GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: KANSAS CITY (63-84) at CLEVELAND (87-61)

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Soria relieved J Gobble.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
CLEVELAND 3 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R Garko (.296, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 9 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JOAKIM SORIA
CLE - RAFAEL BETANCOURT

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.259, 1-FOR-3)
D DEJESUS (.267, 0-FOR-3, BB)
E GERMAN (.269, 2-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (4) VS CLEVELAND (3) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .267
E German 2b 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 .269
M Teahen rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .285
B Butler 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .296
R Gload 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
A Gordon 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .256
E Brown lf 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 .257
J Buck c 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .230
J Huber dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-S Costa ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222
T Pena Jr ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .259

Totals 31 4 9 4 3 6 12

a-struck out swinging for J Huber in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Gordon (35, A Laffey). SF - J Buck. RBI - E Brown 2 (59), J
Buck (48), M Teahen (57). 2-out RBI - E Brown, M Teahen. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Buck 1, T Pena Jr 1, A Gordon 2. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - E German (11, 2nd base off A Laffey/V Martinez). CS - E
German (7, 2nd base by A Laffey/V Martinez).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (T Pena Jr-B Butler).


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .275
A Cabrera 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .288
T Hafner dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .253
V Martinez c 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .307
R Garko 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295
J Peralta ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .267
K Lofton lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .296
a-J Michaels ph-lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .272
F Gutierrez rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .270
C Blake 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .268

Totals 30 3 7 3 2 5 12

a-singled to left for K Lofton in the 7th.

BATTING: HR - V Martinez (23, 6th inning off B Buckner 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - V
Martinez (104), F Gutierrez (33), C Blake (71). 2-out RBI - V Martinez. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hafner 1, A Cabrera 1. GIDP - K Lofton.
Team LOB - 5.


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KANSAS CITY - 020 001 10 -- 4
CLEVELAND - 000 001 20 -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
B Buckner 6 5 1 1 1 3 1 4.30
J Bale 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 4.67
B Duckworth 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
J Gobble 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.04
J Soria 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.61

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
A Laffey 6 1/3 8 4 4 2 3 0 5.35
J Lewis 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.86
A Fultz 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.06
R Betancourt 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.52

J Bale pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

WP - A Laffey, B Duckworth. Pitches-strikes: B Buckner 99-62; J Bale 9-4; B
Duckworth 6-4; J Gobble 18-11; J Soria 4-2; A Laffey 83-51; J Lewis 12-8; A
Fultz 7-5; R Betancourt 14-11. Ground balls-fly balls: B Buckner 9-6; J Bale
0-0; B Duckworth 1-0; J Gobble 0-2; J Soria 0-1; A Laffey 6-9; J Lewis 0-0; A
Fultz 1-0; R Betancourt 0-1. Batters faced: B Buckner 23; J Bale 2; B Duckworth
2; J Gobble 4; J Soria 1; A Laffey 28; J Lewis 3; A Fultz 1; R Betancourt 3.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.

Weather: 62 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, left to right.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - PITCHING CHANGE
CLE: TOM MASTNY (6-2, 4.38) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 3

DUE UP FOR KANSASCITY: T PENA JR (.259, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: T Mastny relieved R Betancourt.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
CLEVELAND 3 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T Pena Jr (.259, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 9 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 0 (BOT 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JOAKIM SORIA
CLE - TOM MASTNY

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.267, 0-FOR-2, BB)
J MICHAELS (.272, 1-FOR-1)
F GUTIERREZ (.270, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (4) VS CLEVELAND (3) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .266
E German 2b 5 1 2 0 0 3 2 .269
M Teahen rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .285
B Butler 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .296
R Gload 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
A Gordon 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .256
E Brown lf 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 .257
J Buck c 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .230
J Huber dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-S Costa ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222
T Pena Jr ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .259

Totals 34 4 9 4 3 8 12

a-struck out swinging for J Huber in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Gordon (35, A Laffey). SF - J Buck. RBI - E Brown 2 (59), J
Buck (48), M Teahen (57). 2-out RBI - E Brown, M Teahen. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Buck 1, T Pena Jr 1, A Gordon 2. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - E German (11, 2nd base off A Laffey/V Martinez). CS - E
German (7, 2nd base by A Laffey/V Martinez).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (T Pena Jr-B Butler).


