When that sacrifice bunt thing did not work out so well for Darwin Barney, he went to Plan B.
The result was a two-run home run by the normally power-shy infielder that helped pace the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Rogers Centre on Tuesday night.
With Ryan Goins on with a lead-off single in a runless game in the bottom of the sixth, Barney tried on two occasions to lay down a sacrifice bunt, failing on both attempts.
Swinging away with two strikes, Barney then poked his fifth home run of the year over the wall in left to provide Toronto with a 2-0 lead. Barney would drive in three of the Toronto runs in the game.
The Royals struck for one in the seventh when Mike Moustakas stroked a sacrifice fly to centre that scored Eric Hosmer from third.
Toronto put it out of reach with three runs in the bottom half of the frame, the big blow a two-run double by Russell Martin.
Marcus Stroman got the win for Toronto, going seven strong, allowing one K.C. run off four hits.