Kansas City 9, Cleveland 3
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(1-7)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 10 0
Kansas City 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 X 9 11 1
WP: K. Davies (1-0)
LP: C. Pavano (0-2)
(5-3)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 3rd: Kansas City
- C. Crisp tripled to deep right center, A. Callaspo scored
- M. Aviles hit sacrifice fly to center, C. Crisp scored
Top 5th: Cleveland
- A. Cabrera singled to right, B. Francisco scored, T. Crowe to third
- M. DeRosa singled to shortstop, T. Crowe scored, A. Cabrera out at home
Bot 5th: Kansas City
- J. Buck homered to deep left
- D. DeJesus singled to center, M. Aviles scored
Top 6th: Cleveland
- J. Peralta singled to right, V. Martinez scored
Bot 8th: Kansas City
- M. Jacobs singled to right, D. DeJesus scored, B. Butler to second
- J. Buck homered to deep left, M. Jacobs, A. Gordon and B. Butler scored
 Cleveland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
G. Sizemore dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .176
M. DeRosa 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .167
V. Martinez 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .394
    J. Barfield pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    R. Garko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
S. Choo rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .308
J. Peralta ss 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 .281
B. Francisco lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .182
K. Shoppach c 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .267
T. Crowe cf 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 .133
A. Cabrera 2b 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 .269
 Totals 35 3 10 3 1 11 15  
 Batting
2B - V Martinez (2, K Davies).
RBI - A Cabrera (2), M DeRosa (6), J Peralta (1).
2-out RBI - M DeRosa.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Peralta 2, T Crowe 1, G Sizemore 1.
Team LOB - 7.
 Base Running
SB - B Francisco (1, 2nd base off K Davies/J Buck).
CS - J Barfield (1, 2nd base by J Cruz/J Buck).
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
C. Crisp cf 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 .214
M. Aviles ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .172
D. DeJesus lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .233
M. Teahen rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250
B. Butler 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .167
M. Jacobs dh 4 1 2 1 0 2 2 .250
A. Gordon 3b 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 .111
J. Buck c 4 2 2 5 0 0 1 .500
A. Callaspo 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .316
 Totals 33 9 11 9 4 8 9  
 Batting
2B - M Jacobs (3, C Pavano); A Callaspo (2, C Pavano); M Aviles (2, C Pavano).
3B - C Crisp (2, C Pavano); D DeJesus (1, R Perez).
HR - J Buck 2 (3, 5th inning off C Pavano 0 on, 0 Out, 8th inning off V Chulk 3 on, 1 Out).
SF - M Aviles.
RBI - C Crisp (4), M Aviles (1), J Buck 5 (8), D DeJesus (1), M Jacobs (3).
2-out RBI - D DeJesus.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Gordon 1.
Team LOB - 5.
 Base Running
CS - C Crisp (1, 2nd base by R Perez/K Shoppach).
 
 Fielding
E - J Buck (1, throw).
DP - 1 (J Buck-A Callaspo).
 Cleveland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
C. Pavano (L, 0-2) 6.0 8 4 4 0 8 1 16.71
R. Perez 1.1 2 4 4 3 0 0 18.00
V. Chulk 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.00
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
K. Davies (W, 1-0) 5.2 7 3 3 1 5 0 2.13
R. Tejeda (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
J. Cruz (H, 2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
D. Waechter 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
WP - K Davies.
IBB - B Butler (by R Perez).
HBP - T Crowe (by K Davies).
Pitches-strikes - C Pavano 80-56; R Perez 28-10; V Chulk 21-13; K Davies 98-58; R Tejeda 3-3; J Cruz 31-19; D Waechter 24-16.
Ground balls-fly balls - C Pavano 4-6; R Perez 3-0; V Chulk 1-1; K Davies 6-5; R Tejeda 0-0; J Cruz 1-1; D Waechter 0-1.
Batters faced - C Pavano 26; R Perez 8; V Chulk 4; K Davies 25; R Tejeda 1; J Cruz 6; D Waechter 5.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Charlie Reliford. 2B--Larry Vanover. 3B--Sam Holbrook.
Time: 2:59.
Attendance: 11,756.
Weather: 57 degrees, clear.
Wind: 3 mph, left to right.

Updated on Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009 4:53 am ET

 
 Top Batters
 Cleveland
M. DeRosa Mark DeRosa
2-4
1 RBI
 Kansas City
J. Buck John Buck
2-4, 2 HR
5 RBI