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Series Summary

2015 AL Championship Series

Game 1, October 16
TOR 0 Final
KCR 5
Game 2, October 17
TOR 3 Final
KCR 6
Game 3, October 19
KCR 8 Final
TOR 11
Game 4, October 20
KCR 14 Final
TOR 2
Game 5, October 21
KCR 1 Final
TOR 7
Game 6, October 23
TOR 3 Final
KCR 4

Series Summary

Game Summary

Friday, October 16, 2015
Start Time: 7:07 p.m. Local
Attendance: 39,753
Venue: Kauffman Stadium
Game Duration: 3:15
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Kansas City Royals 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 X 5 8 1
WP: Edinson Volquez (1-1) • LP: Marco Estrada (1-1)

Toronto Blue Jays

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Ben Revere LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.259 0.286 0.259 0.545 0.000 0.000
Josh Donaldson 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 0.238 0.360 0.571 0.931 0.000 0.000
Jose Bautista RF 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.261 0.370 0.609 0.979 0.000 0.000
Edwin Encarnacion DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.286 0.423 0.476 0.899 0.000 0.000
   Justin Smoak PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Chris Colabello 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.350 0.381 0.600 0.981 0.000 0.000
Troy Tulowitzki SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.080 0.148 0.200 0.348 0.000 0.000
Dioner Navarro C 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.111 0.111 0.222 0.333 0.000 0.000
Kevin Pillar CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.292 0.320 0.500 0.820 0.000 0.000
Ryan Goins 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.050 0.095 0.050 0.145 0.000 0.000
Marco Estrada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Aaron Loup P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Mark Lowe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   LaTroy Hawkins P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 0 3 0 5 7 36 0.100 0.229 0.100 0.329 0.000 0.000

Kansas City Royals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Alcides Escobar SS 3 2 2 1 0 0 4 0.333 0.385 0.542 0.926 0.150 1.000
Ben Zobrist 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0.318 0.360 0.364 0.724 0.083 0.833
Lorenzo Cain CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 0.250 0.308 0.417 0.724 0.033 0.167
Eric Hosmer 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0.200 0.200 0.360 0.560 0.067 0.833
Kendrys Morales DH 3 0 1 1 0 2 4 0.273 0.292 0.682 0.973 0.050 0.500
Mike Moustakas 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.091 0.200 0.136 0.336 0.010 0.083
Salvador Perez C 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.294 0.429 0.824 1.252 0.500 1.000
Alex Gordon LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.250 0.318 0.500 0.818 0.107 0.583
Alex Rios RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.235 0.350 0.353 0.703 0.000 0.000
   Paulo Orlando RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Edinson Volquez 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
   Ryan Madson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Luke Hochevar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 31 5 8 5 0 7 33 0.258 0.273 0.484 0.757 1.000 5.000

Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays 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
Marco Estrada, L (1-1) 5.1 6 3 3 0 6 1 3.09 23 90 64 37 13 14 7 10 3 0 50 -0.130 0.72 -1.89% 18.80 -1.2
Aaron Loup 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.041 0.63 0.59% 16.46 1.2
Mark Lowe 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 3 12 8 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.013 0.16 0.18% 4.27 0.5
LaTroy Hawkins 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 21.60 6 14 10 7 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 -0.021 0.12 -0.31% 3.27 -1.5
Team Totals 8 8 5 5 0 7 1 5.62 33 118 84 49 16 19 9 16 5 0 50 2 0 -0.097 0.56 -1.43% 14.71 -0.9

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
Edinson Volquez, W (1-1) 6 2 0 0 4 5 0 2.31 24 111 69 38 5 26 6 9 4 0 69 0.306 1.02 4.45% 26.78 3.0
Kelvin Herrera, H (1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.25 3 9 9 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.047 0.62 0.68% 16.11 0.5
Ryan Madson, H (2) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.75 5 18 9 4 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.043 1.29 0.62% 33.75 0.5
Luke Hochevar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 13 9 6 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.006 0.12 0.09% 3.07 0.5
Team Totals 9 3 0 0 5 7 0 0.00 36 151 96 50 13 33 12 12 4 0 69 0 0 0.402 0.93 5.84% 24.22 4.6

