Cleveland 5, Kansas City 3
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(95-65)
  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
WP: C.C. Sabathia (19-7) S: J. Borowski (44)
LP: K. Davies (3-7)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Cleveland
- T. Hafner homered to deep right, A. Cabrera scored
Top 2nd: Cleveland
- K. Lofton tripled to right, J. Peralta scored
Bot 2nd: Kansas City
- E. German homered to deep left, E. Brown scored
Bot 3rd: Kansas City
- E. Brown doubled to left, M. Sweeney scored
Top 4th: Cleveland
- C. Blake singled to center, J. Peralta scored
- A. Cabrera singled to center, C. Blake scored, G. Sizemore to second
 Cleveland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season 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 K LOB Season 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
    R. Gload ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285
J. Huber lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
    M. Teahen ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286
J. Buck c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .224
    A. Gordon ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .248
T. Pena Jr. ss 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .265
    S. Costa ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .225
 Totals 34 3 9 3 2 6 9  
 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.
 Base Running
SB - T Pena Jr (5, 2nd base off C Sabathia/V Martinez).
 
 Fielding
DP - 1 (M Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-B Butler).
 Cleveland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
C.C. Sabathia (W, 19-7) 7.0 8 3 3 1 4 1 3.21
R. Betancourt (H, 31) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.47
J. Borowski (S, 44) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.15
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
K. Davies (L, 3-7) 3.2 5 5 5 4 0 1 6.66
J. Bale 2.2 1 0 0 1 4 0 4.08
J. Peralta 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.74
J. Gobble 0.2 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.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--Mike Estabrook. 3B--Laz Diaz.
Time: 3:00.
Attendance: 29,846.
Weather: 77 degrees, clear.
Wind: 7 mph, right to left.

Updated on Saturday, Sep 29, 2007 5:38 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Cleveland
T. Hafner T. Hafner
1-2, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Kansas City
E. German E. German
1-3, 1 HR
2 RBI