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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

Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Start Time: 4:08 p.m. Local
Attendance: 49,325
Venue: Rogers Centre
Game Duration: 2:56
Day Game, on turf

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

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 0.400 0.422 0.575 0.997 0.000 0.000
Ben Zobrist 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.325 0.364 0.500 0.864 0.000 0.000
Lorenzo Cain CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.270 0.364 0.378 0.742 0.000 0.000
Eric Hosmer 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.220 0.233 0.317 0.550 0.000 0.000
Kendrys Morales DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.270 0.317 0.595 0.912 0.000 0.000
Mike Moustakas 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.132 0.190 0.158 0.348 0.000 0.000
Salvador Perez C 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.219 0.324 0.625 0.949 0.000 1.000
Alex Gordon LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.273 0.351 0.455 0.806 0.000 0.000
Alex Rios RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.300 0.364 0.467 0.830 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
   Danny Duffy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 1 4 1 1 5 31 0.133 0.161 0.233 0.395 0.000 1.000

Toronto Blue Jays

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Ben Revere LF 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.238 0.304 0.238 0.542 0.064 0.550
Josh Donaldson 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1 4 0.278 0.395 0.611 1.006 0.148 1.050
Jose Bautista RF 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 0.270 0.400 0.514 0.914 0.148 1.050
Edwin Encarnacion DH 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.270 0.372 0.378 0.750 0.064 0.550
Chris Colabello 1B 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 0.286 0.324 0.543 0.867 0.098 1.000
   Justin Smoak 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Troy Tulowitzki SS 4 1 2 3 0 0 4 0.225 0.262 0.425 0.687 0.431 2.300
Dioner Navarro C 3 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.083 0.154 0.167 0.321 0.000 0.000
Kevin Pillar CF 4 0 2 1 0 1 4 0.300 0.317 0.500 0.817 0.048 0.500
Ryan Goins 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.152 0.176 0.273 0.449 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 Sanchez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Roberto Osuna P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 7 8 7 4 10 35 0.267 0.371 0.500 0.871 1.000 7.000

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, L (1-2) 5 3 5 5 4 2 1 4.32 22 88 53 37 4 12 10 5 2 0 39 -0.063 0.82 -0.62% 14.67 -1.3
Kelvin Herrera 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1.29 4 13 10 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 -0.039 0.63 -0.39% 11.25 -0.7
Danny Duffy 2 4 2 2 0 5 0 7.36 9 32 25 8 10 7 1 3 3 0 0 0 -0.008 0.04 -0.09% 0.76 -1.0
Team Totals 8 8 7 7 4 10 1 7.88 35 133 88 48 19 21 11 9 6 0 39 3 3 -0.110 0.60 -1.10% 10.70 -3.0

Edinson Volquez faced 4 batters in the 6th inning.

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, W (2-1) 7.2 3 1 1 1 5 1 2.33 26 108 72 40 15 17 9 11 3 0 73 0.383 0.64 3.83% 11.55 2.8
Aaron Sanchez 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 8 6 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0.004 0.25 0.04% 4.49 0.2
Roberto Osuna 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.23 3 5 4 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.003 0.03 0.02% 0.60 0.5
Team Totals 9 4 1 1 1 5 1 1.00 31 121 82 47 15 20 13 12 4 0 73 1 0 0.390 0.56 3.89% 10.04 3.5

