TORONTO
The Royals whiffed on a chance for a coronation, dropping a 7-1 decision to the Blue Jays in Game 5, which returns the American League Championship Series for its conclusion at Kauffman Stadium.
Facing elimination, Toronto starter Marco Estrada suffocated the Royals for 7 2/3 innings. One day removed from a 14-run splurge, the offense only managed one run against Estrada, a homer by Salvador Perez in the eighth.
Edinson Volquez failed to repeat his traverse of the sixth-inning tightrope, the territory he traversed in Game 1. As the Royals scolded umpire Dan Iassogna, Volquez issued a bases-loaded walk and departed with none out.