TORONTO — If the Kansas City Royals are going to clinch a trip to their second straight World Series, it'll happen in front of their home fans.
Marco Estrada made certain it didn't happen in Canada.
After scoring 22 runs in the previous two games, the Royals were held in check by Estrada, who came up with a superb start in the most important outing of his career, stopping Kansas City's hit parade and helping the Toronto Blue Jays send the AL Championship Series back to Missouri.
Estrada pitched one-hit ball into the eighth inning, giving Toronto's tattered bullpen a rest, and the Blue Jays beat the Royals 7-1 Wednesday to close to 3-2 in the best-of-seven series.