Royals score five times in seventh and beat Toronto 6-3 in Game 2 of ALCS

Runners left in scoring position: Kansas City 2 (A.Escobar, Moustakas); Chicago 4 (Me.Cabrera 2, Ge.Soto, Olt). RISP: Kansas City 0 for 3; Chicago 1 for 9. Runners moved up: Rios. GIDP: Rios, Me.Cabrera, Av.Garcia. DP: Kansas City 2 (Zobrist, A.Escobar

DP—Kansas City 1. LOB—Toronto 9, Kansas City 4. 2B—Colabello (1), Tulowitzki (1), Pillar (1), Goins (1), A.Gordon (2). CS—L.Cain (1). IP, H, R, ER, BB, SO. Toronto. Price L,0-1, 6.2, 6, 5, 0, 0, 8. Aa.Sanchez .2, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0. Loup .1, 1, 1, 1, 2

Riding high behind a four-run lead and Carlos Correa's two-homer day, Houston was six outs away from the American League Championship Series. It all fell apart in a nightmare eighth inning, as the Royals plated five runs 

But the Royals scored seven unanswered runs to close the game, including Eric Hosmer's two-run homer in the ninth. Hosmer finished with two hits, two runs and three RBI, while Wade Davis allowed one hit and struck out three in the final two innings to

Both teams overcame deficits to win their five-game division series, the Blue Jays bashing their way past the Texas Rangers in a raucous finale at Rogers Centre, and the Royals surviving the wild-card Houston Astros behind Johnny Cueto and Wade Davis