KANSAS CITY Jimmy Wynn Jersey , Mo. (AP) — With Kevin Pillar down in the count 0-2 with two outs in the eighth inning, Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez went out to talk to reliever Blaine Boyer.Whatever they discussed did not work.Pillar hit a two-run homer on the next pitch to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Royals 6-5 on Tuesday night.“You fall behind, it’s the eighth inning,” Pillar said. “He probably tells him don’t give me anything to hit, but that’s the beauty of baseball. You’ve still got to execute pitches.“The only thing that threw me off a little is after the meeting they kind of shifted their infield back to the right side, so I figured I was probably going to get something away or something soft to see if I would chase. I didn’t overthink the situation. I just told myself to stay ready.”Boyer (2-1) retired his first two batters before walking Aledmys Diaz. Pillar hit the next pitch over the wall down the left field line.Ken Giles worked a perfect ninth for his 14th save and second with the Blue Jays since being acquired from Houston on July 30.Perez and Jorge Bonifacio hit back-to-back doubles in the seventh off Jake Petricka (2-1) to give the Royals a short-lived 5-4 lead.Adalberto Mondesi had a career-high four hits, including two doubles, stole three bases, drove in a run and scored a run for Kansas City.“That’s the way I play the game,” Mondesi said. “I just got to keep working hard and keep doing my thing, so I can go out and show the fans what they want to see.”The Blue Jays, who had scored four runs in their previous four games total, jumped to a 3-0 advantage. Teoscar Hernandez and Kendrys Morales walked to lead off the second and both scored. Pillar contributed a two-out RBI single, while the other run scored when Diaz grounded into a double play.Heath Fillmyer walked two more Jays in the third and hit Russell Martin with a pitch with the bases loaded for the third run.The Royals answered with three runs in third, which included Perez’s run-producing double and Whit Merrifield and Alex Gordon adding RBI singles.Danny Jansen put the Blue Jays ahead 4-3 in the fourth with his first big league home run in his second game.The Royals quickly tied it with Mondesi’s two-out single scoring Alcides Escobar http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-verlander-jersey , who had doubled.Fillmyer left after five innings and 93 pitches, allowing four runs, five hits and five walks.“I fell behind a lot of counts and ended up walking them and three of them ended up costing me,” Fillmyer said. “When you get yourself in trouble, it’s never what you want to do.”Blue Jays starter Ryan Borucki was pulled after four innings, yielding four runs, six hits and four walks.“It was a tough one for him,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said. “His command was definitely off. His big pitch, his changeup, was missing. He developed a pretty good blister on his (right) foot and I know that was tender. I felt after four it was probably enough.”Borucki said he initially felt the blister in the third inning.“In the fourth I felt it kind of split open,” he said. “It was kind of tough to push off at the end.”The Royals have lost 10 of 12.Rain delayed the start of the game 31 minutes.ROYALS RECALL LOPEZThe Royals recalled RHP Jorge Lopez, who was acquired from the Brewers on July 27 as part of the Mike Moustakas trade, from Triple-A Omaha after the game. He will start Wednesday. The club will make a corresponding before the game to make roster space for Lopez.DOUBLES FOR ESCOBAREscobar’s sixth-inning double was the 200th of his career. He is the 11th Royal to reach that milestone.JAYS ACQUIRE BAKERThe Blue Jays acquired minor league RHP Bryan Baker from the Rockies as the player to be named in a July 26 trade that sent RHP Seunghawan Oh to Colorado. Baker posted a 3.80 ERA in 43 relief appearances with Class A Lancaster.TRAINER’S ROOMBlue Jays: Boyer was making his first appearance since April 29 and missing 61 games with a back strain. … RHP Aaron Sanchez (bruised right index finger) will make a rehab start Wednesday for Class A Dunedin in the Florida State League.UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP Marco Estrada (5-9, 4.84 ERA) will start the third game of the series.Royals: Lopez will replace RHP Burch Smith in the rotation and make his Kansas City debut. This cannot be worse than Monday’s game. Right? RIGHT?"The big news