GAME THREAD: AL: KANSAS CITY (38-50) at CLEVELAND (52-36)

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

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

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J LaRue (.184, 0-FOR-2)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY TONY PENA JR SCORED JASON SMITH.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E GERMAN ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
CLEVELAND 4 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.283, 0-FOR-3, BB)</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 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 1
CLEVELAND 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 8 0 (BOT 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - DAVID RISKE
CLE - JOE BOROWSKI

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.323, 1-FOR-4, 2 RBI)
T HAFNER (.260, 0-FOR-3, BB)
J PERALTA (.280, 2-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

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

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .282
M Grudzielanek 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .283
M Teahen rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .281
R Gload 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .252
A Gordon 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .233
B Butler dh 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 .299
J Smith pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212
J LaRue c 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .184
J Gathright lf 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .319
a-E German ph-lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .281
T Pena Jr ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .278

Totals 30 4 8 4 5 4 15

a-struck out swinging for J Gathright in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - R Gload (8, J Westbrook). S - J LaRue. SF - T Pena Jr. RBI - J
Gathright (9), R Gload (23), A Gordon (29), T Pena Jr (28). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - D DeJesus 1, T Pena Jr 1. GIDP - M Teahen, B Butler,
J LaRue. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - E German (7, 2nd base off J Borowski/V Martinez).

FIELDING: E - T Pena Jr (15, ground ball). PB - J LaRue.


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .280
C Blake 3b 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 .275
V Martinez c 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 .323
T Hafner dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .260
J Peralta ss 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 .280
R Garko 1b 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 .294
J Michaels lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .283
F Gutierrez rf 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 .286
J Barfield 2b 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 .257

Totals 33 4 8 4 5 10 17

BATTING: 2B - R Garko (14, O Perez); G Sizemore (18, O Perez); C Blake (22, O
Perez). RBI - J Michaels (27), V Martinez 2 (70), J Barfield (39). Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - J Michaels 1, C Blake 1, J Barfield 1, R Garko 2,
G Sizemore 1. Team LOB - 10.

FIELDING: DP: 3 (R Garko-J Peralta-J Westbrook, J Peralta-J Barfield-R Garko,
C Blake-J Barfield-R Garko).


----------------------------------------------------
KANSAS CITY - 012 000 001 -- 4
CLEVELAND - 011 110 00 -- 4
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 4 2/3 7 4 3 2 4 0 5.68
J Peralta 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.54
J Gobble 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.67
J Soria 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.19
D Riske 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2.16

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook 6 5 3 3 5 2 0 6.07
R Perez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.13
R Betancourt 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.11
J Borowski 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.45

IBB - G Sizemore (by D Riske). Pitches-strikes: O Perez 95-57; J Peralta
24-16; J Gobble 11-6; J Soria 8-5; D Riske 24-12; J Westbrook 94-53; R Perez
11-7; R Betancourt 13-11; J Borowski 16-9. Ground balls-fly balls: O Perez 5-5;
J Peralta 0-1; J Gobble 1-0; J Soria 0-0; D Riske 1-1; J Westbrook 12-4; R
Perez 2-0; R Betancourt 1-1; J Borowski 2-1. Batters faced: O Perez 24; J
Peralta 5; J Gobble 2; J Soria 2; D Riske 5; J Westbrook 25; R Perez 3; R
Betancourt 4; J Borowski 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Ted Barrett. 1B--Mark Carlson. 2B--Larry Young. 3B--Chad
Fairchild.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - PITCHING CHANGE
KAN: ZACK GREINKE (4-4, 4.63) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 4

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.323, 1-FOR-4, 2 RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: Z Greinke relieved D Riske.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
CLEVELAND 4 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V Martinez (.323, 1-FOR-4, 2 RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Rouse ran for T Hafner.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, M ROUSE ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
CLEVELAND 4 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J Peralta (.280, 2-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY RYAN GARKO SCORED MIKE ROUSE.

