Series Summary

2014 AL Championship Series

Game 1, October 10
KCR 8
BAL 6 (10)
Game 2, October 11
KCR 6
BAL 4
Game 3, October 14
BAL 1
KCR 2
Game 4, October 15
BAL 1
KCR 2

Series Summary

Game Summary

Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Start Time: 7:08 p.m. Local
Attendance: 40,183
Venue: Kauffman Stadium
Game Duration: 2:55
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2 7 0
WP: Jason Frasor (2-0) • LP: Wei-Yin Chen (0-1) • SV: Greg Holland (5)

Baltimore Orioles

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Nick Markakis RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.259 0.286 0.407 0.693 0.000 0.000
Alejandro De Aza LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.333 0.391 0.476 0.867 0.000 0.000
Adam Jones CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.200 0.259 0.320 0.579 0.000 0.000
Nelson Cruz DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.400 0.423 0.680 1.103 0.000 0.000
Steve Pearce 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0.174 0.269 0.217 0.487 0.000 0.500
J.J. Hardy SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.238 0.333 0.429 0.762 0.000 0.500
Ryan Flaherty 3B 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.278 0.409 0.278 0.687 0.000 0.000
Nick Hundley C 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.067 0.067 0.067 0.133 0.000 0.000
Jonathan Schoop 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.200 0.273 0.250 0.523 0.000 0.000
Wei-Yin Chen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Kevin Gausman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 1 3 1 2 5 32 0.100 0.156 0.167 0.323 0.000 1.000

Kansas City Royals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Alcides Escobar SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.250 0.273 0.406 0.679 0.000 0.000
Nori Aoki RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.280 0.345 0.280 0.625 0.200 0.333
   Jarrod Dyson PR-CF 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.000
Lorenzo Cain CF-RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 0.387 0.412 0.484 0.896 0.200 0.250
Eric Hosmer 1B 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.462 0.563 0.769 1.332 0.200 0.583
Billy Butler DH 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0.217 0.310 0.261 0.571 0.200 0.583
Alex Gordon LF 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.231 0.355 0.462 0.816 0.200 0.250
Salvador Perez C 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.133 0.161 0.133 0.295 0.000 0.000
Omar Infante 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.185 0.233 0.185 0.419 0.000 0.000
Mike Moustakas 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.280 0.308 0.760 1.068 0.000 0.000
Jeremy Guthrie P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jason Frasor P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Kelvin Herrera P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Wade Davis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Greg Holland P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 28 2 7 2 1 5 30 0.250 0.267 0.250 0.517 1.000 2.000

Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Wei-Yin Chen, L (0-1) 5.1 7 2 2 1 4 0 7.00 22 80 53 30 5 18 9 8 2 0 49 0.043 1.28 0.53% 26.76 0.7
Kevin Gausman 2.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.13 8 33 24 14 4 6 4 3 2 0 2 1 0.048 0.81 0.56% 16.95 1.1
Team Totals 8 7 2 2 1 5 0 2.25 30 113 77 44 9 24 13 11 4 0 49 2 1 0.091 1.16 1.09% 24.15 1.9

Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Jeremy Guthrie 5 3 1 1 2 2 0 1.80 20 94 63 41 8 14 6 10 2 0 57 0.146 0.95 1.73% 19.80 1.4
Jason Frasor, W (2-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 11 8 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.074 0.99 0.85% 20.56 0.5
Kelvin Herrera, H (1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.35 3 14 9 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.094 1.26 1.10% 26.18 0.5
Wade Davis, H (1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.08 3 13 9 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.118 1.58 1.37% 32.85 0.5
Greg Holland, S (5) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.29 3 6 5 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.158 2.10 1.83% 43.82 0.5
Team Totals 9 3 1 1 2 5 0 1.00 32 138 94 58 16 20 9 16 2 0 57 0 0 0.590 1.15 6.88% 23.95 3.3

