Estrada stars as Jays down Royals in Game 5

Marco Estrada starred for 7 2/3 innings as the Toronto Blue Jays have forced a sixth game of the ALCS with a 7-1 win over the Kansas City Royals.

(All times ET)

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FINAL SCORE: Royals 1, Blue Jays 7

7:05pm: We're going back to Missouri. Eric Hosmer grounds out to defensive replacement Justin Smoak at first to end the game.

7:04pm: Lorenzo Cain's postseason hitting streak ends at 13 games as he grounds out to Osuna.

7:03pm: Roberto Osuna gets a groundout from Ben Zobrist for the first out of the ninth.

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END 8 - Royals 1, Blue Jays 7

6:58pm: Jays are challenging the 

6:56pm: Kevin Pillar takes advantage of Lorenzo Cain playing shallow and hits a ball over his head. Tulowitzki scores, but Pillar is thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. 7-1 TOR

6:54pm: Navarro can't catch up to Duffy's high heat and strikes out.

6:53pm: Tulo goes oppo for a single.

6:52pm: Colabello strikes out looking to start the bottom half of the frame.

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MID 8 - Royals 1, Blue Jays 6

6:47pm: Sanchez induces a fly ball from Escobar to Bautista to end the danger.

6:44pm: Rios greets Sanchez with a single. Gordon to second.

6:42pm: Estrada's line: 7 2/3 IP 3 H 1 ER 5 K and 1 BB on 108 pitches.

6:40pm: Gordon rips a single to right and that's the end of Estrada's day. Gibbons calls for Aaron Sanchez as Estrada exits to a monstrous standing ovation.

6:39pm: Salvy Perez spoils the party with a solo home run to right. 6-1 TOR

6:38pm: A fly out to Pillar from Moustakas is the second out.

6:35pm: Estrada gets Morales swinging on a dirty changeup.

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END 7 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 6

6:31pm: Duffy sits down Encarnacion to strike out the side with a pair of doubles in between.

6:29pm: Maybe we won't see Price?

6:28pm: Bautista hits a deep double to centre of his own to plate Donaldson. 6-0 TOR

6:26pm: Donaldson hits a two-out double to the centre field wall.

6:25pm: Ben Revere falls victim to a Duffy strikeout.

6:23pm: Goins tries to check his swing, but can't and Duffy has a K to start the inning.

6:19pm: Herrera's afternoon is done.

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MID 7 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 5

6:18pm: But that goes for naught as Hosmer flies out to Revere to end the inning.

6:17pm: Royals get their second base runner of the game as Estrada walks Cain.

6:15pm: Zobrist grounds out to Tulowitzki and there are two down.

6:14pm: Estrada gets a groundout from Escobar to start the seventh.

6:10pm: With a five-run lead is Gibby still thinking about it?

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END 6 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 5

6:08pm: Pillar strikes out swinging. He and Gibbons argue that he got a piece of the third strike, but to no avail.

6:07pm: Navarro strikes out on a full-count pitch.

6:04pm: And the dam bursts wide open. Troy Tulowitzki clears the bases with a double. 5-0 TOR

6:03pm: Herrera's heat inducing a big swinging strikeout from Colabello.

6:02pm: It's Herrera in for the Royals.

6:01pm: Did the Jays get lucky on those walks to Bautista and Encarnacion?

5:59pm: That's it for Volquez. His line: 5+ IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 BB and 2 K on 88 pitches. The runners left on base are his responsibility.

5:58pm: It's everybody's favourite play - the bases-loaded walk! Encarnacion to first as Revere comes home. 2-0 TOR

5:56pm: With a 3-1 series lead, Ned Yost is leaving Volquez in.

5:54pm: The bases are loaded after Jose Bautista takes an 11-pitch walk.

5:53pm: Volquez is battling Jose Bautista.

5:49pm: Volquez doesn't seem to be tiring.

5:47pm: Kelvin Herrera is up in the bullpen for KC.

5:46pm: Volquez loses control of his first pitch and drills Donaldson in the elbow. Revere to second.

5:45pm: Ben Revere walks to start the bottom half of the sixth.

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MID 6 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 1

5:39pm: Pillar stays busy, moving over to catch an Alex Rios fly to end the inning.

