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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox logo Chicago White Sox

5–3Final · Sep 30, 2015
KC 5 CHW 3 Final
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KC91-670010020002571
CHW74-8401000011003132

· Line: KC -108

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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. Eaton singled to center, Olt scored, Flowers to second.

    0–1

  2. Gordon homered to left center (407 feet).

    1–1

  3. Moustakas homered to right (387 feet), K. Morales scored.

    3–1

  4. Abreu homered to center (442 feet).

    3–2

  5. Flowers hit a ground rule double to deep right, Saladino scored.

    3–3

  6. Hosmer homered to right center (383 feet), Zobrist scored.

    5–3

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Lineup Change
  2. Top 1 Escobar batting
  3. Top 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  4. Top 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  5. Top 1 Pitch 3: ball 1
  6. Top 1 Pitch 4: foul
  7. Top 1 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  8. Top 1 Escobar 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 flied out to center.
  14. Top 1 Cain batting
  15. Top 1 Pitch 1: in play
  16. Top 1 Cain lined out to center.
  17. Bot 1 Eaton batting
  18. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  19. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  20. Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
  21. Bot 1 Eaton flied out to center.
  22. Bot 1 Abreu batting
  23. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  24. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  25. Bot 1 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  26. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 2
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 5: foul
  28. Bot 1 Pitch 6: foul
  29. Bot 1 Pitch 7: ball 3
  30. Bot 1 Pitch 8: foul
  31. Bot 1 Pitch 9: in play
  32. Bot 1 Abreu lined out to second.
  33. Bot 1 Cabrera batting
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 2: in play
  36. Bot 1 Cabrera singled to center.
  37. Bot 1 Thompson batting
  38. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  39. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  40. Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
  41. Bot 1 Thompson singled to left, Cabrera to second.
  42. Bot 1 Ramírez batting
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 1: ball 1
  44. Bot 1 Pitch 2: ball 2
  45. Bot 1 Pitch 3: in play
  46. Bot 1 Ramírez singled to left, Cabrera to third, Thompson to second.
  47. Bot 1 A. García batting
  48. Bot 1 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  49. Bot 1 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  50. Bot 1 Pitch 3: foul
  51. Bot 1 Pitch 4: ball 1
  52. Bot 1 Pitch 5: in play
  53. Bot 1 A. García flied out to center.
  54. Top 2 Hosmer batting
  55. Top 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  56. Top 2 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  57. Top 2 Pitch 3: ball 2
  58. Top 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  59. Top 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
  60. Top 2 Pitch 6: ball 4
  61. Top 2 Hosmer walked.
  62. Top 2 K. Morales batting
  63. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  64. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  65. Top 2 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  66. Top 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  67. Top 2 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  68. Top 2 K. Morales struck out swinging.
  69. Top 2 Moustakas batting
  70. Top 2 Pitch 1: in play
  71. Top 2 Moustakas popped out to second.
  72. Top 2 Pérez batting
  73. Top 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  74. Top 2 Pitch 2: ball 1
  75. Top 2 Pitch 3: in play
  76. Top 2 Pérez grounded out to second.
  77. Bot 2 Sánchez batting
  78. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  79. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  80. Bot 2 Sánchez flied out to center.
  81. Bot 2 Olt batting
  82. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  83. Bot 2 Pitch 2: in play
  84. Bot 2 Olt singled to center.
  85. Bot 2 Flowers batting
  86. Bot 2 Pitch 1: ball 1
  87. Bot 2 Pitch 2: ball 2
  88. Bot 2 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
  89. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  90. Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
  91. Bot 2 Flowers singled to right, Olt to second.
  92. Bot 2 Eaton batting
  93. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  94. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  95. Bot 2 Pitch 3: foul
  96. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 1
  97. Bot 2 Pitch 5: in play
  98. Bot 2 Eaton singled to center, Olt scored, Flowers to second. 0–1
  99. Bot 2 Abreu batting
  100. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  101. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  102. Bot 2 Pitch 3: foul
  103. Bot 2 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  104. Bot 2 Abreu struck out swinging.
  105. Bot 2 Cabrera batting
  106. Bot 2 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  107. Bot 2 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  108. Bot 2 Pitch 3: ball 1
  109. Bot 2 Pitch 4: ball 2
  110. Bot 2 Pitch 5: ball 3
  111. Bot 2 Pitch 6: foul
  112. Bot 2 Pitch 7: in play
  113. Bot 2 Cabrera grounded out to second.
  114. Top 3 Gordon batting
  115. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  116. Top 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  117. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 2
  118. Top 3 Pitch 4: ball 3
  119. Top 3 Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
  120. Top 3 Pitch 6: foul
  121. Top 3 Pitch 7: foul
  122. Top 3 Pitch 8: in play
  123. Top 3 Gordon homered to left center (407 feet). 1–1
  124. Top 3 Rios batting
  125. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  126. Top 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  127. Top 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
