American League Division Series 2015

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American League Division Series 2015
Team (wins) Regular season
Kansas City Royals (3) 95-67, .586
Houston Astros (2) 86−76, .531
Date: October 8-14
Team (wins) Regular season
Toronto Blue Jays (3) 93−69, .574
Texas Rangers (2) 88−74, .543
Date: October 8-14
ALWC: New York Yankees - Houston Astros
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ALCS 2015 World Series 2015
American League Division Series 2015 venues. Games: Red pog.svgALDS 1, Green pog.svgALDS 2.

The American League Division Series 2015 (ALDS) in baseball took place between October 8-14, 2015 and was part of the postseason of the 2015 MLB season . It was used to determine which two teams will compete in the 2015 American League Championship Series . There were two best-of-five series in which the winners of the three divisions of the American League and the winners of the wildcard game participated. The series was played in mode 2-2-1, i.e. the better seeded team had home rights in games 1, 2 and 5.

The pairings were:

Way into the Division Series and further whereabouts

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The 2015 postseason had 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

Kansas City Royals versus Houston Astros

game date guest Result home Total status place Playtime spectator box
Game 1 0October 8, 2015 Houston Astros 5–2 Kansas City Royals 1–0 Kauffman Stadium 3:14 40,146
Game 2 0October 9, 2015 Houston Astros 4-5 Kansas City Royals 1-1 Kauffman Stadium 3:27 40.008
Game 3 October 11, 2015 Kansas City Royals 2-4 Houston Astros 1-2 Minute Maid Park 3:20 42,674
Game 4 October 12, 2015 Kansas City Royals 9-6 Houston Astros 2–2 Minute Maid Park 4:05 42,387
Game 5 October 14, 2015 Houston Astros 2-7 Kansas City Royals 2-3 Kauffman Stadium 2:42 40,566
Kansas City Royals wins the series 3–2

Toronto Blue Jays versus Texas Rangers

game date guest Result home Total status place Playtime spectator box
Game 1 0October 8, 2015 Texas Rangers 5-3 Toronto Blue Jays 1–0 Rogers Center 2:53 49,834
Game 2 0October 9, 2015 Texas Rangers 6-4 Toronto Blue Jays 2–0 Rogers Center 4:57 49,716
Game 3 October 11, 2015 Toronto Blue Jays 5–1 Texas Rangers 1-2 Globe Life Park 3:08 50,941
Game 4 October 12, 2015 Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 Texas Rangers 2–2 Globe Life Park 3:18 47,679
Game 5 October 14, 2015 Texas Rangers 3-6 Toronto Blue Jays 2-3 Rogers Center 3:37 49,742
Toronto Blue Jays wins the series 3–2

Kansas City Royals versus Houston Astros

Game 1

October 8, 2015, 6:37 pm CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Houston Astros 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 11 0
Kansas City Royals 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6th 0

Starting Pitchers : HOU - Collin McHugh KC - Yordano Ventura   WP : Collin McHugh   LP : Yordano Ventura   SV : Luke Gregerson  

HRs :   HOU - George Springer, Colby Rasmus KC - Kendrys Morales (2)

Game 2

October 9, 2015, 2:45 pm CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Houston Astros 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 8th 0
Kansas City Royals 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 5 11 0

Starting Pitchers : HOU - Will Harris KC - Kelvin Herrera   WP : Kelvin Herrera   LP : Will Harris   SV : Wade Davis  

HRs :   HOU - Colby Rasmus KC - Salvador Pérez

Game 3

October 11, 2015, 3:10 PM CDT at Minute Maid Park in Houston , Texas

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

Starting Pitchers : KC - Edinson Volquez HOU - Dallas Keuchel   WP : Dallas Keuchel   LP : Edinson Volquez   SV : Luke Gregerson  

