Jump to content

Edit filter log

Details for log entry 13454348

20:56, 24 October 2015: 64.151.2.245 (talk) triggered filter 61, performing the action "edit" on 2015 Kansas City Royals season. Actions taken: none; Filter description: New user removing references (examine | diff)

Changes made in edit

| next_season=none}}
| next_season=none}}


The '''2015 [[Kansas City Royals]] season''' is the 47th for the franchise, and their 43rd at [[Kauffman Stadium]]. The Royals will make their second consecutive World Series appearance in 2015, after winning the American League in [[2014 American League Championship Series|2014]]. The team won their first AL Central title on September 24, 2015, the first time the Royals won their division since [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|1985]]. They opened the playoffs by defeating the [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in five games in the [[2015 American League Division Series|Division Series]] and then defeated the [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] in six games in the [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. They will play the [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[2015 World Series]]. In the 2014 World Series, the Royals lost in seven games to the San Francisco Giants.<ref>http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/san-francisco-giants-world-series-game-7-bumgarner-mlb</ref>
The '''2015 [[Kansas City Royals]] season''' is the 47th for the franchise, and their 43rd at [[Kauffman Stadium]]. The Royals will make their second consecutive World Series appearance in 2015, after winning the American League in [[2014 American League Championship Series|2014]]. The team won their first AL Central title on September 24, 2015, the first time the Royals won their division since [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|1985]]. They opened the playoffs by defeating the [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in five games in the [[2015 American League Division Series|Division Series]] and then defeated the [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] in six games in the [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. They will play the [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[2015 World Series]].


==Offseason==
==Offseason==

Action parameters

VariableValue
Edit count of the user (user_editcount)
null
Name of the user account (user_name)
'64.151.2.245'
Age of the user account (user_age)
0
Groups (including implicit) the user is in (user_groups)
[ 0 => '*' ]
Global groups that the user is in (global_user_groups)
[]
Whether or not a user is editing through the mobile interface (user_mobile)
false
Page ID (page_id)
43939658
Page namespace (page_namespace)
0
Page title without namespace (page_title)
'2015 Kansas City Royals season'
Full page title (page_prefixedtitle)
'2015 Kansas City Royals season'
Last ten users to contribute to the page (page_recent_contributors)
[ 0 => '173.3.163.225', 1 => 'Elisfkc', 2 => 'Peter K Burian', 3 => 'RedSoxFan274', 4 => 'Ulric1313', 5 => '76.187.84.99', 6 => 'Spanneraol', 7 => '184.145.87.199', 8 => 'Neurowiki', 9 => 'Chazz monster' ]
Action (action)
'edit'
Edit summary/reason (summary)
''
Whether or not the edit is marked as minor (no longer in use) (minor_edit)
false
Old page wikitext, before the edit (old_wikitext)
'{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox MLB yearly | name = Kansas City Royals | season = 2015 | misc =[[American League]] champions<br>[[American League Central]] Champions | image = | current league = American League | y1 = 1969 | division = [[American League Central|Central Division]] | y2 = 1994 | Uniform logo = | ballpark = [[Kauffman Stadium]] | y4 = 1973 | city = [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]] | y5 = 1969 | owners = [[David Glass (businessman)|David Glass]] | general managers = [[Dayton Moore]] | managers = [[Ned Yost]] | television = [[Fox Sports Kansas City]]<br/><small>([[Ryan Lefebvre]], [[Jeff Montgomery (baseball)|Jeff Montgomery]], [[Rex Hudler]], [[Steve Physioc]])</small> | radio = [[KCSP (AM)|KCSP]] 610 AM<br/><small>([[Denny Matthews]], [[Steve Stewart]], [[Ryan Lefebvre]], [[Steve Physioc]])</small> | next_season=none}} The '''2015 [[Kansas City Royals]] season''' is the 47th for the franchise, and their 43rd at [[Kauffman Stadium]]. The Royals will make their second consecutive World Series appearance in 2015, after winning the American League in [[2014 American League Championship Series|2014]]. The team won their first AL Central title on September 24, 2015, the first time the Royals won their division since [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|1985]]. They opened the playoffs by defeating the [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in five games in the [[2015 American League Division Series|Division Series]] and then defeated the [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] in six games in the [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. They will play the [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[2015 World Series]]. In the 2014 World Series, the Royals lost in seven games to the San Francisco Giants.<ref>http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/san-francisco-giants-world-series-game-7-bumgarner-mlb</ref> ==Offseason== '''October 30th:''' [[Josh Willingham]], [[James Shields (baseball)|James Shields]], [[Raul Ibanez]], [[Luke Hochevar]], [[Jason Frasor]], [[Scott Downs]], and [[Norichika Aoki]] become free agents. * Hochevar and Frasor re-signed with the Royals. * Downs signed with the [[Cleveland Indians]]. * Aoki signed with the [[San Francisco Giants]]. * Shields signed with the [[San Diego Padres]]. * Willingham ended up retiring at age 34. '''November 1st:''' [[Billy Butler (baseball)|Billy Butler]] becomes a free agent. He would sign with the [[Oakland Athletics]]. '''November 3rd:''' Promoted [[Paulo Orlando]]. '''Week of November 5th:''' Signed 4 players to a minor league contract, and invited 2 of them to [[Spring Training]]. '''November 20th:''' Received [[Reymond Fuentes]] from the [[San Diego Padres]] for [[Kyle Bartsch]] and promoted 2 other players. '''November 24th:''' [[Jayson Nix]] becomes a free agent while [[Juan Flores]] signs a minor league contract. '''November 26th:''' Received [[Ryan Jackson (shortstop)|Ryan Jackson]] from the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] for cash. * Jackson would be sent to the minors. '''November 28th:''' Received [[Bryan Flynn]] and [[Reid Redman]] from the [[Miami Marlins]] for [[Aaron Crow]]. Signed [[Jason Frasor]] and also gave [[Ismaldo Rodriguez]] to a minor league contract. '''December 2nd:''' [[Francisely Bueno]] becomes a free agent as [[Dany Geraldo]] signs a minor league contract. '''December 8th:''' Signed [[Gabriel Noriega]] to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring Training. '''December 11th:''' Received [[Jandel Gustave]] from the [[Boston Red Sox]] for cash. '''December 14th:''' Signed [[Angel Franco]] to a minor league contract. '''Week of December 15th:''' * Signed 3 players to a minor league contract. * Sent 3 players to the minors. * Released [[Carlos Peguero]]. * Signed [[Kendrys Morales]], [[Alex Rios]], [[Kris Medlen]], and [[Yohan Pino]]. * Received [[Brian Broderick]] from the [[Los Angeles Angels]] for [[Johnny Giavotella]]. '''December 28th:''' Signed 3 players to a minor league contract. '''December 29th:''' Signed [[Edinson Volquez]]. '''January 4th:''' Signed [[Ryan Madson]] to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring Training. '''January 16th:''' Signed 2 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring Training. '''January 26th:''' Invited 16 players to Spring Training and signed [[J. C. Boscan]] to a minor league contract and also invited him to Spring Training. [[Brian Bocock]] also signs a minor league contract. ==Season standings== ===American League Central=== {{2015 AL Central standings|highlight=Kansas City Royals}} ===American League Wild Card=== {{2015 AL Wild Card standings|highlight=Kansas City Royals}} ===Record against opponents=== {{2015 AL Record vs. opponents|team=KC}} ===Detailed Records=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center" | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''American League''' </span> |- ! Opponent !! Home !! Away !! Total !! Pct. !! Runs scored !! Runs allowed |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''AL East''' </span> |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] || 3–1 || 1-2 || 4-3 || {{winpct|4|3}} || 45 || 44 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || 1–2 || 2–2 || 3–4 || {{winpct|3|4}} || 29 || 44 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || 2–1 || 0–3 || 2–4 || {{winpct|2|4}} || 23 || 29 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]] || 4–0 || 2–1 || 6–1 || {{winpct|6|1}} || 44 || 24 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] || 2–1 || 1–3 || 3–4 || {{winpct|3|4}} || 33 || 39 |- style="font-weight:bold" | || 12–5 || 6-11 || 18–16 || {{winpct|18|16}} || 174 || 180 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''AL Central''' </span> |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || 6–3 || 6-5 || 12–8 || {{winpct|12|8}} || 81 || 74 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || 4-5 || 6-4 || 10-9 || {{winpct|10|9}} || 78 || 90 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || 6–4 || 4-5 || 10-9 || {{winpct|10|9}} || 107 || 66 |- | style="text-align:left"| '''Kansas City Royals''' || – || – || – || – || – || – |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] || 5–5 || 7–2 || 12–7 || {{winpct|12|7}} || 74 || 51 |- style="font-weight:bold" | || 21-17 || 23-16 || 44-33 || {{winpct|44|33}} || 340 || 281 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''AL West''' </span> |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] || 2–1 || 0–3 || 2–4 || {{winpct|2|4}} || 13 || 22 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Los Angeles Angels]] || 3–1 || 3–0 || 6–1 || {{winpct|6|1}} || 42 || 23 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]] || 2–1 || 3–0 || 5–1 || {{winpct|5|1}} || 23 || 18 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]] || 2-1 || 2–1 || 4-2 || {{winpct|4|2}} || 28 || 28 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]] || 1–2 || 2–2 || 3–4 || {{winpct|3|4}} || 23 || 33 |- style="font-weight:bold" | || 10-6 || 10–6 || 20-12 || {{winpct|20|12}} || 129 || 124 |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center" |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#03224c"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''National League''' </span> |- ! Opponent !! Home !! Away !! Total !! Pct. !! Runs scored !! Runs allowed |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]] || 0–0 || 1–2 || 1–2 || {{winpct|1|2}} || 9 || 7 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]] || 2–0 || 2–0 || 4–0 || {{winpct|4|0}} || 17 || 5 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Milwaukee Brewers]] || 2–0 || 2–0 || 4–0 || {{winpct|4|0}} || 28 || 11 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]] || 2–1 || 0–0 || 2–1 || {{winpct|2|1}} || 15 || 12 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] || 2–1 || 0–3 || 2–4 || {{winpct|2|4}} || 14 || 19 |- style="font-weight:bold" | || 8–2 || 5–5 || 13–7 || {{winpct|13|7}} || 83 || 54 |} {{col-end}} ===Game log=== <!-- Format for postponed games | -- || March 12 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 12:05pm ||colspan=6| PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Mar 22 --> {| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 5px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 5px solid;" | 2015 Game Log (95–67)<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Kansas City Royals Sortable Schedule|url=http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=kc&year=2015|publisher=''Kansas City Royals''}}</ref> |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">April: 15–7 (Home: 8–2 ; Away: 7–5)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 6 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 10–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (1–0) || [[Jeff Samardzija|Samardzija]] (0–1) || — || 40,085 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 8 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 7–5 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1–0) || [[Zach Putnam|Putnam]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (1) || 23,385 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 9 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 4–1 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (1–0) || [[John Danks|Danks]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (2) || 20,236 || 3–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 10 || @ [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 4–2 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (1–0) || [[Hector Santiago|Santiago]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1) || 44,489 || 4–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 11 || @ [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 6–4 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (1–0) || [[Jered Weaver|Weaver]] (0–2) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (3) || 44,154 || 5–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 12 || @ [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 9–2 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (2–0) || [[C. J. Wilson|Wilson]] (1–1) || — || 37,060 || 6–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 13 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 12–3 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (1–0) || [[Trevor May|May]] (0–1) || — || 40,123 || 7–0 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 15 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 1–3 || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (1–1) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (1–1) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (1) || 21,362 || 7–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 16 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 5–8 || [[Tommy Milone|Milone]] (2–0) || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (1–1) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (2) || 17,449 || 7–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 17 || [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 6–4 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (2–0) || [[Dan Otero|Otero]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (4) || 39,228 || 8–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 18 || [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 0–5 || [[Jesse Hahn|Hahn]] (1–1) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (2–1) || [[Jesse Chavez|Chavez]] (1) || 33,151 || 8–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 19 || [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 4–2 || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (1–0) || [[Eric O'Flaherty|O'Flaherty]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (2) || 36,755 || 9–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 20 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 7–1 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (2–1) || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (1–2) || — || 20,393 || 10–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 21 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 6–5 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (1–0) || [[Casey Fien|Fien]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (3) || 20,990 || 11–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || April 22 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 0–3 || [[Mike Pelfrey|Pelfrey]] (1–0) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (1–1) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (3) || 24,721 || 11–4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 23 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 3–2 <small>(13)</small> || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (2–0) || [[Jake Petricka|Petricka]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (4) || 14,218 || 12–4 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 24 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–2 <small>(8)</small> || colspan="3" | *'''Suspended (rain)''' <small>''(Resumed: April 26)''</small> || 20,350 || 12–4 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 25 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || colspan="6" | '''Postponed (rain)''' <small>''(Resceduled: July 17)''</small> |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 26 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–3* || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (2–0) || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (0–1) || — || 20,350 || 12–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 26 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 3–5 || [[John Danks|Danks]] (1–2) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (2–2) || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (3) || 23,317 || 12–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 27 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 6–2 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (2–1) || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (0–3) || — || 9,668 || 13–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 28 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 11–5 || '''[[Brandon Finnegan|Finnegan]]''' (1–0) || [[Scott Atchison|Atchison]] (0–1) || — || 10,698 || 14–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 29 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 5–7 || [[Danny Salazar|Salazar]] (3–0) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (2–2) || [[Cody Allen|Allen]] (4) || 10,284 || 14–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || April 30 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 8–1 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–0) || [[Alfredo Simón|Simón]] (4–1) || — || 28,405 || 15–7 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">May: 14–12 (Home: 9–5 ; Away: 5–7)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || May 1 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–1 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (2–0) || [[Kyle Lobstein|Lobstein]] (2–2) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (5) || 38,186 || 16–7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || May 2 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 1–2 || [[David Price (baseball)|Price]] (3–1) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (2–3) || — || 38,692 || 16–8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 3 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–6 || [[Aníbal Sánchez|Sánchez]] (2–3) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (1–2) || [[Joakim Soria|Soria]] (10) || 38,326 || 16–9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 5 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 5–3 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (3–1) || [[Danny Salazar|Salazar]] (3–1) ||'''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (6) || 29,099 || 17–9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 6 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 3–10 || [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carrasco]] (4–2) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–1) || — || 23,316 || 17–10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 7 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 7–4 || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (3–0) || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (0–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (5) || 38,271 || 18–10 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 8 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 5–6 || [[Joakim Soria|Soria]] (2–0) || '''[[Yohan Pino|Pino]]''' (0–1) || — || 39,434 || 18–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 9 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 6–2 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (2–2) || [[Aníbal Sánchez|Sánchez]] (2–4) || || 41,456 || 19–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 10 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 2–1 || '''[[Jason Frasor|Frasor]]''' (1–0) || [[Angel Nesbitt|Nesbitt]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (6) || 29,852 || 20–11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 11 || @ [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 2–8 || [[Colby Lewis|Lewis]] (3–2) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–2) || — || 21,206 || 20–12 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || May 12 || @ [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 7–6 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (1–0) || [[Stolmy Pimentel|Pimentel]] (0–1) || — || 23,659 || 21–12 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 13 || @ [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 2–5 || [[Yovani Gallardo|Gallardo]] (3–5) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (2–3) || [[Neftalí Feliz|Feliz]] (6) || 26,258 || 21–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 14 || @ [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 6–3 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (3–2) || [[Ross Detwiler|Detwiler]] (0–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (7) || 33,818 || 22–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 15 || [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 12–1 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (3–0) || [[Michael Pineda|Pineda]] (5–1) || — || 34,584 || 23–13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 16 || [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 1–5 || [[CC Sabathia|Sabathia]] (2–5) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–3) || — || 31,871 || 23–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 17 || [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 6–0 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (3–3) || [[Chris Capuano|Capuano]] (0–1) || — || 31,251 || 24–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 19 || [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Reds]] || 3–0 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (3–3) || [[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]] (3–4) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (7) || 29,767 || 25–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 20 || [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Reds]] || 7–1 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (4–2) || [[Jason Marquis|Marquis]] (3–4) || — || 30,450 || 26–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 22 || [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 5–0 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (4–0) || [[Lance Lynn|Lynn]] (3–4) || — || 37,379 || 27–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 23 || [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 3–2 <small>(6)</small> || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (4–3) || [[John Lackey|Lackey]] (2–3) || — || 38,676 || 28–14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 24 || [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 1–6 || [[Michael Wacha|Wacha]] (7–0) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (3–4) || — || 36,342 || 28–15 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 25 || @ [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 1–14 || [[Nathan Eovaldi|Eovaldi]] (4–1) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (4–3) || — || 36,031 || 28–16 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 26 || @ [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 1–5 || [[Adam Warren (baseball)|Warren]] (3–3) || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (3–2) || — || 33,414 || 28–17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 27 || @ [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 2–4 || [[Michael Pineda|Pineda]] (6–2) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (4–1) || [[Andrew Miller (baseball)|Miller]] (14) || 32,734 || 28–18 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 29 || @ [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] || 8–4 || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (1–1) || [[Pedro Strop|Strop]] (1–3) || — || 34,273 || 29–18 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || May 30 || @ [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] ||colspan="6" | ''Postponed (rain): Makeup date on September 28'' |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 31 || @ [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] || 1–2 <small>(11)</small> || [[Zac Rosscup|Rosscup]] (2–1) || [[Ryan Madson|Madson]] (0–1) || — || 37,766 || 29–19 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">June: 14–11 (Home: 5–5 ; Away: 7–4)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || June 2 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 1–2 || [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carrasco]] (7–4) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (2–1) || [[Cody Allen|Allen]] (12) || 30,361 || 29–20 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || June 3 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 4–2 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (4–2) || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (3–6) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (8) || 29,899 || 30–20 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || June 4 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 2–6 <small>(8)</small> || [[Trevor Bauer|Bauer]] (5–2) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (4–2) || — || 29,552 || 30–21 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || June 5 || [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 0–4 || [[Chi Chi Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] (2–0) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (4–4) || — || 38,159 || 30–22 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || June 6 || [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 2–4 || [[Wandy Rodriguez|Rodriguez]] (3–2) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (3–5) || [[Shawn Tolleson|Tolleson]] (7) || 37,924 || 30–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || June 7 || [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 4–3 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (3–1) || [[Keone Kela|Kela]] (4–2) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (9) || 38,202 || 31–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 8 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–1 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (5–2) || [[Phil Hughes|Hughes]] (4–6) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (10) || 22,796 || 32–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || June 9 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 2–0 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (5–2) || [[Trevor May|May]] (4–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (11) || 22,497 || 33–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || June 10 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 7–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (5–4) || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (4–4) || — || 28,434 || 34–23 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 12 || @ [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 0–4 || [[Jaime García|García]] (2-3) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (3–6) || — || 45,909 || 34–24 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 59 || June 13 || @ [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 3–2 || [[Tyler Lyons|Lyons]] (1–0) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (4–4) || [[Trevor Rosenthal|Rosenthal]] (21) || 45,981 || 34–25 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | 60 || June 14 || @ [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] ||colspan="6" | ''Postponed (rain): Rescheduled July 23'' |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || June 15 || @ [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 8–5 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (6–4) || [[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]] (3–8) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (8) || 23,007 || 35–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 16 || @ [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 7–2 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (6–2) || [[Matt Garza|Garza]] (4–8) || – || 27,740 || 36–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 17 || [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 10–2 || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (1–0) || [[Mike Fiers|Fiers]] (3–7) || – || 33,420 || 37–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || June 18 || [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 3–2 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (5–4) || [[Jimmy Nelson (baseball)|Nelson]] (3–8) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (12) || 36,318 || 38–25 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 65 || June 19 || [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 3–7 || [[Eduardo Rodríguez (left-handed pitcher)|Rodriguez]] (3-1) || '''[[Yohan Pino|Pino]]''' (0-2) || — || 38,190 || 38–26 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || June 20 || [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 7–4 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (7-4) || [[Rick Porcello|Porcello]] (4-8) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (13) || 39,115 || 39–26 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 21 || [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 2–13 || [[Wade Miley|Miley]] (7–6) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (6–3) || — || 37,975 || 39–27 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || June 22 || @ [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 4–1 || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (2–0) || [[Félix Hernández|Hernández]] (10–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (14) || 23,588 || 40–27 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 23 || @ [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 0–7 || [[Mike Montgomery|Montgomery]] (2–2) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (5–5) || || 17,460 || 40–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 24 || @ [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 8–2 || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (1–1) || [[Roenis Elias|Elias]] (4–5) || — || 23,392 || 41–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 26 || @ [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 5–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (8–4) || [[Jesse Hahn|Hahn]] (5–6) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (15) || 27,365 || 42–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || June 27 || @ [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 3–2 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (7–3) || [[Scott Kazmir|Kazmir]] (4–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (16) || 28,619 || 43–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 28 || @ [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 5–3 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (6–5) || [[Jesse Chavez|Chavez]] (4–7) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (9) || 22,477 || 44–28 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 74 || June 29 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 1–6 || [[Lance McCullers|McCullers]] (4–2) || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (2–1) || – || 20,419 || 44–29 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 30 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 0–4 || [[Dallas Keuchel|Keuchel]] (10–3) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–4) || — || 24,642 || 44–30 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">July: 17–11 (Home: 12–5 ; Away: 5–6)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || July 1 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 5–6 || [[Luke Gregerson|Gregerson]] (3–1) || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (1–2) || — || 25,848 || 44–31 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || July 2 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 0–2 || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (6–6) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (7–4) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (26) || 37,196 || 44–32 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || July 3 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–2 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (4–1) || [[Aaron Thompson|Thompson]] (1–3) || — || 38,868 || 45–32 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || July 4 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–5 || [[Brian Duensing|Duensing]] (3–0) || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (2–2) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (27) || 37,917 || 45–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || July 5 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–2 || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (2–0) || [[Blaine Boyer|Boyer]] (2–4) || — || 29,427 || 46–33 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || July 6 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] ||colspan="6" | ''Postponed (rain) to July 7 as part of a doubleheader.'' |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 7 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 9–5 || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (3–0) || [[Brad Boxberger|Boxberger]] (4–5) || – || 22,386 || 47–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || July 7 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 7–1 || '''[[Brandon Finnegan|Finnegan]]''' (2–0) || [[Brandon Gomes|Gomes]] (1–4) || – || 28,119 || 48–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 8 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 9–7 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (7–5) || [[Chris Archer|Archer]] (9–6) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (17) || 28,204 || 49–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 9 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 8–3 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (4–6) || [[Nate Karns|Karns]] (4–5) || || 32,308 || 50–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 10 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 3–0 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (3–4) || [[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Estrada]] (6–5) || [[Greg Holland|Holland]] (18) || 31,558 || 51–33 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 86 || July 11 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 2–6 || [[Mark Buehrle|Buehrle]] (10–5) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (7–5) || — || 30,790 || 51–34 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 12 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 11–10 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (5–1) || [[Bo Schultz|Schultz]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (19) || 31,962 || 52–34 |- bgcolor=#ddd | &ndash; || July 14 || [[2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|86th All-Star Game]] || [[American League|'''AL''']] 6–3 [[National League|NL]] || [[David Price (baseball)|Price]] <small>('''AL''', [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|DET]])</small> || [[Clayton Kershaw|Kershaw]] <small>(NL, [[2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]])</small> || colspan=3 | [[National League]] vs. [[American League]] ([[Great American Ball Park]],<br>[[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, OH]]) |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || July 17 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 4–2 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (8–5) || [[Jeff Samardzija|Samardzija]] (6–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (20) || 25,807 || 53–34 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 17 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 0–2 || [[John Danks|Danks]] (5–8) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (8–5) || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (20) || 25,701 || 53–35 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 18 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 7–6 <small>(13)</small> || '''[[Brandon Finnegan|Finnegan]]''' (3–0) || [[Dan Jennings (pitcher)|Jennings]] (1–3) || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (1) || 33,559 || 54–35 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 91 || July 19 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 4–1 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (4–4) || [[Chris Sale|Sale]] (8–5) || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (1) || 32,175 || 55–35 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 20 || [[2015 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pirates]] || 7–10 || [[A. J. Burnett|Burnett]] (8–3) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (4–7) || [[Mark Melancon|Melancon]] (30) || 38,169 || 55–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 93 || July 21 || [[2015 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pirates]] || 3–1 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (6–1) || [[Gerrit Cole|Cole]] (13–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (21) || 38,163 || 56–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 94 || July 22 || [[2015 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pirates]] || 5–1 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (9–5) || [[Charlie Morton (pitcher)|Morton]] (6–4) || — || 39,105 || 57–36 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 23|| @ [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 3–4 || [[John Lackey|Lackey]] (9–5) || ''' [[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (8–6) || [[Trevor Rosenthal|Rosenthal]] (30) || 46,003 || 57–37 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 24 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 0–4 || [[Scott Kazmir|Kazmir]] (6–5) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (7–6) || [[Luke Gregerson|Gregerson]] (21) || 36,965 || 57–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 25 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 2–1 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (2–2) || [[Will Harris|Harris]] (4–2) || — || 38,893 || 58–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 26 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 5–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (5–7) || [[Dallas Keuchel|Keuchel]] (12–5) || — || 33,638 || 59–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || July 27 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 9–4 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (10–5) || [[Cody Anderson (baseball)|Anderson]] (2–2) || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (2) || 13,611 || 60–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || July 28 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 2–1 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (7–1) || [[Trevor Bauer|Bauer]] (8–8) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (22) || 18,064 || 61–38 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 29 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 1–12 || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (6–11) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (7–7) || — || 19,767 || 61–39 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 30 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 2–5 || [[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Estrada]] (8–6) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (4–5) || [[Roberto Osuna|Osuna]] (6) || 30,057 || 61–40 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 31 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 6–7 || [[Liam Hendriks|Hendriks]] (3–0) || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (3–1) || — || 29,389 || 61–41 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">August: 19–9 ( Home: 11–3 ; Away: 9–6 )</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || August 1 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 7–6 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (6–7) || [[Mark Lowe|Lowe]] (0–2) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (23) || 37,932 || 62–41 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || August 2 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 2–5 || [[R. A. Dickey|Dickey]] (6–10) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (10–6) || [[Roberto Osuna|Osuna]] (7) || 45,736 || 62–42 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 106 || August 4 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 5–1 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (5–5) || [[Justin Verlander|Verlander]] (1–4) || || 35,039 || 63–42 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || August 5 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 1–2 || [[Matt Boyd (baseball)|Boyd]] (1–2) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (7–7) || [[Alex Wilson (baseball)|Wilson]] (2) || 34,628 || 63–43 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 6 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 6–8 || [[Alex Wilson (baseball)|Wilson]] (2–3) || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (1–2) || — || 38,919 || 63–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 109 || August 7 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 3–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (11–6) || [[John Danks|Danks]] (6–9) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (24) || 36,211 || 64–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 110 || August 8 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 7–6 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (8–7) || [[Jeff Samardzija|Samardzija]] (8–7) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (25) || 39,302 || 65–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 9 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 5–4 || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (3–2) || [[Jake Petricka|Petricka]] (3–3) || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (2) || 35,785 || 66–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 10 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–0 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (8–7) || [[Matt Boyd (baseball)|Boyd]] (1–3) || || 36,672 || 67–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 113 || August 11 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 6–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (7–7) || [[Aníbal Sánchez|Sánchez]] (10–10) || '''[[Luke Hochevar|Hochevar]]''' (1) || 34,068 || 68–44 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 12 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–7 || [[Neftalí Feliz|Feliz]] (2–3) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (11–7) || [[Bruce Rondón|Rondón]] (2) || 30,732 || 68–45 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 115 || August 13 || [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 6–7 || [[José Álvarez (baseball, born 1989)|Álvarez]] (3–3) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (3–1) || [[Huston Street|Street]] (27) || 32,098 || 68–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 116 || August 14 || [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 4–1 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (6–5) || [[Jered Weaver|Weaver]] (4–9) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (26) || 36,926 || 69–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 15 || [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 9–4 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–8) || [[Matt Shoemaker|Shoemaker]] (5–9) || — || 39,251 || 70–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 118 || August 16 || [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 4–3 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (4–2) || [[Trevor Gott|Gott]] (2–1) || — || 36,845 || 71–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 119 || August 18 || @ [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Reds]] || 3–1 <small>(13)</small> || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (1–0) || [[Ryan Mattheus|Mattheus]] (1–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (27) || 28,719 || 72–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 19 || @ [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Reds]] || 4–3 || '''[[Luke Hochevar|Hochevar]]''' (1–0) || [[Keyvius Sampson|Sampson]] (2–2) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (10) || 18,078 || 73–46 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 20 || @ [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 1–4 || [[Wade Miley|Miley]] (10–9) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (6–6) || [[Junichi Tazawa|Tazawa]] (2) || 35,458 || 73–47 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 21 || @ [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 2–7 || [[Henry Owens (left-handed pitcher)|Owens]] (2–1) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–8) || || 35,203 || 73–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 123 || August 22 || @ [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 6–3 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (8–7) || [[Matt Barnes (baseball)|Barnes]] (3–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (28) || 37,135 || 74–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 23 || @ [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 8–6 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (9–6) || [[Junichi Tazawa|Tazawa]] (2–6) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (11) || 36,151 || 75–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 125 || August 24 || [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 8–3 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (2–0) || [[Ubaldo Jiménez|Jiménez]] (9–8) || — || 27,797 || 76–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 25 || [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 3–2 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (7–6) || [[Miguel González (pitcher)|González]] (9–10) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (12) || 