Kansas City, Mo. ? Alberto Callaspo was the only starter on either team without a hit when he came to the plate in the 10th inning. His only hit of the game turned out to be the most important one.

Callaspo’s RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning lifted Kansas City to a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night and snapped the Royals’ six-game losing streak.

“I hit the ball good all night long and I was just trying to find the hole,” Callaspo said. “I was trying to get a pitch to drive the ball and finally I get it and help us win.

Scott Podsednik led off the 10th with a triple to right-center and scored on Jason Kendall’s sacrifice fly to tie the game. Blue Jays closer Kevin Gregg (0-4) suffered his third blown save in 25 opportunities.

With two outs in the inning, Gregg walked Billy Butler and Jose Guillen. Callaspo then singled up the middle, scoring Chris Getz, who ran for Butler.

Toronto had taken a 5-4 lead in the top of the inning when Fred Lewis scored on Jose Bautista’s single off Kyle Farnsworth (3-0).

The Blue Jays ran themselves out of a run in the fourth. With Adam Lind on second and Vernon Wells on third, Lyle Overbay flied out to David DeJesus in center, which was deep enough for Wells to score. Lind, however, opted to try to take third on the fly and was thrown out before Wells could cross the plate.

“That throw was huge,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “It saved the game for us at that point. It was key to come up throwing to third and he nipped the runner before the run could cross the plate.”

Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston was not pleased with Lind’s base running miscue.

“We didn’t run the bases properly,” Gaston said. “You can’t win like that. We did not deserve to win that ball game.”