

QUALITY
START %

20%

(1 of 5)

DAYS
REST

6

Seth Lugo RHP

Kansas City Royals

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

5.03

162nd

WHIP

1.42

162nd

K/9

6.90

174th

BB/9

2.86

86th

P-Score50

FIP

4.17

HR/9

1.05

93rd

OPS/R

0.746

IP

154.0

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA3.98

Road ERA6.19

Last 5 starts

ERA

8.17

Team OPS vs opposing starter's hand (2026)

Toronto vs RHP (Seth Lugo)

22nd

in MLB

0.706OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

Royals vs RHP (Max Scherzer)

14th

in MLB

0.725OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

2026 season team comparison

Toronto Blue Jays

Stat

Kansas City Royals

0.247 (14th)

Batting Average

0.247 (9th)

0.691 (27th)

OPS

0.691 (16th)

134 (28th)

Home Runs

134 (23rd)

575 (28th)

Runs Scored

575 (21st)

3.91 (10th)

Team ERA

3.91 (28th)

1.30 (15th)

Team WHIP

1.30 (26th)

8.79 (10th)

K/9 (Starters)

Runs scored & allowed per inning (2026)

Blue Jays

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Runs Scored

0.41

0.26

0.49

0.35

0.50

0.52

0.46

0.64

0.36

Runs Allowed

Projected lineups vs opposing starter (2026)

Toronto vs RHP Seth Lugo

#

Player

Bats

AVG

OPS

HR

PA

1

Jonatan Clase

S

0.267

1.020

2

0

2

Brett Bateman

L

0.317

0.755

0

3

Alejandro Kirk

R

0.257

0.755

8

0

4

Jesús Sánchez

L

0.279

0.792

8

10

5

George Springer

R

0.263

0.768

14

0

Top hitters from roster with season splits vs pitcher hand — not the official batting order

vs RHP

Official starting lineups are published a few hours before first pitch. They will appear here and on the lineup page as soon as they are posted.

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Last 10 games

Toronto Blue Jays (7–3)

W

L

W

L

W

L

Kansas City Royals (5–5)

L

W

L

W

L

W

2026 head-to-head

Season Series

2—4

6 Games Played

QUALITY
START %

20%

(1 of 5)

DAYS
REST

6

8.79 (28th)

0.51

0.33

0.54

0.42

0.48

0.65

0.41

0.42

0.50

Royals

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Runs Scored

0.56

0.38

0.35

0.55

0.44

0.58

0.48

0.51

0.41

Runs Allowed

0.66

0.51

0.49

0.61

0.51

0.52

0.48

0.70

Royals

Max Scherzer

#

Player

Bats

AVG

OPS

HR

PA

1

Jac Caglianone

L

0.291

0.861

23

0

2

Bobby Witt Jr.

R

0.286

0.812

17

6

3

Tyler Tolbert

R

0.346

0.856

3

0

4

Michael Massey

L

0.269

0.732

11

1

5

Carter Jensen

L

0.229

0.795

22

2

Top hitters from roster with season splits vs pitcher hand — not the official batting order

Kauffman Stadium

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90°F

Partly cloudy

WindE 7 mph

Precip Chance0%

Humidity44%

IMPACT ON GAME: Low

Odds

Jays @ Royals

TOR

-103▲ +2

KC

— flat-105

TOTAL9.5—flat

O-102▲ +7

U-110▼ -5

Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals

Toronto Blue Jays

Kansas City Royals