AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - CLEVELAND 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 KANSAS CITY 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA, RAFAEL BETANCOURT (8TH), JOE BOROWSKI (9TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ KAN - KYLE DAVIES, JOHN BALE (4TH), JOEL PERALTA (7TH), JIMMY GOBBLE (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK WP - C.C. SABATHIA (19-7) LP - KYLE DAVIES (3-7) SAVE - JOE BOROWSKI (44) HOME RUNS: CLE - TRAVIS HAFNER (24) OFF KYLE DAVIES IN THE 1ST, 1 ON KAN - ESTEBAN GERMAN (4) OFF C.C. SABATHIA IN THE 2ND, 1 ON TIME: 3:00 ATT: 29,846 PROBABLES: CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK (6-9, 4.32) KAN - GIL MECHE (9-13, 3.69)</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">CLEVELAND (5) VS KANSAS CITY (3) - FINAL CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg G Sizemore cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .280 A Cabrera 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .279 T Hafner dh 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 .263 V Martinez c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .297 R Garko 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .291 J Peralta ss 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 .270 K Lofton lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .297 F Gutierrez rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .264 C Blake 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .269 Totals 32 5 6 5 6 5 13 BATTING: 2B - G Sizemore (34, J Bale). 3B - K Lofton (6, K Davies). HR - T Hafner (24, 1st inning off K Davies 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - T Hafner 2 (98), K Lofton (38), C Blake (78), A Cabrera (22). 2-out RBI - C Blake, A Cabrera. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hafner 1, G Sizemore 1. GIDP - V Martinez. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: DP: 2 (J Peralta-A Cabrera-R Garko 2). KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D DeJesus cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .261 M Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .300 B Butler 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .286 M Sweeney dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .260 E Brown rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .260 E German 3b 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 .268 a-R Gload ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 J Huber lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 b-M Teahen ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 J Buck c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .224 c-A Gordon ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .248 T Pena Jr ss 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .265 d-S Costa ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .225 Totals 34 3 9 3 2 6 9 a-flied out to left for E German in the 9th; b-singled to center for J Huber in the 9th; c-walked for J Buck in the 9th; d-flied out to right for T Pena Jr in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - E Brown (13, C Sabathia). HR - E German (4, 2nd inning off C Sabathia 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - E German 2 (37), E Brown (62). 2-out RBI - E Brown. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E German 1, D DeJesus 1, S Costa 1. GIDP - B Butler, D DeJesus. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - T Pena Jr (5, 2nd base off C Sabathia/V Martinez). FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-B Butler). ---------------------------------------------------- CLEVELAND - 210 200 000 -- 5 KANSAS CITY - 021 000 000 -- 3 ---------------------------------------------------- CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era C Sabathia (W, 19-7) 7 8 3 3 1 4 1 3.21 R Betancourt (H, 31) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.47 J Borowski (S, 44) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.15 KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era K Davies (L, 3-7) 3 2/3 5 5 5 4 0 1 6.66 J Bale 2 2/3 1 0 0 1 4 0 4.08 J Peralta 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.74 J Gobble 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.87 WP - K Davies 3. Pitches-strikes: C Sabathia 96-61; R Betancourt 13-9; J Borowski 26-14; K Davies 80-42; J Bale 37-22; J Peralta 26-13; J Gobble 5-4. Ground balls-fly balls: C Sabathia 9-8; R Betancourt 0-1; J Borowski 0-3; K Davies 2-9; J Bale 2-2; J Peralta 4-2; J Gobble 1-0. Batters faced: C Sabathia 28; R Betancourt 3; J Borowski 5; K Davies 20; J Bale 10; J Peralta 6; J Gobble 2. UMPIRES: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--Mike Estabrook. 3B--Laz Diaz. T--3:00. Att--29,846. Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, right to left.