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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers logo Detroit Tigers

5–6Final · Sep 19, 2015
KC 5 DET 6 Final
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KC86-6201001021000590
DET69-78002010200016110

· Line: KC -130

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The scoring timeline.

Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

  1. K. Morales homered to right (371 feet).

    1–0

  2. Cabrera singled to right, Avila and Gose scored.

    1–2

  3. Moustakas homered to right center (428 feet).

    2–2

  4. V. Martínez hit sacrifice fly to center, Cabrera scored, J.D. Martinez to third.

    2–3

  5. Hosmer scored on Alburquerque's wild pitch.

    3–3

  6. Colón singled to right, Dyson scored, Pérez to second.

    4–3

  7. V. Martínez homered to right (371 feet), Cabrera scored.

    4–5

  8. Hosmer homered to right (404 feet).

    5–5

  9. Kinsler homered to left (374 feet).

    5–6

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 Gordon batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
  6. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  7. Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  8. Top 1 Gordon struck out swinging.
  9. Top 1 Zobrist batting
  10. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  11. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  12. Top 1 Pitch 3: in play
  13. Top 1 Zobrist grounded out to shortstop.
  14. Top 1 Cain batting
  15. Top 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  16. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  17. Top 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  18. Top 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  19. Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (looking)
  20. Top 1 Cain struck out looking.
  21. Bot 1 Gose batting
  22. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  23. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  24. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  25. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
  26. Bot 1 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  28. Bot 1 Gose struck out swinging.
  29. Bot 1 Kinsler batting
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  32. Bot 1 Pitch 3: ball 2
  33. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 3
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 5: ball 4
  35. Bot 1 Kinsler walked.
  36. Bot 1 Cabrera batting
  37. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  38. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 1
  39. Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
  40. Bot 1 Cabrera grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Kinsler out at second.
  41. Top 2 Hosmer batting
  42. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  43. Top 2 Pitch 2: in play
  44. Top 2 Hosmer flied out to center.
  45. Top 2 K. Morales batting
  46. Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
  47. Top 2 K. Morales homered to right (371 feet). 1–0
  48. Top 2 Moustakas batting
  49. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  50. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  51. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  52. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  53. Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
  54. Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
  55. Top 2 Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
  56. Top 2 Moustakas struck out looking.
  57. Top 2 Gomes batting
  58. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  59. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  60. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  61. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  62. Top 2 Pitch 5: foul
  63. Top 2 Pitch 6: foul
  64. Top 2 Pitch 7: ball 3
  65. Top 2 Pitch 8: strike 3 (looking)
  66. Top 2 Gomes struck out looking.
  67. Bot 2 J.D. Martinez batting
  68. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  69. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  70. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  71. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  72. Bot 2 J.D. Martinez struck out swinging.
  73. Bot 2 V. Martínez batting
  74. Bot 2 Pitch 1: in play
  75. Bot 2 V. Martínez doubled to left.
  76. Bot 2 Castellanos batting
  77. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  78. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  79. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  80. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  81. Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
  82. Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
  83. Bot 2 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
  84. Bot 2 Castellanos struck out swinging.
  85. Bot 2 Collins batting
  86. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  87. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  88. Bot 2 Pitch 3: in play
  89. Bot 2 Collins flied out to center.
  90. Top 3 Pérez batting
  91. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  92. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  93. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 3
  94. Top 3 Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
  95. Top 3 Pitch 5: in play
  96. Top 3 Pérez flied out to left.
  97. Top 3 Colón batting
  98. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  99. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  100. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
  101. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
  102. Top 3 Pitch 5: foul
  103. Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
  104. Top 3 Pitch 7: in play
  105. Top 3 Colón flied out to left.
  106. Top 3 Gordon batting
  107. Top 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  108. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  109. Top 3 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  110. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 2
  111. Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  112. Top 3 Gordon struck out swinging.
  113. Bot 3 Avila batting
  114. Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
  115. Bot 3 Avila doubled to deep right center.
  116. Bot 3 Machado batting
  117. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  118. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  119. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  120. Bot 3 Machado struck out swinging.
  121. Bot 3 Gose batting
