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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Chicago Cubs logo Chicago Cubs

0–1Final · Sep 28, 2015
KC 0 CHC 1 Final
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· Line: KC -108

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

  1. Denorfia homered to left (399 feet).

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

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Ben Zobrist2B0-5500000217.279.364.460
Alex GordonLF0-4400001219.268.376.423
Lorenzo CainCF1-4401000011.308.362.479
Eric Hosmer1B0-3300001222.300.364.453
Mike Moustakas3B2-4402000014.281.345.466
Salvador PerezC0-4400000316.256.277.420
Alex RiosRF0-3300001119.262.294.363
Alcides EscobarSS1-4401000114.258.296.321
Yordano VenturaP0-2200000212.000.000.000
Kendrys MoralesPH0-110000005.291.357.484
Kelvin HerreraP0-000000000.000.000.000
Luke HochevarP0-000000000.000.000.000
Ryan MadsonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Christian ColonPH0-110000015.294.357.343
Miguel AlmonteP0-000000000.000.000.000
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Yordano VenturaP7.020016094-564.2094
Kelvin HerreraP1.00000009-62.669
Luke HochevarP1.000001016-113.3816
Ryan MadsonP1.010003014-102.2014
Miguel AlmonteP0.01110011-16.231

CHC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Dexter FowlerCF0-3300000114.248.344.414
Trevor CahillP0-000000000.143.250.143
Austin JacksonRF0-110000007.193.258.281
Chris Coghlan1B0-3300001118.248.340.440
Kris Bryant3B1-4401000220.281.372.502
Tommy La Stella2B0-4400000115.254.313.390
Starlin Castro2B1-4401000110.264.295.367
Quintin BerryCF0-000000000.000.000.000
Miguel MonteroC0-4400000217.244.341.408
Jorge SolerRF1-330100009.264.323.401
Clayton RichardP0-000000000.143.200.286
Hector RondonP0-000000000.000.000.000
Pedro StropP0-000000000.000.000.000
Fernando RodneyP0-000000000.000.000.000
Chris DenorfiaPH1-111111001.274.323.383
Addison RussellSS0-330000009.237.301.384
Kyle HendricksP0-110000014.051.067.068
Kyle SchwarberLF0-2200000110.241.348.500
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Kyle HendricksP6.020029090-554.0990
Trevor CahillP2.010003022-155.4022
Clayton RichardP0.10000003-13.833
Hector RondonP0.21000007-51.727
Pedro StropP1.000011020-143.0020
Fernando RodneyP1.000001012-80.8712

Starting lineups

CHC

  1. 1 Dexter Fowler CF
  2. 2 Chris Coghlan 1B
  3. 3 Kris Bryant 3B
  4. 4 Tommy La Stella 2B
  5. 5 Starlin Castro 2B
  6. 6 Miguel Montero C
  7. 7 Jorge Soler RF
  8. 8 Addison Russell SS
  9. 9 Kyle Hendricks P

KC

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

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