GAME THREAD: AL: CLEVELAND (70-56) at KANSAS CITY (56-70)

AL: CLEVELAND (70-56) at KANSAS CITY (56-70)

<h3>Sabathia tries again for 15th win</h3>

<div class="pre">Cleveland (70-56) at Kansas City (56-70) 8:10 pm EDT</div>

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Collecting 14 wins in his first24 starts, C.C. Sabathia had to figure No. 15 would come prettyquickly. On Friday, he will try to reach that mark in hisfourth try as he leads the Cleveland Indians against the KansasCity Royals.


Sabathia (14-6, 3.43 ERA) has held up his end of the bargain insearch of that elusive win, yielding two runs in each of histhree outings, but his offense has provided him with just sevenruns of support.


Over that span, Cleveland has dropped all three of the games thehefty lefthander has started in extra innings.


Sabathia, who allowed two runs and five hits over eight framesin the Indians' 4-3 loss in 12 innings at Tampa Bay on Sunday,is searching for his first win since August 3. In Kansas City,he faces an opponent he has had a good deal of success against,going 12-7 with a 3.34 ERA in 25 career outings.


Zack Greinke (5-5, 4.40) makes what he hopes will be atriumphant return to the rotation, starting for the first timesince May 6. In his seven starts to open the season, he went1-4 with a 5.71 ERA.


It has been a different story in the bullpen, however, as therighthander recorded a 4-1 mark with a 3.54 ERA in 38 reliefappearances.


Greinke will hope to extend Cleveland's struggles at KauffmanStadium, a park in which the Indians have only won at threetimes in their last 11 contests.

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND AT KANSAS CITY -- LINEUPS

CLEVELAND KANSAS CITY
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Kenny Lofton LF .297 7 27 Esteban German 3B .271 3 29
Casey Blake 3B .262 15 59 David Dejesus CF .274 6 50
Grady Sizemore CF .276 21 68 Mark Grudzielanek 2B .303 5 41
Victor Martinez C .301 18 87 Billy Butler DH .298 5 40
Travis Hafner DH .252 18 72 Emil Brown RF .235 6 50
Ryan Garko 1B .307 14 46 Alex Gordon 1B .246 11 42
Jhonny Peralta SS .274 18 61 John Buck C .231 16 43
Franklin Gutierrez RF .275 9 22 Tony Pena Jr SS .264 1 38
Asdrubal Cabrera 2B .290 1 5 Joey Gathright LF .358 0 15

C.C. Sabathia LHP (14-6, 3.43) Zack Greinke RHP (5-5, 4.40)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY
WARMUPS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA (14-6, 3.43)
KAN - ZACK GREINKE (5-5, 4.40)

UMPIRES: HP - MARK CARLSON
1B - ANGEL HERNANDEZ
2B - TED BARRETT
3B - DERRYL COUSINS

WEATHER: 76 Degrees, cloudy
WIND: 5 mph, left to right</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY
STARTING BATS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA AND VICTOR MARTINEZ
KAN - ZACK GREINKE AND JOHN BUCK

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: K LOFTON (.297, 7 HR, 27 RBI)
C BLAKE (.262, 15 HR, 59 RBI)
G SIZEMORE (.276, 21 HR, 68 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
KAN - ZACK GREINKE

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E GERMAN (.271, 3 HR, 29 RBI)
D DEJESUS (.274, 6 HR, 50 RBI)
M GRUDZIELANEK (.303, 5 HR, 41 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (0) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Lofton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297
C Blake 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
V Martinez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
T Hafner dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
R Garko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
F Gutierrez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
A Cabrera 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290

Totals 2 0 0 0 1 1 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - K Lofton (6, 2nd base by Z Greinke/J Buck).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E German 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
D DeJesus cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
M Grudzielanek 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
B Butler dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
E Brown rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
A Gordon 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
J Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
J Gathright lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .358

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Buck-T Pena Jr).


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CLEVELAND - 0 -- 0
KANSAS CITY - -- 0
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Sabathia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.43

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.35

Pitches-strikes: Z Greinke 17-10. Ground balls-fly balls: Z Greinke 0-1.
Batters faced: Z Greinke 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Derryl
Cousins.

Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, left to right.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY
CONFIRMED STARTERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
KAN - ZACK GREINKE</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
KAN - ZACK GREINKE

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.301, 18 HR, 87 RBI)
T HAFNER (.252, 18 HR, 72 RBI)
R GARKO (.307, 14 HR, 46 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (0) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Lofton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297
C Blake 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
V Martinez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
T Hafner dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
R Garko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
F Gutierrez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
A Cabrera 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290

Totals 2 0 0 0 1 1 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - K Lofton (6, 2nd base by Z Greinke/J Buck).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E German 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
D DeJesus cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .305
B Butler dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .297
E Brown rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
A Gordon 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
J Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
J Gathright lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .358

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 0 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Buck-T Pena Jr).


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CLEVELAND - 0 -- 0
KANSAS CITY - 0 -- 0
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Sabathia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.41

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.35

Pitches-strikes: C Sabathia 8-5; Z Greinke 17-10. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Sabathia 2-1; Z Greinke 0-1. Batters faced: C Sabathia 4; Z Greinke 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Derryl
Cousins.

Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, left to right.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
KAN - ZACK GREINKE

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E BROWN (.235, 6 HR, 50 RBI)
A GORDON (.246, 11 HR, 42 RBI)
J BUCK (.231, 16 HR, 43 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (0) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Lofton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297
C Blake 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
V Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
T Hafner dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
F Gutierrez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
A Cabrera 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290

Totals 5 0 0 0 1 2 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - K Lofton (6, 2nd base by Z Greinke/J Buck).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E German 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
D DeJesus cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .305
B Butler dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .297
E Brown rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
A Gordon 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
J Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
J Gathright lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .358

Totals 4 0 1 0 0 0 1

BATTING: Team LOB - 1.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Buck-T Pena Jr).


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CLEVELAND - 00 -- 0
KANSAS CITY - 0 -- 0
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Sabathia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.41

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.30

Pitches-strikes: C Sabathia 8-5; Z Greinke 32-20. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Sabathia 2-1; Z Greinke 1-2. Batters faced: C Sabathia 4; Z Greinke 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Derryl
Cousins.

Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, left to right.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
KAN - ZACK GREINKE

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J PERALTA (.274, 18 HR, 61 RBI)
F GUTIERREZ (.275, 9 HR, 22 RBI)
A CABRERA (.290, 1 HR, 5 RBI)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (0) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Lofton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297
C Blake 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
V Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
T Hafner dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
F Gutierrez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
A Cabrera 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290

Totals 5 0 0 0 1 2 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - K Lofton (6, 2nd base by Z Greinke/J Buck).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E German 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
D DeJesus cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .305
B Butler dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .297
E Brown rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238
A Gordon 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245
J Buck c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .230
T Pena Jr ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .263
J Gathright lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .358

Totals 8 0 2 0 0 1 4

BATTING: Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Buck-T Pena Jr).


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CLEVELAND - 00 -- 0
KANSAS CITY - 00 -- 0
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Sabathia 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.39

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.30

Pitches-strikes: C Sabathia 22-13; Z Greinke 32-20. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Sabathia 2-3; Z Greinke 1-2. Batters faced: C Sabathia 8; Z Greinke 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Derryl
Cousins.

Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, left to right.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
KAN - ZACK GREINKE

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GATHRIGHT (.358, 0 HR, 15 RBI)
E GERMAN (.270, 0-FOR-1)
D DEJESUS (.273, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (0) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Lofton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297
C Blake 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
V Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
T Hafner dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
J Peralta ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
F Gutierrez rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273
A Cabrera 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281

Totals 8 0 1 0 1 2 3

BATTING: GIDP - F Gutierrez. Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - K Lofton (6, 2nd base by Z Greinke/J Buck).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E German 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
D DeJesus cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .305
B Butler dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .297
E Brown rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238
A Gordon 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245
J Buck c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .230
T Pena Jr ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .263
J Gathright lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .358

Totals 8 0 2 0 0 1 4

BATTING: Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (J Buck-T Pena Jr, T Pena Jr-M Grudzielanek-A Gordon).


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CLEVELAND - 000 -- 0
KANSAS CITY - 00 -- 0
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Sabathia 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.39

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.25

Pitches-strikes: C Sabathia 22-13; Z Greinke 48-31. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Sabathia 2-3; Z Greinke 3-3. Batters faced: C Sabathia 8; Z Greinke 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Derryl
Cousins.

Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, left to right.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
KAN - ZACK GREINKE

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: K LOFTON (.297, 0-FOR-0, BB)
C BLAKE (.262, 0-FOR-1)
G SIZEMORE (.276, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (0) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - END 3RD - IN PROGRESS

CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Lofton lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297
C Blake 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .276
V Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
T Hafner dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
J Peralta ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
F Gutierrez rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273
A Cabrera 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281

Totals 8 0 1 0 1 2 3

BATTING: GIDP - F Gutierrez. Team LOB - 0.

BASERUNNING: CS - K Lofton (6, 2nd base by Z Greinke/J Buck).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E German 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
D DeJesus cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .305
B Butler dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .297
E Brown rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238
A Gordon 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245
J Buck c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .230
T Pena Jr ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .263
J Gathright lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .355

Totals 11 0 2 0 0 1 4

BATTING: Team LOB - 2.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (J Buck-T Pena Jr, T Pena Jr-M Grudzielanek-A Gordon).


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CLEVELAND - 000 -- 0
KANSAS CITY - 000 -- 0
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Sabathia 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.37

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.25

Pitches-strikes: C Sabathia 40-24; Z Greinke 48-31. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Sabathia 3-5; Z Greinke 3-3. Batters faced: C Sabathia 11; Z Greinke 9.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Derryl
Cousins.

Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, left to right.</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - PITCHING CHANGE
KAN: JOHN BALE (0-1, 4.66) STARTING THE 4TH
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0, KANSAS CITY 0

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: K LOFTON (.297, 0-FOR-0)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Bale relieved Z Greinke.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 4TH

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: K Lofton (.297, 0-FOR-0)</div>

 

AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
KAN - JOHN BALE

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M GRUDZIELANEK (.305, 1-FOR-1)
B BUTLER (.297, 0-FOR-1)
E BROWN (.238, 1-FOR-1)</div>