of the afternoon is David Bote’s just-signed contract extension. Details on that here.Look at it this way. We are almost certain to have already watched the most horrific Cubs game of 2019, with 158 to go.Feel better now? Notes for tonight:The Cubs and Braves play seven games in their two series this year. After Thursday Charlie Morton Jersey , the teams will meet in a four-game series at Wrigley Field, June 24-27. The Cubs are 9-4 in their last 13 games in Atlanta dating to the start of the 2015 season.Despite going 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position on Monday, the Cubs are hitting .306 (15-for-49) with RISP thus far, the fifth-best mark in the N.L. Also, despite being shut out on Monday, the Cubs are averaging seven runs per game to start the season, third-best in the N.L. behind the Dodgers (8.33) and Phillies (7.75). The three-game series in Texas saw the Cubs score 28 runs, tied for the most the team has scored in the opening three games of a season against the same team in franchise history. That last happened in 1895 against the Cardinals. (H/T: Ed Hartig)Javier Baez finished the Rangers series 6-for-14 (.429) with five runs, two homers, six RBI and two stolen bases. That makes him just the third Cub in the last 100 years to complete a three-game series with at least six hits, five runs, two homers, six RBI and two steals. The others: Joe Marty in 1937 against the Philadelphia Phillies and Andre Dawson in 1987 against the Houston Astros.Here are today’s particulars.Cubs lineup:David Bote will begin the first day of his long-term deal with the Cubs on the bench.Braves lineup:Jon Lester, LHP vs. Julio Teheran, RHPJoe Camporeale-USA TODAY SportsReinhold Matay-USA TODAY SportsCubs pitchers have made four starts this year http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-verlander-jersey , and only one of them can be described as anywhere near “good.” That start was made by Jon Lester, who allowed the Rangers two runs in six innings on Opening Day.Now, that start wasn’t great — Game Score just 57 — but it’s all we’ve got right now.Jon did not face the Braves last year, and so his last start against them (July 17, 2017) isn’t really indicative, since many of the young Braves stars of 2019 weren’t on the team then. Freddie Freeman has hit him pretty well (6-for-20, two HR) but he’s done well vs. Nick Markakis (.236, 21 strikeouts in 89 career at-bats).As noted, Lester threw well enough to win on Opening Day. Let’s hope for that to continue.Julio Teheran allowed three runs in five innings to the Phillies on Opening Day. In his last start against the Cubs, May 14, 2018 at Wrigley Field, he allowed a pair of two-run homers (Albert Almora Jr., Kris Bryant).Overall, though, current Cubs have had trouble with him: .184 (14-for-76) Jose Cruz Jr. Jersey , though with 11 walks. The usual small sample size caveats apply here.Today’s game is on WGN. It’s also on ESPN (outside the Chicago and Atlanta markets).Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.MLB.com GamedayBaseball-reference.com game previewSB Nation game previewPlease visit our SB Nation Braves site Talking Chop. If you do go there to interact with Braves fans, please be respectful, abide by their individual site rules and serve as a good representation of Cub fans in general and BCB in particular.The 2019 Game Thread procedure will be the same as the one used in previous years. Here’s how it works.You’ll find the game preview posted separately on the front page, two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).At the same time, a StoryStream containing the preview will also post on the front page. The First Pitch Thread and all the overflow threads will be published in that stream, as well as the recap. The recap will also live on the front page as a separate post, and at the time I write the recap I will rename the stream “Cubs vs. (Team) (Day of Week) Game Threads” so you can go back and find every thread related to that particular game.You will also be able to find the preview, First Pitch Thread, all the overflow threads and recap in the box marked “Chicago Cubs Game Threads” at the bottom of the front page (you can also find them in this section link). They will also appear in the game’s StoryStream as noted above.The First Pitch thread will post at five minutes before game time, then an overflow thread at one hour, two hours and 2:45 after the scheduled game time.Discuss amongst yourselves.