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .275
A Cabrera 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .288
T Hafner dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .253
V Martinez c 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .307
R Garko 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295
J Peralta ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .267
K Lofton lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .296
a-J Michaels ph-lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .272
F Gutierrez rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .270
C Blake 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .268

Totals 30 3 7 3 2 5 12

a-singled to left for K Lofton in the 7th.

BATTING: HR - V Martinez (23, 6th inning off B Buckner 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - V
Martinez (104), F Gutierrez (33), C Blake (71). 2-out RBI - V Martinez. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hafner 1, A Cabrera 1. GIDP - K Lofton.
Team LOB - 5.


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KANSAS CITY - 020 001 100 -- 4
CLEVELAND - 000 001 20 -- 3
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
B Buckner 6 5 1 1 1 3 1 4.30
J Bale 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 4.67
B Duckworth 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
J Gobble 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.04
J Soria 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.61

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
A Laffey 6 1/3 8 4 4 2 3 0 5.35
J Lewis 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.86
A Fultz 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.06
R Betancourt 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.52
T Mastny 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.30

J Bale pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

WP - A Laffey, B Duckworth. Pitches-strikes: B Buckner 99-62; J Bale 9-4; B
Duckworth 6-4; J Gobble 18-11; J Soria 4-2; A Laffey 83-51; J Lewis 12-8; A
Fultz 7-5; R Betancourt 14-11; T Mastny 14-8. Ground balls-fly balls: B Buckner
9-6; J Bale 0-0; B Duckworth 1-0; J Gobble 0-2; J Soria 0-1; A Laffey 6-9; J
Lewis 0-0; A Fultz 1-0; R Betancourt 0-1; T Mastny 1-0. Batters faced: B
Buckner 23; J Bale 2; B Duckworth 2; J Gobble 4; J Soria 1; A Laffey 28; J
Lewis 3; A Fultz 1; R Betancourt 3; T Mastny 3.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.

Weather: 62 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, left to right.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Grudzielanek at second base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
CLEVELAND 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J Peralta (.267, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Barfield ran for J Peralta.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, J BARFIELD ON FIRST, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
CLEVELAND 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J Michaels (.272, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 9 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 8 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - BILLY BUCKNER, JOHN BALE (7TH), BRANDON DUCKWORTH (7TH), JIMMY
GOBBLE (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK

CLE - AARON LAFFEY, JENSEN LEWIS (7TH), AARON FULTZ
(7TH), RAFAEL BETANCOURT (8TH), TOM MASTNY (9TH) AND VICTOR
MARTINEZ

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

CLE - VICTOR MARTINEZ (23) OFF BILLY BUCKNER IN THE 6TH, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 9 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 8 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - BILLY BUCKNER, JOHN BALE (7TH), BRANDON DUCKWORTH (7TH), JIMMY
GOBBLE (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK

CLE - AARON LAFFEY, JENSEN LEWIS (7TH), AARON FULTZ
(7TH), RAFAEL BETANCOURT (8TH), TOM MASTNY (9TH) AND VICTOR
MARTINEZ


WP - BILLY BUCKNER (1-1)
LP - AARON LAFFEY (3-2)
SAVE - JOAKIM SORIA (15)

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

CLE - VICTOR MARTINEZ (23) OFF BILLY BUCKNER IN THE 6TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:59 ATT: 30,112

PROBABLES: DET - KENNY ROGERS (3-2, 4.50)
CLE - PAUL BYRD (15-6, 4.34)

