The Kansas City Royals finished off their 14-2 romp in Toronto, moving within one win of a return trip to the World Series.

Ben Zobrist and Alex Rios homered early off knuckleballer R.A. Dickey and the Royals poured it on late to take a 3-1 edge over the Blue Jays.

Kansas City can win the best-of-seven series Wednesday when Edinson Volquez starts against Toronto’s Marco Estrada.

Fans at Rogers Centre cheered when Blue Jays infielder Cliff Pennington relieved with two outs in the ninth inning, becoming the first primarily position player to pitch in the postseason, STATS said. He gave up two singles before getting the final out.