29,734 || 77–48 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 26 || [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 5–8 || [[Wei-Yin Chen|Chen]] (8–6) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–9) || [[Zach Britton|Britton]] (30) || 33,003 || 77–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 27 || [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 5–3 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (9–7) || [[Chris Tillman|Tillman]] (9–9) || — || 31,155 || 78–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 28 || @ [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 3–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (12–7) || [[Erasmo Ramírez (right-handed pitcher)|Ramírez]] (10–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (29) || 13,622 || 79–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || August 29 || @ [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 6–3 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (3–0) || [[Jake Odorizzi|Odorizzi]] (6–7) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (13) || 24,372 || 80–49 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || August 30 || @ [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 2–3 || [[Xavier Cedeño|Cedeño]] (3–1) || '''[[Luke Hochevar|Hochevar]]''' (1–1) || [[Brad Boxberger|Boxberger]] (32) || 18,634 || 80–50 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">September: 11–17 (Home: 6–9 ; Away: 5–8 )</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || September 1 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 5–6 || [[Justin Verlander|Verlander]] (3–6) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–10) || [[Bruce Rondón|Rondón]] (3) || 30,665 || 80–51 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 133 || September 2 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 12–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (10–7) || [[Randy Wolf|Wolf]] (0–3) || — || 26,789 || 81–51 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || September 3 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 15–7 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (10–6) || [[Kyle Ryan|Ryan]] (1–3) || — || 29,409 || 82–51 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || September 4 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 1–12 || [[John Danks|Danks]] (7–12) || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (3–1) || — || 36,953 || 82–52 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || September 5 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] ||1–6 ||[[Jose Quintana|Quintana]] (6–10) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (7–7) || — || 37,287 || 82–53 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || September 6 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] ||5–7 || [[Erik Johnson|Johnson]] (1–0) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–11) || — || 38,902 || 82–54 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 7 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 2–6 || [[Tommy Milone|Milone]] (8–4) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (10–8) || — || 36,825 || 82–55 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 139 || September 8 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 4–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (13–7) || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (9–10) || — || 31,834 || 83–55 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || September 9 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 2–3 <small>(12)</small> || [[Blaine Boyer|Boyer]] (3–4) || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (3–2) || [[Kevin Jepsen|Jepsen]] (12) || 32,286 || 83–56 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 11 || @ [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 8–14 || [[Mychal Givens|Givens]] (2–0) || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (4–3) || — || 45,420 || 83–57 |- bgcolor="bbffbbb" | 142 || September 12 || @ [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 14–6 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (11–8) || [[Brian Matusz|Matusz]] (1–4) || — || 35,439 || 84–57 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 13 || @ [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 2–8 || [[Wei-Yin Chen|Chen]] (9–7) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–12) || — || 22,496 || 84–58 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 14 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 3–8 || [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carrasco]] (13–10) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (13–8) || — || 10,356 || 84–59 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 145 || September 15 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 2–0 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (4–1) || [[Josh Tomlin|Tomlin]] (5–2) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (31) || 10,516 || 85–59 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 16 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 1–5 || [[Danny Salazar|Salazar]] (13–8) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (7–8) || — || 11,103 || 85–60 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 147 || September 17 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 8–4 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (12–8) || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (8–14) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (32) || 13,125 || 86–60 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 18 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–5 <small>(12)</small> || [[Drew VerHagen|VerHagen]] (2–0) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (3–2) || — || 32,926 || 86–61 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 19 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 5–6 <small>(11)</small> || [[Tom Gorzelanny|Gorzelanny]] (2–2) || '''[[Miguel Almonte|Almonte]]''' (0–1) || — || 36,007 || 86–62 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 150 || September 20 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 10–3 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (5–1) || [[Alfredo Simón|Simón]] (13–10) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (1) || 32,788 || 87–62 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 22 || [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 2–11 || [[Hisashi Iwakuma|Iwakuma]] (9–4) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (8–8) || — || 29,081 || 87–63 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 152 || September 23 || [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 4–3 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (8–1) || [[David Rollins|Rollins]] (0–2) || — || 28,756 || 88–63 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 153 || September 24 || [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 10–4 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (10–12) || [[Logan Kensing|Kensing]] (1–1) || — || 32,244 || 89–63 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 25 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 0–6 || [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carrasco]] (14–11) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (13–9) || — || 37,049 || 89–64 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 26 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 5–9 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (5–2) || [[Zach McAllister|McAllister]] (4–4) || — || 36,167 || 89–65 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || September 27 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 3–0 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (11–6) || [[Danny Salazar|Salazar]] (13–10) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (14) || 36,339 || 90–65 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 28 || @ [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] || 0–1 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Fernando Rodney|Rodney]]''' (7–5) || [[Miguel Almonte|Almonte]] (0–2) || — || 40,552 || 90–66 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 29 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–4 || [[Jeff Samardzija|Samardzija]] (11–13) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (10–13) || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (33) || 13,024 || 90–67 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || September 30 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 5–3 || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (4–2) || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (6–5) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (15) || 12,818 || 91–67 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">October: 4–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 4–0 )</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || October 1 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 6–4 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (6–2) || [[John Danks|Danks]] (7–15) || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (3) || 12,825 || 92–67 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || October 2 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–1 || '''[[Louis Coleman|Coleman]]''' (1–0) || [[Ervin Santana|Santana]] (7–5) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (16) || 31,534 || 93–67 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 161 || October 3 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 5–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (13–8) || [[Blaine Boyer|Boyer]] (3–6) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (17) || 30,181 || 94–67 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 162 || October 4 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 6–1 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (11–13) || [[Ricky Nolasco|Nolasco]] (5–2) || — || 24,108 || 95–67 |} |- style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=9 | ''Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{colorbox|#cfc}} = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{colorbox|#fbb}} = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{colorbox|#bbb}} = Postponement<br>Bold = Royals team member'' |} == Post-season == === [[2015 American League Division Series|American League Division Series]] vs. [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] === The [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] defeated the [[2015 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] 3–0 in the [[2015 American League Wild Card Game]] on Tuesday, October 6, earning them the right to play the Royals in the ALDS. ==== Game 1, October 8 ==== 6:37 p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] at [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] {{linescore | Road = '''Houston''' | RoadAbr = HOU | R1 = 2 | R2 = 1 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 1 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 1 | R9 = 0 | RR = 5 | RH = 11 | RE = 0 | Home = Kansas City | HomeAbr = KC | H1 = 0 | H2 = 1 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 1 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = 0 | HR = 2 | HH = 6 | HE = 0 | WP = [[Collin McHugh]] (1–0) | LP = '''[[Yordano Ventura]]''' (0–1) | SV = [[Luke Gregerson]] (1) | HomeHR = [[Kendrys Morales]] (2) | RoadHR = [[George Springer]], [[Colby Rasmus]] }} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Yordano Ventura]]''' (L, 0–1) | 2.0 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 13.50 |- ! [[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]] | 4.0 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 2.25 |- ! [[Kelvin Herrera]] | 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- ! [[Ryan Madson]] | 1.0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 9.00 |- ! [[Luke Hochevar]] | 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |} One season after the Royals blazed through the 2014 ALDS and ALCS with sweeps, they fell to the Astros in their first postseason game of 2015, struggling to manufacture offense against Houston's [[Collin McHugh]]. McHugh pitched six innings, holding the Royals to two runs and six hits. The only Kansas City hitter to produce runs was [[Kendrys Morales]], who cracked a pair of solo shots off McHugh in the second and fourth innings. Morales had been the leadoff batter in the second; and in the fourth, the Royals could not put any men on base prior to Morales' second blast. Kansas City's own starter, [[Yordano Ventura]], seemed dazed early, giving up a walk and two hits to the Astros before he recorded the game's first out. Houston then utilized sacrifice ground outs to bring home their first two runs of the game. After surrendering a third run in the second inning, Ventura, having amassed only two innings of work and having struck out two, was replaced by [[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]], who would go on to pitch four innings, the most of any Royal in the game. Young put three zeroes on the board against Houston, but the Astros did strike once against him in the fifth, taking a 4–2 lead, as [[George Springer]] hit a solo home run to left field. Houston's offense was nightcapped, appropriately, by a [[Colby Rasmus]] home run in the eighth; Rasmus had crushed a home run in the [[2015 American League Wild Card Game|wild card game]] against New York to help the Astros earn a series against the Royals. A loyal crowd in Kansas City tried to unnerve Houston closer [[Luke Gregerson]] in the ninth, especially after he hit [[Mike Moustakas]] with a pitch, but the final inning was otherwise uneventful, and the Astros sealed their 5–2 Game 1 victory over the Royals with relative ease. ==== Game 2, October 9 ==== 2:47 p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] at [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] {{linescore | Road = Houston | RoadAbr = HOU | R1 = 1 | R2 = 2 | R3 = 1 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 4 | RH = 8 | RE = 0 | Home = '''Kansas City''' | HomeAbr = KC | H1 = 0 | H2 = 1 | H3 = 1 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 2 | H7 = 1 | H8 = 0 | H9 = - | HR = 5 | HH = 11 | HE = 0 | WP = '''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' (1–0) | LP = [[Will Harris]] (0–1) | SV = '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]]''' (1) | HomeHR = [[Salvador Pérez]] | RoadHR = [[Colby Rasmus]] }} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Johnny Cueto]]''' | 6.0 || 7 || 4 || 4 || 3 || 5 || 1 || 6.00 |- ! [[Kelvin Herrera]] (W, 1–0) | 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |- ! [[Ryan Madson]] | 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- ! [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (S, 1) | 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |} The Royals struck back in Game 2 to force a Game 4 in Houston, but it wasn't easy. They again fell behind early as starter [[Johnny Cueto]]'s struggles continued, [[Colby Rasmus]] doubling to bring in [[George Springer]] to give the Astros a 1–0 lead. They would pad it in the second with two more runs off of Cueto, courtesy of a Springer line drive that brought home [[Chris Carter (right-handed hitter)|Chris Carter]] and [[Jason Castro (baseball)|Jason Castro]], who had previously reached on a single and walk, respectively. The Royals' offense rolled out of bed in the bottom of the second, with [[Salvador Pérez]] cracking a solo shot off of Houston's [[Scott Kazmir]]. The Astros negated the effect of the Kansas City run in the top of the third as Rasmus homered for his third consecutive postseason game. Kansas City remained resilient, however, with [[Alex Rios]] doubling, [[Alcides Escobar]] singling on an overturned video-review call, and a [[Ben Zobrist]] hitting a sacrifice ground out to bring Rios home. At the end of the third inning, Houston led 4–2. The Astros' scoring for the evening was over. Neither team posted a run in the fourth or fifth innings, but the Royals hung their first two-spot in the bottom of the sixth. After [[Lorenzo Cain]] doubled with one out, Kazmir was relieved by [[Óliver Pérez]], who was shaky, allowing [[Eric Hosmer]] to score Cain. [[Kendrys Morales]] then singled and [[Mike Moustakas]] drew a walk. [[Josh Fields (pitcher)|Josh Fields]] entered the game as Houston's third pitcher of the inning. Fields walked yet another batter, bringing home the tying run in Hosmer, before ending the inning with two consecutive strikeouts. Kansas City then took the lead in the bottom of the seventh, Escobar tripling and then being brought home by a Zobrist single. [[Ryan Madson]] was effective in relief for Kansas City in the eighth. In the ninth, closer [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] struck out [[Jed Lowrie]], but then walked [[Preston Tucker]]. However, in their second challenge victory of the night, a Davis pickoff throw in which Tucker was originally ruled to be safe was overturned, retiring Tucker for the second out of the inning. [[Jose Altuve]] then grounded out to end the game. ==== Game 3, October 11 ==== 3:07 p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] at [[Minute Maid Park]] in [[Houston, Texas]] {{linescore | Road = Kansas City | RoadAbr = KC | R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 1 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 1 | RR = 2 | RH = 7 | RE = 0 | Home = '''Houston''' | HomeAbr = HOU | H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 2 | H6 = 1 | H7 = 1 | H8 = 0 | H9 = – | HR = 4 | HH = 8 | HE = 1 | WP = [[Dallas Keuchel]] (1–0) | LP = '''[[Edinson Volquez]]''' (0–1) | SV = [[Luke Gregerson]] (2) | HomeHR = [[Chris Carter (right-handed hitter)|Chris Carter]] | RoadHR = [[Lorenzo Cain]], [[Alex Gordon]] }} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Edinson Volquez]]''' (L, 0–1) | 5.2 || 5 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 4.76 |- ! [[Danny Duffy]] | 0.2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 13.50 |- ! [[Luke Hochevar]] | 1.2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |} The Kansas City Royals' [[Edinson Volquez]] pitched valiantly, only allowing three of four runs from Houston's power-hitting lineup, but the Astros surged ahead 2–1 in the series anyway on the back of another strong pitching performance from their own starter, [[Dallas Keuchel]], who struck out seven Royal batters and surrendered only a solo home run, a fourth inning blast off the bat of [[Lorenzo Cain]]. Kansas City's only other run would come off of Houston relief pitching. Houston's own offense struck in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Astros posting a two-run frame to negate the Cain blast. Volquez, after striking out [[Carlos Gomez]], walked [[Luis Valbuena]], who was then moved over to third base by virtue of a [[Chris Carter (right-handed hitter)|Chris Carter]] double. [[Jason Castro (baseball)|Jason Castro]] then manufactured a ground ball single to score both Carter and Gomez. The Astros then hung two more runs on the Royals, one each in the sixth and seventh. [[Alex Gordon]] homered for Kansas City in the top of the ninth, a solo shot off closer [[Luke Gregerson]], but Gregerson then gathered himself and retired the remainder of the Royals' ninth without suffering any further damage, sealing the Houston victory. The Royals now must win in Game 4 on the road to extend the series, and their season, to a Game 5. ====Game 4, October 12==== {{linescore| | Date = October 12, 2015 | Time = 1:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]) | Location = [[Minute Maid Park]] in [[Houston, Texas]] | Other = |Road='''Kansas City'''|RoadAbr=KC |R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=5|R9=2|RR=9|RH=8|RE=0 |Home=Houston|HomeAbr=HOU |H1=0|H2=1|H3=1|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=3|H8=0|H9=0|HR=6|HH=9|HE=1 |RSP=|HSP= |WP=[[Ryan Madson]] (1–0)|LP=[[Tony Sipp]] (0–1)|SV=[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (2) |RoadHR=[[Salvador Perez]] (2), [[Eric Hosmer]] (1)|HomeHR=[[Carlos Gómez]] (1), [[Carlos Correa]] 2 (2), [[Colby Rasmus]] (3) |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Yordano Ventura]]''' | 5 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 7.71 |- ! [[Kelvin Herrera]] | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 3.00 |- ! [[Ryan Madson]] (W, 1-0) | 1 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 9.00 |- ! [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (S, 2) | 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 3.00 |- |} The Royals' string of clutch hits in the top of the eighth against a frazzled Houston bullpen restored life to a team that had been pushed to the brink of elimination by Astro starter [[Lance McCullers]]. Reliever [[Ryan Madson]] was credited with the win for Kansas City in spite of giving up back to back home runs in the bottom of the seventh that had a raucous Minute Maid Park crowd thinking that an Astros seat in the ALCS was all but assured. Houston's [[Will Harris]] was charged with four earned runs and [[Tony Sipp]] with one during Kansas City's eighth inning comeback. ====Game 5, October 14==== {{linescore| | Date = October 14, 2015 | Time = 8:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] | Other = |Road=Houston|RoadAbr=HOU |R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=2|RE=0 |Home='''Kansas City'''|HomeAbr=KC |H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=3|H6=0|H7=0|H8=3|H9=-|HR=7|HH=8|HE=0 |RSP=[[Collin McHugh]]|HSP=[[Johnny Cueto]] |WP=[[Johnny Cueto]] (1-0)|LP=[[Collin McHugh]] (1-1)|SV= [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (3) |RoadHR=[[Luis Valbuena]]|HomeHR=[[Kendrys Morales]] |Attendance=40,566 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Johnny Cueto]]''' (W, 1–0) | 8 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 3.86 |- ! [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (S, 3) | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |- |} === [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]] vs. [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] === The [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] had defeated the [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]] three games to two in the [[2015 American League Division Series]]. ====Game 1, October 16==== {{linescore| |Date = October 16, 2015 |Time = 7:30&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Other = |Road=Toronto|RoadAbr=TOR |R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=3|RE=1 |Home='''Kansas City'''|HomeAbr=KC |H1=0|H2=0|H3=2|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=2|H9=X|HR=5|HH=8|HE=1 |WP=[[Edinson Volquez]] (1–0) |LP=[[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Marco Estrada]] (0–1) |SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR=[[Salvador Perez]] |Attendance=39,753 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Edinson Volquez]] (W, 1–0)''' || 6.