Royals catch fire late to defeat Blue Jays 7-4

Kyle Isbel ignited a five-run 10th inning with an RBI double to push the Kansas City Royals to a 7-4 win in the series rubber match against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

TORONTO – Kyle Isbel ignited a five-run 10th inning with an RBI double to push the Kansas City Royals to a 7-4 win in the series rubber match against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.

With Randal Grichuk on second as the automatic runner, Isbel snuck a grounder down the right-field line off reliever Seranthony Dominguez (2-4) as the Blue Jays (65-48) lost back-to-back series for the first time since mid-May.

The Royals (56-56) tacked on two more runs with a Tyler Tolbert single with the bases loaded off Dominguez. A throwing error from catcher Alejandro Kirk and a sacrifice fly made it a five-run advantage before 41,461 at Rogers Centre.

Royals reliever Hunter Harvey (1-0) registered the win with a strong ninth inning. Toronto added two runs in the bottom of the 10th.

Kansas City tied the game for a second time with a two-out single from Vinnie Pasquantino off reliever Louis Varland that scored Bobby Witt Jr. in the eighth inning.

Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt only allowed one run on one hit with three walks and five strikeouts in six innings.

In the fourth inning, he was bothered by mound issues where his left foot landed. Bassitt issued back-to-back walks and hit Salvador Perez in the left arm to load the bases.

Mike Yastrzemski’s sacrifice fly made it 1-1.