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6–4Final · Oct 1, 2015
KC 6 CHW 4 Final
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KC92-671030200006131
CHW74-85002000200481

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  1. Moustakas hit a ground rule double to left, Escobar scored, K. Morales to third.

    1–0
  2. Moustakas singled to right, Hosmer scored, K. Morales to second.

    2–0
  3. Gomes singled to shallow center, K. Morales and Moustakas scored, Gordon to third, Gomes to second advancing on throw.

    4–0
  4. Thompson singled to shallow right, Eaton scored, Cabrera to second.

    4–1
  5. Ramírez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Cabrera scored on error by shortstop Escobar, Thompson safe at third on error by shortstop Escobar.

    4–2
  6. Gordon singled to right, Cuthbert scored, Pérez to third.

    5–2
  7. Gomes hit sacrifice fly to left, Pérez scored.

    6–2
  8. Abreu singled to left, Flowers and Eaton scored.

    6–4

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alcides EscobarSS2-5512000014.257.294.318
Ben Zobrist2B2-4402001023.278.362.454
Eric Hosmer1B1-5511000221.301.363.463
Kendrys MoralesDH0-0010003015.291.362.487
Cheslor CuthbertDH0-221000007.222.286.378
Mike Moustakas3B2-5512200012.282.344.469
Salvador PerezC1-4411000013.260.280.422
Drew ButeraC0-110000001.204.255.262
Alex GordonLF2-4402100014.270.374.428
Jonny GomesRF1-220130016.174.259.261
Jarrod DysonCF0-110000014.244.303.368
Paulo OrlandoRF2-4402000115.250.270.449
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kris MedlenP6.0421340100-604.01100
Luke HochevarP0.232201021-123.8121
Danny DuffyP0.210011023-134.1123
Kelvin HerreraP0.20000008-62.738
Ryan MadsonP1.00000007-62.177

CHW

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Adam EatonDH1-4421001012.284.359.429
Jose Abreu1B2-4402200010.292.348.506
Melky CabreraLF1-4411000020.275.316.396
Trayce ThompsonCF2-4402100222.310.371.549
Alexei RamirezSS1-3301001015.250.287.359
Avisail GarciaRF0-3300001118.254.305.364
Yolmer Sanchez2B0-3300001018.226.269.331
Tyler Saladino3B0-3300000115.227.267.336
JB ShuckPH0-000000005.274.351.356
Gordon Beckham3B0-110000003.212.279.337
Tyler FlowersC1-3311000218.237.292.356
Rob BrantlyC0-110000003.154.207.308
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
John DanksP5.0116632092-504.7192
Zach PutnamP0.220001022-123.9722
Dan JenningsP1.100001011-63.9511
Scott CarrollP2.000011020-133.3820

Starting lineups

CHW

  1. 1 Adam Eaton DH
  2. 2 Jose Abreu 1B
  3. 3 Melky Cabrera LF
  4. 4 Trayce Thompson CF
  5. 5 Alexei Ramirez SS
  6. 6 Avisail Garcia RF
  7. 7 Yolmer Sanchez 2B
  8. 8 Tyler Saladino 3B
  9. 9 Tyler Flowers C

KC

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

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