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kinds difficult of plays at shortstop that has helped to make the Kansas City
Royals one of the best defensive teams in baseball. On Wednesday night, Escobar
showed he can swing the bat a bit, too. His two-run double in the seventh inning
proved to be the difference in a tense 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
"Hes been very consistent," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Hes always been an
important part of our club because of his defence. He saves runs in the field.
But when you add offence to that, he becomes a very special player." Eric Hosmer
drove in the other two runs for the Royals, whose bullpen blew a 2-0 lead for
young starter Yordano Ventura before holding on to beat Toronto with a late
rally for the second straight night. Kansas City won the series opener 10-7
behind a six-run eighth inning. Kelvin Herrera (1-1) stranded runners on second
and third in the seventh, and Wade Davis struck out Jose Reyes to leave the
bases loaded in the eighth. Greg Holland worked around a double in the ninth for
his seventh save in seven tries. "You play 162 games. Youre going to see a lot
of things happen," Holland said. "The mark of a good bullpen is when you have
guys pick each other up when they get in jams." Drew Hutchison (1-2) allowed all
four runs on five hits in seven innings for Toronto. The 23-year-old
right-hander, who missed last season after Tommy John surgery, kept the Royals
mostly off balance until Escobar guided his double down the left-field line with
two outs in the seventh. Jimmy Paredes and Salvy Perez scored easily to give
Kansas City the lead. "I got ahead of him. I went right at him. I thought I made
a good pitch," Hutchison said. "Thats a situation where I expect myself to
thrive and get the job done, but I didnt." The Royals improved to 14-0 when
scoring at least four runs -- they remain 0-12 falling short of that mark.
Meanwhile, the Blue Jays lost for the sixth time in their last seven games.
Toronto also lost outfielder Melky Cabrera in the sixth inning when he was hit
in the left shin by a pitch from Danny Duffy. Cabrera needed to be helped off
the field, though X-rays taken at the ballpark came back negative and a team
spokesman said he was day to day. The Royals manufactured a 1-0 lead through
driving rain in the first inning with a double by Nori Aoki, a sacrifice bunt
and Hosmers sacrifice fly. They tacked on another run in the fourth when Hosmer
followed a double by Omar Infante with one of his own. As long as Ventura was
pitching, it seemed that would be enough. The Blue Jays struggled to catch up to
the 22-year-olds triple-digit fastball, managing just two hits over five
innings. But they were more successful at avoiding stuff off the plate, driving
up his pitch count and forcing him from the game after five innings and 92
pitches. "It was cold out there," Ventura said through a translator, fellow
starter Jeremy Guthrie. "Naturally, it was a little more difficult to command."
Thats when Royals manager Ned Yost called on Duffy, who hit Cabrera in the left
shin with his first pitch. Cabrera dropped to the grass in foul territory and
stayed there several minutes, eventually getting helped through the dugout and
to the clubhouse by the Blue Jays trainers. Duffy proceeded to walk
Jose Bautista on five pitches and was yanked for Aaron Crow, who gave up singles
to Edwin Encarnacion and Juan Francisco that tied the game 2-all. Crow finally
escaped the inning, and the Royals bullpen held Toronto down the rest of the
way. "Its frustrating, but at the end of the day I need to do a better job to
give us a chance to win after we came back and scored two runs," Hutchison said.
"I was in complete control going into the seventh. It comes down to that its on
me and I need to get the job done." NOTES: Toronto left 11 runners on base. ...
Bautista finished with 30 walks in April, matching Fred McGriffs club record for
a single month. ... Blue Jays INF Brett Lawrie (sore back) was held out of the
lineup. Manager John Gibbons called him day to day. ... RHP Jeremy Guthrie
starts the series finale Thursday night for Kansas City. LHP Mark Buehrle starts
for Toronto.
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