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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

Saturday, October 17, 2015
Start Time: 3:09 p.m. Local
Attendance: 40,357
Venue: Kauffman Stadium
Game Duration: 3:19
Day Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 10 0
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 X 6 8 0
WP: Danny Duffy (1-0) • LP: David Price (1-2) • SV: Wade Davis (3)

Toronto Blue Jays

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Ben Revere LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 0.219 0.242 0.219 0.461 0.000 0.000
Josh Donaldson 3B 5 1 1 0 0 2 5 0.231 0.333 0.500 0.833 0.000 0.500
Jose Bautista RF 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 0.222 0.344 0.519 0.862 0.000 0.500
Edwin Encarnacion DH 4 0 2 1 0 2 4 0.320 0.433 0.480 0.913 0.000 0.500
Chris Colabello 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 0.375 0.400 0.625 1.025 0.000 0.000
Troy Tulowitzki SS 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 0.138 0.194 0.276 0.469 0.000 0.500
Russell Martin C 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.167 0.318 0.278 0.596 0.000 0.000
Kevin Pillar CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 0.321 0.345 0.536 0.881 0.000 0.500
Ryan Goins 2B 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.087 0.125 0.130 0.255 0.000 0.500
   Cliff Pennington PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.000
David Price P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Aaron Sanchez 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
Team Totals 36 3 10 3 3 11 39 0.278 0.333 0.389 0.722 0.000 3.000

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 1 4 0.321 0.367 0.500 0.867 0.000 0.000
Ben Zobrist 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.308 0.345 0.346 0.691 0.124 0.748
Lorenzo Cain CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0.259 0.333 0.407 0.741 0.124 0.748
Eric Hosmer 1B 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 0.214 0.241 0.357 0.599 0.224 1.098
Kendrys Morales DH 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.240 0.286 0.600 0.886 0.057 0.581
Mike Moustakas 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 0.154 0.241 0.192 0.434 0.224 1.098
Salvador Perez C 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.238 0.360 0.667 1.027 0.000 0.000
Alex Gordon LF 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 0.261 0.320 0.522 0.842 0.124 0.864
Alex Rios RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.250 0.348 0.350 0.698 0.124 0.864
   Paulo Orlando PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Yordano Ventura 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
   Danny Duffy 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
Team Totals 31 6 8 6 3 8 34 0.258 0.324 0.290 0.614 1.000 6.000

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
David Price, L (1-2) 6.2 6 5 5 0 8 0 7.02 26 96 69 40 11 18 8 10 6 0 50 -0.297 1.26 -4.64% 33.46 -0.8
Aaron Sanchez 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 4 15 6 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 -0.087 0.48 -1.28% 12.78 -0.7
Aaron Loup 0.1 1 1 1 2 0 0 4.50 3 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 -0.033 0.28 -0.49% 7.41 -1.0
Mark Lowe 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0.007 0.24 0.10% 6.35 0.5
Team Totals 8 8 6 6 3 8 0 6.75 34 127 80 45 14 21 10 13 8 0 50 4 1 -0.410 1.03 -6.31% 27.34 -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
Yordano Ventura 5.1 8 3 3 2 6 0 6.57 25 97 60 34 11 15 9 8 3 0 44 -0.108 1.08 -2.08% 28.67 -1.5
Luke Hochevar 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 5 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0.068 1.23 1.17% 32.70 1.6
Danny Duffy, W (1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.40 3 16 11 5 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.021 0.27 0.36% 7.24 0.5
Kelvin Herrera, H (2) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.80 4 11 8 3 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.075 1.49 1.11% 39.38 0.5
Wade Davis, S (3) 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 5 20 13 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.034 1.73 0.50% 45.91 0.5
