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The offense simply couldn’t get a handle on the soft-tossing Chris Young, who retired the first 11 hitters he faced. The Blue Jays, headed to the postseason for the first time since 1993, finished an AL-best 53-28 at home. He allowed one walk, struck out two and threw 68 pitches.

Lorenzo Cain had a tiebreaking RBI single in the second inning, as the Royals completed a sweep of the four-game season series.

“There’s a big difference”, the right-hander said with catching coach Pedro Grifol interpreting. “All I can tell you is I had a bad day”.