Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1

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(70-57)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 Kansas City 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 2 5 0 WP: J. Bale (1-1) S: J. Soria (14) LP: C.C. Sabathia (14-7)	(57-70)

Scoring Summary

Bot 4th: Kansas City

- E. Brown grounded out to shortstop, M. Grudzielanek scored

Bot 5th: Kansas City

- E. German hit sacrifice fly to center, T. Pena Jr. scored

Top 7th: Cleveland

- R. Garko singled to center, G. Sizemore scored

Cleveland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
K. Lofton lf	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.296
C. Blake 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.260
G. Sizemore cf	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	.275
V. Martinez c	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.300
T. Hafner dh	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.252
J. Barfield pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243
R. Garko 1b	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	.306
J. Peralta ss	4	0	1	0	0	2	4	.274
F. Gutierrez rf	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.270
A. Cabrera 2b	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.324
Totals	30	1	6	1	3	9	16

Batting 3B - A Cabrera (1, D Riske). S - K Lofton. RBI - R Garko (47). 2-out RBI - R Garko. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Blake 2, J Peralta 1. GIDP - F Gutierrez. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running CS - K Lofton (6, 2nd base by Z Greinke/J Buck).    Fielding PB - V Martinez.

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
E. German 3b	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.269
R. Gload 1b	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
D. DeJesus cf	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.274
M. Grudzielanek 2b	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	.305
B. Butler dh	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	.302
E. Brown rf	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	.236
A. Gordon 1b-3b	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.244
J. Buck c	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.228
T. Pena Jr. ss	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.263
J. Gathright lf	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353
Totals	27	2	5	2	2	6	10

Batting 2B - B Butler (15, C Sabathia); D DeJesus (27, C Sabathia). S - J Gathright. SF - E German. RBI - E Brown (51), E German (30). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Grudzielanek 1, E Brown 1, J Buck 1. Team LOB - 6.

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

Cleveland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
C.C. Sabathia (L, 14-7)	8.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	3.38
Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
Z. Greinke	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	4.25
J. Bale (W, 1-1)	3.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	4.03
J. Gobble (H, 12)	0.2	0	1	1	1	0	0	3.48
J. Peralta (H, 3)	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.89
D. Riske (H, 14)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.48
J. Soria (S, 14)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.44

HBP - T Pena Jr (by C Sabathia).

Pitches-strikes - C Sabathia 119-72; Z Greinke 48-31; J Bale 48-33; J Gobble 18-9; J Peralta 5-4; D Riske 15-12; J Soria 20-11.

Ground balls-fly balls - C Sabathia 11-7; Z Greinke 3-3; J Bale 2-2; J Gobble 1-1; J Peralta 0-0; D Riske 1-1; J Soria 1-2.

Batters faced - C Sabathia 32; Z Greinke 9; J Bale 11; J Gobble 3; J Peralta 2; D Riske 4; J Soria 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--Derryl Cousins. Time: 2:46. Attendance: 25,640. Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.

Updated on Friday, Aug 24, 2007 10:59 pm ET