TORONTO (Interstat) — Seth Lugo pitched five efficient innings and Kansas City scored early and late to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre.

Lugo (6-7) scattered six hits and one earned run while striking out five. Max Scherzer (1-7) took the loss for Toronto, allowing two earned runs over five innings with four strikeouts.

Kansas City grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first when Salvador Perez grounded into a double play with Carter Jensen scoring. The Blue Jays tied it on Jesus Sanchez’s sacrifice fly. Perez put the Royals ahead in the fifth with an RBI single, and Kansas City added two runs in the sixth on Kyle Isbel’s sacrifice bunt aided by a throwing error and Carter Jensen’s sacrifice fly. John Rave’s ninth-inning single made it 5-1.

Toronto rallied in the bottom of the ninth as Nathan Lukes singled in two runs, but he was thrown out trying to reach second. Both teams finished with 10 hits. The Blue Jays grounded into two double plays.

Attendance was 43,245. The game lasted 2:58. Kansas City improved to 59-74; Toronto fell to 64-69.