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Royals clobber Blue Jays as Moustakas breaks Balboni’s franchise record for homers

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Nothing like a historic homer and a blowout victory to ease the frustration of a long road trip.

Third baseman Mike Moustakas clubbed his 37th homer of the season, breaking Steve Balboni’s franchise record, and rookie starter Jakob Junis yielded two earned runs in 6 1/3 innings as the Royals clobbered the Blue Jays 15-5 on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre.

The performance ended a three-game losing streak, and the Royals moved to 74-77, 3 1/2 games back of the Minnesota Twins in the race for the second American League wild-card spot. Kansas City evened the series at a game apiece entering the finale on Thursday night.