A pair of teams from the American League continue their series to start off the first full week of the MLB season on the diamond in the Show Me State. The Toronto Blue Jays continue their tour of the state of Missouri as they play the second game of a four-game set with the Kansas City Royals Tuesday night. Toronto played the rubber game of a three-game series against the Cardinals in the St. Louis Sunday afternoon, losing 9-4. Kansas City went into Sunday hoping to avoid a home sweep at the hands of the Twins, only to suffer a 7-4 defeat. In the season series last year, the Blue Jays owned a 5-2 advantage, including taking three of four at home in the most recent series July 14-17, 2022. This article was published prior to the conclusion of Monday night’s contest at Kauffman Stadium.
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Toronto won their opener but dropped their two games over the weekend by multiple runs as they were outscored by a combined 13-5 by St. Louis. The Blue Jays entered Monday 1-2 on the season and looked to get back on track. Against the Cardinals Sunday, Toronto got three hits from Matt Chapman (two runs, RBI) while Daulton Varsho (run) added two in the contest. The Blue Jays were down 4-0 after the opening inning and never got back to even in the contest. Chris Bassitt (0-1) took the loss in his Toronto debut, giving up nine runs on 10 hits with no walks or strikeouts over 3.1 innings of work. He surrendered four homers in his outing.
Yusei Kikuchi takes the hill for the Blue Jays for the first time this season hoping to build on a strong spring. He made 32 appearances, 20 starts, for Toronto last season, posting a 6-7 record with one save, a 5.19 ERA, a 1.50 WHIP, 58 walks and 124 strikeouts over 10 0.2 innings of work. He was 2-1 with a 0.87 ERA, a 0.919 WHIP, 10 walks and 31 strikeouts over 20.2 innings in seven appearances, six starts, during spring training. Kikuchi makes his sixth career start against the Royals hoping to get his first win against them. He is 0-2 with an 8.69 ERA, a 1.831 WHIP, eight walks and 16 strikeouts over 19.2 innings of work. Kikuchi is 0-1 with an 8.38 ERA, a 2.069 WHIP, five walks and eight strikeouts over 9.2 innings in three career starts at Kauffman Stadium.
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