  122. Bot 3 Pitch 1: in play
  123. Bot 3 Gose singled to left, Avila to third.
  124. Bot 3 Kinsler batting
  125. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  126. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 2
  127. Bot 3 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  128. Bot 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
  129. Bot 3 Gose stole second.
  130. Bot 3 Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
  131. Bot 3 Pitch 6: in play
  132. Bot 3 Kinsler grounded out to first.
  133. Bot 3 Cabrera batting
  134. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  135. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  136. Bot 3 Cabrera singled to right, Avila and Gose scored. 1–2
  137. Bot 3 J.D. Martinez batting
  138. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  139. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  140. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  141. Bot 3 Pitch 4: in play
  142. Bot 3 J.D. Martinez flied out to center.
  143. Top 4 Zobrist batting
  144. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  145. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  146. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  147. Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  148. Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
  149. Top 4 Zobrist singled to center.
  150. Top 4 Cain batting
  151. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  152. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  153. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  154. Top 4 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  155. Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
  156. Top 4 Pitch 6: foul
  157. Top 4 Pitch 7: foul
  158. Top 4 Pitch 8: ball 3
  159. Top 4 Zobrist caught stealing second, pitcher to first.
  160. Top 4 Pitch 9: ball 4
  161. Top 4 Cain walked.
  162. Top 4 Hosmer batting
  163. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  164. Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
  165. Top 4 Hosmer flied out to center.
  166. Top 4 K. Morales batting
  167. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  168. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  169. Top 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  170. Top 4 Cain to second on wild pitch by Boyd.
  171. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  172. Top 4 Cain stole third.
  173. Top 4 Pitch 5: foul
  174. Top 4 Pitch 6: ball 3
  175. Top 4 Pitch 7: in play
  176. Top 4 K. Morales grounded out to shortstop.
  177. Bot 4 V. Martínez batting
  178. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  179. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  180. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  181. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  182. Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
  183. Bot 4 Pitch 6: foul
  184. Bot 4 Pitch 7: ball 4
  185. Bot 4 V. Martínez walked.
  186. Bot 4 Castellanos batting
  187. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  188. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  189. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  190. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  191. Bot 4 Pitch 5: foul
  192. Bot 4 Pitch 6: in play
  193. Bot 4 Castellanos lined out to right.
  194. Bot 4 Collins batting
  195. Bot 4 Pitch 1: in play
  196. Bot 4 Collins singled to right center, V. Martínez to second.
  197. Bot 4 Avila batting
  198. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  199. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  200. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  201. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 3
  202. Bot 4 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
  203. Bot 4 Pitch 6: ball 4
  204. Bot 4 Avila walked, V. Martínez to third, Collins to second.
  205. Bot 4 Machado batting
  206. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  207. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  208. Bot 4 Pitch 3: in play
  209. Bot 4 Machado popped out to shortstop.
  210. Bot 4 Gose batting
  211. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  212. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  213. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  214. Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
  215. Bot 4 Gose flied out to left.
  216. Top 5 Moustakas batting
  217. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  218. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  219. Top 5 Moustakas homered to right center (428 feet). 2–2
  220. Top 5 Gomes batting
  221. Top 5 Pitch 1: in play
  222. Top 5 Gomes popped out to shortstop.
  223. Top 5 Pérez batting
  224. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  225. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  226. Top 5 Pitch 3: in play
  227. Top 5 Pérez grounded out to third.
  228. Top 5 Colón batting
  229. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  230. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  231. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  232. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  233. Top 5 Pitch 5: foul
  234. Top 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
  235. Top 5 Colón struck out looking.
  236. Bot 5 Kinsler batting
  237. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  238. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  239. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  240. Bot 5 Kinsler grounded out to third.
  241. Bot 5 Cabrera batting
  242. Bot 5 Pitch 1: in play
  243. Bot 5 Cabrera singled to center.
  244. Bot 5 J.D. Martinez batting
  245. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  246. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  247. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  248. Bot 5 J.D. Martinez hit a ground rule double to left, Cabrera to third.
  249. Bot 5 V. Martínez batting
  250. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  251. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  252. Bot 5 Pitch 3: in play
  253. Bot 5 V. Martínez hit sacrifice fly to center, Cabrera scored, J.D. Martinez to third. 2–3
  254. Bot 5 Castellanos batting
  255. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  256. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  257. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  258. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 2
  259. Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
