Kansas City Royals @
Cleveland Indians
2–0Final · Sep 15, 2015
KC 2 CLE 0 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC85-59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| CLE71-72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
· Line: CLE -124
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Pérez singled to center, Moustakas scored.
1–0 -
Rios homered to left (376 feet).
2–0
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Lineup Change
- Top 1 Gordon batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 1 Gordon flied out to right.
- Top 1 Zobrist batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 1 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 1 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 1 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 1 Pitch 7: in play
- Top 1 Zobrist lined out to center.
- Top 1 Cain batting
- Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 1 Cain flied out to right.
- Bot 1 Kipnis batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 1 Kipnis grounded out to second.
- Bot 1 Lindor batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 Lindor doubled to deep center.
- Bot 1 Brantley batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 1 Brantley fouled out to first.
- Bot 1 Santana batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 1 Santana walked.
- Bot 1 Chisenhall batting
- Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 1 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 1 Chisenhall grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 2 Hosmer batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 2 Hosmer singled to right.
- Top 2 K. Morales batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 9: foul
- Top 2 Pitch 10: in play
- Top 2 K. Morales grounded into double play, first to third to first, Hosmer out at second.
- Top 2 Moustakas batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 2 Moustakas doubled to deep center.
- Top 2 Pérez batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 2 Moustakas to third on wild pitch by Tomlin.
- Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 2 Pérez singled to center, Moustakas scored. 1–0
- Top 2 Rios batting
- Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 2 Rios struck out looking.
- Bot 2 Gomes batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 2 Gomes grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 2 Johnson batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 2 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 2 Johnson grounded out to third.
- Bot 2 Almonte batting
- Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 2 Almonte grounded out to second.
- Top 3 Escobar batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 3 Escobar lined out to right.
- Top 3 Gordon batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 3: foul
- Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 6: ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 3 Gordon struck out swinging.
- Top 3 Zobrist batting
- Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 3 Zobrist grounded out to second.
- Bot 3 Urshela batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 Urshela grounded out to third.
- Bot 3 Kipnis batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 3 Kipnis grounded out to first.
- Bot 3 Lindor batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
- Bot 3 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 3 Lindor singled to center.
- Bot 3 Brantley batting
- Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 3 Brantley grounded out to first.
- Top 4 Cain batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 Cain flied out to center.
- Top 4 Hosmer batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 4 Hosmer grounded out to second.
- Top 4 K. Morales batting
- Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
- Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 4 K. Morales struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 Santana batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 4 Pitch 5: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 4 Pitch 8: in play
- Bot 4 Santana lined out to second.
- Bot 4 Chisenhall batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 4 Chisenhall grounded out to first.
- Bot 4 Gomes batting
- Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 4 Gomes grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 5 Moustakas batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 5 Moustakas grounded out to third.
- Top 5 Pérez batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 5 Pérez grounded out to third.
- Top 5 Rios batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 5 Rios homered to left (376 feet). 2–0
- Top 5 Escobar batting
- Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 6: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 7: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 8: foul
- Top 5 Pitch 9: strike 3 (looking)
- Top 5 Escobar struck out looking.
- Bot 5 Johnson batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 5 Johnson singled to center.
- Bot 5 Almonte batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: foul
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
- Bot 5 Almonte popped out to second.
- Bot 5 Urshela batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 5 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 5 Urshela flied out to center.
- Bot 5 Kipnis batting
- Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 5 Kipnis flied out to center.
- Top 6 Gordon batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 6 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 6 Gordon struck out swinging.
- Top 6 Zobrist batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 6 Zobrist grounded out to first.
- Top 6 Cain batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 6 Cain hit by pitch.
- Top 6 Hosmer batting
- Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 6 Hosmer popped out to shortstop.
- Bot 6 Lindor batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 6 Lindor flied out to right.
- Bot 6 Brantley batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 6 Brantley flied out to center.
- Bot 6 Santana batting
- Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 6 Santana grounded out to first.
- Top 7 K. Morales batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
- Top 7 K. Morales grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 7 Moustakas batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 5: foul
- Top 7 Pitch 6: in play
- Top 7 Moustakas grounded out to second.
- Top 7 Pérez batting
- Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
- Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
- Top 7 Pérez struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 Chisenhall batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 Chisenhall fouled out to third.
- Bot 7 Gomes batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
- Bot 7 Gomes singled to right.
- Bot 7 Johnson batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
- Bot 7 Johnson singled to left, Gomes to second.
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Lineup Change
- Bot 7 Martínez ran for Johnson.
- Bot 7 Madson relieved Medlen.
- Bot 7 Almonte batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
- Bot 7 Pitch 4: foul
- Bot 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Almonte struck out swinging.