  128. Top 3 Pitch 4: in play
  129. Top 3 Rios grounded out to third.
  130. Top 3 Escobar batting
  131. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  132. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  133. Top 3 Escobar flied out to center.
  134. Top 3 Zobrist batting
  135. Top 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  136. Top 3 Pitch 2: in play
  137. Top 3 Zobrist fouled out to first.
  138. Bot 3 Thompson batting
  139. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  140. Bot 3 Pitch 2: ball 1
  141. Bot 3 Pitch 3: in play
  142. Bot 3 Thompson flied out to left.
  143. Bot 3 Ramírez batting
  144. Bot 3 Pitch 1: ball 1
  145. Bot 3 Pitch 2: in play
  146. Bot 3 Ramírez grounded out to shortstop.
  147. Bot 3 A. García batting
  148. Bot 3 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  149. Bot 3 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  150. Bot 3 Pitch 3: ball 1
  151. Bot 3 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  152. Bot 3 A. García struck out looking.
  153. Top 4 Cain batting
  154. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  155. Top 4 Pitch 2: in play
  156. Top 4 Cain flied out to right.
  157. Top 4 Hosmer batting
  158. Top 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  159. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  160. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  161. Top 4 Hosmer grounded out to second.
  162. Top 4 K. Morales batting
  163. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  164. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  165. Top 4 Pitch 3: in play
  166. Top 4 K. Morales singled to center.
  167. Top 4 Moustakas batting
  168. Top 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  169. Top 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  170. Top 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  171. Top 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  172. Top 4 Pitch 5: in play
  173. Top 4 Moustakas grounded out to first.
  174. Bot 4 Sánchez batting
  175. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  176. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  177. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 2
  178. Bot 4 Pitch 4: in play
  179. Bot 4 Sánchez popped out to second.
  180. Bot 4 Olt batting
  181. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  182. Bot 4 Pitch 2: ball 1
  183. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  184. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  185. Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
  186. Bot 4 Olt grounded out to third.
  187. Bot 4 Flowers batting
  188. Bot 4 Pitch 1: ball 1
  189. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
  190. Bot 4 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  191. Bot 4 Pitch 4: ball 2
  192. Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
  193. Bot 4 Flowers singled to left.
  194. Bot 4 Eaton batting
  195. Bot 4 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  196. Bot 4 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  197. Bot 4 Pitch 3: ball 1
  198. Bot 4 Pitch 4: foul
  199. Bot 4 Pitch 5: in play
  200. Bot 4 Eaton grounded out to second.
  201. Top 5 Pérez batting
  202. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  203. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  204. Top 5 Pérez singled to center.
  205. Top 5 Gordon batting
  206. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  207. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  208. Top 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
  209. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  210. Top 5 Gordon struck out swinging.
  211. Top 5 Rios batting
  212. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  213. Top 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  214. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
  215. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
  216. Top 5 Rios struck out looking.
  217. Top 5 Escobar batting
  218. Top 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  219. Top 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  220. Top 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
  221. Top 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
  222. Top 5 Pitch 5: in play
  223. Top 5 Escobar safe at first on error by third baseman Olt, Pérez to second.
  224. Top 5 Zobrist batting
  225. Top 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  226. Top 5 Pitch 2: in play
  227. Top 5 Zobrist grounded out to second.
  228. Bot 5 Abreu batting
  229. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  230. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  231. Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 1
  232. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  233. Bot 5 Abreu struck out swinging.
  234. Bot 5 Cabrera batting
  235. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  236. Bot 5 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  237. Bot 5 Pitch 3: ball 2
  238. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
  239. Bot 5 Pitch 5: foul
  240. Bot 5 Pitch 6: in play
  241. Bot 5 Cabrera singled to shallow left.
  242. Bot 5 Thompson batting
  243. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  244. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  245. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
  246. Bot 5 Pitch 4: ball 3
  247. Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 4
  248. Bot 5 Thompson walked, Cabrera to second.
  249. Bot 5 Ramírez batting
  250. Bot 5 Pitch 1: ball 1
  251. Bot 5 Pitch 2: ball 2
  252. Bot 5 Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
  253. Bot 5 Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
  254. Bot 5 Pitch 5: ball 3
  255. Bot 5 Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
  256. Bot 5 Ramírez struck out swinging.
  257. Bot 5 A. García batting
  258. Bot 5 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  259. Bot 5 Pitch 2: in play