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: LaTroy Hawkins (1; Alcides Escobar).
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, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 5,(1-2) BCCFC O TOR Ben Revere Edinson Volquez 2% 52% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 7,(3-2) CBBBCFX O TOR Josh Donaldson Edinson Volquez 2% 54% Flyball: CF 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 6,(3-2) CBBFBB TOR Jose Bautista Edinson Volquez -1% 53% Walk 0.0
t1 0-0 2 1– 6,(2-2) FBFF*BX O TOR Edwin Encarnacion Edinson Volquez 2% 55% Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X KCR Alcides Escobar Marco Estrada 6% 61% Double to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
b1 0-0 0 -2- 8,(3-2) BBBCCFFX O KCR Ben Zobrist Marco Estrada -4% 57% Flyball: RF 0.0
b1 0-0 1 -2- 6,(1-2) B2CSFFX O KCR Lorenzo Cain Marco Estrada -3% 53% Fielder’s Choice P; Escobar out at 3B/P-3B; Cain to 2B 0.0
b1 0-0 2 -2- 1,(0-0) X O KCR Eric Hosmer Marco Estrada -3% 50% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.
Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 5-6-7
t2 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O TOR Chris Colabello Edinson Volquez 2% 52% Lineout: RF 0.0
t2 0-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O TOR Troy Tulowitzki Edinson Volquez 2% 54% Lineout: RF 0.0
t2 0-0 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O TOR Dioner Navarro Edinson Volquez 1% 55% Popfly: SS 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 5-6-7
b2 0-0 0 — 5,(2-2) BBSFT O KCR Kendrys Morales Marco Estrada -2% 53% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 0-0 1 — 3,(0-2) CCS O KCR Mike Moustakas Marco Estrada -2% 51% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 0-0 2 — 4,(1-2) FBFX O KCR Salvador Perez Marco Estrada -1% 50% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.
Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 8-9-1
t3 0-0 0 — 6,(3-2) CBFBBB TOR Kevin Pillar Edinson Volquez -4% 46% Walk 0.0
t3 0-0 0 1– 1,(0-0) X O TOR Ryan Goins Edinson Volquez 2% 48% Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; Pillar to 2B 0.0
t3 0-0 1 -2- 4,(1-2) FCBX O TOR Ben Revere Edinson Volquez 4% 52% Flyball: CF 0.0
t3 0-0 2 -2- 4,(2-1) BCBX O TOR Josh Donaldson Edinson Volquez 4% 56% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 8-9-1
b3 0-0 0 — 9,(3-2) SBSBFFBFX KCR Alex Gordon Marco Estrada 7% 62% Double to RF (Line Drive) 0.5833
b3 0-0 0 -2- 4,(1-2) CBCS O KCR Alex Rios Marco Estrada -5% 58% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 0-0 1 -2- 1,(0-0) X R KCR Alcides Escobar Marco Estrada 11% 69% Double to RF (Ground Ball); Gordon Scores 0.5833
b3 1-0 1 -2- 3,(1-1) CBX O KCR Ben Zobrist Marco Estrada -3% 66% Groundout: 1B unassisted; Escobar to 3B 0.4167
b3 1-0 2 –3 2,(1-0) BX R KCR Lorenzo Cain Marco Estrada 9% 75% Single to RF (Ground Ball); Escobar Scores 0.4167
b3 2-0 2 1– 5,(2-2) BCMB>B KCR Eric Hosmer Marco Estrada 1% 76% Cain Steals 2B 0.0
b3 2-0 2 -2- 7,(3-2) BCMB>B.FX O KCR Eric Hosmer Marco Estrada -2% 73% Popfly: SS 0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 2.
Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-2, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 3-4-5
t4 0-2 0 — 3,(0-2) CCC O TOR Jose Bautista Edinson Volquez 3% 76% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t4 0-2 1 — 4,(2-1) BCBX O TOR Edwin Encarnacion Edinson Volquez 2% 78% Flyball: CF 0.0
t4 0-2 2 — 4,(2-1) CBBX TOR Chris Colabello Edinson Volquez -1% 76% Single to LF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t4 0-2 2 1– 4,(0-2) CCFS O TOR Troy Tulowitzki Edinson Volquez 3% 79% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 2.
Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 5-6-7
b4 2-0 0 — 3,(0-2) FSS O KCR Kendrys Morales Marco Estrada -2% 77% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b4 2-0 1 — 6,(3-2) BSBSBC O KCR Mike Moustakas Marco Estrada -1% 76% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b4 2-0 2 — 1,(0-0) X R KCR Salvador Perez Marco Estrada 8% 84% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) 1.0
b4 3-0 2 — 3,(1-1) BCX O KCR Alex Gordon Marco Estrada -1% 84% Flyball: CF -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3.
Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-3, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 7-8-9
t5 0-3 0 — 3,(0-2) SSX O TOR Dioner Navarro Edinson Volquez 2% 86% Flyball: RF 0.0
t5 0-3 1 — 5,(2-2) BBCFX O TOR Kevin Pillar Edinson Volquez 2% 88% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t5 0-3 2 — 4,(2-1) BCBX TOR Ryan Goins Edinson Volquez -1% 86% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
t5 0-3 2 1– 2,(1-0) BX O TOR Ben Revere Edinson Volquez 2% 89% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3.
Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 9-1-2
b5 3-0 0 — 7,(2-2) FFBFFBX O KCR Alex Rios Marco Estrada -1% 88% Popfly: 2B 0.0
b5 3-0 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O KCR Alcides Escobar Marco Estrada -1% 87% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b5 3-0 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O KCR Ben Zobrist Marco Estrada 0% 86% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3.
Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-3, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 2-3-4
t6 0-3 0 — 9,(3-2) BSBCFFBFB TOR Josh Donaldson Edinson Volquez -4% 82% Walk 0.0
t6 0-3 0 1– 9,(3-2) CFFF*B*BFB*B TOR Jose Bautista Edinson Volquez -7% 75% Walk; Donaldson to 2B 0.0
t6 0-3 0 12- 4,(1-2) FF*BC O TOR Edwin Encarnacion Edinson Volquez 6% 82% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t6 0-3 1 12- 8,(3-2) FBBSFFBX O TOR Chris Colabello Edinson Volquez 5% 87% Lineout: LF 0.0
t6 0-3 2 12- 7,(3-2) BBCBC>F>C O TOR Troy Tulowitzki Edinson Volquez 4% 91% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3.
Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 3-4-5
b6 3-0 0 — 9,(3-2) BCCFFFBBS O KCR Lorenzo Cain Marco Estrada -1% 91% Strikeout Swinging -0.25
b6 3-0 1 — 2,(0-1) SX KCR Eric Hosmer Marco Estrada 1% 91% Reached on E5 (Ground Ball) 0.0834
b6 3-0 1 1– 1,(0-0) X KCR Kendrys Morales Marco Estrada 2% 94% Single to RF (Line Drive); Hosmer to 3B 0.0833
  Aaron Loup replaces Marco Estrada pitching
b6 3-0 1 1-3 2,(0-1) .CX OO KCR Mike Moustakas Aaron Loup -4% 90% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B 0.0833
  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3.
Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-3, Royals’ Kelvin Herrera facing 7-8-9
  Kelvin Herrera replaces Edinson Volquez pitching
t7 0-3 0 — 3,(0-2) .CSS O TOR Dioner Navarro Kelvin Herrera 2% 92% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t7 0-3 1 — 3,(0-2) CSX O TOR Kevin Pillar Kelvin Herrera 2% 93% Popfly: 2B 0.0
t7 0-3 2 — 3,(0-2) TSS O TOR Ryan Goins Kelvin Herrera 1% 94% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3.
Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Blue Jays’ Mark Lowe facing 7-8-9
  Mark Lowe replaces Aaron Loup pitching
b7 3-0 0 — 3,(2-0) .BBX O KCR Salvador Perez Mark Lowe -1% 94% Flyball: CF 0.0
b7 3-0 1 — 3,(0-2) FCX O KCR Alex Gordon Mark Lowe 0% 93% Flyball: CF 0.0
b7 3-0 2 — 6,(2-2) BCSBFS O KCR Alex Rios Mark Lowe 0% 93% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3.
Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-3, Royals’ Ryan Madson facing 1-2-3
  Ryan Madson replaces Kelvin Herrera pitchingPaulo Orlando replaces Alex Rios playing RF batting 9th
t8 0-3 0 — 2,(0-1) ..CX O TOR Ben Revere Ryan Madson 2% 95% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t8 0-3 1 — 4,(1-2) CBSX TOR Josh Donaldson Ryan Madson -3% 93% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t8 0-3 1 1– 6,(3-2) CBSB*BB TOR Jose Bautista Ryan Madson -5% 88% Walk; Donaldson to 2B 0.0
  Justin Smoak pinch hits for Edwin Encarnacion (DH) batting 4th
t8 0-3 1 12- 3,(2-0) .BBX O TOR Justin Smoak Ryan Madson 5% 93% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
t8 0-3 2 12- 3,(2-0) BBX O TOR Chris Colabello Ryan Madson 4% 97% Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3.
Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Blue Jays’ LaTroy Hawkins facing 1-2-3
  LaTroy Hawkins replaces Mark Lowe pitching
b8 3-0 0 — 2,(0-1) ..FH KCR Alcides Escobar LaTroy Hawkins 0% 98% Hit By Pitch 0.4167
b8 3-0 0 1– 2,(0-1) CX KCR Ben Zobrist LaTroy Hawkins 1% 98% Single to SS (Ground Ball); Escobar to 2B 0.4167
b8 3-0 0 12- 2,(0-1) CX O KCR Lorenzo Cain LaTroy Hawkins -1% 98% Flyball: RF -0.0
b8 3-0 1 12- 4,(2-1) BBSX R KCR Eric Hosmer LaTroy Hawkins 2% 99% Double to RF (Line Drive); Escobar Scores; Zobrist to 3B 0.7499
b8 4-0 1 -23 1,(0-0) X RO KCR Kendrys Morales LaTroy Hawkins 0% 99% Lineout: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Zobrist Scores 0.4167
b8 5-0 2 -2- 3,(1-1) BFX O KCR Mike Moustakas LaTroy Hawkins 0% 99% Flyball: LF 0.0
  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 5.
Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-5, Royals’ Luke Hochevar facing 6-7-8
  Luke Hochevar replaces Ryan Madson pitching
t9 0-5 0 — 5,(2-2) ..BCCBX O TOR Troy Tulowitzki Luke Hochevar 0% 100% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t9 0-5 1 — 3,(1-1) BSX TOR Dioner Navarro Luke Hochevar 0% 99% Reached on E5 (Ground Ball) 0.0
t9 0-5 1 1– 3,(1-1) FBX O TOR Kevin Pillar Luke Hochevar 0% 100% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
t9 0-5 2 1– 2,(0-1) >F>X O TOR Ryan Goins Luke Hochevar 0% 100% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 5.