<p>&#8220;The Kansas City Royals broke the Toronto Blue Jays&#8221; is not a sentence I ever thought I would utter.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Yet, here we are, a week after the Jays dropped three of four on the road in Kansas City, in what helped spark a franchise record 38-inning streak without holding a lead. Thankfully for the Jays, they were able to break out of that funk in the bottom of the second Sunday against the Dodgers, when a Daulton Varsho groundout sent Justin Turner home for a 1-0 lead.</p>
<p>And now, the Jays welcome the Royals to Toronto for a three-game set in which they look to exact revenge.</p>
<p>It kicks off tonight with Yariel Rodriguez taking the mound opposite of Jonathan Bowlan, a 27-year-old minor-leaguer who made his MLB debut last year, and makes his season debut tonight. The Jays bats will look to continue some of the success they saw Sunday against the Dodgers, and Rodriguez will look to rebound, too.</p>
<p>His last start came in game three against Kansas last week, in which he held his own allowing two earned runs off two walks and six hits.</p>
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<p><strong>First pitch:</strong></p>
<p>1:37 p.m. EST. TV &amp; Radio: Sportsnet.</p>
<h2><strong>Starting pitchers:</strong></h2>
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<td class="align-left fixed" style="width: 180px;" data-col-id="Name" data-stat="Name"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/yariel-rodriguez/33838/stats">Yariel Rodriguez</a> (2024)</td>
<td class="align-left highlight-sort" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=c%2C8%2C4%2C5%2C13%2C6%2C332%2C117%2C45%2C42%2C36%2C37&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=14&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=33838%2C24607&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;page=1_50&amp;v_cr=202301&amp;season1=2023&amp;season=2024&amp;sortcol=1&amp;sortdir=default">TOR</a></td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 27px;" data-col-id="GS" data-stat="GS">3</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 22px;" data-col-id="W" data-stat="W">0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 15px;" data-col-id="L" data-stat="L">1</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 31px;" data-col-id="IP" data-stat="IP">11.2</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 41px;" data-col-id="ERA" data-stat="ERA">3.86</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 47px;" data-col-id="ERA-" data-stat="ERA-">101</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 34px;" data-col-id="FIP" data-stat="FIP">4.12</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 55px;" data-col-id="WHIP" data-stat="WHIP">1.54</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 39px;" data-col-id="K/9" data-stat="K/9">11.57</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="BB/9" data-stat="BB/9">3.86</td>
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<td class="align-left fixed" style="width: 180px;" data-col-id="Name" data-stat="Name"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jonathan-bowlan/24607/stats">Jonathan Bowlan</a> (2023)</td>
<td class="align-left highlight-sort" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=c%2C8%2C4%2C5%2C13%2C6%2C332%2C117%2C45%2C42%2C36%2C37&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=7&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=33838%2C24607&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;page=1_50&amp;v_cr=202301&amp;season1=2023&amp;season=2024&amp;sortcol=1&amp;sortdir=default">KCR</a></td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 27px;" data-col-id="GS" data-stat="GS">1</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 22px;" data-col-id="W" data-stat="W">0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 15px;" data-col-id="L" data-stat="L">1</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 31px;" data-col-id="IP" data-stat="IP">3.0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 41px;" data-col-id="ERA" data-stat="ERA">3.00</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 47px;" data-col-id="ERA-" data-stat="ERA-">67</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 34px;" data-col-id="FIP" data-stat="FIP">5.59</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 55px;" data-col-id="WHIP" data-stat="WHIP">1.67</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 39px;" data-col-id="K/9" data-stat="K/9">9.00</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="BB/9" data-stat="BB/9">0.00</td>
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<h2>Teams:</h2>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-72343" src="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-29.png" alt="" width="1367" height="717" srcset="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-29.png 1367w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-29-300x157.png 300w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-29-1024x537.png 1024w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-29-768x403.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1367px) 100vw, 1367px" /></p>
<p><em>&#8211; Data via Baseball-Reference</em></p>
<h2>Lineups:</h2>
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<p><strong>BLUE JAYS:</strong></p>
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<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/george-springer-543807" target="" rel="noopener">G Springer</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/vladimir-guerrero-jr-665489" target="" rel="noopener">V Guerrero Jr.</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 1B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/justin-turner-457759" target="" rel="noopener">J Turner</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) DH</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/daulton-varsho-662139" target="" rel="noopener">D Varsho</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/danny-jansen-643376" target="" rel="noopener">D Jansen</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/davis-schneider-676914" target="" rel="noopener">D Schneider</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) LF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/cavan-biggio-624415" target="" rel="noopener">C Biggio</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 2B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/isiah-kiner-falefa-643396" target="" rel="noopener">I Kiner-Falefa</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/addison-barger-680718" target="" rel="noopener">A Barger</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 3B</span></li>
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<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/maikel-garcia-672580" target="" rel="noopener">M Garcia</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 3B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/bobby-witt-jr-677951" target="" rel="noopener">B Witt Jr.</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/vinnie-pasquantino-686469" target="" rel="noopener">V Pasquantino</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 1B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/salvador-perez-521692" target="" rel="noopener">S Perez</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/michael-massey-686681" target="" rel="noopener">M Massey</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 2B</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/nelson-velazquez-676369" target="" rel="noopener">N Velázquez</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) DH</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/mj-melendez-669004" target="" rel="noopener">M Melendez</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) LF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/hunter-renfroe-592669" target="" rel="noopener">H Renfroe</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/kyle-isbel-664728" target="" rel="noopener">K Isbel</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
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"The Kansas City Royals broke the Toronto Blue Jays" is not a sentence I ever thought I would utter.



