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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins logo Minnesota Twins

3–1Final · Oct 2, 2015
KC 3 MIN 1 Final
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KC93-67001000020370
MIN83-77010000000163

· Line: MIN -115

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  1. Hicks singled to right center, Rosario scored.

    0–1

  2. Hosmer grounded into fielder's choice to first, Dyson scored, Zobrist out at second, Hosmer to second on throwing error by shortstop Escobar.

    1–1

  3. Zobrist doubled to deep center, Escobar scored.

    2–1

  4. Moustakas singled to right, Zobrist scored, Moustakas to second on error by right fielder Hunter.

    3–1

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 Escobar batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  6. Top 1 Escobar grounded out to second.
  7. Top 1 Zobrist batting
  8. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  9. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  10. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  11. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  12. Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
  13. Top 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
  14. Top 1 Zobrist struck out looking.
  15. Top 1 Hosmer batting
  16. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  17. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  18. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  19. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
  20. Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
  21. Top 1 Hosmer walked.
  22. Top 1 Moustakas batting
  23. Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
  24. Top 1 Moustakas grounded out to second.
  25. Bot 1 Dozier batting
  26. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  28. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  29. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  32. Bot 1 Dozier struck out swinging.
  33. Bot 1 Mauer batting
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  36. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  37. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  38. Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
  39. Bot 1 Mauer singled to right.
  40. Bot 1 Sanó batting
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  44. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  45. Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
  46. Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
  47. Bot 1 Sanó popped out to second.
  48. Bot 1 Plouffe batting
  49. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  50. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  51. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  52. Bot 1 Pitch 4: foul
  53. Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
  54. Bot 1 Pitch 6: in play
  55. Bot 1 Plouffe flied out to left.
  56. Top 2 Gordon batting
  57. Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
  58. Top 2 Gordon doubled to deep center.
  59. Top 2 Rios batting
  60. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  61. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  62. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  63. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  64. Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  65. Top 2 Rios struck out swinging.
  66. Top 2 Colón batting
  67. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  68. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  69. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  70. Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
  71. Top 2 Colón popped out to second.
  72. Top 2 Butera batting
  73. Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
  74. Top 2 Butera grounded out to shortstop.
  75. Bot 2 Rosario batting
  76. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  77. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  78. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  79. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  80. Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
  81. Bot 2 Rosario singled to right.
  82. Bot 2 Hunter batting
  83. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  84. Bot 2 Rosario to second on wild pitch by Young.
  85. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  86. Bot 2 Hunter popped out to shortstop.
  87. Bot 2 Hicks batting
  88. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  89. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  90. Bot 2 Hicks singled to right center, Rosario scored. 0–1
  91. Bot 2 Suzuki batting
  92. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  93. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  94. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  95. Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
  96. Bot 2 Suzuki singled to left, Hicks to second.
  97. Bot 2 Escobar batting
  98. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  99. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  100. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  101. Bot 2 Escobar struck out swinging.
  102. Bot 2 Dozier batting
  103. Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
  104. Bot 2 Dozier grounded into fielder's choice to third, Hicks out at third, Suzuki to second.
  105. Top 3 Dyson batting
  106. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  107. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  108. Top 3 Pitch 3: in play
  109. Top 3 Dyson doubled to right.
  110. Top 3 Escobar batting
  111. Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
  112. Top 3 Escobar sacrificed to pitcher, Dyson to third.
  113. Top 3 Zobrist batting
  114. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  115. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  116. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
  117. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 4
  118. Top 3 Zobrist walked.
  119. Top 3 Hosmer batting
  120. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  121. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  122. Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
  123. Top 3 Pitch 4: foul
  124. Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
  125. Top 3 Pitch 6: ball 1
  126. Top 3 Pitch 7: ball 2
  127. Top 3 Pitch 8: ball 3
  128. Top 3 Pitch 9: in play
  129. Top 3 Hosmer grounded into fielder's choice to first, Dyson scored, Zobrist out at second, Hosmer to second on throwing error by shortstop Escobar. 1–1
  130. Top 3 Moustakas batting
  131. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  132. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  133. Top 3 Moustakas flied out to center.
  134. Bot 3 Mauer batting
  135. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  136. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  137. Bot 3 Mauer grounded out to second.
  138. Bot 3 Sanó batting
  139. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  140. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  141. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  142. Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
  143. Bot 3 Sanó flied out to left.
  144. Bot 3 Plouffe batting
  145. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  146. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  147. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  148. Bot 3 Plouffe grounded out to shortstop.
  149. Top 4 Gordon batting
  150. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  151. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  152. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  153. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  154. Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
  155. Top 4 Gordon grounded out to second.
  156. Top 4 Rios batting
  157. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  158. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  159. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  160. Top 4 Pitch 4: foul
  161. Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
  162. Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
  163. Top 4 Pitch 7: foul
  164. Top 4 Pitch 8: in play
  165. Top 4 Rios fouled out to third.
  166. Top 4 Colón batting
  167. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  168. Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
  169. Top 4 Colón grounded out to third.
  170. Bot 4 Rosario batting
  171. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  172. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  173. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  174. Bot 4 Pitch 4: foul
  175. Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
  176. Bot 4 Rosario flied out to right.
  177. Bot 4 Hunter batting
  178. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  179. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  180. Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
  181. Bot 4 Hunter grounded out to third.
  182. Bot 4 Hicks batting
  183. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  184. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  185. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  186. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  187. Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
  188. Bot 4 Hicks grounded out to shortstop.
  189. Top 5 Butera batting
  190. Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
  191. Top 5 Butera flied out to left.
  192. Top 5 Dyson batting
  193. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  194. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  195. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  196. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  197. Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
  198. Top 5 Pitch 6: ball 3
  199. Top 5 Pitch 7: in play
  200. Top 5 Dyson doubled to right center.
  201. Top 5 Escobar batting
  202. Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
  203. Top 5 Escobar grounded out to shortstop, Dyson to third.
  204. Top 5 Zobrist batting
