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9–6Final · Oct 12, 2015
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  1. Pérez homered to right center (403 feet), Moustakas scored.

    2–0
  2. Gómez homered to left (363 feet).

    2–1
  3. Correa homered to left center (404 feet).

    2–2
  4. Correa doubled to right, Springer scored.

    2–3
  5. Correa homered to left (381 feet), Altuve scored.

    2–5
  6. Rasmus homered to right (355 feet).

    2–6
  7. Cain singled to center, Rios scored, Escobar to third, Zobrist to second.

    3–6
  8. Hosmer singled to right, Escobar scored, Zobrist to third, Cain to second.

    4–6
  9. K. Morales grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Zobrist and Cain scored on error by shortstop Correa, Hosmer safe at third on error by shortstop Correa.

    6–6
  10. Gordon grounded out to second, Hosmer scored, Dyson to third, Butera to second.

    7–6
  11. Hosmer homered to right center (442 feet), Zobrist scored.

    9–6

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 Escobar batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  6. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  7. Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
  8. Top 1 Pitch 6: in play
  9. Top 1 Escobar hit by pitch.
  10. Top 1 Zobrist batting
  11. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  12. Top 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  13. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  14. Top 1 Zobrist grounded into fielder's choice to first, Escobar out at second.
  15. Top 1 Cain batting
  16. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  17. Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
  18. Top 1 Cain flied out to right.
  19. Top 1 Hosmer batting
  20. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  21. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  22. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  23. Top 1 Pitch 4: in play
  24. Top 1 Hosmer popped out to shortstop.
  25. Bot 1 Altuve batting
  26. Bot 1 Pitch 1: in play
  27. Bot 1 Altuve fouled out to third.
  28. Bot 1 Springer batting
  29. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  32. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  33. Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 3
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
  36. Bot 1 Springer struck out looking.
  37. Bot 1 Correa batting
  38. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  39. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  40. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
  42. Bot 1 Correa hit by pitch.
  43. Bot 1 Rasmus batting
  44. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  45. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  46. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  47. Bot 1 Pitch 4: foul
  48. Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
  49. Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
  50. Bot 1 Pitch 7: in play
  51. Bot 1 Rasmus singled to right, Correa to second.
  52. Bot 1 Gattis batting
  53. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  54. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  55. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  56. Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  57. Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
  58. Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
  59. Bot 1 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
  60. Bot 1 Gattis struck out swinging.
  61. Top 2 K. Morales batting
  62. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  63. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  64. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  65. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  66. Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
  67. Top 2 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  68. Top 2 K. Morales struck out swinging.
  69. Top 2 Moustakas batting
  70. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  71. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  72. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  73. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 3
  74. Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
  75. Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
  76. Top 2 Moustakas walked.
  77. Top 2 Pérez batting
  78. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  79. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  80. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  81. Top 2 Pitch 4: in play
  82. Top 2 Pérez homered to right center (403 feet), Moustakas scored. 2–0
  83. Top 2 Gordon batting
  84. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  85. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  86. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  87. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  88. Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
  89. Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
  90. Top 2 Pitch 7: ball 3
  91. Top 2 Pitch 8: foul
  92. Top 2 Pitch 9: foul
  93. Top 2 Pitch 10: foul
  94. Top 2 Pitch 11: foul
  95. Top 2 Pitch 12: in play
  96. Top 2 Gordon lined out to left.
  97. Top 2 Rios batting
  98. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  99. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  100. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  101. Top 2 Rios struck out swinging.
  102. Bot 2 Gómez batting
  103. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  104. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  105. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  106. Bot 2 Gómez homered to left (363 feet). 2–1
  107. Bot 2 Valbuena batting
  108. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  109. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  110. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  111. Bot 2 Valbuena flied out to center.
  112. Bot 2 Carter batting
  113. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  114. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  115. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  116. Bot 2 Carter struck out swinging.
  117. Bot 2 Castro batting
  118. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  119. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  120. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  121. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  122. Bot 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  123. Bot 2 Castro struck out swinging.
  124. Top 3 Escobar batting
  125. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  126. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  127. Top 3 Escobar grounded out to shortstop.
  128. Top 3 Zobrist batting
  129. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  130. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  131. Top 3 Zobrist flied out to center.
  132. Top 3 Cain batting
  133. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  134. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  135. Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
  136. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 1
  137. Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 2
  138. Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
  139. Top 3 Pitch 7: ball 3
  140. Top 3 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
  141. Top 3 Cain struck out swinging.
  142. Bot 3 Altuve batting
  143. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  144. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  145. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  146. Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
  147. Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  148. Bot 3 Altuve struck out swinging.
  149. Bot 3 Springer batting
  150. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  151. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  152. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  153. Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  154. Bot 3 Pitch 5: ball 3
  155. Bot 3 Pitch 6: foul
  156. Bot 3 Pitch 7: foul
  157. Bot 3 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
  158. Bot 3 Springer struck out swinging.
  159. Bot 3 Correa batting
  160. Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
  161. Bot 3 Correa homered to left center (404 feet). 2–2
  162. Bot 3 Rasmus batting
  163. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  164. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  165. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  166. Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  167. Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  168. Bot 3 Rasmus struck out swinging.
  169. Top 4 Hosmer batting
  170. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  171. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  172. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  173. Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  174. Top 4 Hosmer struck out swinging.
  175. Top 4 K. Morales batting
  176. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  177. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  178. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  179. Top 4 K. Morales grounded out to first.
  180. Top 4 Moustakas batting
  181. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  182. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  183. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  184. Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  185. Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
  186. Top 4 Pitch 6: in play
  187. Top 4 Moustakas singled to center.
  188. Top 4 Pérez batting
  189. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  190. Top 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