Yet, here we are, a week after the Jays dropped three of four on the road in Kansas City, in what helped spark a franchise record 38-inning streak without holding a lead. Thankfully for the Jays, they were able to break out of that funk in the bottom of the second Sunday against the Dodgers, when a Daulton Varsho groundout sent Justin Turner home for a 1-0 lead.

And now, the Jays welcome the Royals to Toronto for a three-game set in which they look to exact revenge.

It kicks off tonight with Yariel Rodriguez taking the mound opposite of Jonathan Bowlan, a 27-year-old minor-leaguer who made his MLB debut last year, and makes his season debut tonight. The Jays bats will look to continue some of the success they saw Sunday against the Dodgers, and Rodriguez will look to rebound, too.

His last start came in game three against Kansas last week, in which he held his own allowing two earned runs off two walks and six hits.

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<strong>First pitch:</strong>

1:37 p.m. EST. TV &amp; Radio: Sportsnet.
<h2><strong>Starting pitchers:</strong></h2>
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<td class="align-left fixed" style="width: 180px;" data-col-id="Name" data-stat="Name"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/yariel-rodriguez/33838/stats">Yariel Rodriguez</a> (2024)</td>
<td class="align-left highlight-sort" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=c%2C8%2C4%2C5%2C13%2C6%2C332%2C117%2C45%2C42%2C36%2C37&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=14&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=33838%2C24607&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;page=1_50&amp;v_cr=202301&amp;season1=2023&amp;season=2024&amp;sortcol=1&amp;sortdir=default">TOR</a></td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 27px;" data-col-id="GS" data-stat="GS">3</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 22px;" data-col-id="W" data-stat="W">0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 15px;" data-col-id="L" data-stat="L">1</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 31px;" data-col-id="IP" data-stat="IP">11.2</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 41px;" data-col-id="ERA" data-stat="ERA">3.86</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 47px;" data-col-id="ERA-" data-stat="ERA-">101</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 34px;" data-col-id="FIP" data-stat="FIP">4.12</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 55px;" data-col-id="WHIP" data-stat="WHIP">1.54</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 39px;" data-col-id="K/9" data-stat="K/9">11.57</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="BB/9" data-stat="BB/9">3.86</td>
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<td class="align-left fixed" style="width: 180px;" data-col-id="Name" data-stat="Name"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jonathan-bowlan/24607/stats">Jonathan Bowlan</a> (2023)</td>
<td class="align-left highlight-sort" style="width: 50px;" data-col-id="Team" data-stat="Team"><a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=0&amp;type=c%2C8%2C4%2C5%2C13%2C6%2C332%2C117%2C45%2C42%2C36%2C37&amp;month=0&amp;ind=0&amp;team=7&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=33838%2C24607&amp;startdate=&amp;enddate=&amp;page=1_50&amp;v_cr=202301&amp;season1=2023&amp;season=2024&amp;sortcol=1&amp;sortdir=default">KCR</a></td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 27px;" data-col-id="GS" data-stat="GS">1</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 22px;" data-col-id="W" data-stat="W">0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 15px;" data-col-id="L" data-stat="L">1</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 31px;" data-col-id="IP" data-stat="IP">3.0</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 41px;" data-col-id="ERA" data-stat="ERA">3.00</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 47px;" data-col-id="ERA-" data-stat="ERA-">67</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 34px;" data-col-id="FIP" data-stat="FIP">5.59</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 55px;" data-col-id="WHIP" data-stat="WHIP">1.67</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 39px;" data-col-id="K/9" data-stat="K/9">9.00</td>
<td class="align-right" style="width: 46px;" data-col-id="BB/9" data-stat="BB/9">0.00</td>
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<h2>Teams:</h2>
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-72343" src="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2024/04/2024-04-29.png" alt="" width="1367" height="717" />

<em>- Data via Baseball-Reference</em>
<h2>Lineups:</h2>

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<strong>BLUE JAYS:</strong>
<div class="starting-lineups__teams starting-lineups__teams--xs starting-lineups__teams--md starting-lineups__teams--lg">
<ol class="starting-lineups__team starting-lineups__team--home">
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/george-springer-543807" target="" rel="noopener">G Springer</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/vladimir-guerrero-jr-665489" target="" rel="noopener">V Guerrero Jr.</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 1B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/justin-turner-457759" target="" rel="noopener">J Turner</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) DH</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/daulton-varsho-662139" target="" rel="noopener">D Varsho</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/danny-jansen-643376" target="" rel="noopener">D Jansen</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/davis-schneider-676914" target="" rel="noopener">D Schneider</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) LF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/cavan-biggio-624415" target="" rel="noopener">C Biggio</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 2B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/isiah-kiner-falefa-643396" target="" rel="noopener">I Kiner-Falefa</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/addison-barger-680718" target="" rel="noopener">A Barger</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 3B</span></li>
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 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/maikel-garcia-672580" target="" rel="noopener">M Garcia</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) 3B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/bobby-witt-jr-677951" target="" rel="noopener">B Witt Jr.</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) SS</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/vinnie-pasquantino-686469" target="" rel="noopener">V Pasquantino</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 1B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/salvador-perez-521692" target="" rel="noopener">S Perez</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) C</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/michael-massey-686681" target="" rel="noopener">M Massey</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) 2B</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/nelson-velazquez-676369" target="" rel="noopener">N Velázquez</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) DH</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/mj-melendez-669004" target="" rel="noopener">M Melendez</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) LF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/hunter-renfroe-592669" target="" rel="noopener">H Renfroe</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (R) RF</span></li>
 	<li class="starting-lineups__player"><a class="starting-lineups__player--link" href="https://www.mlb.com/player/kyle-isbel-664728" target="" rel="noopener">K Isbel</a><span class="starting-lineups__player--position"> (L) CF</span></li>
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