Blue Jays get to Royals ace Greinke

Adam Lind and Lyle Overbay hit solo home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays gave Kansas City ace Zack Greinke a rare pounding in handing the Royals their eighth straight loss, 9-3, on Friday night.

Rod Barajas hit a two-run shot for the Blue Jays, who boosted Greinke’s earned-run average from 1.10 to 1.55.

Seeking to join Toronto’s Roy Halladay as the only nine-game winners in baseball, Greinke (8-2) was instead tagged for a season-high seven runs -- five earned -- and nine hits in five innings. He walked one and struck out three.

Greinke has won only one of his last four starts after winning seven of his first eight.