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Orioles Batting, Tied 0-0, Royals’ Jeremy Guthrie facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 2,(0-1) CX O BAL Nick Markakis Jeremy Guthrie 2% 52% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t1 0-0 1 4,(1-2) FFBX O BAL Alejandro De Aza Jeremy Guthrie 2% 54% Popfly: 1B 0.0
t1 0-0 2 4,(0-2) CSFS O BAL Adam Jones Jeremy Guthrie 1% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Orioles’ Wei-Yin Chen facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 3,(0-2) CCX O KCR Alcides Escobar Wei-Yin Chen -2% 53% Flyball: RF 0.0
b1 0-0 1 6,(3-2) BBBCCX O KCR Nori Aoki Wei-Yin Chen -2% 51% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b1 0-0 2 1,(0-0) X KCR Lorenzo Cain Wei-Yin Chen 1% 52% Single to 3B (Ground Ball) 0.0
b1 0-0 2 1– 3,(1-1) CBX O KCR Eric Hosmer Wei-Yin Chen -2% 50% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0.
Top of the 2nd, Orioles Batting, Tied 0-0, Royals’ Jeremy Guthrie facing 4-5-6
t2 0-0 0 7,(2-2) CBBCFFX O BAL Nelson Cruz Jeremy Guthrie 2% 52% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t2 0-0 1 2,(0-1) CX BAL Steve Pearce Jeremy Guthrie -4% 48% Double to CF (Line Drive) 0.5
t2 0-0 1 -2- 3,(1-1) BCX R BAL J.J. Hardy Jeremy Guthrie -11% 37% Double to CF (Fly Ball); Pearce Scores 0.5
t2 1-0 1 -2- 4,(3-0) BBBB BAL Ryan Flaherty Jeremy Guthrie -2% 36% Walk -0.0
t2 1-0 1 12- 4,(1-2) BFSX O BAL Nick Hundley Jeremy Guthrie 3% 39% Flyball: CF; Hardy to 3B -0.0
t2 1-0 2 1-3 6,(3-2) CB*BS*B>X O BAL Jonathan Schoop Jeremy Guthrie 5% 44% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Orioles’ Wei-Yin Chen facing 5-6-7
b2 0-1 0 3,(0-2) CFX O KCR Billy Butler Wei-Yin Chen -3% 41% Flyball: CF 0.0
b2 0-1 1 5,(2-2) FBBSS O KCR Alex Gordon Wei-Yin Chen -2% 39% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 0-1 2 3,(1-1) CBX O KCR Salvador Perez Wei-Yin Chen -1% 38% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0.
Top of the 3rd, Orioles Batting, Ahead 1-0, Royals’ Jeremy Guthrie facing 1-2-3
t3 1-0 0 5,(2-2) BCBCX BAL Nick Markakis Jeremy Guthrie -3% 35% Single to LF (Fly Ball) 0.0
t3 1-0 0 1– 4,(1-2) C1CBX O BAL Alejandro De Aza Jeremy Guthrie 3% 38% Groundout: 1B unassisted; Markakis stays at 1B 0.0
t3 1-0 1 1– 3,(0-2) S1S1X O BAL Adam Jones Jeremy Guthrie 3% 41% Flyball: RF 0.0
t3 1-0 2 1– 3,(1-1) FBX O BAL Nelson Cruz Jeremy Guthrie 2% 43% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Orioles’ Wei-Yin Chen facing 8-9-1
b3 0-1 0 10,(3-2) BCFFFBFBFX KCR Omar Infante Wei-Yin Chen 4% 47% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
b3 0-1 0 1– 4,(2-1) FBBX OO KCR Mike Moustakas Wei-Yin Chen -9% 38% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B 0.0
b3 0-1 2 5,(2-2) BBFCX O KCR Alcides Escobar Wei-Yin Chen -1% 37% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0.
Top of the 4th, Orioles Batting, Ahead 1-0, Royals’ Jeremy Guthrie facing 5-6-7
t4 1-0 0 6,(2-2) CBFBFX O BAL Steve Pearce Jeremy Guthrie 2% 39% Lineout: 3B 0.0
t4 1-0 1 14,(3-2) BFFBFFFFBFFFFX O BAL J.J. Hardy Jeremy Guthrie 2% 41% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t4 1-0 2 7,(3-2) CBBSBFB BAL Ryan Flaherty Jeremy Guthrie -1% 40% Walk 0.0
t4 1-0 2 1– 5,(1-2) FBF1FS O BAL Nick Hundley Jeremy Guthrie 2% 42% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Orioles’ Wei-Yin Chen facing 2-3-4
b4 0-1 0 5,(3-1) BBBCX O KCR Nori Aoki Wei-Yin Chen -3% 39% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b4 0-1 1 2,(1-0) BX KCR Lorenzo Cain Wei-Yin Chen 3% 42% Single to CF (Fly Ball) 0.25
b4 0-1 1 1– 2,(0-1) CX KCR Eric Hosmer Wei-Yin Chen 5% 47% Single to CF (Fly Ball); Cain to 2B 0.25
b4 0-1 1 12- 5,(3-1) C*BBBB KCR Billy Butler Wei-Yin Chen 8% 56% Walk; Cain to 3B; Hosmer to 2B 0.25
b4 0-1 1 123 1,(0-0) X RO KCR Alex Gordon Wei-Yin Chen 2% 57% Groundout: 2B-1B; Cain Scores; Hosmer to 3B; Butler to 2B 0.25
b4 1-1 2 -23 1,(0-0) X O KCR Salvador Perez Wei-Yin Chen -7% 50% Popfly: 2B 0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 1.
Top of the 5th, Orioles Batting, Tied 1-1, Royals’ Jeremy Guthrie facing 9-1-2
t5 1-1 0 3,(1-1) BFX O BAL Jonathan Schoop Jeremy Guthrie 3% 53% Popfly: 3B 0.0
t5 1-1 1 5,(2-2) BBCFX O BAL Nick Markakis Jeremy Guthrie 2% 55% Popfly: C 0.0