HRs :   KC - Lorenzo Cain, Alex Gordon HOU - Chris Carter

Game 4

October 12, 2015 at 12:07 pm CDT at Minute Maid Park in Houston , Texas

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Kansas City Royals 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 9 8th 0
Houston Astros 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 6th 9 1

Starting Pitchers : KC - Yordano Ventura HOU - Lance McCullers, Jr.   WP : Ryan Madson   LP : Tony Sipp   SV : Wade Davis  

HRs :   KC - Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer HOU - Carlos Gómez, Carlos Correa (2), Colby Rasmus

Game 5

October 14, 2015, 7:07 pm CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City , Missouri

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

Starting Pitchers : HOU - Collin McHugh KC - Johnny Cueto   WP : Johnny Cueto   LP : Collin McHugh  

HRs :   HOU - Luis Valbuena   KC - Kendrys Morales

Toronto Blue Jays versus Texas Rangers

Game 1

Oct. 8, 2015 at 3:37 pm EDT at the Rogers Center in Toronto , Ontario

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Texas Rangers 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 5 0
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 6th 1

Starting Pitchers : TEX - Yovani Gallardo TOR - David Price    WP : Yovani Gallardo   LP : David Price   SV : Sam Dyson  

HRs :   TEX - Robinson Chirinos, Rougned Odor TOR - Jose Bautista

Game 2

October 9, 2015 at 12:45 PM EDT at the Rogers Center in Toronto , Ontario

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th R. H E.
Texas Rangers 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6th 11 1
Toronto Blue Jays 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 8th 1

Starting Pitchers : TEX - Cole Hamels   TOR - Marcus Stroman   WP : Keone Kela   LP : LaTroy Hawkins   SV : Ross Ohlendorf  

HRs :   TOR - Josh Donaldson

Game 3

October 11, 2015, 7:10 pm CDT at Globe Life Park in Arlington , Texas

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 9 1
Texas Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1

Starting Pitchers : TOR - Marco Estrada TEX - Martín Pérez   WP : Marco Estrada   LP : Martín Pérez  

HRs :   TOR - Troy Tulowitzki

Game 4

October 12, 2015, Globe Life Park , Arlington , Texas

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Toronto Blue Jays 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 8th 12 0
Texas Rangers 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4th 11 0

Starting Pitchers : TOR - RA Dickey TEX - Derek Holland   WP : David Price    LP : Derek Holland  

HRs :   TOR - Josh Donaldson, Chris Colabello, Kevin Pillar

Game 5

October 14, 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.
Texas Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8th 3
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 1 4th 0 X 6th 7th 1

Starting Pitchers : TEX - Cole Hamels   TOR - Marcus Stroman   WP : Aaron Sanchez   LP : Cole Hamels   SV : Roberto Osuna  

HRs :   TEX - Shin-Soo Choo TOR - Edwin Encarnación, José Bautista

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Boxscore: Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 1. MLB.com, accessed October 9, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Boxscore: Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 2. MLB.com, accessed October 9, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b Boxscore: Kansas City vs. Houston, Game 3. MLB.com, accessed October 12, 2015 .
  5. ↑ a b Boxscore: Kansas City vs. Houston, Game 4. MLB.com, accessed October 13, 2015 .
  6. ↑ a b Boxscore: Houston vs. Kansas City, Game 4. MLB.com, accessed October 15, 2015 .
  7. ↑ a b Boxscore: Texas vs. Toronto, Game 1. MLB.com, accessed October 9, 2015 .
  8. ↑ a b Boxscore: Texas vs. Toronto, Game 2. MLB.com, accessed October 9, 2015 .
  9. ↑ a b Boxscore: Toronto vs. Texas, game 3. MLB.com, accessed October 11, 2015 .
  10. ↑ a b Boxscore: Toronto vs. Texas, Game 4. MLB.com, accessed October 13, 2015 .
  11. ↑ a b Boxscore: Texas vs. Toronto, Game 4. MLB.com, accessed October 15, 2015 .