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Kansas City Triples Toronto 62

am800-sports-baseball-kc-royals-blue jays-toronto-1.5993874 KANSAS CITY, MO - AUGUST 16: Wily Peralta #43 and Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals congratulate each other after the Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 to win the game at Kauffman Stadium on August 16, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (Wily Peralta and Salvador Perez of the Kansas Royals after the Royals defeated the Blue Jays 6-2 at Kauffman Stadium on August 16, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images))

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Lucas Duda homered, Rosell Herrera had three hits and the Kansas City Royals beat the Blue Jays 6-2 after a long rain delay to split their four-game series.

Royals relievers Brian Flynn, Kevin McCarthy, Brandon Maurer and Wily Peralta shut down the Blue Jays on three hits over the final five innings.

Flynn (3-3) picked up the win with ascoreless inning.

Kansas City took the lead with a three-run fourth highlighted by Jorge Bonifacio's RBI triple.

Toronto starter Sam Gaviglio (2-6) failed to make it through five innings for the eighth time in his past 13 starts.  He allowed five runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.