Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals

50-53, 23-28 Away

Final

42-60, 18-30 Home


CLE
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	8	14	1

L. Hochevar7-9

6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 6 K, 3 BB

D. Lowe8-10

2.1 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 1 K, 2 BB

IndiansTop 1st
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  CLE
  KC
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Foul Ball
  3
  Ball
  4
  Ball
  5
  Strike Swinging
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- D. Lowe pitching for CLE
  CLE
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansTop 2nd
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  CLE
  KC
- 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- D. Lowe pitching for CLE
  CLE
  KC
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansTop 3rd
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  CLE
  KC
- A Cabrera scored on L Hochevar's wild pitch.
  3
  3
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- D. Lowe pitching for CLE
  CLE
  KC
- B Butler scored, S Perez to third, E Hosmer to second on balk by D Lowe.
  3
  4
- CLE
  KC
- 5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansTop 4th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  CLE
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- J. Tomlin pitching for CLE
  CLE
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansTop 5th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  CLE
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- J. Tomlin pitching for CLE
  CLE
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
IndiansTop 6th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  CLE
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- J. Accardo pitching for CLE
  CLE
  KC
- L Cain stole second.
  3
  8
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
IndiansTop 7th
- T. Collins pitching for KC
  CLE
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- J. Accardo pitching for CLE
  CLE
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansTop 8th
- T. Collins pitching for KC
  CLE
  KC
- C Santana safe at second on throwing error by shortstop A Escobar, C Santana advanced to first on A Escobar throwing error, C Santana out at second in rundown.
  3
  8
- J Lopez hit for T Hafner.
  3
  8
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 8th
- J. Smith pitching for CLE
  CLE
  KC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansTop 9th
- A. Crow pitching for KC
  CLE
  KC
- J Hannahan to second on fielder's indifference.
  3
  8
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Indians
3
Royals
8

Game 1

1/8

Indians
2
Royals
5

Game 2

2/8

Indians
6
Royals
7

Game 3

3/8

Kauffman Stadium

1:10 AM, 1 August 2012

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 18,569

Game Time:2:46

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Tim Welke
First Base Umpire - Mike Everitt
Second Base Umpire - Laz Diaz
Third Base Umpire - Mike Estabrook

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

L. Hochevar7-9

D. Lowe8-10

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Foul Ball
3 Ball
4 Ball
5 Strike Swinging