Kansas City Royals' Raul Mondesi (27) rounds second base after hitting an RBI-triple off Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Aaron Sanchez during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016.Orlin Wagner/The Associated Press
Danny Duffy out-pitched Aaron Sanchez, stopping a 10-game winning streak by the Toronto ace and leading the Kansas City Royals over the Blue Jays 4-2 Saturday night.
Sanchez (11-2) hadn't lost since April 22 against Oakland. He allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings.
Duffy (8-1), who struck out a team-record 16 and permitted just one hit over eight innings at Tampa Bay in his previous start, won his seventh straight decision. He held the Blue Jays to two runs and five hits over 6 2-3 innings.
Kelvin Herrera picked up his fourth save in six chances, working a perfect ninth.
Devon Travis led off the game with a home run for the second straight night. He also had an RBI single in the fifth after Kevin Pillar doubled.
Eric Hosmer hit a two-out, two-run single in a three-run fifth that made it 3-2.
Sanchez still leads the AL with a 2.85 ERA.
The Blue Jays opted earlier this week to go with a six-man rotation instead of putting the 24-year-old Sanchez in the bullpen to limit his innings.
The All-Star righty pitched only 102 innings last year, including 9 2-3 in the minors on a rehab assignment after a shoulder injury. He has thrown 145 1-3 innings this season.
Alcides Escobar's infield single scored Kansas City's first run.
Raul Mondesi had an RBI triple in the sixth for his first extra-base hit in his 11th game in the majors.
The Royals scored more than three runs in a game for the first time in 10 games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Royals: LHP Mike Minor (recovery from labrum surgery) is slated to throw five or six innings, up to 80 pitches, in a Sunday rehab start for Triple-A Omaha. In his prior two rehab starts, he has allowed no earned runs and struck out eight in 5 2-3 innings.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: RHP Marcus Stroman, who struck out a career-best 13 Astros on Monday, starts the series finale.
Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura is looking for his first victory since June 17. He is 0-5 with a 5.40 ERA in his past seven starts.