Blue Jays vs. Royals Game Highlights (4/6/23) | MLB Highlights

So here's Jordan Lyles 32 years old he took the loss against the Twins as the Royals were shut out. So righties were five for 12 but lefties were 0 for nine and had trouble with his four seam fastball stayed with the fastball and tied him up just enough and Nate Eaton makes the play in center field one out. So that'll bring up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. who continues to have a great start to the season and he just flares it into right field. That was a good pitch by Lyles a slider down off the outside corner low and let he just took it the other way for a base hit. So now Dalton Varsho up into the three spot and he lines one down the right field line a fair ball Guerrero is on his way to third Varsho into second with yet another hit now six for his last nine and the Blue Jays are in business here in the top of the first and the Royals will play with the infield in on Matt Chapman and he drills a ball to the left field and it is off the wall Guerrero into score Varsho coming in behind him a two run double for Matt Chapman as he has given the Blue Jays an early two to nothing lead and making his second start of the regular season is Kevin Gossman. Kevin Gossman had a good outing his first time out on game two in St. Louis. He gave up three runs but they were all unearned runs and there it is a fastball at the knees for strike three called and they're a good splitter to get him and back to back strikeouts for Gossman to start his day. Salvador Perez swings at the first pitch fly ball to shallow center easy play for Kevin Kiermaier and a very nice first inning for Kevin Gossman. Kevin Kiermaier is three out of eight against the Royals and Lyle's got a piece of that slowed it down but it's still into center and Kiermaier is accelerating into second and in there with a hustle double. Never assuming anything comes out of the box anticipating getting the second base and headfirst. So it puts a runner in scoring position for Bo Bichette one to Bichette serves it in a line out to right field it's down for a base hit Prado comes up throwing Kiermaier is around third on his way to the plate he'll score. It's an RBI single for Bo Bichette and the Blue Jays have a three nothing lead. It just is so much better as a hitter to hit with a guy at second Kiermaier set it all up with two outs. Here is Hunter Dozier the third baseman this afternoon for the Royals leading it off against Kevin Gossman who has set down the first six batters he has faced in order and a swing and a miss. Gossman takes care of him on three pitches. Kevin's got it working so far today. The splitter has been very good diving late. There is one away in the bottom of the third brings up Nick Prado Prado Lace is in right center field down into the gap a base hit right on cue Nick Prado serves one up a one out single that's Prado's first hit at the big league level this year. Here's Bobby Wood Jr. with Prado at first base and two down and he swings at the first pitch and pops it up. Belt into foul territory has room and makes the catch and that is that Kevin Vigio who was called out on strikes his first time up and a high fly ball well hit to right Prado back. At the wall it is gone way off the back wall of the Royals bullpen. First home run of the season for Kevin Vigio makes it a four to nothing game. Boy he put a good swing on that one one hundred and four miles an hour four hundred feet into the back of the bullpen in right field. It's the first man here in this fifth inning brings up Vlad Junior Vladimir Guerrero Junior launches one to left center field and it's gone. His second in as many games and it is now a five to nothing lead. And look at how far that one went. Easy swing and he's certainly not trying to hit it four hundred and thirty six feet but because he's in such a good spot right now the ball jumps off his back four innings one hit one runner he has set down twelve of thirteen Royals one to check swing at a slider down in the dirt. Did he go. Yes. It's going around strikeout number five for Gaussman one to splitter swing and a miss three straight strikeouts give him six on the ball game two down here in the fifth Dozier is on with a two out walk and now Nick Prado who has the Royals only hit with a single in the right center field. How about that. Ninety five on the corner nothing but fastballs seven strikeouts for Kevin Gaussman Laddie's saved it first Bichette over to second. So two men on for Dalton Varsh who is one for three and he sends one to left field and that's going to drop for a base hit the shed around third on his way home. It's an RBI single for Varsha Guerrero stops at second. It is six to nothing. Gaussman is through six innings two hits two walks and he is struck out seven Olivarez rips it back of the middle Bichette to his left can't get their base hit in the center field and Edward Olivarez starts the inning with a single brings up Michael Massey now Massey lines it into right center field. That's his first hit but he's hit the ball hard twice and the royals have two on with nobody out six plus in the shutout bid today for Kevin Gaussman he'll depart with the book open runners at first and second Anthony Bass will take over for the Blue Jays and a swing and a miss he makes quick work of Dozier. He's got a great slider so it'll be runners at first and third with two down. Here's Nate Eaton and he got him. What a job by Anthony Bass getting three outs and stranding a couple of runners the top of the order. Bobby Witt solid single his last time up belted to left field. That ball needs to straighten up it will and it's gone. So the royals busted the shutout as Lowe pitched the ball hit it high and deep. The only question was would it stay fair. It did. I've straight have reached MJ Melendez walk Salvador Perez single Asquintino and Olivarez have RBI hits and now Fran Milroy is going to pinch hit with a chance to tie it infield is back or the Blue Jays they'll concede a run to get an out slider top to third Chapman looks the runner back and makes the play one down fifth pitcher of the game third pitcher here in the eighth inning is Jimmy Garcia opportunity for Dozier to redeem himself and a swing and a miss a big second out. So the Blue Jays are one pitch away from giving up three runs and feeling good about the inning. And he does he strikes out Prado a great job by Jimmy Garcia to shut this down. And now it's MJ Melendez over two with a couple of walks as the royals are down to their final out. And there it is Adam Simmer gets it done as he strikes out Melendez retires the side in order picks up the save.