FINAL SCORE: CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 4</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 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 1
CLEVELAND 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 10 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - ODALIS PEREZ, JOEL PERALTA (5TH), JIMMY GOBBLE (7TH), JOAKIM
SORIA (7TH), DAVID RISKE (8TH), ZACK GREINKE (9TH) AND JASON
LARUE

CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK, RAFAEL PEREZ (7TH), RAFAEL
BETANCOURT (8TH), JOE BOROWSKI (9TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

CLE - NONE</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 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 1
CLEVELAND 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 10 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - ODALIS PEREZ, JOEL PERALTA (5TH), JIMMY GOBBLE (7TH), JOAKIM
SORIA (7TH), DAVID RISKE (8TH), ZACK GREINKE (9TH) AND JASON
LARUE

CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK, RAFAEL PEREZ (7TH), RAFAEL
BETANCOURT (8TH), JOE BOROWSKI (9TH) AND VICTOR MARTINEZ


WP - JOE BOROWSKI (2-3)
LP - ZACK GREINKE (4-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

CLE - NONE


TIME: 3:11 ATT: 32,624

PROBABLES: KAN - GIL MECHE (5-6, 3.54)
CLE - C.C. SABATHIA (12-3, 3.58)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (4) VS CLEVELAND (5) - FINAL

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .282
M Grudzielanek 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .283
M Teahen rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .281
R Gload 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .252
A Gordon 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .233
B Butler dh 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 .299
J Smith pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212
J LaRue c 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .184
J Gathright lf 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .319
a-E German ph-lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .281
T Pena Jr ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .278

Totals 30 4 8 4 5 4 15

a-struck out swinging for J Gathright in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - R Gload (8, J Westbrook). S - J LaRue. SF - T Pena Jr. RBI - J
Gathright (9), R Gload (23), A Gordon (29), T Pena Jr (28). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - D DeJesus 1, T Pena Jr 1. GIDP - M Teahen, B Butler,
J LaRue. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - E German (7, 2nd base off J Borowski/V Martinez).

FIELDING: E - T Pena Jr (15, ground ball). PB - J LaRue.


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .280
C Blake 3b 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 .275
V Martinez c 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 .322
T Hafner dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .262
M Rouse pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125
J Peralta ss 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 .280
R Garko 1b 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 .297
J Michaels lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .283
F Gutierrez rf 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 .286
J Barfield 2b 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 .257

Totals 36 5 10 5 6 10 17

BATTING: 2B - R Garko (14, O Perez); G Sizemore (18, O Perez); C Blake (22, O
Perez); T Hafner (12, Z Greinke). RBI - J Michaels (27), V Martinez 2 (70), J
Barfield (39), R Garko (31). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J
Michaels 1, C Blake 1, J Barfield 1, R Garko 2, G Sizemore 1. Team LOB - 12.

FIELDING: DP: 3 (R Garko-J Peralta-J Westbrook, J Peralta-J Barfield-R Garko,
C Blake-J Barfield-R Garko).


----------------------------------------------------
KANSAS CITY - 012 000 001 -- 4
CLEVELAND - 011 110 001 -- 5

One out when winning run scored.
----------------------------------------------------

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 4 2/3 7 4 3 2 4 0 5.68
J Peralta 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.54
J Gobble 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.67
J Soria 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.19
D Riske 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2.16
Z Greinke (L, 4-5) 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 4.73

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook 6 5 3 3 5 2 0 6.07
R Perez (H, 2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.13
R Betancourt (H, 18) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.11
J Borowski (W, 2-3; B, 3) 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.45

IBB - G Sizemore (by D Riske), J Peralta (by Z Greinke). Pitches-strikes: O
Perez 95-57; J Peralta 24-16; J Gobble 11-6; J Soria 8-5; D Riske 24-12; Z
Greinke 10-4; J Westbrook 94-53; R Perez 11-7; R Betancourt 13-11; J Borowski
16-9. Ground balls-fly balls: O Perez 5-5; J Peralta 0-1; J Gobble 1-0; J Soria
0-0; D Riske 1-1; Z Greinke 0-1; J Westbrook 12-4; R Perez 2-0; R Betancourt
1-1; J Borowski 2-1. Batters faced: O Perez 24; J Peralta 5; J Gobble 2; J
Soria 2; D Riske 5; Z Greinke 4; J Westbrook 25; R Perez 3; R Betancourt 4; J
Borowski 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Ted Barrett. 1B--Mark Carlson. 2B--Larry Young. 3B--Chad
Fairchild.

