Okamoto’s four-hit day powers Blue Jays past Royals, 4‑3

KANSAS CITY (Interstat) — Kazuma Okamoto had four hits and two RBIs, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium.

Toronto scored two runs in the first, one in the third and one in the seventh. Kansas City answered with two in the first and tied it at 3 in the fourth on John Rave’s home run. Toronto outhit Kansas City 13-7.

Okamoto doubled in the third to score Nathan Lukes and singled in the seventh to score George Springer. Alejandro Kirk and Nathan Lukes drove in first-inning runs for Toronto. Max Scherzer allowed three earned runs over 5 2/3 innings with two strikeouts. Mason Fluharty earned the win, improving to 6-1. Craig Kimbrel took the loss for Kansas City, dropping to 1-4. Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth for his 33rd save.

The Blue Jays improved to 72-72, while the Royals fell to 63-80. Attendance was 20,547, and the game lasted 2:36.