PROBABLES: CHA - JAVIER VAZQUEZ (12-8, 3.90)
KAN - KYLE DAVIES (2-5, 5.65)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (4) VS CLEVELAND (3) - FINAL

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .266
E German 2b 5 1 2 0 0 3 2 .269
M Grudzielanek 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
M Teahen rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .285
B Butler 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .296
R Gload 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
A Gordon 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .256
E Brown lf 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 .257
J Buck c 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .230
J Huber dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-S Costa ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222
T Pena Jr ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .259

Totals 34 4 9 4 3 8 12

a-struck out swinging for J Huber in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Gordon (35, A Laffey). SF - J Buck. RBI - E Brown 2 (59), J
Buck (48), M Teahen (57). 2-out RBI - E Brown, M Teahen. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Buck 1, T Pena Jr 1, A Gordon 2. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - E German (11, 2nd base off A Laffey/V Martinez). CS - E
German (7, 2nd base by A Laffey/V Martinez).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (T Pena Jr-B Butler).


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .275
A Cabrera 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .288
T Hafner dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .253
V Martinez c 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .307
R Garko 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295
J Peralta ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .269
J Barfield pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
K Lofton lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .296
a-J Michaels ph-lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .272
F Gutierrez rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .269
C Blake 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .267

Totals 33 3 8 3 2 6 14

a-singled to left for K Lofton in the 7th.

BATTING: HR - V Martinez (23, 6th inning off B Buckner 0 on, 2 Out). S - J
Michaels. RBI - V Martinez (104), F Gutierrez (33), C Blake (71). 2-out RBI - V
Martinez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hafner 1, A Cabrera 1.
GIDP - K Lofton. Team LOB - 6.


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KANSAS CITY - 020 001 100 -- 4
CLEVELAND - 000 001 200 -- 3
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
B Buckner (W, 1-1) 6 5 1 1 1 3 1 4.30
J Bale (H, 2) 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 4.67
B Duckworth (H, 5) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
J Gobble (H, 15) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.04
J Soria (S, 15) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.57

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
A Laffey (L, 3-2) 6 1/3 8 4 4 2 3 0 5.35
J Lewis 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.86
A Fultz 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.06
R Betancourt 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.52
T Mastny 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.30

J Bale pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

WP - A Laffey, B Duckworth. Pitches-strikes: B Buckner 99-62; J Bale 9-4; B
Duckworth 6-4; J Gobble 18-11; J Soria 19-12; A Laffey 83-51; J Lewis 12-8; A
Fultz 7-5; R Betancourt 14-11; T Mastny 14-8. Ground balls-fly balls: B Buckner
9-6; J Bale 0-0; B Duckworth 1-0; J Gobble 0-2; J Soria 2-1; A Laffey 6-9; J
Lewis 0-0; A Fultz 1-0; R Betancourt 0-1; T Mastny 1-0. Batters faced: B
Buckner 23; J Bale 2; B Duckworth 2; J Gobble 4; J Soria 5; A Laffey 28; J
Lewis 3; A Fultz 1; R Betancourt 3; T Mastny 3.

UMPIRES: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox.

T--2:59. Att--30,112.
Weather: 62 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, left to
right.</div>

 

Royals send Indians into Detroit series on low note

<h3>KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 3</h3>By Todd Krepop
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- The Cleveland Indians head into theirbiggest series of the season on a down note.


Billy Buckner pitched six solid innings and Emil Brown had twoRBI to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 4-2 victory over thelackluster Indians on Sunday.


The loss dropped the Indians lead to five games in theAmerican League Central over the Detroit Tigers, who come toCleveland for a three game series starting Monday. The fivegame lead is the closest Detroit has been since August 30.

Cleveland (87-62) played like they were looking ahead to seriesagainst the Tigers as they were shutdown by Buckner, who wasmaking just his third start in the majors.


Buckner (1-1) held Cleveland to five hits in six innings to pickup his first major league win. The rookie righthander struckout three and only walked one. The only mistake Buckner made wasa 3-2 pitch to Victor Martinez in the sixth.