  191. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
  192. Top 4 Pitch 4: in play
  193. Top 4 Pérez popped out to third.
  194. Bot 4 Gattis batting
  195. Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
  196. Bot 4 Gattis flied out to center.
  197. Bot 4 Gómez batting
  198. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  199. Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
  200. Bot 4 Gómez bunt grounded out to pitcher.
  201. Bot 4 Valbuena batting
  202. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  203. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  204. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  205. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  206. Bot 4 Pitch 5: ball 4
  207. Bot 4 Valbuena walked.
  208. Bot 4 Carter batting
  209. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  210. Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
  211. Bot 4 Carter grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Valbuena out at second.
  212. Top 5 Gordon batting
  213. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  214. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  215. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  216. Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  217. Top 5 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  218. Top 5 Pitch 6: ball 4
  219. Top 5 Gordon walked.
  220. Top 5 Rios batting
  221. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  222. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  223. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  224. Top 5 Rios struck out swinging.
  225. Top 5 Escobar batting
  226. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  227. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  228. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  229. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  230. Top 5 Escobar struck out swinging.
  231. Top 5 Zobrist batting
  232. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  233. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  234. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  235. Top 5 Pitch 4: foul
  236. Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
  237. Top 5 Pitch 6: in play
  238. Top 5 Zobrist grounded out to second.
  239. Bot 5 Castro batting
  240. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  241. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  242. Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
  243. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  244. Bot 5 Castro struck out swinging.
  245. Bot 5 Altuve batting
  246. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  247. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  248. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  249. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
  250. Bot 5 Pitch 5: in play
  251. Bot 5 Altuve grounded out to third.
  252. Bot 5 Springer batting
  253. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  254. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  255. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  256. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  257. Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 4
  258. Bot 5 Springer walked.
  259. Bot 5 Correa batting
  260. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  261. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  262. Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  263. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  264. Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
  265. Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
  266. Bot 5 Correa doubled to right, Springer scored. 2–3
  267. Bot 5 Rasmus batting
  268. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
  269. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
  270. Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
  271. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
  272. Bot 5 Rasmus intentionally walked.
  273. Bot 5 Gattis batting
  274. Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
  275. Bot 5 Gattis flied out to center.
  276. Top 6 Cain batting
  277. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  278. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  279. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  280. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
  281. Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  282. Top 6 Cain struck out swinging.
  283. Top 6 Hosmer batting
  284. Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
  285. Top 6 Hosmer flied out to left.
  286. Top 6 K. Morales batting
  287. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  288. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  289. Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  290. Top 6 Pitch 4: foul
  291. Top 6 Pitch 5: in play
  292. Top 6 K. Morales grounded out to third.
  293. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  294. Bot 6 Lineup Change
  295. Bot 6 Herrera relieved Ventura.
  296. Bot 6 Gómez batting
  297. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  298. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  299. Bot 6 Pitch 3: foul
  300. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  301. Bot 6 Gómez struck out swinging.
  302. Bot 6 Valbuena batting
  303. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  304. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 2
  305. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 3
  306. Bot 6 Pitch 4: ball 4
  307. Bot 6 Valbuena walked.
  308. Bot 6 Carter batting
  309. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  310. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  311. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  312. Bot 6 Carter struck out swinging.
  313. Bot 6 Castro batting
  314. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  315. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  316. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  317. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  318. Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  319. Bot 6 Castro struck out swinging.
  320. Top 7 Lineup Change
  321. Top 7 Lineup Change
  322. Top 7 González at first base.
  323. Top 7 Moustakas batting
  324. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  325. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  326. Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
  327. Top 7 Moustakas grounded out to first.
  328. Top 7 Pérez batting
  329. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  330. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  331. Top 7 Pérez hit by pitch.
  332. Top 7 Harris relieved McCullers.
  333. Top 7 Gore ran for Pérez.
  334. Top 7 Gordon batting
  335. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  336. Top 7 Gore stole second.
  337. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  338. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  339. Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  340. Top 7 Gordon struck out swinging.
  341. Top 7 Rios batting
  342. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  343. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  344. Top 7 Gore caught stealing third, catcher to third.
  345. Bot 7 Altuve batting
  346. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  347. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  348. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  349. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  350. Bot 7 Butera catching.
  351. Bot 7 Altuve batting
  352. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  353. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  354. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  355. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  356. Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
  357. Bot 7 Pitch 6: foul
  358. Bot 7 Pitch 7: foul
  359. Bot 7 Pitch 8: foul
  360. Bot 7 Pitch 9: ball 3
  361. Bot 7 Pitch 10: ball 4
  362. Bot 7 Altuve walked.
  363. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  364. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  365. Bot 7 Butera catching.
  366. Bot 7 Altuve batting
  367. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  368. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  369. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  370. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  371. Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
  372. Bot 7 Pitch 6: foul
  373. Bot 7 Pitch 7: foul
  374. Bot 7 Pitch 8: foul
  375. Bot 7 Pitch 9: ball 3
  376. Bot 7 Pitch 10: ball 4
  377. Bot 7 Altuve walked.
  378. Bot 7 Madson relieved Herrera.
  379. Bot 7 Springer batting
  380. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  381. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  382. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (bunted foul)
  383. Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  384. Bot 7 Springer struck out swinging.
  385. Bot 7 Correa batting
  386. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  387. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  388. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  389. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  390. Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
  391. Bot 7 Correa homered to left (381 feet), Altuve scored. 2–5
  392. Bot 7 Rasmus batting
  393. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  394. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  395. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  396. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  397. Bot 7 Pitch 5: foul
  398. Bot 7 Pitch 6: in play
  399. Bot 7 Rasmus homered to right (355 feet). 2–6
  400. Bot 7 Gattis batting