- Bot 7 Urshela batting
- Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
- Bot 7 Urshela struck out swinging.
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Lineup Change
- Top 8 Sands at first base.
- Top 8 Rios batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 8 Rios grounded out to third.
- Top 8 Escobar batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Top 8 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 8 Escobar flied out to left.
- Top 8 Gordon batting
- Top 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
- Top 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Top 8 Pitch 4: in play
- Top 8 Gordon grounded out to first.
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Lineup Change
- Bot 8 Orlando in right field.
- Bot 8 Davis relieved Madson.
- Bot 8 Kipnis batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 8 Kipnis lined out to center.
- Bot 8 Lindor batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: in play
- Bot 8 Lindor fouled out to left.
- Bot 8 Brantley batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: ball 3
- Bot 8 Pitch 6: foul
- Bot 8 Pitch 7: foul
- Bot 8 Pitch 8: ball 4
- Bot 8 Brantley walked.
- Bot 8 Santana batting
- Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 8 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
- Bot 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
- Bot 8 Santana struck out looking.
- Top 9 Zobrist batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Top 9 Pitch 3: ball 1
- Top 9 Pitch 4: ball 2
- Top 9 Pitch 5: in play
- Top 9 Zobrist grounded out to first.
- Top 9 Cain batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: in play
- Top 9 Cain grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 9 Hosmer batting
- Top 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
- Top 9 Pitch 2: in play
- Top 9 Hosmer grounded out to second.
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 Dyson in center field.
- Bot 9 Holland relieved Davis.
- Bot 9 Chisenhall batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: ball 2
- Bot 9 Pitch 3: ball 3
- Bot 9 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
- Bot 9 Pitch 5: ball 4
- Bot 9 Chisenhall walked.
- Bot 9 Gomes batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 9 Gomes singled to left center, Chisenhall to second.
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 Lineup Change
- Bot 9 Aviles hit for Sands.
- Bot 9 Aviles batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: ball 1
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: in play
- Bot 9 Aviles grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Chisenhall out at third, Gomes to second.
- Bot 9 Almonte batting
- Bot 9 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
- Bot 9 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
- Bot 9 Pitch 3: in play
- Bot 9 Almonte fouled out to third.
- Bot 9 Urshela batting
Box score
KC
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex GordonLF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .285 | .388 | .457 |
| Ben Zobrist2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .287 | .371 | .469 |
| Lorenzo CainCF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .311 | .367 | .493 |
| Jarrod DysonCF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .321 | .391 |
| Eric Hosmer1B | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .302 | .367 | .449 |
| Kendrys MoralesDH | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .289 | .353 | .468 |
| Mike Moustakas3B | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .282 | .345 | .455 |
| Salvador PerezC | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .255 | .275 | .420 |
| Alex RiosRF | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .259 | .292 | .358 |
| Paulo OrlandoRF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .272 | .444 |
| Alcides EscobarSS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .253 | .290 | .315 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris MedlenP | 6.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94-52 | 3.92 | 94 |
| Ryan MadsonP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8-7 | 2.44 | 8 |
| Wade DavisP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17-10 | 0.91 | 17 |
| Greg HollandP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16-10 | 3.56 | 16 |
CLE
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Kipnis2B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .299 | .372 | .446 |
| Francisco LindorSS | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .311 | .353 | .465 |
| Michael BrantleyLF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .318 | .388 | .496 |
| Carlos SantanaDH | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .230 | .357 | .379 |
| Lonnie ChisenhallRF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .253 | .299 | .382 |
| Yan GomesC | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .223 | .263 | .376 |
| Chris Johnson1B | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .367 | .380 | .449 |
| Michael MartinezPR | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .462 |
| Jerry Sands1B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .289 | .375 |
| Mike AvilesPH | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .233 | .283 | .327 |
| Abraham AlmonteCF | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .267 | .323 | .500 |
| Gio Urshela3B | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .220 | .275 | .327 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh TomlinP | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 110-75 | 2.70 | 110 |
Starting lineups
CLE
- 1 Jason Kipnis 2B
- 2 Francisco Lindor SS
- 3 Michael Brantley LF
- 4 Carlos Santana DH
- 5 Lonnie Chisenhall RF
- 6 Yan Gomes C
- 7 Chris Johnson 1B
- 8 Abraham Almonte CF
- 9 Gio Urshela 3B
KC
- 1 Alex Gordon LF
- 2 Ben Zobrist 2B
- 3 Lorenzo Cain CF
- 4 Eric Hosmer 1B
- 5 Kendrys Morales DH
- 6 Mike Moustakas 3B
- 7 Salvador Perez C
- 8 Alex Rios RF
- 9 Alcides Escobar SS
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