  205. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  206. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  207. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  208. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
  209. Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
  210. Top 5 Pitch 6: in play
  211. Top 5 Zobrist grounded out to pitcher.
  212. Bot 5 Suzuki batting
  213. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  214. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  215. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  216. Bot 5 Suzuki lined out to third.
  217. Bot 5 Escobar batting
  218. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  219. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  220. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  221. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
  222. Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
  223. Bot 5 Pitch 6: ball 4
  224. Bot 5 Escobar walked.
  225. Bot 5 Dozier batting
  226. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  227. Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
  228. Bot 5 Dozier flied out to left.
  229. Bot 5 Mauer batting
  230. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  231. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  232. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  233. Bot 5 Mauer lined out to center.
  234. Top 6 Hosmer batting
  235. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  236. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  237. Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
  238. Top 6 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  239. Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 4
  240. Top 6 Hosmer walked.
  241. Top 6 Moustakas batting
  242. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  243. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  244. Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
  245. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
  246. Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
  247. Top 6 Moustakas lined out to center.
  248. Top 6 Gordon batting
  249. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  250. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  251. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  252. Top 6 Pitch 4: in play
  253. Top 6 Gordon flied out to left.
  254. Top 6 Rios batting
  255. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  256. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  257. Top 6 Hosmer stole second.
  258. Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  259. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 3
  260. Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
  261. Top 6 Pitch 6: in play
  262. Top 6 Rios lined out to third.
  263. Bot 6 Sanó batting
  264. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  265. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  266. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  267. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  268. Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  269. Bot 6 Sanó struck out swinging.
  270. Bot 6 Plouffe batting
  271. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  272. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  273. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  274. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  275. Bot 6 Plouffe struck out swinging.
  276. Bot 6 Rosario batting
  277. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  278. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  279. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
  280. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  281. Bot 6 Rosario struck out swinging.
  282. Top 7 Colón batting
  283. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  284. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  285. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  286. Top 7 Pitch 4: foul
  287. Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  288. Top 7 Colón struck out swinging.
  289. Top 7 Butera batting
  290. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  291. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  292. Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
  293. Top 7 Butera popped out to shortstop.
  294. Top 7 Dyson batting
  295. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  296. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  297. Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
  298. Top 7 Dyson grounded out to first.
  299. Bot 7 Hunter batting
  300. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  301. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  302. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
  303. Bot 7 Pitch 4: foul
  304. Bot 7 Pitch 5: ball 2
  305. Bot 7 Pitch 6: ball 3
  306. Bot 7 Pitch 7: in play
  307. Bot 7 Hunter grounded out to third.
  308. Bot 7 Hicks batting
  309. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  310. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  311. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
  312. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 4
  313. Bot 7 Hicks walked.
  314. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  315. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  316. Bot 7 Coleman relieved Young.
  317. Bot 7 Suzuki batting
  318. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  319. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  320. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
  321. Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
  322. Bot 7 Suzuki grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Hicks out at second.
  323. Top 8 Escobar batting
  324. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  325. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  326. Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  327. Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
  328. Top 8 Escobar singled to right center.
  329. Top 8 Lineup Change
  330. Top 8 Lineup Change
  331. Top 8 Perkins relieved E. Santana.
  332. Top 8 Zobrist batting
  333. Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
  334. Top 8 Zobrist doubled to deep center, Escobar scored. 2–1
  335. Top 8 Hosmer batting
  336. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  337. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  338. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  339. Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  340. Top 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
  341. Top 8 Pitch 6: in play
  342. Top 8 Hosmer flied out to center.
  343. Top 8 Moustakas batting
  344. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  345. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  346. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  347. Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
  348. Top 8 Moustakas singled to right, Zobrist scored, Moustakas to second on error by right fielder Hunter. 3–1
  349. Top 8 Gordon batting
  350. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
  351. Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
  352. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
  353. Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
  354. Top 8 Gordon intentionally walked.
  355. Top 8 Lineup Change
  356. Top 8 Lineup Change
  357. Top 8 May relieved Perkins.
  358. Top 8 Rios batting
  359. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  360. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  361. Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
  362. Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 3
  363. Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  364. Top 8 Pitch 6: ball 4
  365. Top 8 Rios walked, Moustakas to third, Gordon to second.
  366. Top 8 Colón batting
  367. Top 8 Lineup Change
  368. Top 8 Lineup Change
  369. Top 8 Orlando ran for Rios.
  370. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  371. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  372. Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  373. Top 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
  374. Top 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  375. Top 8 Colón struck out swinging.
  376. Top 8 Lineup Change
  377. Top 8 Lineup Change
  378. Top 8 K. Morales hit for Butera.
  379. Top 8 K. Morales batting
  380. Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  381. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  382. Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  383. Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
  384. Top 8 K. Morales flied out to left.
  385. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  386. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  387. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  388. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  389. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  390. Bot 8 Orlando in right field.
  391. Bot 8 Pérez catching.
  392. Bot 8 Madson relieved Coleman.
  393. Bot 8 Escobar batting
  394. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  395. Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  396. Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  397. Bot 8 Pitch 4: in play
  398. Bot 8 Escobar singled to right center.
  399. Bot 8 Dozier batting
  400. Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alcides EscobarSS1-4411000010.257.294.318
Ben ZobristDH2-4412101122.279.364.456
Terrance GoreDH0-000000000.000.250.000
Eric Hosmer1B0-3300102032.299.364.461
Mike Moustakas3B1-5501000018.281.343.467
Alex GordonLF1-3301001014.271.376.430
Alex RiosRF0-3300001125.258.291.356
Paulo OrlandoRF0-000000000.250.270.449
Christian Colon2B0-4400000216.283.345.330
Drew ButeraC0-330000005.198.248.255
Kendrys MoralesPH0-110000004.290.361.486
Salvador PerezC0-000000000.260.280.422
Jarrod DysonCF2-4412000015.249.307.381
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Chris YoungP6.1411250100-633.06100
Louis ColemanP0.20000004-30.004
Ryan MadsonP1.020001012-92.1312
Wade DavisP1.000001011-80.9511

