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Wednesday, Apr. 5 7:05pm ET
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TORONTO (AP) -- Joe Randa homered twice and Jose Rosado allowed just two hits in six innings Wednesday night, leading the Kansas City Royals over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3. Randa, who drove in three runs, homered in the second inning for Kansas City's first run, then made it 3-0 in the seventh with a homer off the facing of SkyDome's third deck in left field. He walked with the bases loaded in the eighth against Paul Quantrill, the reliever's third straight walk. Rosado (1-0) took a shutout into the seventh before a walk to Carlos Delgado followed by Tony Batista's RBI double off the glove of center fielder Carlos Beltran. Alex Gonzalez's bloop single off Jose Santiago made it 3-2, but pinch-hitter Darrin Fletcher grounded out and Shannon Stewart flied out. Rosado, who allowed 12 runs in 11 innings during spring training, allowed two runs and three hits in six-plus innings. Ricky Bottalico got three outs for his first save, allowing Batista's third homer of the season. Jose Cruz Jr. then walked with one out, stole second and took third when catcher Brian Johnson's throw bounced into center field for an error. But Gonzalez grounded to third, and Cruz got tagged out in a rundown as Gonzalez took second, and Fletcher grounded to first, ending the game. Chris Carpenter (0-1), chased from his last spring training start by a line drive off his right elbow, gave up three runs and four hits in 6 2-3 innings. Mike Sweeney's fourth-inning homer gave Kansas City a 2-0 lead. Game notesAttendance was 14,957, up from 13,514 Tuesday, a record-low at SkyDome, which opened in 1989. ... All eight of Carpenter's pitches in the first inning were strikes. ... Toronto's coaching staff will spend 20 minutes before each game with Dewayne Wise. Wise played in A-ball last season and was taken in December's major league draft. ... Toronto manager Jim Fregosi plans on starting C Alberto Castillo in 51 games this year. He wants Fletcher, who hit .291 with 18 homers and 80 RBIs last season, to start 110. "Fletcher had his best offensive season last year catching 112 games," Fregosi said. ... The Royals claimed infielder Luis Ordaz off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Ordez is a backup infielder. ... Royals RHP Chad Durbin is schedule to make his first big league start Thursday. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Kansas City Clubhouse Toronto Clubhouse RECAPS Chi. White Sox 12 Texas 8
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