Royals 11, Blue Jays 10
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kendrys Morales and Paulo Orlando homered and Lorenzo Cain had three hits as the Kansas City Royals outslugged the Toronto Blue Jays 11-10 Sunday.
Orlando's eighth-inning solo blast turned out to be the winning run.
Morales hit a three-run homer in a six-run first inning, pushing his RBI total to 61.
The Royals blew a 7-0 lead, as the Blue Jays sent a dozen men to the plate in an eight-run sixth. Third baseman Danny Valencia and designated hitter Jose Bautista contributed two-run doubles in the inning.
There were 27 hits and seven errors in the game.
Morales' three-run homer highlighted the six-run first off Red Sox left-hander Felix Doubront.
The inning began with shortstop Alcides Escobar's single, extending his hitting streak to 10 games. It included second baseman Omar Infante's double to score catcher Salvador Perez, who reached on an error.
First baseman Eric Hosmer and rookie left fielder Orlando provided RBI singles in the first, when the Royals sent 10 men to the plate.
Shortstop Jose Reyes and left fielder Chris Colabello committed errors in the first with two of the six runs being unearned.
Hosmer drove in center fielder Lorenzo Cain with a fifth-inning single to make it 7-0.
The Jays tied it at 10 in the eighth on Reyes' third hit.
NOTES: 3B Josh Donaldson, who left in the sixth inning Saturday with flu-like symptoms, was held out of the Jays lineup Sunday. ... RHP Aaron Sanchez, who is on the Jays disabled list with a strained right lat, threw 2 2/3 innings, allowing a run on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts in a rehab outing Saturday for High Class A Dunedin. ... The Royals will start RHPs Chris Young and Edinson Volquez in a day-night doubleheader Friday at Chicago. ... Toronto's Jose Bautista was in the lineup as the DH, but will skip the All-Star game because of a sore right shoulder. He will spend the four days resting, rehabbing and receiving treatment on the shoulder.