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Ryan Madson]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Luke Hochevar]]''' || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |} ====Game 2, October 17==== {{linescore| |Date = October 17, 2015 |Time = 3:30&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Other = |Road=Toronto|RoadAbr=TOR |R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=2|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=3|RH=10|RE=0 |Home='''Kansas City'''|HomeAbr=KC |H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=5|H8=1|H9=X|HR=6|HH=8|HE=0 |WP=[[Danny Duffy]] (1–0) |LP=[[David Price (baseball)|David Price]] (0–1)|SV=[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (1) |RoadHR=None|HomeHR= |Attendance=40,357 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Yordano Ventura]] (0–1)''' || 5.1 || 8 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 5.06 |- !'''[[Luke Hochevar]]''' || 0.2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Danny Duffy]] (W, 1-0)''' || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (S, 1)''' || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |} This game marked the fourth time the Royals had rallied back from a multi-run deficit to win in this post-season.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chisholm|first1=Gregor|last2=Flanagan|first2=Jeffrey|title=KC pops Price's bubble in 7th for 2-0 lead|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/154767158/royals-rally-against-blue-jays-win-game-2?game_pk=446260|website=mlb.com|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, LP.|accessdate=October 20, 2015|location=[[Kansas City, Missouri]]|date=October 17, 2015}}</ref> With the Royals trailing 3–0, Ben Zobrist led off the seventh inning with a pop-up to shallow right field. Second baseman [[Ryan Goins]] had a lead on the ball and waived off charging right fielder [[José Bautista]] only to duck out of the way at the last moment, allowing the ball to drop for what was ruled a single. The Royals went on to score five runs in the inning.<ref>{{cite news|last=Corcoran|first=Cliff|title=Royals come from behind to defeat Blue Jays in Game 2 of ALCS|url=http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/10/17/alcs-game-2-royals-defeat-blue-jays-comeback-david-price|accessdate=October 18, 2015|work=[[Sports Illustrated]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|date=October 17, 2015|location=[[Kansas City, Missouri]]}}</ref> This marked David Price's seventh consecutive playoff loss, tying him with [[Randy Johnson]] for the record.<ref>{{cite news|title=Five-run rally against David Price sparks Royals to 2-0 advantage|url=http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=351017107|accessdate=October 20, 2015|work=ESPN News Services|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=October 17, 2015|location=[[Kansas City, Missouri]]}}</ref> ====Game 3, October 19==== {{linescore| |Date = October 19, 2015 |Time = 7:00&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Rogers Centre]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]] |Other = |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=1|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=2|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=4|RR=8|RH=15|RE=0 |Home='''Toronto'''|HomeAbr=TOR |H1=0|H2=3|H3=6|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=11|HH=11|HE=0 |WP=[[Marcus Stroman]] (1–0)|LP=[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]] (0–1)|SV= |RoadHR=[[Kendrys Morales]]|HomeHR=[[Troy Tulowitzki]], [[Josh Donaldson]], [[Ryan Goins]] |Attendance=49,751 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Johnny Cueto]] (L, 0–1)''' || 2.0* || 6 || 8 || 8 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 36.00 |- ! [[Kris Medlen]] || 5.0 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 6 || 2 || 3.60 |- ! [[Franklin Morales]] || 1.0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 9.00 |- |colspan="9" | * Cueto pitched to five batters in the third. |} ====Game 4, October 20==== {{linescore| |Date = October 20, 2015 |Time = 3:00&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Rogers Centre]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]] |Other = |Road='''Kansas City'''|RoadAbr=KC |R1=4|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=4|R8=3|R9=2|RR=14|RH=15|RE=0 |Home=Toronto|HomeAbr=TOR |H1=0|H2=0|H3=2|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=7|HE=0 |WP=[[Luke Hochevar]] (1–0)|LP=[[R.A. Dickey]] (0–1)|SV= |RoadHR=[[Ben Zobrist]] (1), [[Alex Ríos]] (1)|HomeHR= |Attendance=49,501 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]]''' || 4.2 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 3.86 |- !'''[[Luke Hochevar]] (W, 1-0)''' || 1.1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Ryan Madson]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Franklin Morales]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4.50 |} ====Game 5, October 21==== {{linescore| |Date = October 21, 2015 |Time = 3:00&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Rogers Centre]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]] |Other = |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=1|RH=4|RE=0 |Home=Toronto|HomeAbr=TOR |H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=4|H7=1|H8=1|H9=x|HR=7|HH=8|HE=0 |WP=[[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Marco Estrada]] (1–1)|LP=[[Edinson Volquez]] (1–1)|SV= |RoadHR=[[Salvador Pérez]] (2)|HomeHR=[[Chris Colabello]] (1) |Attendance=49,325 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Edison Volquez]] (L, 1-1)''' || 5.0 || 3 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 4.09 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Danny Duffy]]''' || 2.0 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 6.00 |} ====Game 6, October 23==== {{linescore| |Date = October 23, 2015 |Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Other = |Road=Toronto|RoadAbr=TOR |R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=2|R9=0|RR=3|RH=7|RE=0 |Home='''Kansas City'''|HomeAbr=KC |H1=1|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=1|H9=x|HR=4|HH=9|HE=0 |WP=[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (1–0)|LP=[[Roberto Osuna]] (0–1)|SV= |RoadHR=[[José Bautista]] 2 (2)|HomeHR=[[Ben Zobrist]] (2), [[Mike Moustakas]] (1) |Attendance=40,494 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Yordano Ventura]]''' || 5.1 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 1 || 3.38 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Ryan Madson]]''' || 0.1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7.71 |- !'''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (W, 1-0)''' || 1.2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0.00 |} === [[2015 World Series|World Series]] vs. [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] === The [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] had defeated the [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]] four games to zero in the [[2015 National League Championship Series]]. ====Game 1, October 27==== {{linescore| | Date = Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYM |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=Kansas City|HomeAbr=KC |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 2, October 28==== {{linescore| | Date = Wednesday, October 28, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYM |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=Kansas City|HomeAbr=KC |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 3, October 30==== {{linescore| | Date = Friday, October 30, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Citi Field]] in [[Queens, New York]] |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYM |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 4, October 31==== {{linescore| | Date = Saturday, October 31, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Citi Field]] in [[Queens, New York]] |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYM |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} <!-- ====Game 5, November 1==== {{linescore| | Date = Sunday, November 1, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Citi Field]] in [[Queens, New York]] |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYM |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 6, November 3==== {{linescore| | Date = Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYM |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=Kansas City|HomeAbr=KC |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 7, November 4==== {{linescore| | Date = Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYM |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=Kansas City|HomeAbr=KC |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} --> ===Postseason game log=== {| class="toccolours collapsible" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#27408B" | <span style="color:white;">2015 Kansas City Royals Postseason Game Log (7–4)</span> |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame collapsible"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#74B4FA;"><span style="color:#27408B;">[[2015 American League Division Series|<span style="color:#27408B;">AL Division Series</span>]] vs. [[2015 Houston Astros season|<span style="color:#27408B;">Houston Astros</span>]] (3–2)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center;display:none;"> {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Win ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Loss ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Save ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Attendance ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Series |- text-align:center; bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 8 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 2–5 || [[Collin McHugh|McHugh]] (1–0) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (0–1) || [[Luke Gregerson|Gregerson]] (1) || 40,146 || 0–1 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || October 9 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 5–4 || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (1–0) || [[Will Harris|Harris]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1) || 40,008 || 1–1 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 11 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 2–4 || [[Dallas Keuchel|Keuchel]] (1–0) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (0–1) || [[Luke Gregerson|Gregerson]] (2) || 42,674 || 1–2 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 12 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 9–6 || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (1–0) || [[Tony Sipp|Sipp]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (2) || 42,387 || 2–2 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 14 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 7–2 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (1–0)|| [[Collin McHugh|McHugh]] (1–1)|| '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (3) || 40,566 || 3–2 |} </div></div> |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame collapsible collapsed"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#74B4FA;"><span style="color:#27408B;">[[2015 American League Championship Series|<span style="color:#27408B;">AL Championship Series</span>]] vs. [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|<span style="color:#27408B;">Toronto Blue Jays</span>]] (4–2)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center;"> {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Win ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Loss ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Save ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Attendance ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Series |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 16 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 5–0 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (1–0) || [[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Estrada]] (0–1) || || 39,753 || 1–0 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || October 17 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 6–3 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (1–0) || [[David Price (baseball)|Price]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1) || 40,357 || 2–0 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 19 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 8–11 || [[Marcus Stroman|Stroman]] (1–0) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (0–1) || || 49,751 || 2–1 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 20 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 14–2 || '''[[Luke Hochevar|Hochevar]]''' (1–0) || [[R.A. Dickey|Dickey]] (0–1) || || 49,501 || 3–1 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || October 21 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 1–7 || [[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Estrada]] (1-1) || '''[[Edison Volquez|Volquez]]''' (1-1) || || 49,325 || 3–2 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || October 23 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 4–3 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1–0) || [[Roberto Osuna|Osuna]] (0–1) || || 40,494 || 4–2 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame collapsible"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#74B4FA;"><span style="color:#27408B;">[[2015 World Series|<span style="color:#27408B;">World Series</span>]] vs. [[2015 New York Mets season|<span style="color:#27408B;">New York Mets</span>]] (4–2)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center;"> {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Win ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Loss ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Save ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Attendance ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Series |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 1 || October 27 || [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 2 || October 28 || [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 3 || October 30 || @ [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 4 || October 31 || @ [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 5* || November 1 || @ [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 6* || November 3 || [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 7* || November 4 || [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |} |} ==Current roster== {{Kansas City Royals roster}} ==Statistics== ===Batting=== ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases'' {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | R ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | 2B ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | 3B ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | RBI ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | BB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | SO ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | AVG ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | SB |- |[[Joe Blanton]], P | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Drew Butera]], C | 45 | 86 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | .198 | 0 |- |[[Lorenzo Cain]], CF | 140 | 551 | 101 | 169 | 34 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 37 | 98 | .307 | 28 |- |[[Orlando Calixte]], SS | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Dusty Coleman]], 3B | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Christian Colón]], SS,2B,3B | 43 | 107 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | .290 | 3 |- |[[Cheslor Cuthbert]], 3B | 19 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | .217 | 0 |- |[[Jarrod Dyson]], OF | 90 | 200 | 31 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 37 | .250 | 26 |- |[[Alcides Escobar]], SS | 148 | 612 | 76 | 157 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 26 | 75 | .257 | 17 |- |[[Jonny Gomes]], RF,DH | 12 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | .167 | 0 |- |[[Alex Gordon]], LF | 104 | 354 | 40 | 96 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 49 | 92 | .271 | 2 |- |[[Terrance Gore]], OF | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 |- |[[Jeremy Guthrie]], P | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |- |[[Eric Hosmer]], 1B | 158 | 599 | 98 | 178 | 33 | 5 | 18 | 93 | 61 | 108 | .297 | 7 |- |[[Omar Infante]], 2B | 124 | 440 | 39 | 97 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 69 | .220 | 2 |- |[[Erik Kratz]], C | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Kris Medlen]], P | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Kendrys Morales]], DH | 158 | 569 | 81 | 165 | 41 | 2 | 22 | 106 | 58 | 103 | .290 | 0 |- |[[Mike Moustakas]], 3B | 147 | 549 | 73 | 156 | 34 | 1 | 22 | 82 | 43 | 76 | .284 | 1 |- |[[Paulo Orlando]], RF | 86 | 241 | 31 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 53 | .249 | 3 |- |[[Francisco Peña (baseball)|Francisco Peña]], C | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | 0 |- |[[Salvador Pérez]], C | 142 | 531 | 52 | 138 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 70 | 13 | 82 | .260 | 1 |- |[[Alex Ríos]], RF | 105 | 385 | 40 | 98 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 67 | .255 | 9 |- |[[Yordano Ventura]], P | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Edinson Volquez]], P | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]], P | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |- |[[Ben Zobrist]], 2B,LF,3B | 59 | 232 | 37 | 66 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 30 | .284 | 2 |} ===Pitching=== ''Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts'' {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GS ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | R ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ER ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | BB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | K |- |[[Scott Alexander]] | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |- |[[Miguel Almonte]] | 0 | 2 | 6.23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 |- |[[Joe Blanton]] | 2 | 2 | 3.89 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 41.2 | 43 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 40 |- |[[Aaron Brooks (baseball)|Aaron Brooks]] | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |- |[[Joba Chamberlain]] | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |- |[[Louis Coleman]] | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |- |[[Johnny Cueto]] | 4 | 7 | 4.76 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 81.1 | 101 | 45 | 43 | 10 | 17 | 56 |- |[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] | 8 | 1 | 0.94 | 69 | 0 | 17 | 67.1 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 78 |- |[[Danny Duffy]] | 7 | 8 | 4.08 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 136.2 | 137 | 64 | 62 | 15 | 53 | 102 |- |[[Brandon Finnegan]] | 3 | 0 | 2.96 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 21 |- |[[Jason Frasor]] | 1 | 0 | 1.54 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 18 |- |[[Jeremy Guthrie]] | 8 | 8 | 5.95 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 148.1 | 186 | 101 | 98 | 29 | 44 | 84 |- |[[Kelvin Herrera]] | 4 | 3 | 2.71 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 69.2 | 52 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 64 |- |[[Luke Hochevar]] | 1 | 1 | 3.73 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 50.2 | 49 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 49 |- |[[Greg Holland]] | 3 | 2 | 3.83 | 48 | 0 | 32 | 44.2 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 26 | 49 |- |[[Ryan Madson]] | 1 | 2 | 2.13 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 63.1 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 58 |- |[[Michael Mariot]] | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |- |[[Kris Medlen]] | 6 | 2 | 4.01 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 58.1 | 56 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 40 |- |[[Franklin Morales]] | 4 | 2 | 3.18 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 62.1 | 58 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 41 |- |[[Yohan Pino]] | 0 | 2 | 3.26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19.1 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 |- |[[Jason Vargas]] | 5 | 2 | 3.98 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 43.0 | 46 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 27 |- |[[Yordano Ventura]] | 13 | 8 | 4.08 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 163.1 | 154 | 75 | 74 | 14 | 58 | 156 |- |[[Edinson Volquez]] | 13 | 9 | 3.55 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 200.1 | 190 | 89 | 79 | 16 | 72 | 155 |- |[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]] | 11 | 6 | 3.06 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 123.1 | 91 | 44 | 42 | 16 | 43 | 83 |} ==Farm system== {{See also|Minor league baseball}} {{MLB Farm System|level11=[[Triple-A (baseball)|AAA]]|team11=[[Omaha Storm Chasers]]|league11=[[Pacific Coast League]]|manager11=[[Brian Poldberg]] |level12=[[Double-A (baseball)|AA]] |team12= [[Northwest Arkansas Naturals]]|league12=[[Texas League]]|manager12=[[Vance Wilson]] |level13=[[Single-A (baseball)|A-Advanced]] |team13=[[Wilmington Blue Rocks]]|league13=[[Carolina League]]|manager13=[[Brian Buchanan]] |level14=[[Single-A (baseball)|A]]|team14=[[Lexington Legends]]|league14=[[South Atlantic League]]|manager14=[[Omar Ramirez]] |level15=[[Minor league baseball#Rookie|Rookie]]|team15=[[Burlington Royals]]|league15=[[Appalachian League]]|manager15=[[Scott Thorman]] |level17=[[Minor league baseball#Rookie|Rookie]]|team17=[[Idaho Falls Chukars]]|league17=[[Pioneer League (baseball)|Pioneer League]]|manager17=[[Justin Gemoll]] |level19=[[Minor league baseball#Rookie|Rookie]]|team19=[[Dominican Summer League Royals|DSL Royals]]|league19=[[Dominican Summer League]]|manager19=[[Jose Gualdron]] }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=kc 2015 Kansas City Royals Official Site] *[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2015-schedule-scores.shtml 2015 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference] {{American League champions}} {{American League Central champions}} {{2015 MLB Playoffs navbox}} {{2015 MLB season by team}} {{Kansas City Royals}} [[Category:2015 Major League Baseball season|Kansas City Royals]] [[Category:Kansas City Royals seasons]] [[Category:2015 in Missouri|Kansas City Royals]] [[Category:American League Central champion seasons]] [[Category:American League champion seasons]]'
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext)
