The Royals' loss snapped their nine-game ALCS winning streak. The record is 10, held by the Orioles, who had three straight 3-0 sweeps in 1969, '70 and '71 when it was a best-of-five series. Toronto is the fifth team to face a pair of 2-0 deficits in the same postseason, and two of the four came back to win both (1981 Dodgers, National League Division Series, World Series and the 1985 Royals, ALCS, World Series).
Kansas City's Johnny Cueto had a chance to give his team a stranglehold in the series, but instead he became the first starting pitcher in postseason history to allow eight or more runs in two innings or fewer.