KANSAS CITY -- The Blue Jays moved second baseman Devon Travis back to the leadoff spot on Aug. 1. He's wasted little time in validating that decision.
For the second straight game, Travis belted a leadoff homer, smashing the fifth pitch he saw from Royals lefty Danny Duffy over the wall in left-center on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium. It was Travis' third home run in the series and second straight game with a leadoff home run. He hit a go-ahead shot in the ninth on Friday night to give the Blue Jays a 4-3 win -- his first career multi-homer game.
Must C: Travis' two-homer game
Must C Clutch: Travis' two homers lift the Blue Jays
Devon Travis leads off with a solo homer and then later on in the top of the 9th inning hits a go-ahead home run off Kelvin Herrera
Travis is the first Blue Jays slugger with back-to-back leadoff home runs since Jose Cruz Jr. on April 22-23, 2000 vs. the Yankees.
After Travis' blast, which traveled an estimated 407 feet with an exit velocity of 102 mph, according to Statcast™, he improved to 9-for-21 (.429) with three home runs and four RBIs in five games in the leadoff spot. The only game he did not bat leadoff since Aug. 1 was against the Astros on Aug. 2.
Scott Chasen is a reporter for MLB.com based in Kansas City and covered the Blue Jays on Saturday. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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