T--3:11. Att--32,624.
Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, left to
right.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
KANSAS CITY 4
CLEVELAND 5 FINAL</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KANSAS CITY (4) AT CLEVELAND (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

KANSAS CITY 2ND: R Gload struck out looking. A Gordon walked. B Butler
singled to center, A Gordon to second. J LaRue walked, A Gordon to third,
B Butler to second. J Gathright grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
A Gordon scored, B Butler out at third, J LaRue to second. T Pena Jr grounded
out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 2ND: T Hafner struck out looking. J Peralta singled to deep
right. R Garko doubled to deep left, J Peralta to third. J Michaels singled
to right center, J Peralta scored, R Garko to third. F Gutierrez struck out
swinging. J Barfield flied out to left. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1,
CLEVELAND 1.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: D DeJesus walked. M Grudzielanek singled to right,
D DeJesus to second. M Teahen singled to left, D DeJesus to third,
M Grudzielanek to second. R Gload grounded into fielder's choice to second,
D DeJesus scored, M Teahen out at second, M Grudzielanek to third. A Gordon
singled to left, M Grudzielanek scored, R Gload to second. B Butler grounded
into double play, shortstop to second to first, A Gordon out at second.(2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 1.

CLEVELAND 3RD: G Sizemore doubled to deep right. C Blake grounded out to
pitcher, G Sizemore to third. V Martinez grounded out to second, G Sizemore
scored. T Hafner lined out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3,
CLEVELAND 2.

CLEVELAND 4TH: J Peralta safe at first on error by shortstop T Pena Jr.
R Garko walked, J Peralta to second. J Michaels flied out to left. F Gutierrez
singled to center, J Peralta to third, R Garko to second. J Barfield grounded
into fielder's choice to third, J Peralta scored, R Garko out at third,
F Gutierrez to second. G Sizemore grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
1 Error) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 3.

CLEVELAND 5TH: C Blake doubled to left. V Martinez singled to center,
C Blake scored. T Hafner flied out to left. J Peralta struck out swinging.
R Garko walked, V Martinez to second. J Peralta relieved O Perez. J Michaels
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 4.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: J Borowski relieved R Betancourt. B Butler singled to
right. J Smith ran for B Butler. J LaRue sacrificed to third, J Smith to
second. E German singled to left, J Smith to third. T Pena Jr hit sacrifice
fly to left, J Smith scored. E German stole second. D DeJesus grounded out to
third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 4.

CLEVELAND 9TH: Z Greinke relieved D Riske. V Martinez fouled out to third.
T Hafner doubled to deep right. M Rouse ran for T Hafner. J Peralta
intentionally walked. R Garko singled to center, M Rouse scored, J Peralta to
second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 5.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KANSAS CITY (4) AT CLEVELAND (5) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kansas City Starting Lineups -- D DeJesus CF, M Grudzielanek 2B, M Teahen RF,
R Gload 1B, A Gordon 3B, B Butler DH, J LaRue C, J Gathright LF, T Pena Jr SS,
O Perez LHP.

Cleveland Starting Lineups -- G Sizemore CF, C Blake 3B, V Martinez C, T Hafner DH,
J Peralta SS, R Garko 1B, J Michaels LF, F Gutierrez RF, J Barfield 2B,
J Westbrook RHP.

Umpires -- Ted Barrett (HP), Mark Carlson (1B), Larry Young (2B),
Chad Fairchild (3B).

Gametime Weather: 71 degrees, Clear, wind left to right at 7 mph.


KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop. M Grudzielanek
walked. M Teahen grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher,
M Grudzielanek out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0,
CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 1ST: G Sizemore popped out to shortstop. C Blake struck out
swinging. V Martinez grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 0, CLEVELAND 0.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: R Gload struck out looking. A Gordon walked. B Butler
singled to center, A Gordon to second. J LaRue walked, A Gordon to third,
B Butler to second. J Gathright grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
A Gordon scored, B Butler out at third, J LaRue to second. T Pena Jr grounded
out to third. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1, CLEVELAND 0.

CLEVELAND 2ND: T Hafner struck out looking. J Peralta singled to deep
right. R Garko doubled to deep left, J Peralta to third. J Michaels singled
to right center, J Peralta scored, R Garko to third. F Gutierrez struck out
swinging. J Barfield flied out to left. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 1,
CLEVELAND 1.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: D DeJesus walked. M Grudzielanek singled to right,
D DeJesus to second. M Teahen singled to left, D DeJesus to third,
M Grudzielanek to second. R Gload grounded into fielder's choice to second,
D DeJesus scored, M Teahen out at second, M Grudzielanek to third. A Gordon
singled to left, M Grudzielanek scored, R Gload to second. B Butler grounded
into double play, shortstop to second to first, A Gordon out at second.(2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 1.

CLEVELAND 3RD: G Sizemore doubled to deep right. C Blake grounded out to
pitcher, G Sizemore to third. V Martinez grounded out to second, G Sizemore
scored. T Hafner lined out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3,
CLEVELAND 2.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: J LaRue struck out swinging. J Gathright grounded out to
shortstop. T Pena Jr lined out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 2.

