TORONTO — Kansas City Royals rookie slugger Vinnie Pasquantino had blistered baseballs to the warning track multiple times and to different parts of the field in Rogers Centre the previous night. He smoked baseballs, but came away with nothing to show for it.
On Saturday with two outs and the automatic runner on in the 10th inning, Pasquantino finally got rewarded for nearly knocking the stuffing out of the baseball. He launched a two-run home run down the right-field line and off the foul pole.
The homer gave the Royals a two-run lead in the extra frame, but relief pitcher Joel Payamps gave up three runs in the bottom half of the inning as the Royals were walked off, 6-5, by the Blue Jays in front of an announced 40,135 in the third game of a four-game series at the Rogers Centre.
The Blue Jays now lead the series between the teams, two games to one.
