TORONTO (Interstat) — Jac Caglianone went 5 for 6 with a home run and six RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals routed the Toronto Blue Jays 13-2 on Thursday night at Rogers Centre.

Caglianone’s performance powered the Royals to their most lopsided victory of the series and clinched the three-game set for Kansas City. Vinnie Pasquantino added a home run and three RBIs, and Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits and an RBI as the Royals collected 16 hits. Toronto had eight hits.

Caglianone, who was 0 for 4 in Wednesday’s 3-0 loss, singled in the first inning, singled in the second, singled in the sixth, doubled in the eighth and homered in the ninth. His sixth-inning single drove in two runs, and his ninth-inning home run scored two more.

Kansas City set the tone immediately. Carter Jensen homered to right field in the first inning, his 18th of the season, giving the Royals a 1-0 lead. Witt then singled, and Caglianone singled to put runners at the corners. Pasquantino struck out, but Salvador Perez reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Witt. Toronto starter Spencer Arrighetti committed a fielding error on the play, allowing Caglianone to advance to second. Isaac Collins struck out and John Rave popped out to end the inning with Kansas City ahead 2-0.

The Royals doubled their lead in the second. Josh Rojas singled to left, but Kyle Isbel struck out. Jensen walked, moving Rojas to second. Witt grounded into a force out that erased Jensen at second, with Rojas advancing to third. Caglianone then lined a single to right, scoring Rojas and Witt. Pasquantino grounded out to end the inning with the Royals up 4-0.

Toronto threatened in the bottom of the first, when Charles McAdoo singled and George Springer walked with two outs, but Kazuma Okamoto popped out. The Blue Jays also got a double from Myles Straw in the second, but Nathan Lukes flied out to end the inning. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walked in the third, but Alejandro Kirk lined into a double play.

Kansas City had a chance to extend the lead in the fourth when Jensen walked with two outs, but Witt popped out. Pasquantino walked with one out in the fifth, but Perez and Collins went down swinging to leave him stranded.

The game turned decisively in the sixth. Rave grounded out to first base. Rojas walked. Isbel doubled to center field, scoring Rojas. Jensen walked. Witt doubled to left field, scoring Isbel and sending Jensen to third. Caglianone singled to right field, scoring Jensen and Witt. Pasquantino then homered to right field, his ninth of the season, scoring Caglianone and making it 10-0. Perez singled to extend the inning, but Collins struck out and Rave flied out to left. The Royals sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning.

Toronto scored its only runs in the bottom of the sixth. After McAdoo flied out and Guerrero grounded out, Kirk singled to right. Springer followed with a home run to center field, his 13th of the season, cutting the deficit to 10-2. Okamoto doubled on a sharply hit ball to left, and the call was upheld after a replay review. Clement singled to put runners at the corners, but Cameron grounded into a force out to end the inning.

Kansas City added to its lead in the eighth. Caglianone doubled to left field, and Pasquantino singled to right to drive him in. Perez flied out, but Isaac Collins doubled to put two runners in scoring position. Rave grounded out sharply to first base, and Rojas struck out to end the inning with the Royals ahead 11-2.

In the ninth, Matthew Lugo singled and Luke Maile grounded into a double play. Tyler Tolbert then singled to left. Caglianone followed with his 23rd home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field, extending the lead to 13-2. Pasquantino grounded out to end the inning.

Noah Cameron (9-8) earned the win, allowing two runs on six hits over six innings. He struck out three and walked one. Anthony Gose, Alex Lange and Jose Cuas each pitched a scoreless inning in relief for Kansas City. Gose allowed no hits and struck out none, Lange gave up one hit, and Cuas allowed one hit.

Arrighetti (7-7) took the loss, giving up four runs on five hits and two walks over 1 2/3 innings. Braydon Fisher struck out two in a scoreless inning of relief for Toronto, and Michael Lorenzen allowed one run on three hits over two innings while striking out two.

The Blue Jays grounded into two double plays. The game drew an announced attendance of 42,621 and lasted 2 hours, 44 minutes. The Royals improved to 61-75, while the Blue Jays fell to 65-72. Kansas City won the series two games to one after splitting the first two games in Toronto.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Kansas City 8, Toronto 5. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Toronto with a 59.00 percent probability to win. Kansas City had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 15 went under the over/under line of 8.