KANSAS CITY -- Kevin Pillar is beginning to get his timing back.
After being stuck on the disabled list with a right sternoclavicular joint injury through Aug. 2, Pillar delivered a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning to boost the Blue Jays to a 6-5 victory over the Royals on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium.
With a runner at first and two out, Pillar was down in the count, 0-2, against reliever Blaine Boyer. But Boyer didn't waste a pitch. Instead, the right-hander put the ball in a spot where Pillar could turn on it and he lined it into the left-field stands.