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10–3Final · Sep 20, 2015
KC 10 DET 3 Final
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  1. Hosmer hit sacrifice fly to center, Zobrist scored.

    1–0
  2. Rios singled to left, K. Morales scored, Moustakas to second.

    2–0
  3. K. Morales homered to right (354 feet).

    3–0
  4. Orlando homered to left (386 feet), Rios scored.

    5–0
  5. Cabrera singled to left, Gose scored, Romine to second.

    5–1
  6. V. Martínez singled to center, Romine scored, Cabrera to third.

    5–2
  7. Castellanos singled to right, Cabrera scored, V. Martínez to second.

    5–3
  8. K. Morales homered to left (362 feet).

    6–3
  9. Colón doubled to deep center, Orlando scored.

    7–3
  10. Zobrist singled to center, Colón scored, Butera to second.

    8–3
  11. K. Morales scored, Moustakas to second on wild pitch by Valdez.

    9–3
  12. K. Morales homered to right (390 feet).

    10–3

Play-by-play

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ben Zobrist2B3-5513101023.285.370.463
Lorenzo CainCF1-6601000424.304.361.481
Eric Hosmer1B1-5501100125.302.365.452
Kendrys MoralesDH4-4454331021.293.355.490
Mike Moustakas3B1-4401001017.279.342.459
Alex RiosRF2-5512100017.267.299.367
Paulo OrlandoLF2-5522210216.252.274.460
Christian ColonSS4-5514100019.292.340.344
Drew ButeraC1-2201002020.216.262.278
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kris MedlenP5.053032097-623.5197
Danny DuffyP4.020006062-404.2262

DET

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Anthony GoseCF1-3311002124.261.326.376
Andrew Romine2B1-5511000232.255.299.321
Miguel CabreraDH1-4411100013.338.441.540
J.D. MartinezRF0-4400000116.284.345.545
Victor Martinez1B1-2201101013.243.301.361
Jefry Marte1B0-110000004.231.306.431
Nick Castellanos3B1-4401100217.248.300.413
Tyler CollinsLF0-4400000112.261.303.394
James McCannC1-4401000015.271.306.401
Dixon MachadoSS1-4401000113.256.293.308
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Alfredo SimonP4.11388333102-625.21102
Jose ValdezP1.231120040-183.3840
Jeff FerrellP2.011103124-189.3924
Al AlburquerqueP1.020001016-144.4716

Starting lineups

DET

  1. 1 Anthony Gose CF
  2. 2 Andrew Romine 2B
  3. 3 Miguel Cabrera DH
  4. 4 J.D. Martinez RF
  5. 5 Victor Martinez 1B
  6. 6 Nick Castellanos 3B
  7. 7 Tyler Collins LF
  8. 8 James McCann C
  9. 9 Dixon Machado SS

KC

  1. 1 Ben Zobrist 2B
  2. 2 Lorenzo Cain CF
  3. 3 Eric Hosmer 1B
  4. 4 Kendrys Morales DH
  5. 5 Mike Moustakas 3B
  6. 6 Alex Rios RF
  7. 7 Paulo Orlando LF
  8. 8 Christian Colon SS
  9. 9 Drew Butera C

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