Team Totals 9 10 3 3 3 11 0 3.00 39 149 97 52 20 25 12 13 4 0 44 3 0 0.090 1.15 1.06% 30.53 1.6

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, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Royals’ Yordano Ventura facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 6,(2-2) CBFBFX O TOR Ben Revere Yordano Ventura 2% 52% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 3,(0-2) FSS O TOR Josh Donaldson Yordano Ventura 2% 54% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 3,(1-1) BCX O TOR Jose Bautista Yordano Ventura 1% 55% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Blue Jays’ David Price facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X KCR Alcides Escobar David Price 3% 58% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.0
b1 0-0 0 1– 3,(0-2) FFX O KCR Ben Zobrist David Price -3% 55% Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
b1 0-0 1 1– 1,(0-0) X O KCR Lorenzo Cain David Price -3% 52% Flyball: CF 0.0
b1 0-0 2 1– 5,(1-2) CSFBS O KCR Eric Hosmer David Price -2% 50% Strikeout Swinging (C-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’ Yordano Ventura facing 4-5-6
t2 0-0 0 — 2,(1-0) BX TOR Edwin Encarnacion Yordano Ventura -4% 46% Single to CF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t2 0-0 0 1– 1,(0-0) X TOR Chris Colabello Yordano Ventura -6% 41% Single to CF (Fly Ball); Encarnacion to 2B 0.0
t2 0-0 0 12- 3,(0-2) CSS O TOR Troy Tulowitzki Yordano Ventura 6% 46% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t2 0-0 1 12- 6,(3-2) SB*BC*BX OO TOR Russell Martin Yordano Ventura 9% 55% Double Play: Lineout: SS; Encarnacion out at 2B/SS-2B 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Blue Jays’ David Price facing 5-6-7
b2 0-0 0 — 5,(1-2) CSBFS O KCR Kendrys Morales David Price -2% 53% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 0-0 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O KCR Mike Moustakas David Price -2% 51% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b2 0-0 2 — 5,(2-2) CBSBX O KCR Salvador Perez David Price -1% 50% Groundout: SS-1B 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’ Yordano Ventura facing 8-9-1
t3 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX TOR Kevin Pillar Yordano Ventura -7% 43% Double to CF (Line Drive) 0.5
t3 0-0 0 -2- 1,(0-0) X R TOR Ryan Goins Yordano Ventura -10% 33% Double to LF (Ground Ball); Pillar Scores 0.5
t3 1-0 0 -2- 5,(1-2) LBLFC O TOR Ben Revere Yordano Ventura 4% 37% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t3 1-0 1 -2- 5,(2-2) BCFBX O TOR Josh Donaldson Yordano Ventura 3% 40% Groundout: SS-1B; Goins to 3B 0.0
t3 1-0 2 –3 2,(1-0) BX O TOR Jose Bautista Yordano Ventura 4% 44% Flyball: CF -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Blue Jays’ David Price facing 8-9-1
b3 0-1 0 — 1,(0-0) X O KCR Alex Gordon David Price -3% 41% Popfly: SS 0.0
b3 0-1 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O KCR Alex Rios David Price -2% 39% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b3 0-1 2 — 4,(1-2) CCBX O KCR Alcides Escobar David Price -1% 38% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 0.
Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Royals’ Yordano Ventura facing 4-5-6
t4 1-0 0 — 4,(0-2) SFFS O TOR Edwin Encarnacion Yordano Ventura 2% 40% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t4 1-0 1 — 3,(2-0) BBX O TOR Chris Colabello Yordano Ventura 2% 42% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t4 1-0 2 — 4,(2-1) CBBX TOR Troy Tulowitzki Yordano Ventura -1% 40% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
t4 1-0 2 1– 4,(2-1) C*B*BX O TOR Russell Martin Yordano Ventura 2% 43% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Blue Jays’ David Price facing 2-3-4
b4 0-1 0 — 4,(1-2) CFBC O KCR Ben Zobrist David Price -3% 40% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b4 0-1 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O KCR Lorenzo Cain David Price -2% 37% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b4 0-1 2 — 4,(1-2) BCFS O KCR Eric Hosmer David Price -1% 36% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 0.
Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Royals’ Yordano Ventura facing 8-9-1
t5 1-0 0 — 4,(2-1) FBBX O TOR Kevin Pillar Yordano Ventura 2% 38% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
t5 1-0 1 — 4,(1-2) CBSS O TOR Ryan Goins Yordano Ventura 2% 40% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t5 1-0 2 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O TOR Ben Revere Yordano Ventura 1% 41% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Blue Jays’ David Price facing 5-6-7
b5 0-1 0 — 7,(3-2) BFBBSFX O KCR Kendrys Morales David Price -3% 38% Lineout: 3B 0.0
b5 0-1 1 — 5,(2-2) BFBFX O KCR Mike Moustakas David Price -2% 36% Flyball: CF 0.0
b5 0-1 2 — 1,(0-0) X O KCR Salvador Perez David Price -2% 34% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 0.
Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Royals’ Yordano Ventura facing 2-3-4
t6 1-0 0 — 5,(2-2) CBBFX TOR Josh Donaldson Yordano Ventura -4% 30% Single to SS (Ground Ball) 0.5
t6 1-0 0 1– 5,(3-1) B*BSBB TOR Jose Bautista Yordano Ventura -6% 25% Walk; Donaldson to 2B 0.5
t6 1-0 0 12- 7,(3-2) FCBBFBX R TOR Edwin Encarnacion Yordano Ventura -9% 16% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Donaldson Scores; Bautista to 2B 0.5
t6 2-0 0 12- 6,(2-2) FCBFBS O TOR Chris Colabello Yordano Ventura 4% 19% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t6 2-0 1 12- 1,(0-0) X R TOR Troy Tulowitzki Yordano Ventura -10% 9% Double to RF (Fly Ball); Bautista Scores; Encarnacion to 3B 0.5
t6 3-0 1 -23 7,(3-2) FCBFB*B*B TOR Russell Martin Yordano Ventura 0% 9% Walk -0.0
  Luke Hochevar replaces Yordano Ventura pitching
t6 3-0 1 123 3,(0-2) .CFX O TOR Kevin Pillar Luke Hochevar 3% 13% Popfly: 2B -0.0
t6 3-0 2 123 2,(0-1) SX O TOR Ryan Goins Luke Hochevar 3% 16% Groundout: 1B-P -0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-3, Blue Jays’ David Price facing 8-9-1
b6 0-3 0 — 5,(1-2) CFBFC O KCR Alex Gordon David Price -3% 13% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b6 0-3 1 — 4,(1-2) BSFC O KCR Alex Rios David Price -2% 12% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b6 0-3 2 — 5,(2-2) CCBBT O KCR Alcides Escobar David Price -1% 10% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 0.
Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 3-0, Royals’ Danny Duffy facing 1-2-3
  Danny Duffy replaces Luke Hochevar pitching
t7 3-0 0 — 6,(1-2) .CBFFFX O TOR Ben Revere Danny Duffy 1% 11% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t7 3-0 1 — 4,(1-2) SCBX O TOR Josh Donaldson Danny Duffy 1% 12% Flyball: CF 0.0
t7 3-0 2 — 6,(3-2) CBBCBC O TOR Jose Bautista Danny Duffy 0% 13% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 0.
Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-3, Blue Jays’ David Price facing 2-3-4
b7 0-3 0 — 1,(0-0) X KCR Ben Zobrist David Price 5% 17% Single to RF (Fly Ball) 0.7476
b7 0-3 0 1– 3,(1-1) BSX KCR Lorenzo Cain David Price 8% 26% Single to RF (Line Drive); Zobrist to 2B 0.7476
b7 0-3 0 12- 3,(1-1) FBX R KCR Eric Hosmer David Price 18% 44% Single to CF (Line Drive); Zobrist Scores; Cain to 3B 0.7643
b7 1-3 0 1-3 2,(0-1) S>X RO KCR Kendrys Morales David Price -4% 40% Groundout: SS-1B; Cain Scores; Hosmer to 2B 0.2476
b7 2-3 1 -2- 5,(2-2) FBFBX R KCR Mike Moustakas David Price 22% 62% Single to RF (Line Drive); Hosmer Scores; Moustakas to 2B/Adv on throw 0.7643
b7 3-3 1 -2- 8,(3-2) BCBFF*BFC O KCR Salvador Perez David Price -6% 56% Strikeout Looking -0.0
b7 3-3 2 -2- 8,(3-2) *BCBSF*BFX R KCR Alex Gordon David Price 21% 78% Double to CF (Line Drive); Moustakas Scores 0.8643
  Aaron Sanchez replaces David Price pitching
b7 4-3 2 -2- 3,(2-0) .BBX R KCR Alex Rios Aaron Sanchez 10% 88% Single to CF (Ground Ball); Gordon Scores 0.8643
  Paulo Orlando pinch runs for Alex Rios (RF) batting 9th
b7 5-3 2 1– 2,(0-1) .SX O KCR Alcides Escobar Aaron Sanchez -1% 86% Groundout: SS-1B -0.0
  5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 5.
Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-5, Royals’ Kelvin Herrera facing 4-5-6
  Kelvin Herrera replaces Danny Duffy pitchingPaulo Orlando moves from PR to RF
t8 3-5 0 — 3,(0-2) ..CFS O TOR Edwin Encarnacion Kelvin Herrera 4% 90% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t8 3-5 1 — 2,(1-0) BX TOR Chris Colabello Kelvin Herrera -6% 84% Double to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
t8 3-5 1 -2- 2,(1-0) BX O TOR Troy Tulowitzki Kelvin Herrera 6% 90% Flyball: RF 0.0
t8 3-5 2 -2- 4,(1-2) SSBS O TOR Russell Martin Kelvin Herrera 4% 94% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 5.
Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 5-3, Blue Jays’ Aaron Sanchez facing 2-3-4
b8 5-3 0 — 5,(3-1) CBBBX O KCR Ben Zobrist Aaron Sanchez -1% 93% Flyball: CF 0.0
b8 5-3 1 — 5,(3-1) BBBCB KCR Lorenzo Cain Aaron Sanchez 1% 94% Walk -0.0
  Aaron Loup replaces Aaron Sanchez pitching
b8 5-3 1 1– 1,(0-0) .>B O KCR Eric Hosmer Aaron Loup -1% 93% Cain Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS-1B) 0.3334
b8 5-3 2 — 5,(3-1) .>B.BCBB KCR Eric Hosmer Aaron Loup 0% 93% Walk 0
b8 5-3 2 1– 4,(3-0) BBBB KCR Kendrys Morales Aaron Loup 1% 94% Walk; Hosmer to 2B 0.3333
b8 5-3 2 12- 3,(2-0) BBX R KCR Mike Moustakas Aaron Loup 4% 97% Single to RF (Line Drive); Hosmer Scores; Morales to 3B 0.3333
  Mark Lowe replaces Aaron Loup pitching
b8 6-3 2 1-3 4,(1-2) .SSBX O KCR Salvador Perez Mark Lowe -1% 97% Lineout: RF -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 6.
Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 3-6, Royals’ Wade Davis facing 8-9-1
  Wade Davis replaces Kelvin Herrera pitching
t9 3-6 0 — 2,(0-1) .FX TOR Kevin Pillar Wade Davis -4% 93% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.0
  Cliff Pennington pinch hits for Ryan Goins (2B) batting 9th
t9 3-6 0 1– 7,(3-2) .BCSB*BFB TOR Cliff Pennington Wade Davis -8% 85% Walk; Pillar to 2B 0.0
t9 3-6 0 12- 6,(2-2) CBFBFS O TOR Ben Revere Wade Davis 7% 92% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t9 3-6 1 12- 4,(1-2) CFBS O TOR Josh Donaldson Wade Davis 5% 97% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t9 3-6 2 12- 1,(0-0) X O TOR Jose Bautista Wade Davis 3% 100% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 6.