The 24-year-old didn't allow multiple baserunners in an inningexcept for the third, when the Indians had runners on first andsecond with one out. Buckner got out of the jam with a strikeoutand a groundout.


Trailing 4-1, Cleveland woke up from its slumber in the seventhinning scoring two runs off of the Royals bullpen.

Franklin Gutierrez had an RBI single and Casey Blake drove inanother run on a groundout to bring the Indians within 4-3.However the Indians wouldn't get any closer.


Jimmy Gobble retired Grady Sizemore and Asdrubal Cabrera in theseventh with the tying run on second and one out.


Gobble then retired the first two hitters to start the eighthbefore Joakim Soria recorded the final four outs for his 15thsave in 19 opportunities.


The Indians minds seemed to be focused on other things in thefield as well. In the sixth inning and a runner on second andtwo out, Aaron Laffey walked Alex Gordon on a ball that got pastMartinez. Martinez jogged after the ball, while Gordon raced tofirst. By the time Martinez retrieved the ball, Gordon washalfway to second.


Brown followed with an infield single to second to drive in hissecond run of the game and give the Royals a 3-0 lead.

Kansas City tacked on another run in the seventh on a MarkTeahen two-out RBI single.


After Laffey (3-2) struck out the side in the first, the Royalswent to work on the rookie scoring two runs in the second.

Billy Butler led off the inning with a single and Alex Gordonfollowed with a double over the head of Kenny Lofton. Emil Brownplated a run with a single to left and John Buck hit asacrifice fly to give the Royals an early 2-0 lead.

Brown continued his success off of Laffey going 3-for-3 againsthim. In six at-bats this season against Laffey, Brown has sixhits.


Laffey allowed four runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. Hestruck out three and walked two.


It was just Kansas City's second win in 11 games.

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
KANSAS CITY 4
CLEVELAND 3 FINAL</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KANSAS CITY (4) AT CLEVELAND (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

KANSAS CITY 2ND: B Butler singled to center. A Gordon doubled to deep
left, B Butler to third. E Brown singled to right, B Butler scored, A Gordon
to third, E Brown to second advancing on throw. J Buck hit sacrifice fly to
left, A Gordon scored. J Huber grounded out to shortstop, E Brown to third.
T Pena Jr grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2,
CLEVELAND 0.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: E German singled to right. M Teahen lined out to
shortstop. B Butler flied out to right. E German stole second. A Gordon
walked. E German to third, A Gordon to second on wild pitch by A Laffey.
E Brown reached on infield single to second, E German scored, A Gordon to third.
J Buck flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 6TH: A Cabrera struck out swinging. T Hafner flied out to right.
V Martinez homered to right. R Garko flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 1.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: J Huber flied out to center. T Pena Jr reached on infield
single to shortstop. D DeJesus walked, T Pena Jr to second. J Lewis relieved
A Laffey. E German struck out looking. M Teahen singled to right, T Pena Jr
scored, D DeJesus to third, M Teahen to second advancing on throw. B Butler
walked. A Fultz relieved J Lewis. A Gordon grounded out to first. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 1.

CLEVELAND 7TH: R Gload at first base. J Bale relieved B Buckner. J Peralta
walked. J Michaels hit for K Lofton. J Michaels singled to left, J Peralta to
second. B Duckworth relieved J Bale. J Peralta to third, J Michaels to second
on wild pitch by B Duckworth. F Gutierrez singled to center, J Peralta scored,
J Michaels to third. C Blake grounded out to shortstop, J Michaels scored,
F Gutierrez to second. J Gobble relieved B Duckworth. G Sizemore flied out to
left. A Cabrera struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4,
CLEVELAND 3.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KANSAS CITY (4) AT CLEVELAND (3) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kansas City Starting Lineups -- D DeJesus CF, E German 2B, M Teahen RF,
B Butler 1B, A Gordon 3B, E Brown LF, J Buck C, J Huber DH, T Pena Jr SS,
B Buckner RHP.

