Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians

65-84, 32-43 Away

Final

72-77, 39-36 Home


KC
CLE

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	2	4	0	2	0	4	0	13	17	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0

B. Bannister8-15

6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 K, 1 BB

E. Mujica2-2

0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 0 K, 1 BB

Royals Hitting

hitters
M. AvilesSS
Peña Jr.SS
A. Callaspo2B
aK. Ka'aihuePH
J. SmithPR-2B
D. DeJesusCF
J. GathrightCF
J. GuillenDH
R. Shealy1B
M. TeahenRF
A. Gordon3B
J. BuckC
E. GermanLF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	3	3	0	0	0	0	.322	.352	.466
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.164	.181	.206
3	3	2	2	0	1	0	.305	.361	.356
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.261
3	1	1	2	0	1	1	.300	.356	.432
1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.248	.302	.266
5	0	2	3	0	0	1	.263	.296	.446
5	2	3	5	2	0	0	.370	.393	.815
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.311	.397
5	0	2	0	0	0	1	.256	.350	.422
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.217	.294	.354
5	2	2	0	0	0	1	.252	.305	.350
44	13	17	13	2	2	10

a-singled to right for A Callaspo in the 8th

Batting
2BA Gordon (31, J Sowers); A Callaspo (5, J Sowers); J Guillen (39, J Rincon)
HRR Shealy 2 (4, 2nd inning off J Sowers 0 on, 1 Out; 8th inning off T Mastny 2 on, 1 Out)
RBIR Shealy 5 (9), A Callaspo 2 (15), D DeJesus 2 (67), J Guillen 3 (93), J Gathright (20)
2Out RBIR Shealy, D DeJesus 2, J Guillen 3
Team LOB6

Baserunning
SBM Aviles (6, 2nd base off R Betancourt/S Fasano); A Callaspo (2, 2nd base off R Betancourt/S Fasano)

Fielding
PBJ Buck

Indians Hitting

hitters
G. SizemoreCF
J. Carroll3B
aAn. MartePH-3B
S. ChooLF
J. PeraltaSS
V. MartinezDH
R. Garko1B
F. GutierrezRF
S. FasanoC
A. Cabrera2B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	2	0	0	1	.269	.377	.508
2	1	0	0	1	0	.274	.357	.345
1	0	0	0	0	1	.212	.258	.311
4	0	1	0	0	0	.300	.393	.527
4	1	2	1	0	0	.273	.321	.466
3	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.327	.336
4	0	1	1	0	0	.254	.333	.367
4	0	1	0	0	0	.244	.299	.389
4	0	0	0	0	3	.261	.340	.348
3	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.340	.351
33	3	7	3	1	5

a-struck out swinging for J Carroll in the 8th

Batting
2BG Sizemore (36, B Bannister)
RBIJ Peralta (82), V Martinez (28), R Garko (75)
2Out RBIR Garko
SFV Martinez
Team LOB5

Fielding
PBS Fasano

Royals Pitching

pitchers
B. Bannister(W,8-15)
J. Bale
J. Gobble
Y. Yabuta
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	6	3	3	1	2	100-63	5.77
1.0	0	0	0	0	2	8-7	5.16
1.0	1	0	0	0	1	16-11	9.85
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	5.09
9.0	7	3	3	1	5	132-87

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsB Bannister 5-11; J Bale 1-0; J Gobble 1-1; Y Yabuta 1-2
Game ScoresB Bannister 49

Indians Pitching

pitchers
J. Sowers
E. Mujica(L,2-2)
J. Rincon
R. Rundles
R. Betancourt
R. Perez
T. Mastny
J. Lewis
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
3.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	75-48	5.70
0.2	3	4	4	1	0	0	15-9	7.22
0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-5	5.54
1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-11	3.00
1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	22-14	5.06
1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	17-13	3.25
1.0	4	4	4	0	1	1	27-16	12.18
1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	4.08
9.0	17	13	13	2	10	2	192-125

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Sowers 3-4; E Mujica 2-0; J Rincon 0-1; R Rundles 0-1; R Betancourt 1-1; R Perez 1-0; T Mastny 1-1; J Lewis 0-1
Game ScoresJ Sowers 38

Scoring Summary

		KC	CLE
1st	J Peralta reached on infield single to shortstop, G Sizemore scored.	0	1
1st	V Martinez hit sacrifice fly to left, J Carroll scored.	0	2
1st	R Garko singled to right, J Peralta scored.	0	3
2nd	R Shealy homered to center.	1	3
3rd	A Callaspo doubled to deep center, E German scored.	2	3
3rd	R Shealy singled to right, A Callaspo scored, D DeJesus to third.	3	3
4th	D DeJesus singled to right center, E German and M Aviles scored, A Callaspo to third.	5	3
4th	J Guillen doubled to left, A Callaspo and D DeJesus scored.	7	3
6th	A Callaspo singled to center, M Aviles scored.	8	3
6th	J Guillen singled to center, A Callaspo scored.	9	3
8th	J Gathright singled to center, M Aviles scored, J Smith to second.	10	3
8th	R Shealy homered to left, J Smith and J Gathright scored.	13	3

Royals
5
Indians
12

Game 1

13/9

Royals
8
Indians
3

Game 2

13/9

Royals
8
Indians
4

Game 3

14/9

Royals
13
Indians
3

Game 4

14/9

Progressive Field

6:05 PM, 14 September 2008

Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 29,530

Game Time:3:19

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - D.J. Reyburn
First Base Umpire - Chris Guccione
Second Base Umpire - Chuck Meriwether
Third Base Umpire - Tim Welke

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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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians

B. Bannister8-15

E. Mujica2-2

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