  260. Bot 5 Pitch 6: foul
  261. Bot 5 Pitch 7: ball 3
  262. Bot 5 Pitch 8: ball 4
  263. Bot 5 Castellanos walked.
  264. Bot 5 Collins batting
  265. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  266. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 1
  267. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  268. Bot 5 Pitch 4: foul
  269. Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
  270. Bot 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  271. Bot 5 Collins struck out swinging.
  272. Top 6 Gordon batting
  273. Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
  274. Top 6 Gordon grounded out to first.
  275. Top 6 Zobrist batting
  276. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  277. Top 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  278. Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
  279. Top 6 Zobrist flied out to center.
  280. Top 6 Cain batting
  281. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  282. Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
  283. Top 6 Cain fouled out to first.
  284. Bot 6 Avila batting
  285. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  286. Bot 6 Pitch 2: ball 1
  287. Bot 6 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  288. Bot 6 Pitch 4: foul
  289. Bot 6 Pitch 5: ball 2
  290. Bot 6 Pitch 6: ball 3
  291. Bot 6 Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
  292. Bot 6 Avila struck out swinging.
  293. Bot 6 Machado batting
  294. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  295. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  296. Bot 6 Pitch 3: in play
  297. Bot 6 Machado grounded out to second.
  298. Bot 6 Gose batting
  299. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  300. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  301. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 2
  302. Bot 6 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  303. Bot 6 Pitch 5: in play
  304. Bot 6 Gose grounded out to shortstop.
  305. Top 7 Lineup Change
  306. Top 7 Lineup Change
  307. Top 7 Hardy relieved Boyd.
  308. Top 7 Hosmer batting
  309. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  310. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  311. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  312. Top 7 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  313. Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
  314. Top 7 Hosmer doubled to deep right.
  315. Top 7 K. Morales batting
  316. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  317. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  318. Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
  319. Top 7 K. Morales grounded out to second, Hosmer to third.
  320. Top 7 Moustakas batting
  321. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  322. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  323. Top 7 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  324. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  325. Top 7 Pitch 5: in play
  326. Top 7 Moustakas grounded out to second.
  327. Top 7 Alburquerque relieved Hardy.
  328. Top 7 Gomes batting
  329. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  330. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  331. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
  332. Top 7 Hosmer scored on Alburquerque's wild pitch. 3–3
  333. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  334. Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 3
  335. Top 7 Pitch 6: ball 4
  336. Top 7 Gomes walked.
  337. Top 7 Dyson ran for Gomes.
  338. Top 7 Pérez batting
  339. Top 7 Dyson to second on balk by Alburquerque.
  340. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
  341. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
  342. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
  343. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
  344. Top 7 Pérez intentionally walked.
  345. Top 7 Colón batting
  346. Top 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  347. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  348. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  349. Top 7 Pitch 4: in play
  350. Top 7 Colón singled to right, Dyson scored, Pérez to second. 4–3
  351. Top 7 Lineup Change
  352. Top 7 Lineup Change
  353. Top 7 Krol relieved Alburquerque.
  354. Top 7 Gordon batting
  355. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  356. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  357. Top 7 Pitch 3: foul
  358. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 1
  359. Top 7 Pitch 5: ball 2
  360. Top 7 Pitch 6: ball 3
  361. Top 7 Pitch 7: ball 4
  362. Top 7 Gordon walked, Pérez to third, Colón to second.
  363. Top 7 Zobrist batting
  364. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  365. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  366. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  367. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  368. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  369. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  370. Bot 7 Cain in right field.
  371. Bot 7 Dyson in center field.
  372. Bot 7 Young relieved Vólquez.
  373. Bot 7 Kinsler batting
  374. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  375. Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
  376. Bot 7 Kinsler popped out to shortstop.
  377. Bot 7 Cabrera batting
  378. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  379. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  380. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
  381. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 4
  382. Bot 7 Cabrera walked.
  383. Bot 7 J.D. Martinez batting
  384. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  385. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 2
  386. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 3
  387. Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
  388. Bot 7 J.D. Martinez flied out to center.
  389. Bot 7 V. Martínez batting
  390. Bot 7 Pitch 1: ball 1
  391. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  392. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  393. Bot 7 Pitch 4: ball 3
  394. Bot 7 Pitch 5: in play
  395. Bot 7 V. Martínez homered to right (371 feet), Cabrera scored. 4–5
  396. Bot 7 Castellanos batting
  397. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  398. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  399. Bot 7 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  400. Bot 7 Castellanos struck out swinging.

