ALCS

Josh Donaldson homered to give Toronto a long-awaited lead, and the Blue Jays finally broke through with the bats, beating the Cleveland Indians 5-1 on Tuesday to avert a sweep in the AL Championship Series.

The Cleveland Indians remain perfect this postseason after they handed the Toronto Blue Jays their first loss of the playoffs.

Marco Estrada pitched one-hit ball into the eighth inning, giving Toronto's tattered bullpen a rest and leading the Blue Jays over the Kansas City Royals

Ben Zobrist hit a two-run homer on knuckleballer R.A. Dickey's fourth pitch of the game, Alex Rios connected an inning later and the Kansas City Royals routed the Toronto Blue Jays

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Madison Bumgarner pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 Saturday night in the NL Championship Series opener.