— Yangervis Solarte (yahn-HEHR’-vihs soh-LAHR’-tay) belted a two-run homer and collected four RBIs in Toronto’s 11-3 pounding of the Royals in Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader. Randal Grichuk (GRIH’-chuhk) also homered for the Blue Jays, who scored six times while sending 11 batters to the plate in the sixth inning.

— The Blue Jays completed a sweep of the twinbill by knocking off Kansas City, 5-4 on Luke Maille’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th. Maille had two hits and three RBIs as the Jays improved to 11-3 since an 0-2 start.