September 16, 2007 Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians Box Score and Play by Play

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NYY 4
@BOS 3 CHW 9
LAA 7 KCR 4
@CLE 3 DET 6
@MIN 4 TEX 11
@OAK 9 TBD 9
@SEA 2 BAL 8
@TOR 6
(12) COL 13
FLA 0 HOU 15
PIT 3 ARI 6
@LAD 1 MIL 5
CIN 2 PHI 10
@NYM 6 SDP 5
SFG 1 CHC 4
@STL 2 ATL 3
@WSN 0

Standings at end of play this day

Jacobs Field, Attendance: 30,112

Sunday, September 16, 2007, 1:05PM
Time of Game: 2:59

Royals

64-84

Won 1

4th, 22½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          0  2  0   0  0  1   1  0  0    4  9  0
Indians         0  0  0   0  0  1   2  0  0    3  8  0

W: B Buckner (1-1), L: A Laffey (3-2), S: J Soria (15)

Indians

87-62

Lost 1

1st

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeJesus CF                  4   0   0   0    1   1  .266  .735   17    1   0   
E German 2B                   5   1   2   0    0   3  .269  .732   22    3   1   SB,CS
  M Grudzielanek 2B           0   0   0   0    0   0  .297  .763         1   0   
M Teahen RF                   4   0   1   1    0   1  .285  .768   13    2   0   
B Butler 1B                   3   1   1   0    1   0  .296  .800   13    6   0   
  R Gload 1B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .293  .759         1   0   
A Gordon 3B                   3   1   1   0    1   0  .256  .748   20    1   5   2B
E Brown LF                    4   0   3   2    0   0  .257  .652   10    5   0   
J Buck C                      3   0   0   1    0   1  .230  .773    8    6   0   SF
J Huber DH                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000   12    0   0   
  S Costa PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .222  .553    6    0   0   
T Pena SS                     4   1   1   0    0   1  .259  .615   14    1   4   

B Buckner P                                                              0   0
  J Bale P                                                               0   0
  B Duckworth P                                                          0   0
  J Gobble P                                                             0   0
  J Soria P                                                              0   1
Totals                       34   4   9   4    3   8              135   27  11

BATTING

2B: A Gordon (35, off A Laffey).

SF: J Buck (6, off A Laffey).

TB: E Brown 3; E German 2; A Gordon 2; M Teahen; T Pena; B Butler.

RBI: E Brown 2 (59); M Teahen (57); J Buck (48).

2-out RBI: M Teahen; E Brown.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. T Pena-B Butler.

BASERUNNING

SB: E German (11, 2nd base off A Laffey/V Martinez).

CS: E German (7, 2nd base by A Laffey/V Martinez).

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Sizemore CF                 4   0   1   0    0   0  .275  .847   14    4   0   
A Cabrera 2B                  4   0   0   0    0   3  .288  .797   23    0   2   
T Hafner DH                   3   0   0   0    1   1  .253  .814   18    0   0   
V Martinez C                  4   1   1   1    0   0  .307  .890   17    8   1   HR
R Garko 1B                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .295  .841   21    8   1   
J Peralta SS                  3   1   1   0    1   0  .269  .756   17    2   5   
  J Barfield PR               0   0   0   0    0   0  .246  .599         0   0   
K Lofton LF                   2   0   1   0    0   0  .296  .781    5    2   0   GDP
  J Michaels PH-LF            1   1   1   0    0   0  .272  .728    4    0   0   SH
F Gutierrez RF                4   0   1   1    0   1  .269  .814   18    2   0   
C Blake 3B                    4   0   1   1    0   1  .267  .767   16    0   0   

A Laffey P                                                               0   0
  J Lewis P                                                              0   0
  A Fultz P                                                              1   0
  R Betancourt P                                                         0   0
  T Mastny P                                                             0   0
Totals                       33   3   8   3    2   6              153   27   9

BATTING

HR: V Martinez (23, off B Buckner; 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to CF-RF).

SH: J Michaels (2, off J Soria).

TB: V Martinez 4; F Gutierrez; G Sizemore; R Garko; J Peralta; K Lofton; C Blake; J Michaels.

GIDP: K Lofton (6).

RBI: F Gutierrez (33); V Martinez (104); C Blake (71).

