Royals rock Scherzer for 7 runs, crush Jays 20-1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Salvador Perez deed a three-run homer successful Kansas City's seven-run archetypal inning and the Royals bushed the Toronto Blue Jays 20-1 connected Friday night.

The Royals sent 10 batters to the sheet against Max Scherzer (5-4), who exited aft signaling conscionable 2 outs and allowing 7 hits successful the shortest non-injury commencement of his career. It was Scherzer's shortest outing since facing conscionable 1 batter portion pitching for Washington connected June 11, 2021, earlier leaving with an injury.

According to ESPN Research, Toronto's 19-run nonaccomplishment ties the largest by a part person successful a September oregon aboriginal regular-season game, joining the erstwhile dubious people acceptable by the Padres' 20-1 nonaccomplishment to the Rockies successful 2005.

Following a homer by George Springer successful the apical of the archetypal inning, the Royals rapidly tied it successful the bottommost of the inning connected Carter Jensen's leadoff treble and Bobby Witt Jr.'s RBI single. Witt scored connected Vinnie Pasquantino's treble into the near tract country to springiness Kansas City the pb for good.

After a locomotion to Maikel Garcia - and Toronto pitching manager Pete Walker's ejection - Perez connected for his 30th location run. Michael Massey's two-run homer gave Kansas City a 7-1 lead.

Batting leadoff for the archetypal time, Jensen deed 3 doubles - 2 against Scherzer successful the archetypal and a two-run treble successful the third. Jensen became the archetypal Royals subordinate with aggregate doubles successful the aforesaid inning.

Jac Caglianone deed a three-run homer successful the seventh arsenic the Royals had 10 runs and 13 hits successful 1 1/3 innings against catcher Tyler Heineman. Infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa got the past 2 outs successful the eighth inning.

Pasquantino had 4 of Kansas City's franchise-record 27 hits, doubling doubly arsenic the Royals had with 8 extra-base hits successful the archetypal 3 innings.

Royals starter Michael Lorenzen (6-11) gave up a tally and 3 hits with 3 walks portion striking retired 4 successful 7 2/3 innings for his archetypal triumph since July 6.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.