  260. Bot 5 A. García grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Thompson out at second.
  261. Top 6 Cain batting
  262. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  263. Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
  264. Top 6 Cain grounded out to shortstop.
  265. Top 6 Hosmer batting
  266. Top 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  267. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
  268. Top 6 Pitch 3: in play
  269. Top 6 Hosmer grounded out to shortstop.
  270. Top 6 K. Morales batting
  271. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  272. Top 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  273. Top 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
  274. Top 6 Pitch 4: ball 2
  275. Top 6 Pitch 5: ball 3
  276. Top 6 Pitch 6: ball 4
  277. Top 6 K. Morales walked.
  278. Top 6 Moustakas batting
  279. Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
  280. Top 6 Moustakas homered to right (387 feet), K. Morales scored. 3–1
  281. Top 6 Pérez batting
  282. Top 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  283. Top 6 Pitch 2: in play
  284. Top 6 Pérez reached on infield single to third.
  285. Top 6 Gordon batting
  286. Top 6 Pitch 1: in play
  287. Top 6 Gordon grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Pérez out at second.
  288. Bot 6 Sánchez batting
  289. Bot 6 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  290. Bot 6 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  291. Bot 6 Pitch 3: ball 1
  292. Bot 6 Pitch 4: in play
  293. Bot 6 Sánchez grounded out to pitcher.
  294. Bot 6 Olt batting
  295. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  296. Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
  297. Bot 6 Olt grounded out to shortstop.
  298. Bot 6 Flowers batting
  299. Bot 6 Pitch 1: ball 1
  300. Bot 6 Pitch 2: in play
  301. Bot 6 Flowers singled to left.
  302. Bot 6 Eaton 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: strike 1 (looking)
  307. Bot 6 Pitch 5: strike 2 (swinging)
  308. Bot 6 Pitch 6: foul
  309. Bot 6 Pitch 7: foul
  310. Bot 6 Pitch 8: strike 3 (swinging)
  311. Bot 6 Eaton struck out swinging.
  312. Top 7 Rios batting
  313. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  314. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  315. Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
  316. Top 7 Rios grounded out to third.
  317. Top 7 Escobar batting
  318. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  319. Top 7 Pitch 2: in play
  320. Top 7 Escobar safe at first on error by shortstop Ramírez.
  321. Top 7 Zobrist batting
  322. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  323. Top 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  324. Top 7 Pitch 3: ball 1
  325. Top 7 Pitch 4: ball 2
  326. Top 7 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  327. Top 7 Zobrist struck out swinging.
  328. Top 7 Cain batting
  329. Top 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  330. Top 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  331. Top 7 Escobar to second on passed ball by Flowers.
  332. Top 7 Pitch 3: in play
  333. Top 7 Cain grounded out to third.
  334. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  335. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  336. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  337. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  338. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  339. Bot 7 Lineup Change
  340. Bot 7 Dyson in center field.
  341. Bot 7 Orlando in right field.
  342. Bot 7 Hochevar relieved Vólquez.
  343. Bot 7 Abreu batting
  344. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  345. Bot 7 Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
  346. Bot 7 Pitch 3: in play
  347. Bot 7 Abreu homered to center (442 feet). 3–2
  348. Bot 7 Cabrera batting
  349. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  350. Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
  351. Bot 7 Cabrera flied out to left.
  352. Bot 7 Thompson batting
  353. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  354. Bot 7 Pitch 2: ball 1
  355. Bot 7 Pitch 3: ball 2
  356. Bot 7 Pitch 4: in play
  357. Bot 7 Thompson popped out to shortstop.
  358. Bot 7 Ramírez batting
  359. Bot 7 Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
  360. Bot 7 Pitch 2: in play
  361. Bot 7 Ramírez flied out to center.
  362. Top 8 Hosmer batting
  363. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
  364. Top 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
  365. Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
  366. Top 8 Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
  367. Top 8 Hosmer struck out swinging.
  368. Top 8 K. Morales batting
  369. Top 8 Pitch 1: in play
  370. Top 8 K. Morales lined out to third.
  371. Top 8 Moustakas batting
  372. Top 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  373. Top 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
  374. Top 8 Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
  375. Top 8 Moustakas struck out swinging.
  376. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  377. Bot 8 Lineup Change
  378. Bot 8 Herrera relieved Hochevar.
  379. Bot 8 A. García batting
  380. Bot 8 Pitch 1: ball 1
  381. Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
  382. Bot 8 Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
  383. Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 2
  384. Bot 8 Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
  385. Bot 8 A. García struck out swinging.
  386. Bot 8 Sánchez batting
  387. Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  388. Bot 8 Pitch 2: ball 1
  389. Bot 8 Pitch 3: in play
  390. Bot 8 Sánchez grounded out to second.
  391. Bot 8 Olt batting
  392. Bot 8 Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
  393. Bot 8 Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
  394. Bot 8 Pitch 3: foul
  395. Bot 8 Pitch 4: ball 1
  396. Bot 8 Pitch 5: foul
  397. Bot 8 Pitch 6: foul
  398. Bot 8 Pitch 7: foul
  399. Bot 8 Pitch 8: ball 2
  400. Bot 8 Pitch 9: in play