Cleveland Starting Lineups -- G Sizemore CF, A Cabrera 2B, T Hafner DH,
V Martinez C, R Garko 1B, J Peralta SS, K Lofton LF, F Gutierrez RF, C Blake 3B,
A Laffey LHP.

Umpires -- C.B. Bucknor (HP), Joe West (1B), Ed Rapuano (2B), Ed Hickox (3B).


Gametime Weather: 62 degrees, Cloudy, wind left to right at 4 mph.


KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus struck out swinging. E German struck out
looking. M Teahen struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0,
CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore flied out to left. A Cabrera flied out to left.
T Hafner walked. V Martinez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 0, CLEVELAND 0.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: B Butler singled to center. A Gordon doubled to deep
left, B Butler to third. E Brown singled to right, B Butler scored, A Gordon
to third, E Brown to second advancing on throw. J Buck hit sacrifice fly to
left, A Gordon scored. J Huber grounded out to shortstop, E Brown to third.
T Pena Jr grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2,
CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 2ND: R Garko singled to center. J Peralta flied out to left.
K Lofton grounded into double play, shortstop to first, R Garko out at second.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CLEVELAND 0.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: D DeJesus flied out to right. E German reached on infield
single to first. E German caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
M Teahen flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 3RD: F Gutierrez struck out looking. C Blake singled to right.
G Sizemore singled to left center, C Blake to second. A Cabrera struck out
looking. T Hafner grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 2, CLEVELAND 0.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: B Butler grounded out to shortstop. A Gordon flied out to
center. E Brown singled to right. J Buck grounded out to second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 4TH: V Martinez grounded out to shortstop. R Garko grounded out
to second. J Peralta grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 2, CLEVELAND 0.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: J Huber grounded out to second. T Pena Jr grounded out to
shortstop. D DeJesus flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 2, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 5TH: K Lofton singled to left. F Gutierrez grounded into
fielder's choice to third, K Lofton out at second. C Blake grounded into
fielder's choice to third, F Gutierrez out at second. G Sizemore grounded out
to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, CLEVELAND 0.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: E German singled to right. M Teahen lined out to
shortstop. B Butler flied out to right. E German stole second. A Gordon
walked. E German to third, A Gordon to second on wild pitch by A Laffey.
E Brown reached on infield single to second, E German scored, A Gordon to third.
J Buck flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 6TH: A Cabrera struck out swinging. T Hafner flied out to right.
V Martinez homered to right. R Garko flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 1.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: J Huber flied out to center. T Pena Jr reached on infield
single to shortstop. D DeJesus walked, T Pena Jr to second. J Lewis relieved
A Laffey. E German struck out looking. M Teahen singled to right, T Pena Jr
scored, D DeJesus to third, M Teahen to second advancing on throw. B Butler
walked. A Fultz relieved J Lewis. A Gordon grounded out to first. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 1.

CLEVELAND 7TH: R Gload at first base. J Bale relieved B Buckner. J Peralta
walked. J Michaels hit for K Lofton. J Michaels singled to left, J Peralta to
second. B Duckworth relieved J Bale. J Peralta to third, J Michaels to second
on wild pitch by B Duckworth. F Gutierrez singled to center, J Peralta scored,
J Michaels to third. C Blake grounded out to shortstop, J Michaels scored,
F Gutierrez to second. J Gobble relieved B Duckworth. G Sizemore flied out to
left. A Cabrera struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4,
CLEVELAND 3.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: J Michaels in left field. R Betancourt relieved A Fultz.
E Brown popped out to first. J Buck struck out swinging. S Costa hit for
J Huber. S Costa struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4,
CLEVELAND 3.

CLEVELAND 8TH: T Hafner struck out swinging. V Martinez flied out to left.
J Soria relieved J Gobble. R Garko popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 3.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: T Mastny relieved R Betancourt. T Pena Jr struck out
swinging. D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop. E German struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 3.