2-out RBI: V Martinez.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 1 for 7.

PITCHING

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Buckner, W (1-1)             6     5   1   1    1   3   1   4.30   23   98-61   38· 6·17    8· 7· 4· 0     60    -     1.10   0.28
J Bale                         0     1   2   2    1   0   0   4.67    2    9-4     1· 1· 2    0· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.58  -0.14
B Duckworth, H (5)             0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   4.15    2    6-4     2· 0· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          2-2    2.95  -0.14
J Gobble, H (14)               1.1   0   0   0    0   2   0   3.04    4   18-11    4· 2· 5    0· 2· 0· 0          1-0    2.40   0.27
J Soria, S (15)                1.1   1   0   0    0   1   0   2.57    5   19-12    6· 3· 3    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    3.78   0.26
Totals                         9     8   3   3    2   6   1          36  150-92   51·12·29   13·10· 5· 0          3-2

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
A Laffey, L (3-2)              6.1   8   4   4    2   3   0   5.35   28   83-51   35· 2·14   11· 7· 5· 0     42    -     0.82  -0.04
J Lewis                        0.1   1   0   0    1   1   0   2.86    3   12-8     4· 3· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-1    1.16  -0.06
A Fultz                        0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.06    1    7-5     3· 1· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          3-0    1.22   0.03
R Betancourt                   1     0   0   0    0   2   0   1.52    3   14-11    7· 3· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.75   0.06
T Mastny                       1     0   0   0    0   2   0   4.30    3   14-8     4· 3· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.57   0.05
Totals                         9     9   4   4    3   8   0          38  130-83   53·12·18   14· 8· 5· 0          5-1

J Bale faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: B Duckworth (5); A Laffey (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - CB Bucknor, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Ed Rapuano, 3B - Ed Hickox.

Time of Game: 2:59.

Attendance: 30,112.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 62° F, Wind 4mph from Left to Right.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Cleveland Indians                    
1. D DeJesus            CF    1. G Sizemore           CF 
2. E German             2B    2. A Cabrera            2B 
3. M Teahen             RF    3. T Hafner             DH 
4. B Butler             1B    4. V Martinez           C  
5. A Gordon             3B    5. R Garko              1B 
6. E Brown              LF    6. J Peralta            SS 
7. J Buck               C     7. K Lofton             LF 
8. J Huber              DH    8. F Gutierrez          RF 
9. T Pena               SS    9. C Blake              3B 