CLEVELAND 4TH: J Peralta safe at first on error by shortstop T Pena Jr.
R Garko walked, J Peralta to second. J Michaels flied out to left. F Gutierrez
singled to center, J Peralta to third, R Garko to second. J Barfield grounded
into fielder's choice to third, J Peralta scored, R Garko out at third,
F Gutierrez to second. G Sizemore grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
1 Error) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 3.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: D DeJesus lined out to center. M Grudzielanek grounded
out to shortstop. M Teahen flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 3.

CLEVELAND 5TH: C Blake doubled to left. V Martinez singled to center,
C Blake scored. T Hafner flied out to left. J Peralta struck out swinging.
R Garko walked, V Martinez to second. J Peralta relieved O Perez. J Michaels
struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 4.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: R Gload doubled to left. A Gordon popped out to
shortstop. B Butler walked. J LaRue grounded into double play, third to
second to first, B Butler out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3,
CLEVELAND 4.

CLEVELAND 6TH: F Gutierrez struck out swinging. J Barfield struck out
swinging. G Sizemore flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 4.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: R Perez relieved J Westbrook. E German hit for J Gathright.
E German struck out swinging. T Pena Jr grounded out to shortstop. D DeJesus
grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 4.

CLEVELAND 7TH: E German in left field. C Blake struck out swinging.
J Gobble relieved J Peralta. V Martinez grounded out to pitcher. T Hafner
walked. J Soria relieved J Gobble. J Peralta singled to right center, T Hafner
to second. T Hafner to third, J Peralta to second on passed ball by J LaRue.
R Garko struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3,
CLEVELAND 4.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: R Betancourt relieved R Perez. M Grudzielanek singled to
right. M Teahen struck out swinging. R Gload flied out to left. A Gordon
grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 4.

CLEVELAND 8TH: D Riske relieved J Soria. J Michaels popped out to
shortstop. F Gutierrez walked. J Barfield grounded out to shortstop,
F Gutierrez to second. G Sizemore intentionally walked. C Blake struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, CLEVELAND 4.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: J Borowski relieved R Betancourt. B Butler singled to
right. J Smith ran for B Butler. J LaRue sacrificed to third, J Smith to
second. E German singled to left, J Smith to third. T Pena Jr hit sacrifice
fly to left, J Smith scored. E German stole second. D DeJesus grounded out to
third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 4.

CLEVELAND 9TH: Z Greinke relieved D Riske. V Martinez fouled out to third.
T Hafner doubled to deep right. M Rouse ran for T Hafner. J Peralta
intentionally walked. R Garko singled to center, M Rouse scored, J Peralta to
second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, CLEVELAND 5.</div>

 

Garko's ninth-inning heroics help Indians edge Royals

<h3>CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 4</h3>CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Ryan Garko helped the Cleveland Indianscontinue to make Jacobs Field a house of horrors for the KansasCity Royals.


Garko's RBI single in the ninth helped the Indians recover fromrough top of the inning and post a 5-4 victory over the KansasCity Royals on Friday.


Cleveland, which extended its home winning streak to six games,has won 14 of 17 here against Kansas City. The Indians alsoimproved their major league-best home record to 32-12.

Cleveland (53-36) also moved into a virtual first-place tie withDetroit (52-35) in the American League Central Division. TheTigers, who started Friday one-half game ahead of the Indians,play later Friday at Seattle.


In the bottom of the ninth, Travis Hafner led off with a doubleoff the right field wall against reliever Zack Greinke (4-5) toextend his hitting streak to 11 games. The hit came one dayafter the slugger signed a four-year, $57 million contractextension.


After Mike Rouse was sent in to run for Hafner, Jhonny Peraltawas walked intentionally. Garko then hammered a single up themiddle to plate Rouse with the winning run.


It was Cleveland's eighth win in its last at-bat at home thisseason.


The Royals had tied the contest in the top of the inning, whencloser Joe Borowski (2-3) surrendered two singles to put runnerson the corners with one out. Tony Pena Jr. then lifted a deepfly to left field, scoring pinch runner Jason Smith and forginga 4-4 tie.


Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook was in line to pick up hisfirst win in nearly three months. The righthander, who had notwon since April 27 against Baltimore and missed most of the lasttwo months with a strained left abdominal muscle, allowed threeruns and five hits in six innings while striking out two andwalking five.


