Overview

• Tyler Heineman allowed 13 hits and 10 earned runs over 1.1 innings on 33 pitches in the seventh and eighth at Kauffman Stadium.
• Heineman is reported as the first MLB player to permit at least 13 hits and 10 runs in a relief outing of fewer than two innings.
• Jac Caglianone crushed a 54-mph offering for a three-run homer before the Royals strung together eight straight hits in the eighth.
• Infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa relieved Heineman after the onslaught as Toronto used four relievers and two position players.
• Starter Max Scherzer exited after two outs and seven earned runs, manager John Schneider and pitching coach Pete Walker were ejected, and Toronto still holds a three-game AL East lead with the tiebreaker.