</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** AL CLEVELAND 5 KANSAS CITY 3 FINAL</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLEVELAND (5) AT KANSAS CITY (3) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore lined out to right. A Cabrera walked. A Cabrera to second on wild pitch by K Davies. T Hafner homered to right, A Cabrera scored. V Martinez flied out to left. R Garko flied out to left. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, KANSAS CITY 0. CLEVELAND 2ND: J Peralta singled to center. K Lofton tripled to right, J Peralta scored. F Gutierrez popped out to shortstop. C Blake flied out to right. G Sizemore flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 3, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 2ND: E Brown reached on infield single to pitcher. E German homered to left, E Brown scored. J Huber flied out to right. J Buck grounded out to third. T Pena Jr singled to center. T Pena Jr stole second. D DeJesus struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 3, KANSAS CITY 2. KANSAS CITY 3RD: M Grudzielanek singled to center. B Butler grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Grudzielanek out at second. M Sweeney singled to left. E Brown doubled to left, M Sweeney scored. E German grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 3, KANSAS CITY 3. CLEVELAND 4TH: J Peralta walked. K Lofton grounded out to second, J Peralta to second. F Gutierrez flied out to center. J Peralta to third on wild pitch by K Davies. C Blake singled to center, J Peralta scored. C Blake to second on wild pitch by K Davies. G Sizemore walked. A Cabrera singled to center, C Blake scored, G Sizemore to second. J Bale relieved K Davies. T Hafner struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3.</div>
AL: CLEVELAND at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLEVELAND (5) AT KANSAS CITY (3) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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, C Sabathia LHP. Kansas City Starting Lineups -- D DeJesus CF, M Grudzielanek 2B, B Butler 1B, M Sweeney DH, E Brown RF, E German 3B, J Huber LF, J Buck C, T Pena Jr SS, K Davies RHP. Umpires -- Wally Bell (HP), Bill Welke (1B), Mike Estabrook (2B), Laz Diaz (3B). Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Clear, wind right to left at 7 mph. CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore lined out to right. A Cabrera walked. A Cabrera to second on wild pitch by K Davies. T Hafner homered to right, A Cabrera scored. V Martinez flied out to left. R Garko flied out to left. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus flied out to right. M Grudzielanek grounded out to third. B Butler walked. M Sweeney flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 2, KANSAS CITY 0. CLEVELAND 2ND: J Peralta singled to center. K Lofton tripled to right, J Peralta scored. F Gutierrez popped out to shortstop. C Blake flied out to right. G Sizemore flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 3, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 2ND: E Brown reached on infield single to pitcher. E German homered to left, E Brown scored. J Huber flied out to right. J Buck grounded out to third. T Pena Jr singled to center. T Pena Jr stole second. D DeJesus struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 3, KANSAS CITY 2. CLEVELAND 3RD: A Cabrera flied out to center. T Hafner walked. V Martinez flied out to center. R Garko grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Hafner out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 3, KANSAS CITY 2. KANSAS CITY 3RD: M Grudzielanek singled to center. B Butler grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Grudzielanek out at second. M Sweeney singled to left. E Brown doubled to left, M Sweeney scored. E German grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 3, KANSAS CITY 3. CLEVELAND 4TH: J Peralta walked. K Lofton grounded out to second, J Peralta to second. F Gutierrez flied out to center. J Peralta to third on wild pitch by K Davies. C Blake singled to center, J Peralta scored. C Blake to second on wild pitch by K Davies. G Sizemore walked. A Cabrera singled to center, C Blake scored, G Sizemore to second. J Bale relieved K Davies. T Hafner struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. KANSAS CITY 4TH: J Huber flied out to center. J Buck flied out to center. T Pena Jr struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. CLEVELAND 5TH: V Martinez struck out swinging. R Garko grounded out to third. J Peralta struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. KANSAS CITY 5TH: D DeJesus bunt grounded out to pitcher. M Grudzielanek reached on infield single to shortstop. B Butler flied out to left. M Sweeney grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Grudzielanek out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. CLEVELAND 6TH: K Lofton grounded out to shortstop. F Gutierrez flied out to center. C Blake popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. KANSAS CITY 6TH: E Brown flied out to center. E German flied out to center. J Huber struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. CLEVELAND 7TH: G Sizemore doubled to deep center. A Cabrera struck out swinging. T Hafner walked. J Peralta relieved J Bale. V Martinez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, T Hafner out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. KANSAS CITY 7TH: J Buck struck out swinging. T Pena Jr reached on infield single to shortstop. D DeJesus grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, T Pena Jr out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. CLEVELAND 8TH: R Garko flied out to center. J Peralta grounded out to shortstop. K Lofton flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. KANSAS CITY 8TH: R Betancourt relieved C Sabathia. M Grudzielanek struck out looking. B Butler struck out swinging. M Sweeney lined out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. CLEVELAND 9TH: F Gutierrez grounded out to shortstop. C Blake walked. J Gobble relieved J Peralta. G Sizemore struck out swinging. A Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Blake out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3. KANSAS CITY 9TH: J Borowski relieved R Betancourt. E Brown popped out to second. R Gload hit for E German. R Gload flied out to left. M Teahen hit for J Huber. M Teahen singled to center. A Gordon hit for J Buck. M Teahen to second on fielder's indifference. A Gordon walked. S Costa hit for T Pena Jr. S Costa flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3.</div>
Sabathia earns 100th career win as Indians beat Royals <h3>CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 3</h3>By Pat Madden PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- C.C. Sabathia used his finalstart of the regular season to make a strong bid for his firstAmerican League Cy Young Award. Sabathia went seven effective innings for his 100th career winand helped the Cleveland Indians snap a two-game slide withFriday's 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The Cleveland win, along with Boston's over Minnesota, giveseach team identical 95-65 records heading into the final twogames of the season in the race for the best record in the AL. Sabathia (19-7), who became the youngest pitcher to win 100games since Greg Maddux in 1993, allowed three runs and sevenhits with four strikeouts while walking just one. "It's a big accomplishment, but I feel like I've got a lot moreleft to do," Sabathia said. "I was a little rusty. I hadn'trealized that I'd had that many days off until I got out thereand I was trying to overthrow. I felt pretty good out there,especially in the fourth, fifth and sixth." "It was a great win for C.C., his 100th career win and his 19thof the year," Indians manager Eric Wedge said. "He's come sofar in such a short period of time, and he's the leader of ourstaff. It's great to see him accomplish what he's accomplishedthis year and over the course of his career. Royals manager Buddy Bell echoed the Indians' sentiments. "He should win the Cy Young," Bell said of Sabathia'sperformance this season. "If I had a vote, and I don't, he wouldbe my vote." Cleveland's Rafael Betancourt logged a perfect eighth and closerJoe Borowski shut the door in the ninth for his 44th save. Casey Blake's run-scoring single to center in the fourth inningsnapped a 3-3 tie and later came home on Asdrubal Cabrera's RBIsingle to chase Royals starter Kyle Davies (3-7). Cleveland jumped out to a 3-0 lead as Hafner belted his 24thhomer - a two-run shot - in the first and an inning later KennyLofton added a run-scoring triple to right-center field. "Overall, I feel like I've swung the bat pretty well inSeptember, and I'm just trying to develop some consistency in myat-bats," Hafner said. "You want to be swinging the bat wellgoing into the playoffs." "He works hard to be the great hitter that he is," Wedge said."We're definitely seeing it translate into the game. It couldn'thappen at a better time for us and for him. When TravisHafner's going up there and swinging the bat like he's capableof, it can impact the game for us." Davies registered his fourth setback in five starts, giving upfive runs and five hits with four walks through just 3 2/3frames. "I think I threw, like eight or nine balls in the span of thefirst two batters I faced," Davies said. "The first two inningsI was trying too hard to make perfect pitches. If you're doingthat too much it's going to catch up with you and when you dohave to make perfect pitches you can't." Esteban German had a two-run home run in the second and EmilBrown delivered an RBI double in the third for Kansas City,which has lost five of six game overall. With the loss, the Royals (68-92) are now assured of finishinglast behind the Chicago White Sox (71-89) in the AL Central forthe fourth consecutive season.