'{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox MLB yearly | name = Kansas City Royals | season = 2015 | misc =[[American League]] champions<br>[[American League Central]] Champions | image = | current league = American League | y1 = 1969 | division = [[American League Central|Central Division]] | y2 = 1994 | Uniform logo = | ballpark = [[Kauffman Stadium]] | y4 = 1973 | city = [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]] | y5 = 1969 | owners = [[David Glass (businessman)|David Glass]] | general managers = [[Dayton Moore]] | managers = [[Ned Yost]] | television = [[Fox Sports Kansas City]]<br/><small>([[Ryan Lefebvre]], [[Jeff Montgomery (baseball)|Jeff Montgomery]], [[Rex Hudler]], [[Steve Physioc]])</small> | radio = [[KCSP (AM)|KCSP]] 610 AM<br/><small>([[Denny Matthews]], [[Steve Stewart]], [[Ryan Lefebvre]], [[Steve Physioc]])</small> | next_season=none}} The '''2015 [[Kansas City Royals]] season''' is the 47th for the franchise, and their 43rd at [[Kauffman Stadium]]. The Royals will make their second consecutive World Series appearance in 2015, after winning the American League in [[2014 American League Championship Series|2014]]. The team won their first AL Central title on September 24, 2015, the first time the Royals won their division since [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|1985]]. They opened the playoffs by defeating the [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in five games in the [[2015 American League Division Series|Division Series]] and then defeated the [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] in six games in the [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. They will play the [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[2015 World Series]]. ==Offseason== '''October 30th:''' [[Josh Willingham]], [[James Shields (baseball)|James Shields]], [[Raul Ibanez]], [[Luke Hochevar]], [[Jason Frasor]], [[Scott Downs]], and [[Norichika Aoki]] become free agents. * Hochevar and Frasor re-signed with the Royals. * Downs signed with the [[Cleveland Indians]]. * Aoki signed with the [[San Francisco Giants]]. * Shields signed with the [[San Diego Padres]]. * Willingham ended up retiring at age 34. '''November 1st:''' [[Billy Butler (baseball)|Billy Butler]] becomes a free agent. He would sign with the [[Oakland Athletics]]. '''November 3rd:''' Promoted [[Paulo Orlando]]. '''Week of November 5th:''' Signed 4 players to a minor league contract, and invited 2 of them to [[Spring Training]]. '''November 20th:''' Received [[Reymond Fuentes]] from the [[San Diego Padres]] for [[Kyle Bartsch]] and promoted 2 other players. '''November 24th:''' [[Jayson Nix]] becomes a free agent while [[Juan Flores]] signs a minor league contract. '''November 26th:''' Received [[Ryan Jackson (shortstop)|Ryan Jackson]] from the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] for cash. * Jackson would be sent to the minors. '''November 28th:''' Received [[Bryan Flynn]] and [[Reid Redman]] from the [[Miami Marlins]] for [[Aaron Crow]]. Signed [[Jason Frasor]] and also gave [[Ismaldo Rodriguez]] to a minor league contract. '''December 2nd:''' [[Francisely Bueno]] becomes a free agent as [[Dany Geraldo]] signs a minor league contract. '''December 8th:''' Signed [[Gabriel Noriega]] to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring Training. '''December 11th:''' Received [[Jandel Gustave]] from the [[Boston Red Sox]] for cash. '''December 14th:''' Signed [[Angel Franco]] to a minor league contract. '''Week of December 15th:''' * Signed 3 players to a minor league contract. * Sent 3 players to the minors. * Released [[Carlos Peguero]]. * Signed [[Kendrys Morales]], [[Alex Rios]], [[Kris Medlen]], and [[Yohan Pino]]. * Received [[Brian Broderick]] from the [[Los Angeles Angels]] for [[Johnny Giavotella]]. '''December 28th:''' Signed 3 players to a minor league contract. '''December 29th:''' Signed [[Edinson Volquez]]. '''January 4th:''' Signed [[Ryan Madson]] to a minor league contract and invited him to Spring Training. '''January 16th:''' Signed 2 players to a minor league contract and invited them to Spring Training. '''January 26th:''' Invited 16 players to Spring Training and signed [[J. C. Boscan]] to a minor league contract and also invited him to Spring Training. [[Brian Bocock]] also signs a minor league contract. ==Season standings== ===American League Central=== {{2015 AL Central standings|highlight=Kansas City Royals}} ===American League Wild Card=== {{2015 AL Wild Card standings|highlight=Kansas City Royals}} ===Record against opponents=== {{2015 AL Record vs. opponents|team=KC}} ===Detailed Records=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center" | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''American League''' </span> |- ! Opponent !! Home !! Away !! Total !! Pct. !! Runs scored !! Runs allowed |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''AL East''' </span> |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] || 3–1 || 1-2 || 4-3 || {{winpct|4|3}} || 45 || 44 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] || 1–2 || 2–2 || 3–4 || {{winpct|3|4}} || 29 || 44 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] || 2–1 || 0–3 || 2–4 || {{winpct|2|4}} || 23 || 29 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]] || 4–0 || 2–1 || 6–1 || {{winpct|6|1}} || 44 || 24 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] || 2–1 || 1–3 || 3–4 || {{winpct|3|4}} || 33 || 39 |- style="font-weight:bold" | || 12–5 || 6-11 || 18–16 || {{winpct|18|16}} || 174 || 180 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''AL Central''' </span> |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] || 6–3 || 6-5 || 12–8 || {{winpct|12|8}} || 81 || 74 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] || 4-5 || 6-4 || 10-9 || {{winpct|10|9}} || 78 || 90 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] || 6–4 || 4-5 || 10-9 || {{winpct|10|9}} || 107 || 66 |- | style="text-align:left"| '''Kansas City Royals''' || – || – || – || – || – || – |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] || 5–5 || 7–2 || 12–7 || {{winpct|12|7}} || 74 || 51 |- style="font-weight:bold" | || 21-17 || 23-16 || 44-33 || {{winpct|44|33}} || 340 || 281 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#c60c30"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''AL West''' </span> |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] || 2–1 || 0–3 || 2–4 || {{winpct|2|4}} || 13 || 22 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Los Angeles Angels]] || 3–1 || 3–0 || 6–1 || {{winpct|6|1}} || 42 || 23 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland Athletics]] || 2–1 || 3–0 || 5–1 || {{winpct|5|1}} || 23 || 18 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]] || 2-1 || 2–1 || 4-2 || {{winpct|4|2}} || 28 || 28 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]] || 1–2 || 2–2 || 3–4 || {{winpct|3|4}} || 23 || 33 |- style="font-weight:bold" | || 10-6 || 10–6 || 20-12 || {{winpct|20|12}} || 129 || 124 |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center" |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left; background:#03224c"| <span style="color:#fff"> '''National League''' </span> |- ! Opponent !! Home !! Away !! Total !! Pct. !! Runs scored !! Runs allowed |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]] || 0–0 || 1–2 || 1–2 || {{winpct|1|2}} || 9 || 7 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]] || 2–0 || 2–0 || 4–0 || {{winpct|4|0}} || 17 || 5 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Milwaukee Brewers]] || 2–0 || 2–0 || 4–0 || {{winpct|4|0}} || 28 || 11 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]] || 2–1 || 0–0 || 2–1 || {{winpct|2|1}} || 15 || 12 |- | style="text-align:left"| [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] || 2–1 || 0–3 || 2–4 || {{winpct|2|4}} || 14 || 19 |- style="font-weight:bold" | || 8–2 || 5–5 || 13–7 || {{winpct|13|7}} || 83 || 54 |} {{col-end}} ===Game log=== <!-- Format for postponed games | -- || March 12 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 12:05pm ||colspan=6| PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Mar 22 --> {| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 5px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 5px solid;" | 2015 Game Log (95–67)<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Kansas City Royals Sortable Schedule|url=http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=kc&year=2015|publisher=''Kansas City Royals''}}</ref> |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">April: 15–7 (Home: 8–2 ; Away: 7–5)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 6 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 10–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (1–0) || [[Jeff Samardzija|Samardzija]] (0–1) || — || 40,085 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 8 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 7–5 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1–0) || [[Zach Putnam|Putnam]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (1) || 23,385 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 9 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 4–1 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (1–0) || [[John Danks|Danks]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (2) || 20,236 || 3–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 10 || @ [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 4–2 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (1–0) || [[Hector Santiago|Santiago]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1) || 44,489 || 4–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 11 || @ [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 6–4 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (1–0) || [[Jered Weaver|Weaver]] (0–2) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (3) || 44,154 || 5–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 12 || @ [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 9–2 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (2–0) || [[C. J. Wilson|Wilson]] (1–1) || — || 37,060 || 6–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 13 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 12–3 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (1–0) || [[Trevor May|May]] (0–1) || — || 40,123 || 7–0 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 15 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 1–3 || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (1–1) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (1–1) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (1) || 21,362 || 7–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 16 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 5–8 || [[Tommy Milone|Milone]] (2–0) || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (1–1) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (2) || 17,449 || 7–2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 17 || [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 6–4 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (2–0) || [[Dan Otero|Otero]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (4) || 39,228 || 8–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 18 || [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 0–5 || [[Jesse Hahn|Hahn]] (1–1) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (2–1) || [[Jesse Chavez|Chavez]] (1) || 33,151 || 8–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 19 || [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 4–2 || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (1–0) || [[Eric O'Flaherty|O'Flaherty]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (2) || 36,755 || 9–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 20 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 7–1 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (2–1) || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (1–2) || — || 20,393 || 10–3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 21 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 6–5 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (1–0) || [[Casey Fien|Fien]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (3) || 20,990 || 11–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || April 22 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 0–3 || [[Mike Pelfrey|Pelfrey]] (1–0) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (1–1) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (3) || 24,721 || 11–4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 23 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 3–2 <small>(13)</small> || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (2–0) || [[Jake Petricka|Petricka]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (4) || 14,218 || 12–4 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 24 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–2 <small>(8)</small> || colspan="3" | *'''Suspended (rain)''' <small>''(Resumed: April 26)''</small> || 20,350 || 12–4 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 25 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || colspan="6" | '''Postponed (rain)''' <small>''(Resceduled: July 17)''</small> |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 26 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–3* || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (2–0) || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (0–1) || — || 20,350 || 12–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 26 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 3–5 || [[John Danks|Danks]] (1–2) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (2–2) || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (3) || 23,317 || 12–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 27 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 6–2 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (2–1) || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (0–3) || — || 9,668 || 13–6 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 28 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 11–5 || '''[[Brandon Finnegan|Finnegan]]''' (1–0) || [[Scott Atchison|Atchison]] (0–1) || — || 10,698 || 14–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 29 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 5–7 || [[Danny Salazar|Salazar]] (3–0) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (2–2) || [[Cody Allen|Allen]] (4) || 10,284 || 14–7 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || April 30 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 8–1 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–0) || [[Alfredo Simón|Simón]] (4–1) || — || 28,405 || 15–7 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">May: 14–12 (Home: 9–5 ; Away: 5–7)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || May 1 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–1 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (2–0) || [[Kyle Lobstein|Lobstein]] (2–2) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (5) || 38,186 || 16–7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || May 2 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 1–2 || [[David Price (baseball)|Price]] (3–1) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (2–3) || — || 38,692 || 16–8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 3 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–6 || [[Aníbal Sánchez|Sánchez]] (2–3) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (1–2) || [[Joakim Soria|Soria]] (10) || 38,326 || 16–9 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 5 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 5–3 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (3–1) || [[Danny Salazar|Salazar]] (3–1) ||'''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (6) || 29,099 || 17–9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 6 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 3–10 || [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carrasco]] (4–2) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–1) || — || 23,316 || 17–10 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 7 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 7–4 || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (3–0) || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (0–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (5) || 38,271 || 18–10 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || May 8 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 5–6 || [[Joakim Soria|Soria]] (2–0) || '''[[Yohan Pino|Pino]]''' (0–1) || — || 39,434 || 18–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 9 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 6–2 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (2–2) || [[Aníbal Sánchez|Sánchez]] (2–4) || || 41,456 || 19–11 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 10 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 2–1 || '''[[Jason Frasor|Frasor]]''' (1–0) || [[Angel Nesbitt|Nesbitt]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (6) || 29,852 || 20–11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 11 || @ [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 2–8 || [[Colby Lewis|Lewis]] (3–2) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–2) || — || 21,206 || 20–12 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || May 12 || @ [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 7–6 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (1–0) || [[Stolmy Pimentel|Pimentel]] (0–1) || — || 23,659 || 21–12 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 13 || @ [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 2–5 || [[Yovani Gallardo|Gallardo]] (3–5) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (2–3) || [[Neftalí Feliz|Feliz]] (6) || 26,258 || 21–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 14 || @ [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 6–3 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (3–2) || [[Ross Detwiler|Detwiler]] (0–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (7) || 33,818 || 22–13 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 15 || [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 12–1 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (3–0) || [[Michael Pineda|Pineda]] (5–1) || — || 34,584 || 23–13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 16 || [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 1–5 || [[CC Sabathia|Sabathia]] (2–5) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–3) || — || 31,871 || 23–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 17 || [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 6–0 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (3–3) || [[Chris Capuano|Capuano]] (0–1) || — || 31,251 || 24–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 39 || May 19 || [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Reds]] || 3–0 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (3–3) || [[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]] (3–4) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (7) || 29,767 || 25–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 20 || [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Reds]] || 7–1 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (4–2) || [[Jason Marquis|Marquis]] (3–4) || — || 30,450 || 26–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 22 || [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 5–0 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (4–0) || [[Lance Lynn|Lynn]] (3–4) || — || 37,379 || 27–14 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 23 || [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 3–2 <small>(6)</small> || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (4–3) || [[John Lackey|Lackey]] (2–3) || — || 38,676 || 28–14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 24 || [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 1–6 || [[Michael Wacha|Wacha]] (7–0) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (3–4) || — || 36,342 || 28–15 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 25 || @ [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 1–14 || [[Nathan Eovaldi|Eovaldi]] (4–1) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (4–3) || — || 36,031 || 28–16 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 26 || @ [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 1–5 || [[Adam Warren (baseball)|Warren]] (3–3) || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (3–2) || — || 33,414 || 28–17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 27 || @ [[2015 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] || 2–4 || [[Michael Pineda|Pineda]] (6–2) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (4–1) || [[Andrew Miller (baseball)|Miller]] (14) || 32,734 || 28–18 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 29 || @ [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] || 8–4 || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (1–1) || [[Pedro Strop|Strop]] (1–3) || — || 34,273 || 29–18 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | || May 30 || @ [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] ||colspan="6" | ''Postponed (rain): Makeup date on September 28'' |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 31 || @ [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] || 1–2 <small>(11)</small> || [[Zac Rosscup|Rosscup]] (2–1) || [[Ryan Madson|Madson]] (0–1) || — || 37,766 || 29–19 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">June: 14–11 (Home: 5–5 ; Away: 7–4)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || June 2 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 1–2 || [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carrasco]] (7–4) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (2–1) || [[Cody Allen|Allen]] (12) || 30,361 || 29–20 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || June 3 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 4–2 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (4–2) || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (3–6) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (8) || 29,899 || 30–20 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || June 4 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 2–6 <small>(8)</small> || [[Trevor Bauer|Bauer]] (5–2) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (4–2) || — || 29,552 || 30–21 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || June 5 || [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 0–4 || [[Chi Chi Gonzalez|Gonzalez]] (2–0) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (4–4) || — || 38,159 || 30–22 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || June 6 || [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 2–4 || [[Wandy Rodriguez|Rodriguez]] (3–2) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (3–5) || [[Shawn Tolleson|Tolleson]] (7) || 37,924 || 30–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || June 7 || [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Rangers]] || 4–3 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (3–1) || [[Keone Kela|Kela]] (4–2) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (9) || 38,202 || 31–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 8 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–1 || '''[[Jason Vargas|Vargas]]''' (5–2) || [[Phil Hughes|Hughes]] (4–6) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (10) || 22,796 || 32–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || June 9 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 2–0 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (5–2) || [[Trevor May|May]] (4–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (11) || 22,497 || 33–23 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || June 10 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 7–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (5–4) || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (4–4) || — || 28,434 || 34–23 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 12 || @ [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 0–4 || [[Jaime García|García]] (2-3) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (3–6) || — || 45,909 || 34–24 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 