Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals

53-52, 21-29 Away

Final

37-66, 24-28 Home


CLE
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	7	13	0
1	0	1	4	1	0	0	1	-	8	11	1

Indians Hitting

hitters
R. Belliard2B
O. VizquelSS
M. LawtonRF
C. Blake3B
L. Merloni1B
aB. BroussardPH
T. HafnerDH
J. McDonaldPR
T. LakerC
bV. MartinezPH
C. CrispLF
G. SizemoreCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.299	.370	.418
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.298	.359	.398
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294	.366	.448
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.267	.353	.458
4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.301	.358	.445
1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.269	.370	.430
4	2	2	1	1	1	1	.324	.419	.592
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.258	.323
4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.230	.292	.322
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.369	.525
4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.271	.314	.419
3	2	2	2	1	0	0	.333	.487	.600
38	7	13	6	2	2	4

a-singled to center for L Merloni in the 9th

b-grounded to shortstop for T Laker in the 9th

Batting
2BC Crisp (17, D May); R Belliard (34, S Sullivan)
HRG Sizemore (2, 6th inning off S Sullivan 1 on, 1 Out); T Hafner (18, 7th inning off S Sullivan 0 on, 2 Out)
RBIC Crisp (43), R Belliard (47), G Sizemore 2 (7), T Hafner (78), O Vizquel (43)
2Out RBIR Belliard, T Hafner
SFC Crisp; O Vizquel
GIDPV Martinez
Team LOB10

Royals Hitting

hitters
D. DeJesusCF
D. Relaford2B
M. Sweeney1B
K. HarveyDH
J. Randa3B
R. MateoLF
A. NunezRF
A. BerroaSS
J. BuckC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.230	.318	.295
3	2	1	0	0	1	1	.206	.282	.294
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.282	.339	.493
4	0	2	2	0	0	1	.303	.349	.452
4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.276	.345	.386
4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.256	.316	.411
4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.191	.286	.294
4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.244	.288	.362
3	2	2	3	1	0	1	.185	.250	.272
34	8	11	8	1	1	8

Batting
2BK Harvey 2 (16, C Sabathia 2); J Randa (17, C Sabathia); A Nunez (1, D Riske)
HRJ Buck (2, 4th inning off C Sabathia 2 on, 2 Out)
RBIK Harvey 2 (45), D DeJesus (11), A Nunez 2 (2), J Buck 3 (4)
2Out RBIK Harvey, A Nunez 2, J Buck 3
Team LOB3

Baserunning
CSD DeJesus (3, 2nd base by C Sabathia/T Laker)
SBJ Buck (1, 2nd base off C Sabathia/T Laker); D Relaford (4, 2nd base off C Sabathia/T Laker)

Fielding
DP1 (D Relaford-A Berroa-M Sweeney)
EA Berroa (19, ground ball)

Indians Pitching

pitchers
C. Sabathia(L,11-10)
R. White
D. Riske
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	9	7	7	1	4	1	96-64	4.14
2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	31-20	3.54
1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	15-11	4.73
8.0	11	8	8	1	8	1	142-95

Pitching
HBPM Lawton (By D May); G Sizemore (By J Cerda)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsC Sabathia 5-5; R White 1-2; D Riske 0-2
Game ScoresC Sabathia 24

Royals Pitching

pitchers
D. May(W,9-19)
S. Sullivan
J. Cerda(H,12)
S. Camp(S,2)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	96-58	5.13
1.2	5	3	3	0	2	2	39-26	4.35
1.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	23-13	2.48
1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	11-9	3.20
9.0	13	7	6	2	4	2	169-106

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsD May 5-8; S Sullivan 0-3; J Cerda 3-1; S Camp 2-1
Game ScoresD May 47

Scoring Summary

		CLE	KC
1st	K Harvey doubled to deep right, D Relaford scored.	0	1
2nd	C Crisp hit sacrifice fly to left, T Hafner scored.	1	1
2nd	R Belliard singled to center, T Laker scored, G Sizemore to third.	2	1
3rd	D DeJesus singled to right, J Buck scored.	2	2
4th	A Nunez singled to left, J Randa scored.	2	3
4th	J Buck homered to left, A Nunez and A Berroa scored.	2	6
5th	K Harvey doubled to deep right, D Relaford scored.	2	7
6th	G Sizemore homered to right, C Crisp scored.	4	7
7th	T Hafner homered to left center.	5	7
8th	O Vizquel hit sacrifice fly to center, G Sizemore scored.	6	7
8th	A Nunez doubled to deep right, R Mateo scored.	6	8
9th	V Martinez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, B Broussard scored, J McDonald out at second.	7	8

Indians
7
Royals
6

Game 1

31/7

Indians
3
Royals
10

Game 2

1/8

Indians
7
Royals
8

Game 3

1/8

Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, 1 August 2004

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 15,641

Game Time:2:52

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - C.B. Bucknor
First Base Umpire - Eric Cooper
Second Base Umpire - Chuck Meriwether
Third Base Umpire - Mike Reilly

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals

D. May8-11

C. Sabathia7-6

S. Camp2

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