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TORONTO \u2013 Max Scherzer allowed just one run over six innings and Davis Schneider\u2019s early two-run bloop single helped the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Schneider\u2019s one-out hit to centre field scored Myles Straw and Tyler Heineman in the third inning as the Blue Jays (65-47) won for only the second time in seven outings.<\/p>\n

Schneider scored on Bo Bichette\u2019s single to right three batters later for a three-run advantage. It was the first of Bichette\u2019s three singles in the game.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old Scherzer\u2019s only blemish was a solo homer to left field by Salvador Perez, his 20th, with two out in the sixth inning.<\/p>\n

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Scherzer (2-1) yielded five hits with five strikeouts and no walks in his 85-pitch outing before 41,842 at Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n

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Royals starter Noah Cameron (5-5) lasted 6 1\/3 innings, giving up four runs on six hits and a walk with a strikeout.<\/p>\n

The Royals (55-56) pulled to within a run in the seventh when Adam Frazier led off with a double and scored on Kyle Isbel\u2019s one-out sacrifice bunt to reliever Brendon Little.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays responded with a one-out run-scoring single from Ernie Clement in the bottom of the seventh.<\/p>\n

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Before Jeff Hoffman picked up his 26th save with a clean ninth inning, reliever Seranthony Dominguez retired the Royals he faced.<\/p>\n

Heineman departed after three innings with a head contusion. Toronto\u2019s catcher was hit in the mask with a foul ball at the top of the inning and then hit by a pitch in the bottom half.<\/p>\n

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