Blue Jays shackle Royals offense to even series

Whit Merrifield scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch against his former team, lifting the visiting Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

Daulton Varsho homered to lead off the sixth inning and Matt Chapman had an RBI single among his three hits and scored a run. Varsho and Kevin Kiermaier each had two of the 11 hits recorded by the Blue Jays, who snapped a three-game losing skid.