CLEVELAND 9TH: M Grudzielanek at second base. J Peralta singled to right.
J Barfield ran for J Peralta. J Michaels sacrificed to pitcher, J Barfield to
second. F Gutierrez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Barfield
out at third. C Blake struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 3.</div>

 

Royals send Indians into Detroit series on low note

<h3>KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 3</h3>By Todd Krepop
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- The Cleveland Indians head into theirbiggest series of the season on a down note.


Billy Buckner pitched six solid innings and Emil Brown had twoRBI to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 4-2 victory over thelackluster Indians on Sunday.


The loss dropped the Indians lead to 4 1/2 games in the AmericanLeague Central over the Detroit Tigers, who come to Clevelandfor a three game series starting Monday. The five game lead isthe closest Detroit has been since August 30.


"It's a big series," Indians manager Eric Wedge said. "The mostimportant thing we can do is keep playing ball the way we havebeen playing. These guys have been playing good for a longperiod of time."


Despite the loss, Cleveland is 17-5 in its last 22 games.

Cleveland (87-62) played like they were looking ahead to seriesagainst the Tigers as they were shutdown by Buckner, who wasmaking just his third start in the majors.


Buckner (1-1) held Cleveland to five hits in six innings to pickup his first major league win. The rookie righthander struckout three and only walked one. The only mistake Buckner made wasa 3-2 pitch to Victor Martinez in the sixth.


"I was getting ahead of hitters," Buckner said. "If you getbehind the hitters or even 3-2, you will give up home runs, likeI did today."


The 24-year-old didn't allow multiple baserunners in an inningexcept for the third, when the Indians had runners on first andsecond with one out. Buckner got out of the jam with a strikeoutand a groundout.


Trailing 4-1, Cleveland woke up from its slumber in the seventhinning scoring two runs off of the Royals bullpen.

Franklin Gutierrez had an RBI single and Casey Blake drove inanother run on a groundout to bring the Indians within 4-3.However the Indians wouldn't get any closer.


Jimmy Gobble retired Grady Sizemore and Asdrubal Cabrera in theseventh with the tying run on second and one out.


"The opportunities we did have, we didn't take advantage of,"Wedge said. "I felt we should have done a better job that wedid. We are better than what we saw offensively."


Gobble then retired the first two hitters to start the eighthbefore Joakim Soria recorded the final four outs for his 15thsave in 19 opportunities to preserve the win for Buckner.

"It was fun," Buckner said. "I was getting a little nervous atthe end though."


"We've been struggling in the seventh and eighth innings andgetting the game to Soria," Kansas City manager Buddy Bell said."Jimmy came in and did a great job."


The Indians minds seemed to be focused on other things in thefield as well. In the sixth inning and a runner on second andtwo out, Aaron Laffey walked Alex Gordon on a ball that got past

Martinez. Martinez jogged after the ball, while Gordon raced tofirst. By the time Martinez retrieved the ball, Gordon washalfway to second.


"I was trying to throw a slider and get him to chase," Laffeysaid. "It bounced in the dirt. There was nothing I could doabout it."


Emil Brown followed with an infield single to second to drive inhis second run of the game and give the Royals a 3-0 lead.

Kansas City tacked on another run in the seventh on a MarkTeahen two-out RBI single.


After Laffey (3-2) struck out the side in the first, the Royalswent to work on the rookie scoring two runs in the second.

Billy Butler led off the inning with a single and Alex Gordonfollowed with a double over the head of Kenny Lofton. Brownplated a run with a single to left and John Buck hit a sacrificefly to give the Royals an early 2-0 lead.


Brown continued his success off of Laffey going 3-for-3 againsthim. In six at-bats this season against Laffey, Brown has sixhits.


Laffey allowed four runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. Hestruck out three and walked two.


It was just Kansas City's second win in 11 games


"We needed this win," Bell said. "Our guys have been bustingtheir (butts)."