2015 Postseason

Series Summaries

American League

ALWC: Houston Astros vs. New York Yankees

Game	Score	Date	Starters	Time (ET)
1	Houston Astros 3 New York Yankees 0	October 6	Dallas Keuchel (1-0) Masahiro Tanaka (0-1)	8:00 pm

ALDS: Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals

Game	Score	Date	Starters	Time (ET)
1	Houston Astros 5 Kansas City Royals 2	October 8	Collin McHugh (1-0) Yordano Ventura (0-1)	7:30 pm
2	Houston Astros 4 Kansas City Royals 5	October 9	Scott Kazmir (0-0) Johnny Cueto (0-0)	3:30 pm
3	Kansas City Royals 2 Houston Astros 4	October 11	Edinson Volquez (0-1) Dallas Keuchel (1-0)	4:00 pm
4	Kansas City Royals 9 Houston Astros 6	October 12	Yordano Ventura (0-1) Lance McCullers (0-0)	1:00 pm
5	Houston Astros 2 Kansas City Royals 7	October 14	Collin McHugh (1-1) Johnny Cueto (1-0)	8:00 pm

ALDS: Texas Rangers vs. Toronto Blue Jays

Game	Score	Date	Starters	Time (ET)
1	Texas Rangers 5 Toronto Blue Jays 3	October 8	Yovani Gallardo (1-0) David Price (0-1)	3:30 pm
2	Texas Rangers 6 Toronto Blue Jays 4	October 9	Cole Hamels (0-0) Marcus Stroman (0-0)	12:30 pm
3	Toronto Blue Jays 5 Texas Rangers 1	October 11	Marco Estrada (1-0) Martin Perez (0-1)	8:00 pm
4	Toronto Blue Jays 8 Texas Rangers 4	October 12	R.A. Dickey (0-0) Derek Holland (0-1)	4:00 pm
5	Texas Rangers 3 Toronto Blue Jays 6	October 14	Cole Hamels (0-1) Marcus Stroman (0-0)	4:00 pm

ALCS: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals

Game	Score	Date	Pitchers	Time (ET)
1	Toronto Blue Jays 0 Kansas City Royals 5	October 16	Marco Estrada (0-1) Edinson Volquez (1-0)	7:30 pm
2	Toronto Blue Jays 3 Kansas City Royals 6	October 17	David Price (0-1) Yordano Ventura (0-0)	4:00 pm
3	Kansas City Royals 8 Toronto Blue Jays 11	October 19	Johnny Cueto (0-1) Marcus Stroman (1-0)	7:00 pm
4	Kansas City Royals 14 Toronto Blue Jays 2	October 20	Chris Young (0-0) R.A. Dickey (0-1)	4:00 pm
5	Kansas City Royals 1 Toronto Blue Jays 7	October 21	Edinson Volquez (1-1) Marco Estrada (1-1)	4:00 pm
6	Toronto Blue Jays 3 Kansas City Royals 4	October 23	David Price (0-1) Yordano Ventura (0-0)	8:00 pm

National League

NLWC: Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Game	Score	Date	Starters	Time (ET)
1	Chicago Cubs 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 0	October 7	Jake Arrieta (1-0) Gerrit Cole (0-1)	8:00 pm

NLDS: Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Game	Score	Date	Starters	Time (ET)
1	Chicago Cubs 0 St. Louis Cardinals 4	October 9	Jon Lester (0-1) John Lackey (1-0)	6:30 pm
2	Chicago Cubs 6 St. Louis Cardinals 3	October 10	Kyle Hendricks (0-0) Jaime Garcia (0-1)	5:30 pm
3	St. Louis Cardinals 6 Chicago Cubs 8	October 12	Michael Wacha (0-1) Jake Arrieta (1-0)	6:00 pm
4	St. Louis Cardinals 4 Chicago Cubs 6	October 13	John Lackey (1-0) Jason Hammel (0-0)	4:30 pm

NLDS: New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Game	Score	Date	Starters	Time (ET)
1	New York Mets 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 1	October 9	Jacob deGrom (1-0) Clayton Kershaw (0-1)	9:30 pm
2	New York Mets 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 5	October 10	Noah Syndergaard (0-1) Zack Greinke (1-0)	9:00 pm
3	Los Angeles Dodgers 7 New York Mets 13	October 12	Brett Anderson (0-1) Matt Harvey (1-0)	8:30 pm
4	Los Angeles Dodgers 3 New York Mets 1	October 13	Clayton Kershaw (0-1) Steven Matz (0-0)	8:00 pm
5	New York Mets 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 2	October 15	Zack Greinke (1-1) Jacob deGrom (2-0)	8:00 pm

NLCS: Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets

Game	Score	Date	Pitchers	Time (ET)
1	Chicago Cubs 2 New York Mets 4	October 17	Jon Lester (0-1) Matt Harvey (1-0)	7:30 pm
2	Chicago Cubs 1 New York Mets 4	October 18	Jake Arrieta (0-1) Noah Syndergaard (1-0)	7:30 pm
3	New York Mets 5 Chicago Cubs 2	October 20	Jacob deGrom (1-0) Kyle Hendricks (0-0)	8:00 pm
4	New York Mets 8 Chicago Cubs 3	October 21	Steven Matz (0-0) Jason Hammel (0-1)	8:00 pm

World Series: New York Mets vs. Kansas City Royals

Game	Score	Date	Pitchers	Time (ET)
1	New York Mets 4 Kansas City Royals 5	October 27	Matt Harvey (0-0) Edinson Volquez (0-0)	8:00 pm
2	New York Mets 1 Kansas City Royals 7	October 28	Jacob deGrom (0-1) Johnny Cueto (1-0)	8:00 pm
3	Kansas City Royals 3 New York Mets 9	October 30	Yordano Ventura (0-1) Noah Syndergaard (1-0)	8:00 pm
4	Kansas City Royals 5 New York Mets 3	October 31	Chris Young (1-0) Steven Matz (0-0)	8:00 pm
5	Kansas City Royals 7 New York Mets 2	November 1	Edinson Volquez (0-0) Matt Harvey (0-0)	8:00 pm

NL Team Stats

TEAM	W-L	Manager	BA	HR	R	ERA	WHIP	RA
Cardinals	100-62	Mike Matheny	.253	137	647	2.94	1.254	525
Pirates	98-64	Clint Hurdle	.260	140	697	3.21	1.239	596
Cubs	97-65	Joe Maddon	.244	171	689	3.36	1.152	608
Dodgers	92-70	Don Mattingly	.250	187	667	3.44	1.184	595
Mets	90-72	Terry Collins	.244	177	683	3.43	1.179	613

AL Team Stats

TEAM	W-L	Manager	BA	HR	R	ERA	WHIP	RA
Royals	95-67	Ned Yost	.269	139	724	3.72	1.282	641
Blue Jays	93-69	John Gibbons	.269	232	891	3.80	1.214	670
Rangers	88-74	Jeff Banister	.257	172	751	4.24	1.363	733
Yankees	87-75	Joe Girardi	.251	212	737	4.05	1.297	698
Astros	86-76	A.J. Hinch	.250	230	729	3.57	1.201	618

Further Reading

• Bob Nightengale: "In MLB playoffs, flaws create a parity party", USA Today Sports, September 29, 2015. [1]

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