t5 1-1 2 3,(2-0) BBX O BAL Alejandro De Aza Jeremy Guthrie 1% 57% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 1.
Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Tied 1-1, Orioles’ Wei-Yin Chen facing 8-9-1
b5 1-1 0 6,(2-2) BCBSFS O KCR Omar Infante Wei-Yin Chen -3% 54% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b5 1-1 1 4,(1-2) CFBC O KCR Mike Moustakas Wei-Yin Chen -2% 51% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b5 1-1 2 2,(0-1) CX O KCR Alcides Escobar Wei-Yin Chen -1% 50% Single to P (Ground Ball); Escobar out at 2B/2B-SS 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 1.
Top of the 6th, Orioles Batting, Tied 1-1, Royals’ Jason Frasor facing 3-4-5
  Jason Frasor replaces Jeremy Guthrie pitching
t6 1-1 0 2,(0-1) .CX O BAL Adam Jones Jason Frasor 3% 53% Foul Popfly: 3B (3B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
t6 1-1 1 5,(2-2) CBBFX O BAL Nelson Cruz Jason Frasor 2% 56% Flyball: RF 0.0
t6 1-1 2 4,(1-2) CSBX O BAL Steve Pearce Jason Frasor 2% 57% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 1.
Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Tied 1-1, Orioles’ Wei-Yin Chen facing 2-3-4
b6 1-1 0 2,(0-1) CX KCR Nori Aoki Wei-Yin Chen 5% 62% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.3334
  Jarrod Dyson pinch runs for Nori Aoki (RF) batting 2nd
b6 1-1 0 1– 5,(1-2) .1CF11BFS O KCR Lorenzo Cain Wei-Yin Chen -5% 58% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b6 1-1 1 1– 2,(1-0) BX KCR Eric Hosmer Wei-Yin Chen 10% 68% Single to RF (Ground Ball); Dyson to 3B 0.3333
  Kevin Gausman replaces Wei-Yin Chen pitching
b6 1-1 1 1-3 2,(0-1) .3CX RO KCR Billy Butler Kevin Gausman 4% 72% Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Dyson Scores 0.3333
b6 2-1 2 1– 6,(3-2) BSBFB>X O KCR Alex Gordon Kevin Gausman -2% 70% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 2.
Top of the 7th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-2, Royals’ Kelvin Herrera facing 6-7-8
  Kelvin Herrera replaces Jason Frasor pitchingJarrod Dyson moves from PR to CF Lorenzo Cain moves from CF to RF
t7 1-2 0 4,(2-1) …BBCX O BAL J.J. Hardy Kelvin Herrera 4% 74% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t7 1-2 1 3,(0-2) SSS O BAL Ryan Flaherty Kelvin Herrera 3% 77% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t7 1-2 2 7,(3-2) FBBFBFS O BAL Nick Hundley Kelvin Herrera 2% 79% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 2.
Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Orioles’ Kevin Gausman facing 7-8-9
b7 2-1 0 8,(2-2) BSSFFFBX O KCR Salvador Perez Kevin Gausman -2% 78% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b7 2-1 1 3,(0-2) CSX O KCR Omar Infante Kevin Gausman -1% 76% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b7 2-1 2 5,(3-1) BCBBX O KCR Mike Moustakas Kevin Gausman -1% 75% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 2.
Top of the 8th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-2, Royals’ Wade Davis facing 9-1-2
  Wade Davis replaces Kelvin Herrera pitching
t8 1-2 0 6,(2-2) .BBFTFS O BAL Jonathan Schoop Wade Davis 5% 81% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
t8 1-2 1 2,(1-0) BX O BAL Nick Markakis Wade Davis 4% 85% Flyball: LF 0.0
t8 1-2 2 5,(1-2) CCFBX O BAL Alejandro De Aza Wade Davis 3% 87% Groundout: 1B-P 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 2.
Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Orioles’ Kevin Gausman facing 1-2-3
b8 2-1 0 2,(0-1) CX O KCR Alcides Escobar Kevin Gausman -1% 86% Lineout: 1B 0.0
b8 2-1 1 6,(1-2) CFFBFC O KCR Jarrod Dyson Kevin Gausman -1% 85% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b8 2-1 2 1,(0-0) X O KCR Lorenzo Cain Kevin Gausman -1% 84% Lineout: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 2.
Top of the 9th, Orioles Batting, Behind 1-2, Royals’ Greg Holland facing 3-4-5
  Greg Holland replaces Wade Davis pitching
t9 1-2 0 1,(0-0) .X O BAL Adam Jones Greg Holland 7% 91% Popfly: 2B 0.0
t9 1-2 1 3,(1-1) SBX O BAL Nelson Cruz Greg Holland 5% 96% Foul Flyball: RF (RF into Foul Terr.) 0.0
t9 1-2 2 2,(0-1) SX O BAL Steve Pearce Greg Holland 4% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 2.