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Brian Dozier2B0-4400000110.236.307.446
Joe Mauer1B2-4402000012.267.340.383
Miguel SanoDH0-4400000220.267.380.535
Trevor Plouffe3B0-4400000116.244.308.436
Eddie RosarioLF1-4411000116.269.291.463
Torii HunterRF0-4400000118.239.291.409
Aaron HicksCF1-2201101011.255.321.395
Kurt SuzukiC1-3301000011.241.297.316
Eduardo EscobarSS1-2201001113.264.310.450
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Ervin SantanaP7.0422330110-694.00110
Glen PerkinsP0.121110015-63.3215
Trevor MayP0.200011015-84.0115
Kevin JepsenP1.010000021-142.3321

Starting lineups

MIN

  1. 1 Brian Dozier 2B
  2. 2 Joe Mauer 1B
  3. 3 Miguel Sano DH
  4. 4 Trevor Plouffe 3B
  5. 5 Eddie Rosario LF
  6. 6 Torii Hunter RF
  7. 7 Aaron Hicks CF
  8. 8 Kurt Suzuki C
  9. 9 Eduardo Escobar SS

KC

  1. 1 Alcides Escobar SS
  2. 2 Ben Zobrist DH
  3. 3 Eric Hosmer 1B
  4. 4 Mike Moustakas 3B
  5. 5 Alex Gordon LF
  6. 6 Alex Rios RF
  7. 7 Christian Colon 2B
  8. 8 Drew Butera C
  9. 9 Jarrod Dyson CF

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