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5–1Final · Oct 3, 2015
KC 5 MIN 1 Final
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  1. Hosmer doubled to deep right center, Cain scored.

    1–0
  2. Dozier singled to center, Hicks scored.

    1–1
  3. Cain reached on infield single to pitcher, Escobar scored.

    2–1
  4. Gomes safe at first on error by third baseman Plouffe, Cain advanced to third on Plouffe error, Hosmer advanced to second on Plouffe error, Cain and Hosmer scored, Gomes to third on throwing error by left fielder Rosario.

    4–1
  5. Moustakas doubled to deep right center, Gomes scored.

    5–1

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alcides EscobarSS1-4411000019.257.294.321
Ben Zobrist2B1-5501000026.279.362.454
Lorenzo CainRF3-4423101017.307.361.477
Eric Hosmer1B1-4411101121.299.364.461
Jonny GomesDH0-4410000213.148.226.222
Mike Moustakas3B2-3302101120.283.346.470
Salvador PerezC0-440000019.258.278.419
Alex RiosRF0-4400000118.255.288.353
Jarrod DysonCF0-000000000.249.307.381
Paulo OrlandoLF1-4401000114.250.270.446
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Yordano VenturaP7.0411311097-624.0897
Danny DuffyP1.00000209-94.089
Kelvin HerreraP0.120011013-82.7113
Wade DavisP0.20000209-60.949

MIN

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Aaron HicksCF1-3311001216.256.323.398
Brian Dozier2B1-4401100113.236.307.444
Joe Mauer1B0-4400000315.265.338.380
Miguel SanoDH1-2201002117.269.385.535
Trevor Plouffe3B1-4401000215.244.307.435
Eddie RosarioLF0-4400000211.267.289.459
Torii HunterRF1-3301001111.240.293.409
Byron BuxtonPR0-000000000.216.252.336
Kurt SuzukiC0-220000004.240.296.314
Danny SantanaPH1-110100004.214.241.292
Chris HerrmannC0-000000000.146.214.272
Kennys VargasPH0-110000015.246.283.357
Eduardo EscobarSS0-4400000317.261.307.446
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Tommy MiloneP6.061125095-593.9295
Blaine BoyerP0.222100026-162.4926
Neal CottsP0.012010010-43.9510
Trevor MayP0.10000104-34.004
Michael TonkinP2.000001022-143.4722

Starting lineups

MIN

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

KC

  1. 1 Alcides Escobar SS
  2. 2 Ben Zobrist 2B
  3. 3 Lorenzo Cain RF
  4. 4 Eric Hosmer 1B
  5. 5 Jonny Gomes DH
  6. 6 Mike Moustakas 3B
  7. 7 Salvador Perez C
  8. 8 Alex Rios RF
  9. 9 Paulo Orlando LF

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