Cleveland 9, Kansas City 6
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(10-12)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 15 0
Kansas City 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 14 2
WP: F. Carmona (3-1) S: R. Betancourt (1)
LP: B. Tomko (1-3)
(9-13)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Cleveland
- V. Martinez singled to right, J. Carroll scored
Bot 1st: Kansas City
- B. Butler singled to right, J. Gathright scored, D. DeJesus to third
Top 2nd: Cleveland
- C. Blake singled to left, B. Francisco scored, C. Blake to second advancing on throw
- G. Sizemore singled to right, C. Blake scored, G. Sizemore to second advancing on throw
Top 3rd: Cleveland
- R. Garko safe at first on third baseman A. Gordon's fielding error, T. Hafner scored, V. Martinez to second
- B. Francisco doubled to deep center, V. Martinez scored, R. Garko to third
- J. Michaels singled to right center, B. Francisco and R. Garko scored
Bot 3rd: Kansas City
- D. DeJesus homered to deep center
Top 5th: Cleveland
- G. Sizemore homered to deep center
Bot 5th: Kansas City
- B. Butler grounded out to shortstop, D. DeJesus scored
- A. Gordon singled to right, M. Teahen scored
Top 7th: Cleveland
- C. Blake singled to center, J. Michaels scored
Bot 7th: Kansas City
- M. Olivo homered to deep left, A. Gordon scored
 Cleveland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
G. Sizemore cf 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 .282
J. Carroll 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 .217
T. Hafner dh 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 .220
V. Martinez c 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .367
R. Garko 1b 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 .267
A. Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .206
B. Francisco rf 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 .333
    F. Gutierrez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
J. Michaels lf 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 .156
C. Blake 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .250
 Totals 42 9 15 9 2 5 14  
 Batting
2B - B Francisco (1, B Tomko); V Martinez (4, B Tomko); J Michaels (2, Y Yabuta).
HR - G Sizemore (2, 5th inning off Y Yabuta 0 on, 2 Out).
RBI - V Martinez (8), C Blake 2 (18), G Sizemore 2 (11), R Garko (12), B Francisco (1), J Michaels 2 (7).
2-out RBI - V Martinez, C Blake 2, G Sizemore 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Carroll 5, B Francisco 1.
Team LOB - 8.
 Base Running
SB - G Sizemore (6, 2nd base off B Tomko/M Olivo).
 
 Fielding
DP - 3 (A Cabrera-R Garko, J Carroll-A Cabrera-R Garko 2).
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Gathright cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .250
D. DeJesus lf 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 .413
M. Teahen rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .261
B. Butler dh 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 .311
A. Gordon 3b 3 1 2 1 2 0 2 .323
M. Olivo c 4 1 3 2 1 1 1 .299
R. Gload 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 .283
A. Callaspo 2b-ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .346
T. Pena Jr. ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .139
    J. Guillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .172
    E. German 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071
 Totals 38 6 14 6 5 2 16  
 Batting
2B - M Teahen (5, F Carmona).
HR - D Dejesus (1, 3rd inning off F Carmona 0 on, 0 Out), M Olivo (3, 7th inning off R Perez 1 on, 2 Out).
RBI - B Butler 2 (10), D DeJesus (4), A Gordon (10), M Olivo 2 (8).
2-out RBI - M Olivo 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Guillen 1, R Gload 1, J Gathright 1.
GIDP - A Gordon, R Gload 2.
Team LOB - 10.
 Fielding
E - A Gordon (2, ground ball); Y Yabuta (1, throw).
 Cleveland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
F. Carmona (W, 3-1) 5.0 9 4 4 4 1 1 2.89
J. Lewis 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.76
R. Perez 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 1 6.52
M. Kobayashi (H, 1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.16
R. Betancourt (S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.60
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. Tomko (L, 1-3) 4.0 11 7 6 2 2 0 5.25
Y. Yabuta 2.2 4 2 2 0 1 1 9.00
R. Ramirez 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.87
Pitches-strikes - F Carmona 98-60; J Lewis 12-7; R Perez 26-16; M Kobayashi 16-10; R Betancourt 19-12; B Tomko 108-68; Y Yabuta 50-29; R Ramirez 25-16.
Ground balls-fly balls - F Carmona 12-2; J Lewis 1-1; R Perez 1-2; M Kobayashi 4-0; R Betancourt 1-1; B Tomko 8-1; Y Yabuta 5-2; R Ramirez 3-2.
Batters faced - F Carmona 25; J Lewis 3; R Perez 7; M Kobayashi 4; R Betancourt 4; B Tomko 25; Y Yabuta 12; R Ramirez 7.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Jim Joyce. 1B--Adrian Johnson. 2B--Todd Tichenor. 3B--Tim Tschida.
Time: 3:37.
Weather: 72 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 14 mph, right to left.

Updated on Friday, Apr 25, 2008 5:40 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Cleveland
G. Sizemore Grady Sizemore
4-5, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Kansas City
M. Olivo Miguel Olivo
3-4, 1 HR
2 RBI