   B Buckner            P        A Laffey             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   1  4-3  -2-  3   19%  89% F Gutierrez     J Soria         Fielder's Choice SS; Barfield out at 3B/SS-3B-SS-3B
   b 9   0  4-3  ---  7  -14%  64% J Peralta       J Soria         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   b 7   0  4-1  -23  4  -12%  55% F Gutierrez     B Duckworth     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Peralta Scores; Michaels to 3B
   b 9   2  4-3  1--  4   11% 100% C Blake         J Soria         Strikeout Looking
   t 2   0  0-0  1--  1   10%  64% A Gordon        A Laffey        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Butler to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Aaron Laffey facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   48%  D DeJesus       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   46%  E German        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   45%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Billy Buckner facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   47%  G Sizemore      Flyball: LF (Short LF Line)
   O      ---  6   49%  A Cabrera       Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
          ---  8   48%  T Hafner        Walk
   O      1--  3   50%  V Martinez      Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Aaron Laffey facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   54%  B Butler        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  1   64%  A Gordon        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Butler to 3B
   R      -23  2   72%  E Brown         Single to RF (Line Drive); Butler Scores; Gordon to 3B; Brown to 2B/Adv on throw
   RO     -23  3   70%  J Buck          Lineout: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Gordon Scores
   O      -2-  1   68%  J Huber         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS); Brown to 3B
   O      --3  1   65%  T Pena          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-2, Billy Buckner facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   61%  R Garko         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   64%  J Peralta       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   OO     1--  4   70%  K Lofton        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Aaron Laffey facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   68%  D DeJesus       Flyball: RF
          ---  3   70%  E German        Single to 1B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B)
   O      1--      67%  M Teahen        German Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
   O      ---  3   66%  " "             Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-2, Billy Buckner facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   69%  F Gutierrez     Strikeout Looking
          ---  5   66%  C Blake         Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   61%  G Sizemore      Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Blake to 2B
   O      12-  5   67%  A Cabrera       Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  2   72%  T Hafner        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Aaron Laffey facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   70%  B Butler        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  2   68%  A Gordon        Flyball: CF (Short LF-CF)
          ---  2   69%  E Brown         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  1   67%  J Buck          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-2, Billy Buckner facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   70%  V Martinez      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   72%  R Garko         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   74%  J Peralta       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Aaron Laffey facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  8   72%  J Huber         Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  2   70%  T Pena          Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  1   69%  D DeJesus       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-2, Billy Buckner facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   64%  K Lofton        Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  2   69%  F Gutierrez     Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
   O      1--  5   73%  C Blake         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  4   77%  G Sizemore      Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Aaron Laffey facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   79%  E German        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  2   77%  M Teahen        Lineout: SS (Weak 3B)
   O      1--  2   74%  B Butler        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          1--      75%  A Gordon        German Steals 2B
          -2-  7   77%  " "             Walk, Wild Pitch; German to 3B; Gordon to 2B
   R      -23  1   85%  E Brown         Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Weak 2B); German Scores; Gordon to 3B
   O      1-3  1   82%  J Buck          Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Billy Buckner facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   85%  A Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   87%  T Hafner        Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
   R      ---  6   79%  V Martinez      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  7   80%  R Garko         Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 1.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Aaron Laffey facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   78%  J Huber         Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
          ---  7   80%  T Pena          Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
          1--  6   83%  D DeJesus       Walk; Pena to 2B
                  Jensen Lewis replaces Aaron Laffey pitching
   O      12-  3   80%  E German        Strikeout Looking
   R      12-  1   88%  M Teahen        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Pena Scores; DeJesus to 3B; Teahen to 2B/Adv on throw
          -23  8   89%  B Butler        Walk
                  Aaron Fultz replaces Jensen Lewis pitching
   O      123  7   86%  A Gordon        Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 1-4, John Bale facing 6-7-8
                  John Bale replaces Billy Buckner pitching; Ross Gload replaces Billy Butler playing 1B batting 4th
          ---  6   81%  J Peralta       Walk
                  Jason Michaels pinch hits for Kenny Lofton batting 7th
          1--  3   72%  J Michaels      Single to LF (Line Drive); Peralta to 2B
                  Brandon Duckworth replaces John Bale pitching
          12-      67%  F Gutierrez     Wild Pitch; Peralta to 3B; Michaels to 2B
   R      -23  4   55%  " "             Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Peralta Scores; Michaels to 3B
   RO     1-3  2   58%  C Blake         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS); Michaels Scores; Gutierrez to 2B
                  Jimmy Gobble replaces Brandon Duckworth pitching
   O      -2-  3   66%  G Sizemore      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      -2-  6   73%  A Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 3.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Rafael Betancourt facing 6-7-8
                  Rafael Betancourt replaces Aaron Fultz pitching; Jason Michaels moves to LF
   O      ---  5   71%  E Brown         Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   69%  J Buck          Strikeout Swinging
                  Shane Costa pinch hits for Justin Huber batting 8th
   O      ---  6   67%  S Costa         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-4, Jimmy Gobble facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   74%  T Hafner        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   79%  V Martinez      Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  Joakim Soria replaces Jimmy Gobble pitching
   O      ---  4   82%  R Garko         Popfly: 2B (Deep 1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 3.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Tom Mastny facing 9-1-2
                  Tom Mastny replaces Rafael Betancourt pitching
   O      ---  4   80%  T Pena          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   79%  D DeJesus       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  7   78%  E German        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-4, Joakim Soria facing 6-7-8
                  Mark Grudzielanek replaces Esteban German playing 2B batting 2nd
          ---  7   64%  J Peralta       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
                  Josh Barfield pinch runs for Jhonny Peralta batting 6th
   O      1--  1   70%  J Michaels      Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Barfield to 2B
   O      -2-  3   89%  F Gutierrez     Fielder's Choice SS; Barfield out at 3B/SS-3B-SS-3B
   O      1--  4  100%  C Blake         Strikeout Looking
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 3.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:CLE200709160

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation