Oct 15, 2015
ALCS: How the Blue Jays and Royals stack up
The stage is set for the American League Championship Series with the Toronto Blue Jays taking on the Kansas City Royals. Check out how the two teams fared against each other in the regular season.
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The stage is set for the American League Championship Series with the Toronto Blue Jays taking on the Kansas City Royals.
Check out how the two teams fared against each other in the regular season.
Blue Jays' 2015 results against Kansas City
| Date | Location | Result | WP | LP | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/10/2015 | KC | 3-0 L | D.Duffy | M.Estrada | G.Holland |
| 7/11/2015 | KC | 6-2 W | M.Buehrle | C.Young | |
| 7/12/2015 | KC | 11-10 L | W.Davis | B.Schultz | G.Holland |
| 7/30/2015 | TOR | 5 - 2 W | M.Estrada | D.Duffy | R.Osuna |
| 7/31/2015 | TOR | 7-6 W | L.Hendriks | F.Morales | |
| 8/1/2015 | TOR | 7-6 L | Y.Ventura | M.Lowe | G.Holland |
| 8/2/2015 | TOR | 5-2 W | R.Dickey | E.Volquez | R.Osuna |
Blue Jays' Hitting vs. Royals
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Bautista | 7 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0.321 | 0.333 | 0.643 |
| Kevin Pillar | 7 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.222 | 0.276 | 0.333 |
| Josh Donaldson | 6 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0.261 | 0.37 | 0.652 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | 6 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.261 | 0.37 | 0.435 |
| Russell Martin | 6 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0.273 | 0.407 | 0.455 |
| Justin Smoak | 7 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.133 | 0.278 | 0.133 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | 5 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.357 | 0.357 | 0.357 |
| Ryan Goins | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.154 | 0.313 | 0.154 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.438 | 0.25 |
| Dioner Navarro | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.417 | 0.6 |
| Danny Valencia | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.417 | 0.7 |
| Chris Colabello | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.5 | 0.667 |
| Ben Revere | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blue Jays' Pitching vs. Royals
| Player | W | L | SV | SVO | SHO | G | GS | CG | INN | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Osuna | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.08 | 0.143 |
| Brett Cecil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Loup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Aaron Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.38 | 0 |
| Bo Schultz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.5 | 0.308 |
| Mark Buehrle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3.21 | 0.2 |
| Marco Estrada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12.1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.92 | 0.245 |
| Liam Hendriks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Delabar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.667 |
| R.A. Dickey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.087 |
| LaTroy Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Drew Hutchison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.4 | 0.35 |
| Mark Lowe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.8 |
| Ryan Tepera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.25 |
Royals' Hitting vs. Blue Jays
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcides Escobar | 7 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.267 | 0.29 | 0.3 |
| Eric Hosmer | 7 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.393 | 0.414 | 0.429 |
| Kendrys Morales | 7 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0.259 | 0.276 | 0.444 |
| Omar Infante | 7 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.192 | 0.192 | 0.231 |
| Lorenzo Cain | 6 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.375 | 0.423 | 0.5 |
| Salvador Perez | 6 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.182 | 0.174 | 0.318 |
| Alex Rios | 6 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.227 | 0.261 | 0.318 |
| Mike Moustakas | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.182 | 0.1 |
| Ben Zobrist | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.375 | 1 |
| Jarrod Dyson | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paulo Orlando | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Drew Butera | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 |
Royals' Pitching vs. Blue Jays
| Player | W | L | SV | SVO | SHO | G | GS | CG | INN | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Herrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0.211 |
| Ryan Madson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0.6 |
| Wade Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0.308 |
| Luke Hochevar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.091 |
| Greg Holland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.111 |
| Franklin Morales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0.714 |
| Danny Duffy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3.75 | 0.244 |
| Edinson Volquez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11.1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2.38 | 0.22 |
| Johnny Cueto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4.5 | 0.292 |
| Kris Medlen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Yordano Ventura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6.43 | 0.222 |
| Chris Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4.5 | 0.217 |