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	Bats back Romero

Blue Jays 9, Royals 3

Scott Rolen (left) and Lyle Overbay, who homered and drove in three, celebrate the win. (AP)

By Erika Gilbert / MLB.com

On the 20th anniversary of Rogers Centre opening, the Jays gave Ricky Romero -- who tossed seven impressive innings -- plenty of run support as Lyle Overbay, Adam Lind and Rod Barajas all homered and Vernon Wells added a pair of RBIs.

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Series at a glance:

Fri. 06/05: TOR 9, KC 3
Sat. 06/06: KC 6, TOR 2
Sun. 06/07: TOR 4, KC 0

Kansas City (23-31)
Lost 8

Toronto 9, Kansas City 3

Toronto (31-26)
Won 1

June 5, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	5	3
Toronto	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	2	X	9	10	0

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Crisp, CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.224
Bloomquist, LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.284
Butler, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.282
Guillen, J, RF	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	.255
Jacobs, DH	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.233
Callaspo, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.293
Teahen, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.271
Olivo, C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.242
Pena, T, SS	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.053
Totals	31	3	5	3	3	7	7
BATTING HR: Guillen, J (6, 7th inning off Romero, R, 1 on, 0 out), Jacobs (10, 7th inning off Romero, R, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Bloomquist; Butler; Guillen, J 4; Jacobs 4; Olivo. RBI: Guillen, J 2 (25), Jacobs (26). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bloomquist. GIDP: Butler; Crisp. Team RISP: 0-for-1. Team LOB: 4. FIELDING E: Guillen, J (2, fielding), Pena, T (2, throw), Teahen (4, throw). DP: (Pena, T-Callaspo-Butler).

Toronto	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Scutaro, SS	4	2	3	0	1	0	0	.302
Hill, A, 2B	5	0	0	0	0	2	4	.309
Rios, RF	4	1	1	1	0	1	4	.266
Wells, V, CF	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	.257
Lind, LF	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	.316
Rolen, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.294
Overbay, 1B	3	1	2	3	1	1	0	.291
Millar, DH	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.260
Barajas, C	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	.288
Totals	35	9	10	9	3	6	13
BATTING 2B: Scutaro 3 (18, Greinke, Greinke, Greinke), Rios (15, Greinke), Overbay (15, Greinke). HR: Overbay (6, 2nd inning off Greinke, 0 on, 1 out), Lind (9, 5th inning off Greinke, 0 on, 1 out), Barajas (4, 8th inning off Cruz, J, 1 on, 1 out). TB: Scutaro 6; Rios 2; Wells, V; Lind 5; Overbay 6; Barajas 4. RBI: Wells, V 2 (27), Overbay 3 (30), Rios (27), Lind (39), Barajas 2 (29). 2-out RBI: Wells, V; Overbay 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lind; Millar; Rios. GIDP: Rios. Team RISP: 3-for-13. Team LOB: 5. FIELDING PB: Barajas (4). DP: 2 (Scutaro-Hill, A-Overbay 2).

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Greinke (L, 8-2)	5.0	9	7	5	1	3	2	1.55
Ramirez, H	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5.96
Cruz, J	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	1	4.56

Toronto	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Romero, R (W, 3-2)	7.0	5	3	3	2	5	2	4.10
Frasor	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29
Downs, S	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2.25

WP: Greinke, Romero, R.
Pitches-strikes: Greinke 101-61, Ramirez, H 23-13, Cruz, J 26-15, Romero, R 90-56, Frasor 9-6, Downs, S 13-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Greinke 2-6, Ramirez, H 3-1, Cruz, J 0-0, Romero, R 13-2, Frasor 0-2, Downs, S 1-0.
Batters faced: Greinke 26, Ramirez, H 7, Cruz, J 5, Romero, R 27, Frasor 3, Downs, S 4.
Umpires: HP: Mark Carlson. 1B: Tim Tschida. 2B: Bob Davidson. 3B: Jeff Nelson.
Weather: 59 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, R to L.
T: 2:27.
Att: 15,435.
June 5, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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