KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 20 (UPI) -- Jose Bautista homered and drove in five runs Tuesday to lead the Toronto Blue Jays in a 13-1 rout over Kansas City.
Bautista cracked his 26th homer of the season, tops in baseball, with a man on in the first inning to set the tone for the 16-hit Jays attack.
Adam Lind also had a two-run homer for Toronto and Edwin Encarnacion had three RBI on three doubles.
The Royals had a prolific 11-hit night but only managed to put one runner across on a pinch hit by Wilson Betemit in the sixth.
Toronto jumped to a 6-0 lead after three innings and tacked on five more in the eighth and two in the ninth.
Jesse Litsch (1-4) gave up one run on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings for the win.
Anthony Lerew (1-4) started for Kansas City and took the loss. His rough night included four runs on three hits in 1 1/3 innings.
He left the game in the second inning after being hit with a line drive.