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Alcides EscobarSS0-5500000219.255.293.318
Ben Zobrist2B1-5511000118.276.359.453
Lorenzo CainCF0-440000008.303.357.472
Jarrod DysonCF0-110000004.245.305.370
Eric Hosmer1B1-4411211119.301.365.462
Kendrys MoralesDH1-4411001116.291.359.487
Mike Moustakas3B1-4411210110.281.344.468
Salvador PerezC2-4402000010.260.280.421
Alex GordonLF1-4411110217.267.373.427
Alex RiosRF0-3300000111.260.291.359
Paulo OrlandoRF0-110000015.246.267.448
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Edinson VolquezP6.0911150117-743.58117
Luke HochevarP1.011100111-93.4911
Kelvin HerreraP1.021111027-162.7527
Franklin MoralesP1.010000010-73.2310
Wade DavisP1.000001011-70.9611

CHW

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Adam EatonCF1-4401101125.284.358.428
Jose Abreu1B1-5511110221.291.347.506
Melky CabreraLF2-5502000020.276.317.397
Trayce ThompsonRF2-4402001017.303.367.550
Alexei RamirezSS1-5501000118.250.286.359
Avisail GarciaDH0-5500000218.256.306.366
Yolmer Sanchez2B0-5500000017.228.269.333
Mike Olt3B2-4412000018.219.288.342
Tyler Saladino3B0-111000015.230.271.341
Tyler FlowersC4-4404100017.236.292.356
Leury GarciaPR0-000000000.154.214.154
Rob BrantlyC0-000000000.160.214.320
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Jose QuintanaP9.0533282117-843.36117
David RobertsonP1.022202120-143.4720

Starting lineups

CHW

  1. 1 Adam Eaton CF
  2. 2 Jose Abreu 1B
  3. 3 Melky Cabrera LF
  4. 4 Trayce Thompson RF
  5. 5 Alexei Ramirez SS
  6. 6 Avisail Garcia DH
  7. 7 Yolmer Sanchez 2B
  8. 8 Mike Olt 3B
  9. 9 Tyler Flowers 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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