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TORONTO -- Michael Saunders hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and singled home the winning run in the eighth as the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of Kansas City, beating the Royals 3-2 on Wednesday.Toronto won its fifth straight, while its 2015 ALCS opponent dropped its fourth in a row.Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-out double off Kelvin Herrera (1-2) in the eighth and scored when Saunders lined a single to center. Russell Martin followed with an RBI double.Marcus Stroman (7-4) pitched eight innings to win for the first time in four starts. Roberto Osuna finished for his 17th save.Saunders, one of five AL candidates for the All-Star Final Vote, opened the scoring with a one-out drive off Ian Kennedy in the fourth, his 16th.The homer was the 21st allowed by Kennedy this season, tied for second-most in the majors. Kennedy has allowed at least one homer in seven consecutive starts, giving up 13 in that span.Stroman was perfect through five innings, throwing 44 pitches. Kansas City didnt hit a ball out of the infield until Paulo Orlando flied to center to end the fifth.Brett Eibner broke Stromans streak when he walked on a 3-2 pitch to begin the sixth. The next batter, Alcides Escobar, broke up the no-hitter and ended Stromans shutout bid with an RBI triple.Toronto led 2-1 on Ezequiel Carreras RBI single in the fifth, but Eibner tied it 2-all when he connected off Stroman in the eighth.Kennedy allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out 10, one shy of his season high.The retractable roof was open when the game began but started to close during the top of the sixth. It was still sliding shut when a light rain began falling in the bottom of the seventh. Play was not interrupted.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: DH Kendrys Morales (back) was held out of the starting lineup.Blue Jays: RHP Marco Estrada was placed on the 15-day DL, one day after being named to the All-Star team for the first time. Estrada will still attend the game in San Diego but wont be able to pitch. RHP Drew Hutchison will start for Toronto in the opener of a four-game series against Detroit on Thursday. RHP Bo Schultz was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo.UP NEXTRoyals: LHP Danny Duffy (4-1, 3.11) starts as Kansas City returns home for a four-game series against Seattle. Hes 0-1 with a 1.69 ERA in five games against the Mariners, including three starts. LHP James Paxton (2-3, 4.24) starts for Seattle.Blue Jays: Hutchison is 1-0 with a 5.40 ERA in two games, one start. He went 6-3 with a 2.78 ERA in 15 starts at Buffalo. RHP Justin Verlander (8-6, 4.11) starts for Detroit.Swell Bottle Nz Liberty . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. Swell Traveler Sale . Giroud, who wasnt in the starting lineup for two matches after allegations about his private life and a decline in form, scored twice in the first half. Tomas Rosickys chip made it 3-0 before half time at Emirates Stadium, while defender Laurent Koscielny scored an unmarked header in the second half. http://www.swellbottlesnz.com/ .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. Swell Bottle Ombre . Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. Swell Water Bottle Clearance . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race.The latest in a recent trend of acquiring fighting game players, Immortals has added its first Smash player, Jason Anti Bates, to its growing esports team.Its an incredibly thrilling feeling being sponsored by a team that stresses success in and out of tournaments and only chooses the best of the best, he said.Venture-capitalist-funded Immortals owns League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch teams. I have two main goals with Immortals. The first goal is to bring as many eyes as possible to our brand, which will make us grow, Anti said. And my second goal is to bring a premier championship to the Immortals house.In the earlier days of Smash for Wii U and Brawl, Anti relied on his strong intuition and talent to carry him. As Smash continues to grow, hes invested more heavily into refining his craft by attending more events and practicing more rigorously. His hard work paid off in the summer where he won Community Effort Orlando 2016, surprising the audience with his charismatic top-8 entrance and equally impressive Mario and Cloud.Even with the win, there is no break for Anti as his competition continues to improve. The metagame is still progressing rapidly as players continue to discover new techniques and optimize character matchups. Fortunately, Gonzalo ZeRo Barrios, the best player on the Panda Global Rankings, has moved to the East Coast.Having ZeRo only live one hour away from me is extremely beneficial to my Wii U career, Anti said. We often find a day every week to just have an extended sit-down session and play for over seven hours at a time.dddddddddddd That may not be good for our health, but were dedicated to performing at our peak.Between practice and tournaments, Anti is also known for his social media presence. Recently, he joked about preparing Diddy Kong as a character against Yuta Abadango Kawamura, poking fun at the players poor history against the character. In another infamous moment, he had a dispute with Dalauan LOWTI3RGOD Sparrow on Twitter. LOWTI3RGOD stated that no Smash player would ever be able to defeat him in Street Fighter V. Anti responded to the challenge and ended up playing some matches with him online. Even though Anti only played Street Fighter on the side, he defeated LOWTI3RGOD in a series of matches, including a perfect round.Anti even popularized the use of the word jim, a somewhat derogatory term for socially oblivious fans. After asking whether or not Immortals would be OK with his social media banter, Anti said, [Our CEO] actually appreciates the fact that I am very active on social media, so long as I keep it esports and continue to produce entertaining tweets, then everything is okay.As a closing thought, Anti said, Although I may express anger towards jims at times, I know they deep down mean no harm! Shoutout to the jims! ' ' '