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alex GordonLF0-4400001327.275.381.441
Ben Zobrist2B1-5501000116.282.366.459
Lorenzo CainRF0-4400001122.306.363.485
Eric Hosmer1B3-5523110016.303.367.454
Kendrys MoralesDH1-5511110120.288.350.466
Mike Moustakas3B2-5512110122.279.342.461
Jonny GomesRF0-2200001115.200.333.333
Jarrod DysonCF0-221000007.250.313.380
Salvador PerezC0-4400001119.256.277.423
Christian ColonSS2-4402100121.264.316.308
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Edinson VolquezP6.0733460112-673.62112
Chris YoungP1.012211118-73.2918
Franklin MoralesP1.010001014-62.8514
Luke HochevarP1.010010019-113.6519
Miguel AlmonteP1.011112119-125.4019

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Anthony GoseCF1-6611000223.260.324.377
Ian Kinsler2B2-5512111024.304.353.443
Miguel Cabrera1B2-3322201012.339.442.543
J.D. MartinezRF1-5501000121.286.347.549
Victor MartinezDH2-2212312022.242.298.361
Nick Castellanos3B0-3300001224.248.300.414
Andrew Romine3B0-110000001.256.302.325
Tyler CollinsLF1-3301000110.267.310.404
Rajai DavisLF0-110000015.247.297.424
Alex AvilaC1-3311002123.189.332.268
Dixon MachadoSS1-5501000217.257.297.314
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Matthew BoydP6.032216289-557.4089
Blaine HardyP0.211100013-72.9313
Al AlburquerqueP0.011120014-44.5514
Ian KrolP0.100011010-65.6110
Bruce RondonP1.021100120-146.0020
Neftali FelizP1.010001016-126.3916
Tom GorzelannyP2.010002023-156.3823

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Anthony Gose CF
  2. 2 Ian Kinsler 2B
  3. 3 Miguel Cabrera 1B
  4. 4 J.D. Martinez RF
  5. 5 Victor Martinez DH
  6. 6 Nick Castellanos 3B
  7. 7 Tyler Collins LF
  8. 8 Alex Avila C
  9. 9 Dixon Machado SS

KC

  1. 1 Alex Gordon LF
  2. 2 Ben Zobrist 2B
  3. 3 Lorenzo Cain RF
  4. 4 Eric Hosmer 1B
  5. 5 Kendrys Morales DH
  6. 6 Mike Moustakas 3B
  7. 7 Jonny Gomes RF
  8. 8 Salvador Perez C
  9. 9 Christian Colon SS

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