The Royals had Westbrook in trouble early, loading the bases inthe second and third innings, but only managed to score threeruns. Two of those runs crossed the plate on forceouts.

Westbrook held Kansas City scoreless over his last three inningsbefore turning it over to the bullpen.


Rafael Perez and Rafael Betancourt each tossed a scorelessinning before Borowski gave up the tying run in the ninth.

Victor Martinez gave the Indians their first lead of the gamewith an RBI single in the fifth as Cleveland erased a 3-1deficit.


Perez remained winless since June 18 against St. Louis. Thelefthander allowed four runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.

The Royals took a 1-0 lead on Joey Gathright's RBI grounder inthe second, but the Indians answered in the bottom half on JasonMichaels' RBI single.


The loss began a nine-game road trip for Kansas City, which alsovisits Boston and Detroit.

 

Garko's ninth-inning heroics help Indians edge Royals

<h3>CLEVELAND 5, KANSAS CITY 4</h3>CLEVELAND (Ticker) -- Ryan Garko helped the Cleveland Indianscontinue to make Jacobs Field a house of horrors for the KansasCity Royals.


Garko's RBI single in the ninth helped the Indians recover fromrough top of the inning and post a 5-4 victory over the KansasCity Royals on Friday.


Cleveland, which extended its home winning streak to six games,has won 14 of 17 here against Kansas City. The Indians alsoimproved their major league-best home record to 32-12.

"It's exciting," Garko said. "We picked up where we left offbefore the break. Hopefully, we can keep playing like this."

Cleveland (53-36) also remained just one-half game behindfirst-place Detroit (53-35) in the American League CentralDivision. The Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners, 6-3, onFriday.


In the bottom of the ninth, Travis Hafner led off with a doubleoff the right field wall against reliever Zack Greinke (4-5) toextend his hitting streak to 11 games. The hit came one dayafter the slugger signed a four-year, $57 million contractextension.


"Hafner gave us a chance to do it," Indians manager Eric Wedgesaid. "You get someone on base, you get a chance. He did alittle better than that by hitting that double."


"I made a bad pitch to Hafner," Greinke admitted. "He hit theball hard all day long."


After Mike Rouse was sent in to run for Hafner, Jhonny Peraltawas walked intentionally. Garko then hammered a single up themiddle to plate Rouse with the winning run.


"It was a fastball," Garko said. "I was looking for a strike.I had never faced Greinke before, so I was looking for somethingout and over the plate."


It was Cleveland's eighth win in its last at-bat at home thisseason and its 27th come-from-behind victory overall, the mostin the major leagues.


"It comes from our manager," Garko said. "He has thatnever-say-die attitude. He won't let us quit. It comes down togetting that big hit. What we have going now is great. Thereis somebody different every night. Nobody is scared to be upthere with the game on the line."


The Royals had tied the contest in the top of the inning, whencloser Joe Borowski (2-3) surrendered two singles to put runnerson the corners with one out. Tony Pena Jr. then lifted a deepfly to left field, scoring pinch runner Jason Smith and forginga 4-4 tie.


"They got a couple of knocks off of Joe, but that's going tohappen," Wedge said. "But our guys did a great job of comingback. It says a lot about these guys."


Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook was in line to pick up hisfirst win in nearly three months. The righthander, who had notwon since April 27 against Baltimore and missed most of the lasttwo months with a strained left abdominal muscle, allowed threeruns and five hits in six innings while striking out two andwalking five.


"I felt like I didn't deserve to win," Westbrook said. "But thebottom line is, the team won the game."


The Royals had Westbrook in trouble early, loading the bases inthe second and third innings, but only managed to score threeruns. Two of those runs crossed the plate on forceouts.

"We had Jake in trouble, but we let him off the hook," Royalsmanager Buddy Bell said. "When Jake gets into a rhythm, he canget real good."


Westbrook held Kansas City scoreless over his last three inningsbefore turning it over to the bullpen.


Rafael Perez and Rafael Betancourt each tossed a scorelessinning before Borowski gave up the tying run in the ninth.

Victor Martinez gave the Indians their first lead of the gamewith an RBI single in the fifth as Cleveland erased a 3-1deficit.


Perez remained winless since June 18 against St. Louis. Thelefthander allowed four runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.

The Royals took a 1-0 lead on Joey Gathright's RBI grounder inthe second, but the Indians answered in the bottom half on JasonMichaels' RBI single.


The loss began a nine-game road trip for Kansas City, which alsovisits Boston and Detroit.