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: Edinson Volquez (1; Josh Donaldson).
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, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X O KCR Alcides Escobar Marco Estrada 2% 52% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 7,(3-2) BBCBFFS O KCR Ben Zobrist Marco Estrada 2% 54% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 4,(1-2) CSBC O KCR Lorenzo Cain Marco Estrada 1% 55% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O TOR Ben Revere Edinson Volquez -2% 53% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
b1 0-0 1 — 8,(3-2) CBFBFFBC O TOR Josh Donaldson Edinson Volquez -2% 51% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b1 0-0 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O TOR Jose Bautista Edinson Volquez -1% 50% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0.
Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 4-5-6
t2 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O KCR Eric Hosmer Marco Estrada 2% 52% Flyball: LF 0.0
t2 0-0 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O KCR Kendrys Morales Marco Estrada 2% 54% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t2 0-0 2 — 6,(3-2) BBBCSS O KCR Mike Moustakas Marco Estrada 1% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 4-5-6
b2 0-0 0 — 4,(1-2) FCBX O TOR Edwin Encarnacion Edinson Volquez -2% 53% Popfly: 1B 0.0
b2 0-0 1 — 3,(0-2) CSX R TOR Chris Colabello Edinson Volquez 11% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) 1.0
b2 1-0 1 — 4,(1-2) BSCX O TOR Troy Tulowitzki Edinson Volquez -1% 62% Lineout: 3B 0.0
b2 1-0 2 — 7,(3-2) BBSFFBB TOR Dioner Navarro Edinson Volquez 1% 63% Walk -0.0
b2 1-0 2 1– 1,(0-0) X O TOR Kevin Pillar Edinson Volquez -2% 61% Lineout: 2B -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1.
Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 7-8-9
t3 0-1 0 — 8,(2-2) CBFFFBFX O KCR Salvador Perez Marco Estrada 3% 64% Lineout: SS 0.0
t3 0-1 1 — 3,(0-2) CSS O KCR Alex Gordon Marco Estrada 2% 66% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t3 0-1 2 — 3,(0-2) SCX O KCR Alex Rios Marco Estrada 1% 67% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1.
Bottom of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 9-1-2
b3 1-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X O TOR Ryan Goins Edinson Volquez -2% 65% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b3 1-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O TOR Ben Revere Edinson Volquez -1% 64% Bunt Groundout: P-1B 0.0
b3 1-0 2 — 4,(3-0) BBBX O TOR Josh Donaldson Edinson Volquez -1% 63% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1.
Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 1-2-3
t4 0-1 0 — 7,(3-2) SBCFBBX KCR Alcides Escobar Marco Estrada -5% 58% Single to LF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t4 0-1 0 1– 2,(1-0) *BX OO KCR Ben Zobrist Marco Estrada 10% 67% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B 0.0
t4 0-1 2 — 5,(2-2) BBSSX O KCR Lorenzo Cain Marco Estrada 1% 69% Popfly: 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1.
Bottom of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 3-4-5
b4 1-0 0 — 6,(3-2) BCBBFX TOR Jose Bautista Edinson Volquez 3% 72% Single to SS (Ground Ball) 0.0
b4 1-0 0 1– 2,(0-1) FX O TOR Edwin Encarnacion Edinson Volquez -3% 69% Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
b4 1-0 1 1– 2,(0-1) FX OO TOR Chris Colabello Edinson Volquez -5% 64% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1.
Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 4-5-6
t5 0-1 0 — 4,(1-2) CBFX O KCR Eric Hosmer Marco Estrada 3% 67% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t5 0-1 1 — 7,(3-2) CCBBFBX O KCR Kendrys Morales Marco Estrada 2% 70% Flyball: CF 0.0
t5 0-1 2 — 3,(1-1) CBX O KCR Mike Moustakas Marco Estrada 1% 71% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1.
Bottom of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 6-7-8
b5 1-0 0 — 1,(0-0) X O TOR Troy Tulowitzki Edinson Volquez -2% 69% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b5 1-0 1 — 7,(2-2) CBBTFFS O TOR Dioner Navarro Edinson Volquez -2% 67% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b5 1-0 2 — 4,(2-1) BFBX TOR Kevin Pillar Edinson Volquez 1% 69% Single to P (Ground Ball) 0.0
b5 1-0 2 1– 4,(2-1) 1BFB>X O TOR Ryan Goins Edinson Volquez -2% 66% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1.
Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 7-8-9
t6 0-1 0 — 4,(2-1) BSBX O KCR Salvador Perez Marco Estrada 4% 70% Flyball: CF 0.0
