Final Score: Toronto 6, Kansas City 5

Toronto, Ontario (Sports Network) - Vernon Wells game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Royals at SkyDome.

Wells finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored while Mike Bordick collected two RBI. Carlos Delgado and Dave Berg each posted two hits in the win for Toronto, which won its second straight game and took the opener of this three- game set.

Michael Tucker was 2-for-5 with a home run while Brent Mayne and Angel Berroa also homered for the Royals, who saw their five-game winning streak snapped. Carlos Beltran stroked two hits and drove in a run in the loss.

Kansas City, down 5-4 in the top of the ninth, tied the game when Ken Harvey drove in Brandon Berger with a single. Berger came in to pinch-run for Brent Mayne, who reached first on a throwing error.

However, Wells led off the home ninth and drove Dan Carrasco's 0-1 pitch over the wall in left center to end the game.

Kelvim Escobar (1-1) earned his first victory of the season while also registering his first blown save of the season. He threw one inning and allowed one unearned run on two hits while striking out one.

Carrasco (1-1) took the loss for Kansas City after hurling two relief innings. He permitted just one run on one hit, the winning homer to Wells in the ninth, and struck out two.

The Royals scored in the top of the first. Michael Young led off and reached first on a throwing error by Berg. He then moved to second on a grounder by Joe Randa before scoring on Carlos Beltran's single to center.

Toronto took a 2-1 lead in the second. Josh Phelps and Eric Hinske both drew walks and with two outs, Bordick doubled to right to bring them home.

Tucker then homered to right with one out in the third to tie the game.

The Blue Jays regained the lead in the bottom of the frame. Wells led off with a triple to deep right center. Delgado's RBI double then scored Wells. Berg then roped a ground-rule double to left, scoring Delgado and giving Toronto a 4-2 lead.

In the next inning, Toronto tacked on another run. Wells doubled to center and came home on a Phelps single.

Kansas City cut its deficit to two in the fifth. With one out, Berroa took Halladay deep to left for his second home run of the campaign. Mayne's leadoff homer in the top of the seventh brought the score to within one, 5-4.

Game Notes

Toronto has now won four in a row versus the Royals, dating back to last season. Roy Halladay started for Toronto and was saddled with his fourth no- decision in six starts this season. He threw six frames and allowed four runs on five hits and struck out three. The Blue Jays are now 3-7 at home this season...Kansas City is 6-2 in one-run games this season...Berg extended his hitting streak to five games.

04/26 01:26:24 ET