American League Championship Series 2015

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American League Championship Series 2015
Team (wins) Regular season
Kansas City Royals (4) 95-67, .586
Toronto Blue Jays (2) 93−69, .574
Date: October 16-24
MVP: Alcides Escobar (KC)
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The American League Championship Series 2015 (ALCS), in the sport of baseball , will take place between October 16 and 24, 2015. In it, the winners of the American League Division Series 2015 competed against each other to determine the winner of the American League and thus their representative in the 2015 World Series .

Mode and participants

2015 American League Championship Series venues.

It's a best-of-seven series.

Way into the Championship Series and further whereabouts

→ Main articles: MLB 2015 , NLWC 2015 , ALWC 2015 , NLDS 2015 , ALDS 2015 , NLCS 2015 , World Series 2015

The 2015 postseason developed as follows.


  Wild Card Games League Division Series League Championship Series World Series
                                     
2  Toronto Blue Jays 3
3  Texas Rangers 2    
1  Kansas City Royals 4th
American League
  2  Toronto Blue Jays 2    
  1  Kansas City Royals 3
    WC2  Houston Astros 2
WC1  New York Yankees 0
WC2  Houston Astros 1   AL  Kansas City Royals 4th
  NL  New York Mets 1
2  Los Angeles Dodgers 2
3  New York Mets 3    
3  New York Mets 4th
National League
  WC2  Chicago Cubs 0
  1  St. Louis Cardinals 1
    WC2  Chicago Cubs 3
WC1  Pittsburgh Pirates 0
WC2  Chicago Cubs 1

Submit Results
Wild Card Games: one game; ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series), World Series: Best-of-Seven


Results overview

game date guest Result home Total status place Playtime spectator box
Game 1 October 16, 2015 Toronto Blue Jays 0-5 Kansas City Royals 0-1 Kauffman Stadium 3:15 39,753
Game 2 17th October 2015 Toronto Blue Jays 3-6 Kansas City Royals 0-2 Kauffman Stadium 3:19 40,357
Game 3 19th October 2015 Kansas City Royals 8-11 Toronto Blue Jays 2–1 Rogers Center 3:13 49,751
Game 4 20th October 2015 Kansas City Royals 14-2 Toronto Blue Jays 3–1 Rogers Center 3:39 49.501
Game 5 October 21, 2015 Kansas City Royals 1-7 Toronto Blue Jays 3–2 Rogers Center 2:56 49,325
Game 6 October 23, 2015 Toronto Blue Jays 3-4 Kansas City Royals 2-4 Kauffman Stadium 3:42 40,494
Kansas City Royals win Series 4–2

Game summaries

Game 1

October 16, 2015, 7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 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 8th 1

Starting Pitchers : TOR - Marco Estrada KC - Edinson Volquez   WP : Edinson Volquez   LP : Marco Estrada  

HRs :   KC - Salvador Perez

Game 2

October 17, 2015 at 3:07 pm CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 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 6th 8th 0

Starting Pitchers : TOR - David Price   KC - Yordano Ventura   WP : Danny Duffy   LP : David Price   SV : Wade Davis  

Game 3

October 19, 2015 at 8:07 pm EDT at the Rogers Center in Toronto , Ontario

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Kansas City Royals 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4th 8th 15th 0
Toronto Blue Jays 0 3 6th 0 1 0 0 1 X 11 11 0

Starting Pitchers : KC - Johnny Cueto TOR - Marcus Stroman   WP : Marcus Stroman   LP : Johnny Cueto  

HRs :   KC - Kendrys Morales TOR - Troy Tulowitzki, Josh Donaldson, Ryan Goins

Game 4

October 20, 2015 at 4:07 pm EDT at the Rogers Center in Toronto , Ontario

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Kansas City Royals 4th 1 0 0 0 0 4th 3 2 14th 15th 0
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7th 0

Starting Pitchers : KC - Chris Young TOR - RA Dickey   WP : Luke Hochevar   LP : RA Dickey  

HRs :   KC - Ben Zobrist, Alex Ríos

Game 5

October 21, 2015 at 4:07 pm EDT at the Rogers Center in Toronto , Ontario

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4th 0
Toronto Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 0 4th 1 1 X 7th 8th 0

Starting Pitchers : KC - Edinson Volquez TOR - Marco Estrada   WP : Marco Estrada   LP : Edinson Volquez  

HRs :   KC - Salvador Pérez TOR - Chris Colabello

Game 6

October 23, 2015, 7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 7th 0
Kansas City Royals 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 4th 9 0

Starting Pitchers : TOR - David Price   KC - Yordano Ventura   WP : Wade Davis   LP : Roberto Osuna  

HRs :   TOR - José Bautista (2) KC - Ben Zobrist, Mike Moustakas

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Escobar takes home ALCS MVP honors. MLB.com, October 23, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015 .
  2. ↑ 2015 Postseason Schedule. MLB.com, accessed October 1, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Boxscore: Toronto vs. Kansas City, Game 1. MLB.com, accessed October 17, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b Boxscore: Toronto vs. Kansas City, Game 2. MLB.com, accessed October 18, 2015 .
  5. ↑ a b Boxscore: Kansas City vs. Toronto, Game 3. MLB.com, accessed October 20, 2015 .
  6. ↑ a b Boxscore: Kansas City vs. Toronto, Game 4. MLB.com, accessed October 21, 2015 .
  7. ↑ a b Boxscore: Kansas City vs. Toronto, Game 5. MLB.com, accessed October 22, 2015 .
  8. ↑ a b Boxscore: Kansas City vs. Toronto, Game 6. MLB.com, accessed October 24, 2015 .