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[October 24, 2015]  The Sports Xchange

10/24/2015 MLB Note - Kansas City Royals Escobar, Alcides

SS Alcides Escobar was named the ALCS Most Valuable Player. Escobar hit .478, with two doubles, five RBIs and scored six runs in the six-game series against the Blue Jays. "It's a surprise," Escobar said of the MVP trophy. "I know I'm playing really good and my team is playing really good, together we play. And when I heard the news, I was happy for that."

MLB Note - Kansas City Royals Zobrist, Ben

2B Ben Zobrist, who homered in the first inning, scored eight runs in the series, setting a Royals' record for runs in a postseason series. Hall of Famer George Brett held the record with seven runs in the 1978 ALCS against the Yankees in four games in a best-of-five series.

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MLB Note - Kansas City Royals Moustakas, Mike

3B Mike Moustakas homered in the second, his first postseason home run this year after hitting five last year. His six postseason home runs rank second in franchise history. George Brett has 10 postseason homers.

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MLB Note - Kansas City Royals Cain, Lorenzo

CF Lorenzo Cain singled and walked. He has reached base in 15 consecutive postseason games. OF Amos Otis holds the Royals' record, reaching base in 16 consecutive postseason games. "We played another great game tonight and we're going to another World Series and it's going to be awesome," Cain said.
 

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MLB Note - Kansas City Royals Davis, Wade

RHP Wade Davis pitched out of a huge jam in the ninth inning. A runner on third with nobody out and runners on second and third with one out, but did not allow a run to pick up the victory. "We had a little turmoil, but I'm glad we got out of it," Davis said. "At that point, it was about as bad as it could get, a man on third with no outs. Just hoping for some magic and get out of it."

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MLB Note - Toronto Blue Jays Price, David

LHP David Price got away with a no-decision, although he left trailing in the seventh. He allowed three turns on five hits, while striking out eight and walking one in 6 2/3 innings. He snapped a seven-game postseason losing streak.

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MLB Note - Toronto Blue Jays Osuna, Roberto

RHP Roberto Osuna was charged with the loss, giving up a run in the eighth inning. Osuna, 20, is the youngest pitcher in any American League postseason game to record a decision.

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MLB Note - Toronto Blue Jays Bautista, Jose

RF Jose Bautista blasted two home runs and drove in all the Blue Jays runs. He became the first player time in franchise history to have a multi-homer postseason game. The last player to hit two home runs in an ALCS game was Jhonny Peralta of the Tigers against the Yankees in Game 4, 2012, against the Yankees.

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MLB Note - Toronto Blue Jays Encarnacion, Edwin

DH Edwin Encarnacion and LF Ben Revere each doubled. That brought the Blue Jays' doubles total to 23 for the postseason, eclipsing Toronto's 21 in the 1993 postseason, to set a franchise record.

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