59 || June 13 || @ [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 3–2 || [[Tyler Lyons|Lyons]] (1–0) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (4–4) || [[Trevor Rosenthal|Rosenthal]] (21) || 45,981 || 34–25 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | 60 || June 14 || @ [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] ||colspan="6" | ''Postponed (rain): Rescheduled July 23'' |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || June 15 || @ [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 8–5 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (6–4) || [[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]] (3–8) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (8) || 23,007 || 35–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 16 || @ [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 7–2 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (6–2) || [[Matt Garza|Garza]] (4–8) || – || 27,740 || 36–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 17 || [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 10–2 || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (1–0) || [[Mike Fiers|Fiers]] (3–7) || – || 33,420 || 37–25 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 64 || June 18 || [[2015 Milwaukee Brewers season|Brewers]] || 3–2 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (5–4) || [[Jimmy Nelson (baseball)|Nelson]] (3–8) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (12) || 36,318 || 38–25 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 65 || June 19 || [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 3–7 || [[Eduardo Rodríguez (left-handed pitcher)|Rodriguez]] (3-1) || '''[[Yohan Pino|Pino]]''' (0-2) || — || 38,190 || 38–26 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || June 20 || [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 7–4 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (7-4) || [[Rick Porcello|Porcello]] (4-8) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (13) || 39,115 || 39–26 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 21 || [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 2–13 || [[Wade Miley|Miley]] (7–6) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (6–3) || — || 37,975 || 39–27 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 68 || June 22 || @ [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 4–1 || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (2–0) || [[Félix Hernández|Hernández]] (10–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (14) || 23,588 || 40–27 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 23 || @ [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 0–7 || [[Mike Montgomery|Montgomery]] (2–2) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (5–5) || || 17,460 || 40–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 70 || June 24 || @ [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 8–2 || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (1–1) || [[Roenis Elias|Elias]] (4–5) || — || 23,392 || 41–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 26 || @ [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 5–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (8–4) || [[Jesse Hahn|Hahn]] (5–6) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (15) || 27,365 || 42–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || June 27 || @ [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 3–2 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (7–3) || [[Scott Kazmir|Kazmir]] (4–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (16) || 28,619 || 43–28 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 28 || @ [[2015 Oakland Athletics season|Athletics]] || 5–3 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (6–5) || [[Jesse Chavez|Chavez]] (4–7) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (9) || 22,477 || 44–28 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 74 || June 29 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 1–6 || [[Lance McCullers|McCullers]] (4–2) || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (2–1) || – || 20,419 || 44–29 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 30 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 0–4 || [[Dallas Keuchel|Keuchel]] (10–3) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (2–4) || — || 24,642 || 44–30 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">July: 17–11 (Home: 12–5 ; Away: 5–6)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || July 1 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 5–6 || [[Luke Gregerson|Gregerson]] (3–1) || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (1–2) || — || 25,848 || 44–31 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || July 2 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 0–2 || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (6–6) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (7–4) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (26) || 37,196 || 44–32 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 78 || July 3 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–2 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (4–1) || [[Aaron Thompson|Thompson]] (1–3) || — || 38,868 || 45–32 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || July 4 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–5 || [[Brian Duensing|Duensing]] (3–0) || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (2–2) || [[Glen Perkins|Perkins]] (27) || 37,917 || 45–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 80 || July 5 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–2 || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (2–0) || [[Blaine Boyer|Boyer]] (2–4) || — || 29,427 || 46–33 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || July 6 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] ||colspan="6" | ''Postponed (rain) to July 7 as part of a doubleheader.'' |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 7 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 9–5 || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (3–0) || [[Brad Boxberger|Boxberger]] (4–5) || – || 22,386 || 47–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || July 7 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 7–1 || '''[[Brandon Finnegan|Finnegan]]''' (2–0) || [[Brandon Gomes|Gomes]] (1–4) || – || 28,119 || 48–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 8 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 9–7 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (7–5) || [[Chris Archer|Archer]] (9–6) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (17) || 28,204 || 49–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 9 || [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 8–3 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (4–6) || [[Nate Karns|Karns]] (4–5) || || 32,308 || 50–33 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 10 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 3–0 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (3–4) || [[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Estrada]] (6–5) || [[Greg Holland|Holland]] (18) || 31,558 || 51–33 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 86 || July 11 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 2–6 || [[Mark Buehrle|Buehrle]] (10–5) || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (7–5) || — || 30,790 || 51–34 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 12 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 11–10 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (5–1) || [[Bo Schultz|Schultz]] (0–1) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (19) || 31,962 || 52–34 |- bgcolor=#ddd | &ndash; || July 14 || [[2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|86th All-Star Game]] || [[American League|'''AL''']] 6–3 [[National League|NL]] || [[David Price (baseball)|Price]] <small>('''AL''', [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|DET]])</small> || [[Clayton Kershaw|Kershaw]] <small>(NL, [[2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]])</small> || colspan=3 | [[National League]] vs. [[American League]] ([[Great American Ball Park]],<br>[[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, OH]]) |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || July 17 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 4–2 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (8–5) || [[Jeff Samardzija|Samardzija]] (6–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (20) || 25,807 || 53–34 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 17 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 0–2 || [[John Danks|Danks]] (5–8) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (8–5) || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (20) || 25,701 || 53–35 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 90 || July 18 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 7–6 <small>(13)</small> || '''[[Brandon Finnegan|Finnegan]]''' (3–0) || [[Dan Jennings (pitcher)|Jennings]] (1–3) || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (1) || 33,559 || 54–35 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 91 || July 19 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 4–1 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (4–4) || [[Chris Sale|Sale]] (8–5) || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (1) || 32,175 || 55–35 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 20 || [[2015 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pirates]] || 7–10 || [[A. J. Burnett|Burnett]] (8–3) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (4–7) || [[Mark Melancon|Melancon]] (30) || 38,169 || 55–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 93 || July 21 || [[2015 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pirates]] || 3–1 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (6–1) || [[Gerrit Cole|Cole]] (13–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (21) || 38,163 || 56–36 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 94 || July 22 || [[2015 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pirates]] || 5–1 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (9–5) || [[Charlie Morton (pitcher)|Morton]] (6–4) || — || 39,105 || 57–36 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 23|| @ [[2015 St. Louis Cardinals season|Cardinals]] || 3–4 || [[John Lackey|Lackey]] (9–5) || ''' [[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (8–6) || [[Trevor Rosenthal|Rosenthal]] (30) || 46,003 || 57–37 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 24 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 0–4 || [[Scott Kazmir|Kazmir]] (6–5) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (7–6) || [[Luke Gregerson|Gregerson]] (21) || 36,965 || 57–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 25 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 2–1 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (2–2) || [[Will Harris|Harris]] (4–2) || — || 38,893 || 58–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 26 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 5–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (5–7) || [[Dallas Keuchel|Keuchel]] (12–5) || — || 33,638 || 59–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || July 27 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 9–4 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (10–5) || [[Cody Anderson (baseball)|Anderson]] (2–2) || '''[[Joe Blanton|Blanton]]''' (2) || 13,611 || 60–38 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 100 || July 28 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 2–1 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (7–1) || [[Trevor Bauer|Bauer]] (8–8) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (22) || 18,064 || 61–38 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 29 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 1–12 || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (6–11) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (7–7) || — || 19,767 || 61–39 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 30 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 2–5 || [[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Estrada]] (8–6) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (4–5) || [[Roberto Osuna|Osuna]] (6) || 30,057 || 61–40 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 31 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 6–7 || [[Liam Hendriks|Hendriks]] (3–0) || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (3–1) || — || 29,389 || 61–41 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">August: 19–9 ( Home: 11–3 ; Away: 9–6 )</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || August 1 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 7–6 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (6–7) || [[Mark Lowe|Lowe]] (0–2) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (23) || 37,932 || 62–41 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || August 2 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 2–5 || [[R. A. Dickey|Dickey]] (6–10) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (10–6) || [[Roberto Osuna|Osuna]] (7) || 45,736 || 62–42 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 106 || August 4 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 5–1 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (5–5) || [[Justin Verlander|Verlander]] (1–4) || || 35,039 || 63–42 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || August 5 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 1–2 || [[Matt Boyd (baseball)|Boyd]] (1–2) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (7–7) || [[Alex Wilson (baseball)|Wilson]] (2) || 34,628 || 63–43 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 6 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 6–8 || [[Alex Wilson (baseball)|Wilson]] (2–3) || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (1–2) || — || 38,919 || 63–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 109 || August 7 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 3–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (11–6) || [[John Danks|Danks]] (6–9) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (24) || 36,211 || 64–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 110 || August 8 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 7–6 || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (8–7) || [[Jeff Samardzija|Samardzija]] (8–7) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (25) || 39,302 || 65–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 9 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 5–4 || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (3–2) || [[Jake Petricka|Petricka]] (3–3) || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (2) || 35,785 || 66–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 10 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–0 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (8–7) || [[Matt Boyd (baseball)|Boyd]] (1–3) || || 36,672 || 67–44 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 113 || August 11 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 6–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (7–7) || [[Aníbal Sánchez|Sánchez]] (10–10) || '''[[Luke Hochevar|Hochevar]]''' (1) || 34,068 || 68–44 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 12 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–7 || [[Neftalí Feliz|Feliz]] (2–3) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (11–7) || [[Bruce Rondón|Rondón]] (2) || 30,732 || 68–45 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 115 || August 13 || [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 6–7 || [[José Álvarez (baseball, born 1989)|Álvarez]] (3–3) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (3–1) || [[Huston Street|Street]] (27) || 32,098 || 68–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 116 || August 14 || [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 4–1 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (6–5) || [[Jered Weaver|Weaver]] (4–9) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (26) || 36,926 || 69–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 15 || [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 9–4 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–8) || [[Matt Shoemaker|Shoemaker]] (5–9) || — || 39,251 || 70–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 118 || August 16 || [[2015 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] || 4–3 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (4–2) || [[Trevor Gott|Gott]] (2–1) || — || 36,845 || 71–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 119 || August 18 || @ [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Reds]] || 3–1 <small>(13)</small> || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (1–0) || [[Ryan Mattheus|Mattheus]] (1–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (27) || 28,719 || 72–46 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 19 || @ [[2015 Cincinnati Reds season|Reds]] || 4–3 || '''[[Luke Hochevar|Hochevar]]''' (1–0) || [[Keyvius Sampson|Sampson]] (2–2) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (10) || 18,078 || 73–46 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 20 || @ [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 1–4 || [[Wade Miley|Miley]] (10–9) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (6–6) || [[Junichi Tazawa|Tazawa]] (2) || 35,458 || 73–47 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 21 || @ [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 2–7 || [[Henry Owens (left-handed pitcher)|Owens]] (2–1) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–8) || || 35,203 || 73–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 123 || August 22 || @ [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 6–3 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (8–7) || [[Matt Barnes (baseball)|Barnes]] (3–4) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (28) || 37,135 || 74–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 23 || @ [[2015 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] || 8–6 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (9–6) || [[Junichi Tazawa|Tazawa]] (2–6) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (11) || 36,151 || 75–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 125 || August 24 || [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 8–3 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (2–0) || [[Ubaldo Jiménez|Jiménez]] (9–8) || — || 27,797 || 76–48 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 25 || [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 3–2 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (7–6) || [[Miguel González (pitcher)|González]] (9–10) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (12) || 29,734 || 77–48 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 26 || [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 5–8 || [[Wei-Yin Chen|Chen]] (8–6) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–9) || [[Zach Britton|Britton]] (30) || 33,003 || 77–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 27 || [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 5–3 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (9–7) || [[Chris Tillman|Tillman]] (9–9) || — || 31,155 || 78–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 28 || @ [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 3–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (12–7) || [[Erasmo Ramírez (right-handed pitcher)|Ramírez]] (10–5) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (29) || 13,622 || 79–49 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || August 29 || @ [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 6–3 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (3–0) || [[Jake Odorizzi|Odorizzi]] (6–7) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (13) || 24,372 || 80–49 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || August 30 || @ [[2015 Tampa Bay Rays season|Rays]] || 2–3 || [[Xavier Cedeño|Cedeño]] (3–1) || '''[[Luke Hochevar|Hochevar]]''' (1–1) || [[Brad Boxberger|Boxberger]] (32) || 18,634 || 80–50 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">September: 11–17 (Home: 6–9 ; Away: 5–8 )</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || September 1 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 5–6 || [[Justin Verlander|Verlander]] (3–6) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–10) || [[Bruce Rondón|Rondón]] (3) || 30,665 || 80–51 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 133 || September 2 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 12–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (10–7) || [[Randy Wolf|Wolf]] (0–3) || — || 26,789 || 81–51 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || September 3 || [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 15–7 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (10–6) || [[Kyle Ryan|Ryan]] (1–3) || — || 29,409 || 82–51 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || September 4 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 1–12 || [[John Danks|Danks]] (7–12) || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (3–1) || — || 36,953 || 82–52 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || September 5 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] ||1–6 ||[[Jose Quintana|Quintana]] (6–10) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (7–7) || — || 37,287 || 82–53 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || September 6 || [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] ||5–7 || [[Erik Johnson|Johnson]] (1–0) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–11) || — || 38,902 || 82–54 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 7 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 2–6 || [[Tommy Milone|Milone]] (8–4) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (10–8) || — || 36,825 || 82–55 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 139 || September 8 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 4–2 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (13–7) || [[Kyle Gibson|Gibson]] (9–10) || — || 31,834 || 83–55 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || September 9 || [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 2–3 <small>(12)</small> || [[Blaine Boyer|Boyer]] (3–4) || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (3–2) || [[Kevin Jepsen|Jepsen]] (12) || 32,286 || 83–56 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 11 || @ [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 8–14 || [[Mychal Givens|Givens]] (2–0) || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (4–3) || — || 45,420 || 83–57 |- bgcolor="bbffbbb" | 142 || September 12 || @ [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 14–6 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (11–8) || [[Brian Matusz|Matusz]] (1–4) || — || 35,439 || 84–57 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 13 || @ [[2015 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] || 2–8 || [[Wei-Yin Chen|Chen]] (9–7) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (9–12) || — || 22,496 || 84–58 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 14 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 3–8 || [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carrasco]] (13–10) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (13–8) || — || 10,356 || 84–59 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 145 || September 15 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 2–0 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (4–1) || [[Josh Tomlin|Tomlin]] (5–2) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (31) || 10,516 || 85–59 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 16 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 1–5 || [[Danny Salazar|Salazar]] (13–8) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (7–8) || — || 11,103 || 85–60 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 147 || September 17 || @ [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 8–4 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (12–8) || [[Corey Kluber|Kluber]] (8–14) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (32) || 13,125 || 86–60 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 18 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 4–5 <small>(12)</small> || [[Drew VerHagen|VerHagen]] (2–0) || '''[[Greg Holland|Holland]]''' (3–2) || — || 32,926 || 86–61 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 19 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 5–6 <small>(11)</small> || [[Tom Gorzelanny|Gorzelanny]] (2–2) || '''[[Miguel Almonte|Almonte]]''' (0–1) || — || 36,007 || 86–62 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 150 || September 20 || @ [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Tigers]] || 10–3 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (5–1) || [[Alfredo Simón|Simón]] (13–10) || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (1) || 32,788 || 87–62 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 22 || [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 2–11 || [[Hisashi Iwakuma|Iwakuma]] (9–4) || '''[[Jeremy Guthrie|Guthrie]]''' (8–8) || — || 29,081 || 87–63 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 152 || September 23 || [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 4–3 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (8–1) || [[David Rollins|Rollins]] (0–2) || — || 28,756 || 88–63 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 153 || September 24 || [[2015 Seattle Mariners season|Mariners]] || 10–4 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (10–12) || [[Logan Kensing|Kensing]] (1–1) || — || 32,244 || 89–63 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 25 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 0–6 || [[Carlos Carrasco (baseball)|Carrasco]] (14–11) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (13–9) || — || 37,049 || 89–64 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 26 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 5–9 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (5–2) || [[Zach McAllister|McAllister]] (4–4) || — || 36,167 || 89–65 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || September 27 || [[2015 Cleveland Indians season|Indians]] || 3–0 || '''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]]''' (11–6) || [[Danny Salazar|Salazar]] (13–10) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (14) || 36,339 || 90–65 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 28 || @ [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]] || 0–1 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Fernando Rodney|Rodney]]''' (7–5) || [[Miguel Almonte|Almonte]] (0–2) || — || 40,552 || 90–66 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 29 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 2–4 || [[Jeff Samardzija|Samardzija]] (11–13) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (10–13) || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (33) || 13,024 || 90–67 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || September 30 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 5–3 || '''[[Franklin Morales|Morales]]''' (4–2) || [[David Robertson (baseball)|Robertson]] (6–5) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (15) || 12,818 || 91–67 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15317E 2px solid; border-bottom:#74B4FA 2px solid;">October: 4–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 4–0 )</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center; display:none;"> {| class="wikitable" |- ! width="4%" | # ! width="11%" | Date ! width="14%" | Opponent ! width="12%" | Score ! width="18%" | Win ! width="18%" | Loss ! width="14%" | Save ! width="8%" | Attendance ! width="5%" | Record |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || October 1 || @ [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]] || 6–4 || '''[[Kris Medlen|Medlen]]''' (6–2) || [[John Danks|Danks]] (7–15) || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (3) || 12,825 || 92–67 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || October 2 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 3–1 || '''[[Louis Coleman|Coleman]]''' (1–0) || [[Ervin Santana|Santana]] (7–5) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (16) || 31,534 || 93–67 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 161 || October 3 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 5–1 || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (13–8) || [[Blaine Boyer|Boyer]] (3–6) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (17) || 30,181 || 94–67 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 162 || October 4 || @ [[2015 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]] || 6–1 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (11–13) || [[Ricky Nolasco|Nolasco]] (5–2) || — || 24,108 || 95–67 |} |- style="text-align:center;" ! colspan=9 | ''Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{colorbox|#cfc}} = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{colorbox|#fbb}} = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {{colorbox|#bbb}} = Postponement<br>Bold = Royals team member'' |} == Post-season == === [[2015 American League Division Series|American League Division Series]] vs. [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] === The [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] defeated the [[2015 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] 3–0 in the [[2015 American League Wild Card Game]] on Tuesday, October 6, earning them the right to play the Royals in the ALDS. ==== Game 1, October 8 ==== 6:37 p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] at [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] {{linescore | Road = '''Houston''' | RoadAbr = HOU | R1 = 2 | R2 = 1 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 1 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 1 | R9 = 0 | RR = 5 | RH = 11 | RE = 0 | Home = Kansas City | HomeAbr = KC | H1 = 0 | H2 = 1 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 1 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = 0 | HR = 2 | HH = 6 | HE = 0 | WP = [[Collin McHugh]] (1–0) | LP = '''[[Yordano Ventura]]''' (0–1) | SV = [[Luke Gregerson]] (1) | HomeHR = [[Kendrys Morales]] (2) | RoadHR = [[George Springer]], [[Colby Rasmus]] }} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Yordano Ventura]]''' (L, 0–1) | 2.0 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 13.50 |- ! [[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]] | 4.0 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 2.25 |- ! [[Kelvin Herrera]] | 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- ! [[Ryan Madson]] | 1.0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 9.00 |- ! [[Luke Hochevar]] | 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |} One season after the Royals blazed through the 2014 ALDS and ALCS with sweeps, they fell to the Astros in their first postseason game of 2015, struggling to manufacture offense against Houston's [[Collin McHugh]]. McHugh pitched six innings, holding the Royals to two runs and six hits. The only Kansas City hitter to produce runs was [[Kendrys Morales]], who cracked a pair of solo shots off McHugh in the second and fourth innings. Morales had been the leadoff batter in the second; and in the fourth, the Royals could not put any men on base prior to Morales' second blast. Kansas City's own starter, [[Yordano Ventura]], seemed dazed early, giving up a walk and two hits to the Astros before he recorded the game's first out. Houston then utilized sacrifice ground outs to bring home their first two runs of the game. After surrendering a third run in the second inning, Ventura, having amassed only two innings of work and having struck out two, was replaced by [[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]], who would go on to pitch four innings, the most of any Royal in the game. Young put three zeroes on the board against Houston, but the Astros did strike once against him in the fifth, taking a 4–2 lead, as [[George Springer]] hit a solo home run to left field. Houston's offense was nightcapped, appropriately, by a [[Colby Rasmus]] home run in the eighth; Rasmus had crushed a home run in the [[2015 American League Wild Card Game|wild card game]] against New York to help the Astros earn a series against the Royals. A loyal crowd in Kansas City tried to unnerve Houston closer [[Luke Gregerson]] in the ninth, especially after he hit [[Mike Moustakas]] with a pitch, but the final inning was otherwise uneventful, and the Astros sealed their 5–2 Game 1 victory over the Royals with relative ease. ==== Game 2, October 9 ==== 2:47 p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] at [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] {{linescore | Road = Houston | RoadAbr = HOU | R1 = 1 | R2 = 2 | R3 = 1 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 4 | RH = 8 | RE = 0 | Home = '''Kansas City''' | HomeAbr = KC | H1 = 0 | H2 = 1 | H3 = 1 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 2 | H7 = 1 | H8 = 0 | H9 = - | HR = 5 | HH = 11 | HE = 0 | WP = '''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' (1–0) | LP = [[Will Harris]] (0–1) | SV = '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]]''' (1) | HomeHR = [[Salvador Pérez]] | RoadHR = [[Colby Rasmus]] }} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Johnny Cueto]]''' | 6.0 || 7 || 4 || 4 || 3 || 5 || 1 || 6.00 |- ! [[Kelvin Herrera]] (W, 1–0) | 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |- ! [[Ryan Madson]] | 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- ! [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (S, 1) | 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |} The Royals struck back in Game 2 to force a Game 4 in Houston, but it wasn't easy. They again fell behind early as starter [[Johnny Cueto]]'s struggles continued, [[Colby Rasmus]] doubling to bring in [[George Springer]] to give the Astros a 1–0 lead. They would pad it in the second with two more runs off of Cueto, courtesy of a Springer line drive that brought home [[Chris Carter (right-handed hitter)|Chris Carter]] and [[Jason Castro (baseball)|Jason Castro]], who had previously reached on a single and walk, respectively. The Royals' offense rolled out of bed in the bottom of the second, with [[Salvador Pérez]] cracking a solo shot off of Houston's [[Scott Kazmir]]. The Astros negated the effect of the Kansas City run in the top of the third as Rasmus homered for his third consecutive postseason game. Kansas City remained resilient, however, with [[Alex Rios]] doubling, [[Alcides Escobar]] singling on an overturned video-review call, and a [[Ben Zobrist]] hitting a sacrifice ground out to bring Rios home. At the end of the third inning, Houston led 4–2. The Astros' scoring for the evening was over. Neither team posted a run in the fourth or fifth innings, but the Royals hung their first two-spot in the bottom of the sixth. After [[Lorenzo Cain]] doubled with one out, Kazmir was relieved by [[Óliver Pérez]], who was shaky, allowing [[Eric Hosmer]] to score Cain. [[Kendrys Morales]] then singled and [[Mike Moustakas]] drew a walk. [[Josh Fields (pitcher)|Josh Fields]] entered the game as Houston's third pitcher of the inning. Fields walked yet another batter, bringing home the tying run in Hosmer, before ending the inning with two consecutive strikeouts. Kansas City then took the lead in the bottom of the seventh, Escobar tripling and then being brought home by a Zobrist single. [[Ryan Madson]] was effective in relief for Kansas City in the eighth. In the ninth, closer [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] struck out [[Jed Lowrie]], but then walked [[Preston Tucker]]. However, in their second challenge victory of the night, a Davis pickoff throw in which Tucker was originally ruled to be safe was overturned, retiring Tucker for the second out of the inning. [[Jose Altuve]] then grounded out to end the game. ==== Game 3, October 11 ==== 3:07 p.m. [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] at [[Minute Maid Park]] in [[Houston, Texas]] {{linescore | Road = Kansas City | RoadAbr = KC | R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 1 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 1 | RR = 2 | RH = 7 | RE = 0 | Home = '''Houston''' | HomeAbr = HOU | H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 2 | H6 = 1 | H7 = 1 | H8 = 0 | H9 = – | HR = 4 | HH = 8 | HE = 1 | WP = [[Dallas Keuchel]] (1–0) | LP = '''[[Edinson Volquez]]''' (0–1) | SV = [[Luke Gregerson]] (2) | HomeHR = [[Chris Carter (right-handed hitter)|Chris Carter]] | RoadHR = [[Lorenzo Cain]], [[Alex Gordon]] }} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Edinson Volquez]]''' (L, 0–1) | 5.2 || 5 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 4.76 |- ! [[Danny Duffy]] | 0.2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 13.50 |- ! [[Luke Hochevar]] | 1.2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |} The Kansas City Royals' [[Edinson Volquez]] pitched valiantly, only allowing three of four runs from Houston's power-hitting lineup, but the Astros surged ahead 2–1 in the series anyway on the back of another strong pitching performance from their own starter, [[Dallas Keuchel]], who struck out seven Royal batters and surrendered only a solo home run, a fourth inning blast off the bat of [[Lorenzo Cain]]. Kansas City's only other run would come off of Houston relief pitching. Houston's own offense struck in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Astros posting a two-run frame to negate the Cain blast. Volquez, after striking out [[Carlos Gomez]], walked [[Luis Valbuena]], who was then moved over to third base by virtue of a [[Chris Carter (right-handed hitter)|Chris Carter]] double. [[Jason Castro (baseball)|Jason Castro]] then manufactured a ground ball single to score both Carter and Gomez. The Astros then hung two more runs on the Royals, one each in the sixth and seventh. [[Alex Gordon]] homered for Kansas City in the top of the ninth, a solo shot off closer [[Luke Gregerson]], but Gregerson then gathered himself and retired the remainder of the Royals' ninth without suffering any further damage, sealing the Houston victory. The Royals now must win in Game 4 on the road to extend the series, and their season, to a Game 5. ====Game 4, October 12==== {{linescore| | Date = October 12, 2015 | Time = 1:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]) | Location = [[Minute Maid Park]] in [[Houston, Texas]] | Other = |Road='''Kansas City'''|RoadAbr=KC |R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=5|R9=2|RR=9|RH=8|RE=0 |Home=Houston|HomeAbr=HOU |H1=0|H2=1|H3=1|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=3|H8=0|H9=0|HR=6|HH=9|HE=1 |RSP=|HSP= |WP=[[Ryan Madson]] (1–0)|LP=[[Tony Sipp]] (0–1)|SV=[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (2) |RoadHR=[[Salvador Perez]] (2), [[Eric Hosmer]] (1)|HomeHR=[[Carlos Gómez]] (1), [[Carlos Correa]] 2 (2), [[Colby Rasmus]] (3) |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Yordano Ventura]]''' | 5 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 7.71 |- ! [[Kelvin Herrera]] | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 3.00 |- ! [[Ryan Madson]] (W, 1-0) | 1 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 9.00 |- ! [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (S, 2) | 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 3.00 |- |} The Royals' string of clutch hits in the top of the eighth against a frazzled Houston bullpen restored life to a team that had been pushed to the brink of elimination by Astro starter [[Lance McCullers]]. Reliever [[Ryan Madson]] was credited with the win for Kansas City in spite of giving up back to back home runs in the bottom of the seventh that had a raucous Minute Maid Park crowd thinking that an Astros seat in the ALCS was all but assured. Houston's [[Will Harris]] was charged with four earned runs and [[Tony Sipp]] with one during Kansas City's eighth inning comeback. ====Game 5, October 14==== {{linescore| | Date = October 14, 2015 | Time = 8:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] | Other = |Road=Houston|RoadAbr=HOU |R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=2|RE=0 |Home='''Kansas City'''|HomeAbr=KC |H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=3|H6=0|H7=0|H8=3|H9=-|HR=7|HH=8|HE=0 |RSP=[[Collin McHugh]]|HSP=[[Johnny Cueto]] |WP=[[Johnny Cueto]] (1-0)|LP=[[Collin McHugh]] (1-1)|SV= [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (3) |RoadHR=[[Luis Valbuena]]|HomeHR=[[Kendrys Morales]] |Attendance=40,566 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- ! '''[[Johnny Cueto]]''' (W, 1–0) | 8 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 3.86 |- ! [[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (S, 3) | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |- |} === [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]] vs. [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] === The [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] had defeated the [[2015 Texas Rangers season|Texas Rangers]] three games to two in the [[2015 American League Division Series]]. ====Game 1, October 16==== {{linescore| |Date = October 16, 2015 |Time = 7:30&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Other = |Road=Toronto|RoadAbr=TOR |R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=3|RE=1 |Home='''Kansas City'''|HomeAbr=KC |H1=0|H2=0|H3=2|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=2|H9=X|HR=5|HH=8|HE=1 |WP=[[Edinson Volquez]] (1–0) |LP=[[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Marco Estrada]] (0–1) |SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR=[[Salvador Perez]] |Attendance=39,753 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Edinson Volquez]] (W, 1–0)''' || 6.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Ryan Madson]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Luke Hochevar]]''' || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |} ====Game 2, October 17==== {{linescore| |Date = October 17, 2015 |Time = 3:30&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Other = |Road=Toronto|RoadAbr=TOR |R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=2|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=3|RH=10|RE=0 |Home='''Kansas City'''|HomeAbr=KC |H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=5|H8=1|H9=X|HR=6|HH=8|HE=0 |WP=[[Danny Duffy]] (1–0) |LP=[[David Price (baseball)|David Price]] (0–1)|SV=[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (1) |RoadHR=None|HomeHR= |Attendance=40,357 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Yordano Ventura]] (0–1)''' || 5.1 || 8 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 5.06 |- !'''[[Luke Hochevar]]''' || 0.2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Danny Duffy]] (W, 1-0)''' || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (S, 1)''' || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |} This game marked the fourth time the Royals had rallied back from a multi-run deficit to win in this post-season.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chisholm|first1=Gregor|last2=Flanagan|first2=Jeffrey|title=KC pops Price's bubble in 7th for 2-0 lead|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/154767158/royals-rally-against-blue-jays-win-game-2?game_pk=446260|website=mlb.com|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, LP.|accessdate=October 20, 2015|location=[[Kansas City, Missouri]]|date=October 17, 2015}}</ref> With the Royals trailing 3–0, Ben Zobrist led off the seventh inning with a pop-up to shallow right field. Second baseman [[Ryan Goins]] had a lead on the ball and waived off charging right fielder [[José Bautista]] only to duck out of the way at the last moment, allowing the ball to drop for what was ruled a single. The Royals went on to score five runs in the inning.<ref>{{cite news|last=Corcoran|first=Cliff|title=Royals come from behind to defeat Blue Jays in Game 2 of ALCS|url=http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/10/17/alcs-game-2-royals-defeat-blue-jays-comeback-david-price|accessdate=October 18, 2015|work=[[Sports Illustrated]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|date=October 17, 2015|location=[[Kansas City, Missouri]]}}</ref> This marked David Price's seventh consecutive playoff loss, tying him with [[Randy Johnson]] for the record.<ref>{{cite news|title=Five-run rally against David Price sparks Royals to 2-0 advantage|url=http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=351017107|accessdate=October 20, 2015|work=ESPN News Services|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|date=October 17, 2015|location=[[Kansas City, Missouri]]}}</ref> ====Game 3, October 19==== {{linescore| |Date = October 19, 2015 |Time = 7:00&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Rogers Centre]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]] |Other = |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=1|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=2|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=4|RR=8|RH=15|RE=0 |Home='''Toronto'''|HomeAbr=TOR |H1=0|H2=3|H3=6|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=11|HH=11|HE=0 |WP=[[Marcus Stroman]] (1–0)|LP=[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]] (0–1)|SV= |RoadHR=[[Kendrys Morales]]|HomeHR=[[Troy Tulowitzki]], [[Josh Donaldson]], [[Ryan Goins]] |Attendance=49,751 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Johnny Cueto]] (L, 0–1)''' || 2.0* || 6 || 8 || 8 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 36.00 |- ! [[Kris Medlen]] || 5.0 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 6 || 2 || 3.60 |- ! [[Franklin Morales]] || 1.0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 9.00 |- |colspan="9" | * Cueto pitched to five batters in the third. |} ====Game 4, October 20==== {{linescore| |Date = October 20, 2015 |Time = 3:00&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Rogers Centre]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]] |Other = |Road='''Kansas City'''|RoadAbr=KC |R1=4|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=4|R8=3|R9=2|RR=14|RH=15|RE=0 |Home=Toronto|HomeAbr=TOR |H1=0|H2=0|H3=2|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=7|HE=0 |WP=[[Luke Hochevar]] (1–0)|LP=[[R.A. Dickey]] (0–1)|SV= |RoadHR=[[Ben Zobrist]] (1), [[Alex Ríos]] (1)|HomeHR= |Attendance=49,501 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]]''' || 4.2 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 3.86 |- !'''