Royals 3, Indians 2

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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 Cleveland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 WP: J. Lima (8-1) S: C. Leskanic (2) LP: C.C. Sabathia (13-9)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Kansas City

-M. Sweeney singled to left center, C. Beltran scored

Bot 1st: Cleveland

-A. Escobar grounded into fielder's choice, C. Blake scored, J. Gerut out at second

Top 3rd: Kansas City

-A. Berroa hit sacrifice fly to center, D. Relaford scored

-R. Ibanez singled to second, M. DiFelice scored, C. Beltran to third

Bot 5th: Cleveland

-C. Crisp singled to center, B. Broussard scored

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Berroa ss	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	.293
C. Beltran cf	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.305
M. Sweeney dh	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.298
R. Ibanez lf	4	0	2	1	0	1	1	.296
J. Randa 3b	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.284
K. Harvey 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.268
A. Guiel rf	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294
D. Relaford 2b	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.259
M. DiFelice c	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.251
Totals	33	3	8	3	1	5	10

Batting 2B - J Randa (29, C Sabathia); R Ibanez (31, R Betancourt). 3B - C Beltran (10, C Sabathia). SF - A Berroa. RBI - M Sweeney (76), A Berroa (71), R Ibanez (83). 2-out RBI - R Ibanez. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Relaford 1, K Harvey 3. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running SB - R Ibanez (8, 2nd base off C Sabathia/V Martinez). CS - R Ibanez (4, 2nd base by C Sabathia/V Martinez).    Fielding DP - 2 (A Berroa-D Relaford-K Harvey, A Berroa-K Harvey).

Cleveland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Crisp cf	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.283
C. Blake 3b	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.262
J. Gerut lf	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.280
A. Escobar rf	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	.276
T. Hafner dh	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.263
V. Martinez c	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.283
B. Broussard 1b	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	.256
J. Peralta ss	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	.221
B. Phillips 2b	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	.207
Totals	31	2	6	2	2	6	8

Batting RBI - A Escobar (12), C Crisp (26). 2-out RBI - C Crisp. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Phillips 1. GIDP - J Peralta. Team LOB - 4.

Fielding E - J Gerut (4, bobble).

Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Lima (W, 8-1)	5.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	3.90
J. Affeldt	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	4.02
C. Leskanic (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31
Cleveland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
C.C. Sabathia (L, 13-9)	7.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	3.63
R. Betancourt	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.06

HBP - M Difelice (by C Sabathia).

Pitches-strikes - J Lima 68-41; J Affeldt 36-23; C Leskanic 7-4; C Sabathia 109-69; R Betancourt 20-17.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Lima 5-7; J Affeldt 1-4; C Leskanic 1-2; C Sabathia 10-5; R Betancourt 3-3.

Batters faced - J Lima 20; J Affeldt 10; C Leskanic 3; C Sabathia 29; R Betancourt 7.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--C.B. Bucknor. Time: 2:09. Attendance: 17,275. Weather: 71 degrees, overcast. Wind: 9 mph, right to left.

Updated on Thursday, Sep 18, 2003 9:30 pm ET