5:39pm: A little dribbler from Alex Gordon is a tough play for Goins, but he makes it.

5:38pm: In case you were wondering, the Jays won a single 1-0 game this season. It was a 12-inning game on June 24 in Tampa Bay. Marco Estrada started it. The only run was, yup, a Chris Colabello jack.

5:36pm: Perez skies a fly ball to Kevin Pillar for the first out of the inning.

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END 5 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 1

5:32pm: Goins grounds out to Hosmer to end the inning.

5:29pm: Pillar's excuse-me check-swing is good enough for an infield single.

5:27pm: Dioner Navarro goes down swinging on a ball down and outside.

5:24pm: Tulowitzki grounds out to Escobar for the first out of the inning.

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MID 5 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 0

5:20pm: Revere tracks down a fly from Moustakas to end the inning.

5:19pm: Morales is retired with a fly ball to Pillar in centre.

5:16pm: Hosmer hits a high chopper to Tulowitzki for the first out of the fifth.

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END 4 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 1

5:12pm: The Royals get their double play this time, as Colabello grounds into a 6-4-3 to end the inning.

5:10pm: Encarnacion hits a sharp grounder to Moustakas and the force at second is all the Royals are able to get.

5:08pm: Bautista hits a grounder deep into the hole and Escobar's throw to first isn't close. Infield hit for a sliding Joey Bats.

5:07pm: The Dome is bumping.

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MID 4 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 1

5:03pm: Cain lifts an easy pop to Colabello and the Royals are retired.

5:01pm: ...but he's quickly erased by a Ben Zobrist 4-6-3 twin killing.

5:00pm: An Alcides Escobar single past a diving Tulo is the Royals' first hit of the afternoon.

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END 3 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 1

4:55pm: Donaldson chops out to Escobar to end the inning.

4:53pm: Revere's little comebacker to Volquez is the second out of the inning.

4:52pm: Goins grounds out to Escobar for the first out of the inning.

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MID 3 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 1

4:49pm: Estrada gets an excuse-me grounder to first from Alex Rios to end the inning.

4:47pm: Alex Gordon goes down swinging on three pitches.

4:46pm: Salvador Perez lines a ball directly to Tulowitzki for Estrada's first out of the inning.

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END 2 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 1

4:41pm: Kevin Pillar bloops the first pitch he sees, but it's right to Ben Zobrist.

4:40pm: Encarnacion loses Dioner Navarro after a 0-2 count to walk him.

4:36pm: Troy Tulowitzki rips a hard shot down to third, but it's right at Moustakas.

4:34pm: Volquez leaves one hanging and Chris Colabello does the oligatory banging, taking him over the left- centre field wall. 1-0 TOR

4:32pm: Edwin Encarnacion pops a ball into no man's land just inside foul territory and Eric Hosmer makes a nice over-the-shoulder catch for the first out.

4:30pm: Estrada is zoned in.

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MID 2 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 0

4:28pm: After falling behind Mike Moustakas 3-0, Estrada fights back to strike him out swinging to end the inning.

4:27pm: So Volquez's velocity was pretty good in the first.

4:26pm: Playing deep in the hole, Ryan Goins knocks down a hard-hit ball by Kendrys Morales and has time to throw him out at first.

4:25pm: Hosmer flies out to Revere to start the top of the second.

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END 1 - Royals 0, Blue Jays 0

4:21pm: Volquez jams Jose Bautista, who pops up to Hosmer to end the inning.

4:20pm: Josh Donaldson strikes out looking on an outside fastball. Like Cain before him, he's not happy.

4:17pm: The mocking "Volquez" chants rain down from the Rogers Centre faithful.

4:16pm: Ben Revere chops out to Eric Hosmer at first for Volquez's first out of the inning.

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MID 1 - Royals 0, Jays 0

4:12pm: Lorenzo Cain goes down looking and doesn't like it. Estrada's first is a one-two-three.

4:10pm: Estrada gets Ben Zobrist chasing on a full-count changeup. 

4:08pm: Marco Estrada does something nobody else could do and retires Alcides Escobar one pitch. He grounds out to Josh Donaldson.

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Your lineups for Game 5 are the same as Game 4, except for Marco Estrada's personal catcher, Dioner Navarro, in for the Jays in place of Russell Martin.