KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After not scoring for 27 innings, the high-powered Toronto Blue Jays' offense showed up Saturday.

Designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion and third baseman Danny Valencia hit home runs as the Blue Jays clubbed the Kansas City Royals, 6-2.

That allowed left-hander Mark Buehrle to beat the Royals for the 26th time in his career. His 13 victories at Kauffman Stadium are his most in any stadium as a visitor.

"It's Buehrle, you know, 84-85 (mph fastball), keeps the ball down at the knees, moves the ball in-and-out, cutters in on your hands, changeups down and away and he throws it just about wherever he wants to," Royals manager Ned Yost said.

Buehrle (10-5) has won 10 or more games for 15 straight seasons, but was left off the All-Star team.

"There are some guys that deserve to go over me -- a couple guys in the bullpens and a couple of starters that have better numbers than me," Buehrle said. "I just go out there and try to win every game. I don't go out there and try to get the numbers to go to the All-Star Game. To go to that is a great honor, but again, I've had my four-day break planned out for a while now and I hope it stays that way.

"I think my phone's going to be shut off from now until Tuesday evening, until I get home. We'll see. Hopefully no one pulls out, there are no injuries. That would be a terrible thing. I'm looking forward to my few days off."

The Blue Jays' offense had been off a few days before the blasts by Encarnacion and Valencia put five runs on the board with two swings.

Encarnacion homered in the fourth off Royals right-hander Chris Young after a single by right fielder Jose Bautista. That snapped a 27-inning scoreless skid for the Blue Jays.

"How many innings did it reach -- 26, 27?" Blue Jays manager John Gibbons asked. "We definitely needed that. It was a tight ballgame all around. A lot of good things happened out there."

Valencia hit a three-run blast to straightaway center field in the ninth off Royals rookie left-hander Brandon Finnegan. Valencia jumped on a 3-and-1 fastball from Finnegan.

Shortstop Jose Reyes' infield single in the seventh scored left fielder Ezequiel Carrera with the third Blue Jays run. Reyes went 3-for-4 with a walk and stole three bases.

Young (7-5) exited after six-plus innings allowing three runs on five hits. Young, who was starting on three days of rest for only the fourth time in his career, threw 93 pitches.

"He's a good hitter," Young said of Encarnacion. "It was a mistake. I didn't make too many mistakes today. He got it and it was the difference in the game. It's a bad feeling as a pitcher, letting the team down with one pitch."

The Royals scored in the seventh, when right fielder Alex Rios led off with a double, took third on second baseman Omar Infante's fly out to center fielder Kevin Pillar and scored on left fielder Paulo Orlando's ground out.

Kansas City manufactured a run in the first after shortstop Alcides Escobar led off with a double to the right-center gap. Third baseman Mike Moustakas advanced him 90 feet with a bunt and designated hitter Kendrys Morales got him home with a ground out, upping his RBI total to 58.

The Royals threatened in the second when Buehrle hit Rios with a pitch to start the inning and Infante legged out an infield single. Rookie left fielder Paulo Orlando's sacrifice bunt moved up the runners.

However, Buehrle struck out Drew Butera looking and retired center fielder Jarrod Dyson on a comebacker to strand the runners.

All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson of the Jays was removed in the sixth inning because of flu symptoms.

NOTES: C Salvador Perez and CF Lorenzo Cain were not in the Royals lineup for a Saturday afternoon game after the Friday game did not end until after midnight because of a two-hour, seven-minute rain delay. "Asset protection," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Long night, short turn around." ... LHP Felix Doubront, who the Blue Jays signed to a minor league contract in April, will make his second start, while the Royals' probable is RHP Edinson Volquez for the series finale on Sunday. ... Blue Jays RF Jose Bautista has reached base in 12 consecutive games against the Royals.