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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.Michael Jordan Jersey Swingman . 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"It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont.England goalkeeper Joe Hart believes interim boss Gareth Southgates calm demeanour has made the players feel comfortable during his time in charge of the national team.Southgate has delivered two wins and a draw since taking the reins and will oversee the final game of his temporary stint when Spain visit Wembley on Tuesday.When asked what working under Southgate had been like, Hart said: Its been really enjoyable. Hes really, really cool and calm - its no act - and that transferred to the players and we feel comfortable. Hart is set to retain his place for the friendly match against Spain on Tuesday Like he said, were trying to express ourselves as a team and find an identity. Its really difficult for an international manager to do that I think, because you get such little time together and were very new.But I feel weve got a really good squad in terms and wanting to learn and work for each other and that came forward on Friday (against Scotland) and hopefully again on Tuesday night. Tottenham youngster Dylan Duncan trains with the England senior squad Hart also praised captain Wayne Rooney for making it easy for other leaders to emerge within the group.Jordan Henderson will wear the captains armband against Spain, with Southgate confirming Rooney would not have started even if the Manchester United man was not a fitness doubt. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sportss to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price Hart added: I think weve got some really important players from their club teams and its about encouraging them to be brave enough.dddddddddddd.I think its a really good environment that we work in, and with Wayne being our captain - hes such a team man and so encouraging for all the other players - he doesnt smother or swamp or want it all to be about him, so he makes it easier for the other players to come forward. Southgate confirms Jordan Henderson will captain England against at Wembley When people like Jordan or Gary (Cahill) captain the team I think they feel comfortable that theyve got help from all different angles.Im really looking forward to the game. Its always special to play Spain - theyre a fantastic footballing nation. England v Spain preview All the team news ahead of Tuesdays match at Wembley Its always good to really test yourself against the best and were definitely going to be doing that on Tuesday and Id like to think that theyre going to be preparing for the game and theyre going to be excited about coming to Wembley and playing against England.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price!Also See:Henderson to captain EnglandDylan Duncan trains with EnglandEngland v Spain previewRooney, Bertrand miss training ' ' '