t6 0-1 1 — 7,(2-2) BBFFFFX O KCR Alex Gordon Marco Estrada 3% 73% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t6 0-1 2 — 1,(0-0) X O KCR Alex Rios Marco Estrada 2% 74% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1.
Bottom of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Royals’ Edinson Volquez facing 1-2-3
b6 1-0 0 — 7,(3-2) CBBFFBB TOR Ben Revere Edinson Volquez 3% 77% Walk 0.55
b6 1-0 0 1– 1,(0-0) H TOR Josh Donaldson Edinson Volquez 5% 82% Hit By Pitch; Revere to 2B 0.55
b6 1-0 0 12- 10,(3-2) CBBBFFFFFB TOR Jose Bautista Edinson Volquez 6% 88% Walk; Revere to 3B; Donaldson to 2B 0.55
b6 1-0 0 123 6,(3-2) BCFBBB R TOR Edwin Encarnacion Edinson Volquez 5% 93% Walk; Revere Scores; Donaldson to 3B; Bautista to 2B 0.55
  Kelvin Herrera replaces Edinson Volquez pitching
b6 2-0 0 123 3,(0-2) .SFS O TOR Chris Colabello Kelvin Herrera -3% 90% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
b6 2-0 1 123 1,(0-0) X RRR TOR Troy Tulowitzki Kelvin Herrera 8% 98% Double to CF (Line Drive); Donaldson Scores; Bautista Scores; Encarnacion Scores 1.8
b6 5-0 1 -2- 6,(3-2) CBBBFC O TOR Dioner Navarro Kelvin Herrera 0% 97% Strikeout Looking -0.0
b6 5-0 2 -2- 3,(0-2) SSS O TOR Kevin Pillar Kelvin Herrera 0% 97% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  4 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 5.
Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-5, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 1-2-3
t7 0-5 0 — 7,(2-2) BBFSFFX O KCR Alcides Escobar Marco Estrada 1% 98% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t7 0-5 1 — 5,(1-2) BCSFX O KCR Ben Zobrist Marco Estrada 1% 98% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t7 0-5 2 — 4,(3-0) BBBB KCR Lorenzo Cain Marco Estrada 0% 98% Walk 0.0
t7 0-5 2 1– 1,(0-0) X O KCR Eric Hosmer Marco Estrada 1% 99% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 5.
Bottom of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-0, Royals’ Danny Duffy facing 9-1-2
  Danny Duffy replaces Kelvin Herrera pitching
b7 5-0 0 — 4,(1-2) .CSBS O TOR Ryan Goins Danny Duffy 0% 98% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b7 5-0 1 — 5,(2-2) BSFBS O TOR Ben Revere Danny Duffy 0% 98% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
b7 5-0 2 — 2,(0-1) SX TOR Josh Donaldson Danny Duffy 0% 99% Double to CF (Line Drive) 0.5
b7 5-0 2 -2- 4,(2-1) BC*BX R TOR Jose Bautista Danny Duffy 1% 99% Double to RF (Line Drive); Donaldson Scores 0.5
b7 6-0 2 -2- 4,(1-2) SS*BS O TOR Edwin Encarnacion Danny Duffy 0% 99% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 6.
Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-6, Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada facing 5-6-7
t8 0-6 0 — 4,(1-2) SBCS O KCR Kendrys Morales Marco Estrada 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t8 0-6 1 — 8,(3-2) BCFFFBBX O KCR Mike Moustakas Marco Estrada 0% 100% Lineout: CF -0.0
t8 0-6 2 — 1,(0-0) X R KCR Salvador Perez Marco Estrada 0% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
t8 1-6 2 — 2,(0-1) CX KCR Alex Gordon Marco Estrada 0% 99% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.0
  Aaron Sanchez replaces Marco Estrada pitching
t8 1-6 2 1– 2,(0-1) .CX KCR Alex Rios Aaron Sanchez -1% 99% Single to RF (Ground Ball); Gordon to 2B -0.0
t8 1-6 2 12- 6,(2-2) BFCF*BX O KCR Alcides Escobar Aaron Sanchez 1% 100% Lineout: RF -0.0
  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 6.
Bottom of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 6-1, Royals’ Danny Duffy facing 5-6-7
b8 6-1 0 — 4,(1-2) CBSC O TOR Chris Colabello Danny Duffy 0% 99% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b8 6-1 1 — 2,(0-1) CX TOR Troy Tulowitzki Danny Duffy 0% 100% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.5
b8 6-1 1 1– 3,(0-2) CFS O TOR Dioner Navarro Danny Duffy 0% 99% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b8 6-1 2 1– 4,(0-2) CFFX RO TOR Kevin Pillar Danny Duffy 0% 100% Double to CF (Line Drive); Tulowitzki Scores; Pillar out at 3B/CF-2B-3B 0.5
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 7.
Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 1-7, Blue Jays’ Roberto Osuna facing 2-3-4
  Roberto Osuna replaces Aaron Sanchez pitchingJustin Smoak replaces Chris Colabello playing 1B batting 5th
t9 1-7 0 — 1,(0-0) ..X O KCR Ben Zobrist Roberto Osuna 0% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t9 1-7 1 — 3,(1-1) CBX O KCR Lorenzo Cain Roberto Osuna 0% 100% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t9 1-7 2 — 1,(0-0) X O KCR Eric Hosmer Roberto Osuna 0% 100% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 7.