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alcides EscobarSS1-4411000223.278.316.389
Ben Zobrist2B1-4421001019.375.412.438
Lorenzo CainCF1-5511100321.235.278.471
Eric Hosmer1B2-5522310117.176.176.353
Kendrys MoralesDH0-4400100116.267.313.667
Jarrod DysonDH0-110000014.000.000.000
Mike Moustakas3B1-4411001129.143.294.214
Salvador PerezC1-2211210010.250.400.750
Terrance GorePR0-000000000.000.000.000
Drew ButeraC0-0000001010.0001.000.000
Alex GordonLF0-3300101125.214.313.429
Alex RiosRF1-3311001214.182.357.273
Paulo OrlandoRF0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Yordano VenturaP5.043338294-547.7194
Kelvin HerreraP1.001123026-163.0026
Ryan MadsonP1.042202223-179.0023
Wade DavisP2.010003024-190.0024

HOU

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Jose Altuve2B0-4410001124.167.211.167
George SpringerRF0-4410001427.267.389.533
Carlos CorreaSS4-4424420017.412.444.824
Colby RasmusLF2-4412111228.545.7061.455
Evan GattisDH1-4401000110.188.188.188
Jake MarisnickDH0-000000000.429.429.571
Preston TuckerPH0-110000015.000.500.000
Carlos GomezCF2-5512110115.333.333.667
Luis Valbuena3B0-2200002015.100.357.100
Chris Carter1B0-330000028.357.357.643
Marwin Gonzalez1B0-110000013.000.000.000
Jason CastroC0-3300000314.083.154.083
Jed LowriePH0-110000001.000.000.000
Hank CongerC0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Lance McCullers Jr.P6.1222271110-722.84110
Will HarrisP0.244301018-1212.0018
Tony SippP0.111001017-120.0017
Luke GregersonP0.200021024-142.2524
Josh FieldsP1.012212119-910.8019

Starting lineups

HOU

  1. 1 Jose Altuve 2B
  2. 2 George Springer RF
  3. 3 Carlos Correa SS
  4. 4 Colby Rasmus LF
  5. 5 Evan Gattis DH
  6. 6 Carlos Gomez CF
  7. 7 Luis Valbuena 3B
  8. 8 Chris Carter 1B
  9. 9 Jason Castro C

KC

  1. 1 Alcides Escobar SS
  2. 2 Ben Zobrist 2B
  3. 3 Lorenzo Cain CF
  4. 4 Eric Hosmer 1B
  5. 5 Kendrys Morales DH
  6. 6 Mike Moustakas 3B
  7. 7 Salvador Perez C
  8. 8 Alex Gordon LF
  9. 9 Alex Rios RF

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