[[Luke Hochevar]] (W, 1-0)''' || 1.1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Ryan Madson]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Franklin Morales]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4.50 |} ====Game 5, October 21==== {{linescore| |Date = October 21, 2015 |Time = 3:00&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Rogers Centre]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]] |Other = |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=1|RH=4|RE=0 |Home=Toronto|HomeAbr=TOR |H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=4|H7=1|H8=1|H9=x|HR=7|HH=8|HE=0 |WP=[[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Marco Estrada]] (1–1)|LP=[[Edinson Volquez]] (1–1)|SV= |RoadHR=[[Salvador Pérez]] (2)|HomeHR=[[Chris Colabello]] (1) |Attendance=49,325 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Edison Volquez]] (L, 1-1)''' || 5.0 || 3 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 4.09 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Danny Duffy]]''' || 2.0 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 6.00 |} ====Game 6, October 23==== {{linescore| |Date = October 23, 2015 |Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) |Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Other = |Road=Toronto|RoadAbr=TOR |R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=2|R9=0|RR=3|RH=7|RE=0 |Home='''Kansas City'''|HomeAbr=KC |H1=1|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=1|H9=x|HR=4|HH=9|HE=0 |WP=[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (1–0)|LP=[[Roberto Osuna]] (0–1)|SV= |RoadHR=[[José Bautista]] 2 (2)|HomeHR=[[Ben Zobrist]] (2), [[Mike Moustakas]] (1) |Attendance=40,494 |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- !'''[[Yordano Ventura]]''' || 5.1 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 1 || 3.38 |- !'''[[Kelvin Herrera]]''' || 1.2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0.00 |- !'''[[Ryan Madson]]''' || 0.1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7.71 |- !'''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] (W, 1-0)''' || 1.2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0.00 |} === [[2015 World Series|World Series]] vs. [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] === The [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] had defeated the [[2015 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]] four games to zero in the [[2015 National League Championship Series]]. ====Game 1, October 27==== {{linescore| | Date = Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYM |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=Kansas City|HomeAbr=KC |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 2, October 28==== {{linescore| | Date = Wednesday, October 28, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYM |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=Kansas City|HomeAbr=KC |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 3, October 30==== {{linescore| | Date = Friday, October 30, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Citi Field]] in [[Queens, New York]] |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYM |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 4, October 31==== {{linescore| | Date = Saturday, October 31, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Citi Field]] in [[Queens, New York]] |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYM |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} <!-- ====Game 5, November 1==== {{linescore| | Date = Sunday, November 1, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Citi Field]] in [[Queens, New York]] |Road=Kansas City|RoadAbr=KC |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYM |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 6, November 3==== {{linescore| | Date = Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYM |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=Kansas City|HomeAbr=KC |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} ====Game 7, November 4==== {{linescore| | Date = Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | Time = 7:07&nbsp;p.m. ([[Central Time Zone|CDT]]) | Location = [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] |Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYM |R1=–|R2=–|R3=–|R4=–|R5=–|R6=–|R7=–|R8=–|R9=–|RR=0|RH=0|RE=0 |Home=Kansas City|HomeAbr=KC |H1=–|H2=–|H3=–|H4=–|H5=–|H6=–|H7=–|H8=–|H9=–|HR=0|HH=0|HE=0 |RSP=TBD|HSP=TBD |WP=|LP=|SV= |RoadHR=|HomeHR= |Attendance= |}} {| class="wikitable" style=width:590px; |- ! Royals Pitchers ! [[Innings pitched|IP]] ! [[Hit (baseball)|H]] ! [[Run (baseball)|R]] ! [[Earned run|ER]] ! [[Base on balls|BB]] ! [[Strikeout|SO]] ! [[Home run|HR]] ! [[Earned run average|ERA]] |- |} --> ===Postseason game log=== {| class="toccolours collapsible" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#27408B" | <span style="color:white;">2015 Kansas City Royals Postseason Game Log (7–4)</span> |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame collapsible"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#74B4FA;"><span style="color:#27408B;">[[2015 American League Division Series|<span style="color:#27408B;">AL Division Series</span>]] vs. [[2015 Houston Astros season|<span style="color:#27408B;">Houston Astros</span>]] (3–2)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center;display:none;"> {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Win ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Loss ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Save ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Attendance ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Series |- text-align:center; bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 8 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 2–5 || [[Collin McHugh|McHugh]] (1–0) || '''[[Yordano Ventura|Ventura]]''' (0–1) || [[Luke Gregerson|Gregerson]] (1) || 40,146 || 0–1 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || October 9 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 5–4 || '''[[Kelvin Herrera|Herrera]]''' (1–0) || [[Will Harris|Harris]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1) || 40,008 || 1–1 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 11 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 2–4 || [[Dallas Keuchel|Keuchel]] (1–0) || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (0–1) || [[Luke Gregerson|Gregerson]] (2) || 42,674 || 1–2 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 12 || @ [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 9–6 || '''[[Ryan Madson|Madson]]''' (1–0) || [[Tony Sipp|Sipp]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (2) || 42,387 || 2–2 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || October 14 || [[2015 Houston Astros season|Astros]] || 7–2 || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (1–0)|| [[Collin McHugh|McHugh]] (1–1)|| '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (3) || 40,566 || 3–2 |} </div></div> |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame collapsible collapsed"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#74B4FA;"><span style="color:#27408B;">[[2015 American League Championship Series|<span style="color:#27408B;">AL Championship Series</span>]] vs. [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|<span style="color:#27408B;">Toronto Blue Jays</span>]] (4–2)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center;"> {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Win ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Loss ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Save ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Attendance ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Series |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 16 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 5–0 || '''[[Edinson Volquez|Volquez]]''' (1–0) || [[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Estrada]] (0–1) || || 39,753 || 1–0 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || October 17 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 6–3 || '''[[Danny Duffy|Duffy]]''' (1–0) || [[David Price (baseball)|Price]] (0–1) || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1) || 40,357 || 2–0 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 19 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 8–11 || [[Marcus Stroman|Stroman]] (1–0) || '''[[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]]''' (0–1) || || 49,751 || 2–1 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || October 20 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 14–2 || '''[[Luke Hochevar|Hochevar]]''' (1–0) || [[R.A. Dickey|Dickey]] (0–1) || || 49,501 || 3–1 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || October 21 || @ [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 1–7 || [[Marco Estrada (baseball)|Estrada]] (1-1) || '''[[Edison Volquez|Volquez]]''' (1-1) || || 49,325 || 3–2 |- text-align:center; bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || October 23 || [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Blue Jays]] || 4–3 || '''[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Davis]]''' (1–0) || [[Roberto Osuna|Osuna]] (0–1) || || 40,494 || 4–2 |} |- valign="top" |<div class="NavFrame collapsible"> <div class="NavHead" style="background:#74B4FA;"><span style="color:#27408B;">[[2015 World Series|<span style="color:#27408B;">World Series</span>]] vs. [[2015 New York Mets season|<span style="color:#27408B;">New York Mets</span>]] (4–2)</div> <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center;"> {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Score ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Win ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Loss ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="12%" | Save ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Attendance ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="1%" | Series |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 1 || October 27 || [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 2 || October 28 || [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 3 || October 30 || @ [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 4 || October 31 || @ [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 5* || November 1 || @ [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 6* || November 3 || [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |- text-align:center; bgcolor= | 7* || November 4 || [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] || – || || || || || – |} |} ==Current roster== {{Kansas City Royals roster}} ==Statistics== ===Batting=== ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases'' {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | R ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | 2B ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | 3B ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | RBI ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | BB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | SO ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | AVG ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%" | SB |- |[[Joe Blanton]], P | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Drew Butera]], C | 45 | 86 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | .198 | 0 |- |[[Lorenzo Cain]], CF | 140 | 551 | 101 | 169 | 34 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 37 | 98 | .307 | 28 |- |[[Orlando Calixte]], SS | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Dusty Coleman]], 3B | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Christian Colón]], SS,2B,3B | 43 | 107 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | .290 | 3 |- |[[Cheslor Cuthbert]], 3B | 19 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | .217 | 0 |- |[[Jarrod Dyson]], OF | 90 | 200 | 31 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 37 | .250 | 26 |- |[[Alcides Escobar]], SS | 148 | 612 | 76 | 157 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 26 | 75 | .257 | 17 |- |[[Jonny Gomes]], RF,DH | 12 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | .167 | 0 |- |[[Alex Gordon]], LF | 104 | 354 | 40 | 96 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 49 | 92 | .271 | 2 |- |[[Terrance Gore]], OF | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 |- |[[Jeremy Guthrie]], P | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 0 |- |[[Eric Hosmer]], 1B | 158 | 599 | 98 | 178 | 33 | 5 | 18 | 93 | 61 | 108 | .297 | 7 |- |[[Omar Infante]], 2B | 124 | 440 | 39 | 97 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 69 | .220 | 2 |- |[[Erik Kratz]], C | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Kris Medlen]], P | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Kendrys Morales]], DH | 158 | 569 | 81 | 165 | 41 | 2 | 22 | 106 | 58 | 103 | .290 | 0 |- |[[Mike Moustakas]], 3B | 147 | 549 | 73 | 156 | 34 | 1 | 22 | 82 | 43 | 76 | .284 | 1 |- |[[Paulo Orlando]], RF | 86 | 241 | 31 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 53 | .249 | 3 |- |[[Francisco Peña (baseball)|Francisco Peña]], C | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | 0 |- |[[Salvador Pérez]], C | 142 | 531 | 52 | 138 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 70 | 13 | 82 | .260 | 1 |- |[[Alex Ríos]], RF | 105 | 385 | 40 | 98 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 67 | .255 | 9 |- |[[Yordano Ventura]], P | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Edinson Volquez]], P | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |- |[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]], P | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |- |[[Ben Zobrist]], 2B,LF,3B | 59 | 232 | 37 | 66 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 30 | .284 | 2 |} ===Pitching=== ''Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts'' {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GS ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | R ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | ER ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | BB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | K |- |[[Scott Alexander]] | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |- |[[Miguel Almonte]] | 0 | 2 | 6.23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 |- |[[Joe Blanton]] | 2 | 2 | 3.89 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 41.2 | 43 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 40 |- |[[Aaron Brooks (baseball)|Aaron Brooks]] | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |- |[[Joba Chamberlain]] | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |- |[[Louis Coleman]] | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |- |[[Johnny Cueto]] | 4 | 7 | 4.76 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 81.1 | 101 | 45 | 43 | 10 | 17 | 56 |- |[[Wade Davis (baseball)|Wade Davis]] | 8 | 1 | 0.94 | 69 | 0 | 17 | 67.1 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 78 |- |[[Danny Duffy]] | 7 | 8 | 4.08 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 136.2 | 137 | 64 | 62 | 15 | 53 | 102 |- |[[Brandon Finnegan]] | 3 | 0 | 2.96 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 21 |- |[[Jason Frasor]] | 1 | 0 | 1.54 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 18 |- |[[Jeremy Guthrie]] | 8 | 8 | 5.95 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 148.1 | 186 | 101 | 98 | 29 | 44 | 84 |- |[[Kelvin Herrera]] | 4 | 3 | 2.71 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 69.2 | 52 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 64 |- |[[Luke Hochevar]] | 1 | 1 | 3.73 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 50.2 | 49 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 49 |- |[[Greg Holland]] | 3 | 2 | 3.83 | 48 | 0 | 32 | 44.2 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 26 | 49 |- |[[Ryan Madson]] | 1 | 2 | 2.13 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 63.1 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 58 |- |[[Michael Mariot]] | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |- |[[Kris Medlen]] | 6 | 2 | 4.01 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 58.1 | 56 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 40 |- |[[Franklin Morales]] | 4 | 2 | 3.18 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 62.1 | 58 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 41 |- |[[Yohan Pino]] | 0 | 2 | 3.26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19.1 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 |- |[[Jason Vargas]] | 5 | 2 | 3.98 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 43.0 | 46 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 27 |- |[[Yordano Ventura]] | 13 | 8 | 4.08 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 163.1 | 154 | 75 | 74 | 14 | 58 | 156 |- |[[Edinson Volquez]] | 13 | 9 | 3.55 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 200.1 | 190 | 89 | 79 | 16 | 72 | 155 |- |[[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]] | 11 | 6 | 3.06 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 123.1 | 91 | 44 | 42 | 16 | 43 | 83 |} ==Farm system== {{See also|Minor league baseball}} {{MLB Farm System|level11=[[Triple-A (baseball)|AAA]]|team11=[[Omaha Storm Chasers]]|league11=[[Pacific Coast League]]|manager11=[[Brian Poldberg]] |level12=[[Double-A (baseball)|AA]] |team12= [[Northwest Arkansas Naturals]]|league12=[[Texas League]]|manager12=[[Vance Wilson]] |level13=[[Single-A (baseball)|A-Advanced]] |team13=[[Wilmington Blue Rocks]]|league13=[[Carolina League]]|manager13=[[Brian Buchanan]] |level14=[[Single-A (baseball)|A]]|team14=[[Lexington Legends]]|league14=[[South Atlantic League]]|manager14=[[Omar Ramirez]] |level15=[[Minor league baseball#Rookie|Rookie]]|team15=[[Burlington Royals]]|league15=[[Appalachian League]]|manager15=[[Scott Thorman]] |level17=[[Minor league baseball#Rookie|Rookie]]|team17=[[Idaho Falls Chukars]]|league17=[[Pioneer League (baseball)|Pioneer League]]|manager17=[[Justin Gemoll]] |level19=[[Minor league baseball#Rookie|Rookie]]|team19=[[Dominican Summer League Royals|DSL Royals]]|league19=[[Dominican Summer League]]|manager19=[[Jose Gualdron]] }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=kc 2015 Kansas City Royals Official Site] *[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/2015-schedule-scores.shtml 2015 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference] {{American League champions}} {{American League Central champions}} {{2015 MLB Playoffs navbox}} {{2015 MLB season by team}} {{Kansas City Royals}} [[Category:2015 Major League Baseball season|Kansas City Royals]] [[Category:Kansas City Royals seasons]] [[Category:2015 in Missouri|Kansas City Royals]] [[Category:American League Central champion seasons]] [[Category:American League champion seasons]]'
Unified diff of changes made by edit (edit_diff)
'@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ | next_season=none}} -The '''2015 [[Kansas City Royals]] season''' is the 47th for the franchise, and their 43rd at [[Kauffman Stadium]]. The Royals will make their second consecutive World Series appearance in 2015, after winning the American League in [[2014 American League Championship Series|2014]]. The team won their first AL Central title on September 24, 2015, the first time the Royals won their division since [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|1985]]. They opened the playoffs by defeating the [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in five games in the [[2015 American League Division Series|Division Series]] and then defeated the [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] in six games in the [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. They will play the [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[2015 World Series]]. In the 2014 World Series, the Royals lost in seven games to the San Francisco Giants.<ref>http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/san-francisco-giants-world-series-game-7-bumgarner-mlb</ref> +The '''2015 [[Kansas City Royals]] season''' is the 47th for the franchise, and their 43rd at [[Kauffman Stadium]]. The Royals will make their second consecutive World Series appearance in 2015, after winning the American League in [[2014 American League Championship Series|2014]]. The team won their first AL Central title on September 24, 2015, the first time the Royals won their division since [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|1985]]. They opened the playoffs by defeating the [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in five games in the [[2015 American League Division Series|Division Series]] and then defeated the [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] in six games in the [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. They will play the [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[2015 World Series]]. ==Offseason== '
New page size (new_size)
89760
Old page size (old_size)
89943
Size change in edit (edit_delta)
-183
Lines added in edit (added_lines)
[ 0 => 'The '''2015 [[Kansas City Royals]] season''' is the 47th for the franchise, and their 43rd at [[Kauffman Stadium]]. The Royals will make their second consecutive World Series appearance in 2015, after winning the American League in [[2014 American League Championship Series|2014]]. The team won their first AL Central title on September 24, 2015, the first time the Royals won their division since [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|1985]]. They opened the playoffs by defeating the [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in five games in the [[2015 American League Division Series|Division Series]] and then defeated the [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] in six games in the [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. They will play the [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[2015 World Series]].' ]
Lines removed in edit (removed_lines)
[ 0 => 'The '''2015 [[Kansas City Royals]] season''' is the 47th for the franchise, and their 43rd at [[Kauffman Stadium]]. The Royals will make their second consecutive World Series appearance in 2015, after winning the American League in [[2014 American League Championship Series|2014]]. The team won their first AL Central title on September 24, 2015, the first time the Royals won their division since [[1985 Kansas City Royals season|1985]]. They opened the playoffs by defeating the [[2015 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in five games in the [[2015 American League Division Series|Division Series]] and then defeated the [[2015 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] in six games in the [[2015 American League Championship Series|American League Championship Series]]. They will play the [[2015 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] in the [[2015 World Series]]. In the 2014 World Series, the Royals lost in seven games to the San Francisco Giants.<ref>http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/san-francisco-giants-world-series-game-7-bumgarner-mlb</ref>' ]
Whether or not the change was made through a Tor exit node (tor_exit_node)
0
Unix timestamp of change (timestamp)
1445720172