May 23, 2007 Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals Box Score and Play by Play

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

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 11,506

Wednesday, May 23, 2007, 7:11PM
Time of Game: 3:10

Indians

27-17

Lost 2

2nd, ½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         3  0  0   0  1  0   0  1  2    7 12  0
Royals          2  5  0   0  2  0   0  2  X   11 14  1

W: B Duckworth (2-3), L: C Lee (2-1)

Royals

19-28

Won 3

5th, 10 GB

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Sizemore CF                 4   1   1   1    1   1  .273  .847   22    2   0   HR
C Blake 3B                    5   2   2   1    0   2  .261  .793   23    2   2   HR,2B
T Hafner DH                   5   1   1   2    0   0  .278  .917   11    0   0   HR
V Martinez C                  4   2   1   0    1   0  .319  .907   17    8   2   2B
T Nixon RF                    4   0   2   0    1   0  .291  .776   27    0   0   2B
J Peralta SS                  4   0   1   1    0   2  .273  .862   28    2   0   SF
D Dellucci LF                 5   0   1   1    0   1  .227  .621   26    5   0   2B,GDP
R Garko 1B                    3   1   2   0    1   0  .325  .893   14    2   0   2B
J Barfield 2B                 3   0   1   1    0   0  .230  .581   13    1   1   2B,HBP

C Lee P                                                                  2   1
  M Koplove P                                                            0   0
  F Cabrera P                                                            0   0
Totals                       37   7  12   7    4   6              181   24   6

BATTING

2B: J Barfield (5, off B Duckworth); D Dellucci (10, off S Elarton); V Martinez (9, off S Elarton); C Blake (13, off O Dotel); T Nixon (8, off S Elarton); R Garko (4, off B Duckworth).

HR: T Hafner (9, off O Dotel; 9th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to CF); G Sizemore (8, off S Elarton; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF); C Blake (5, off S Elarton; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF).

SF: J Peralta (2, off S Elarton).

HBP: J Barfield (1, by S Elarton).

TB: C Blake 6; T Hafner 4; G Sizemore 4; T Nixon 3; R Garko 3; J Barfield 2; D Dellucci 2; V Martinez 2; J Peralta.

GIDP: D Dellucci (3).

RBI: T Hafner 2 (31); C Blake (20); J Barfield (21); D Dellucci (7); J Peralta (32); G Sizemore (22).

2-out RBI: J Barfield; D Dellucci.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 11.

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeJesus CF                  4   2   2   0    1   1  .278  .781   20    2   0   
M Grudzielanek 2B             5   2   3   3    0   0  .257  .700   24    0   5   HR,2B
M Teahen RF                   5   2   1   1    0   0  .303  .853   18    3   0   
M Sweeney DH                  4   2   1   2    0   2  .257  .772   17    0   0   HR
E Brown LF                    4   0   1   1    0   0  .219  .578   13    6   0   
A Gordon 3B                   4   1   2   2    0   1  .195  .615   16    1   0   HR
R Shealy 1B                   4   1   1   0    0   0  .218  .625   12    6   1   2B
J Buck C                      3   1   2   2    1   0  .310 1.040   17    6   0   HR,2B
T Pena SS                     4   0   1   0    0   2  .247  .611   13    2   2   CS

S Elarton P                                                              0   0
  B Duckworth P                                                          0   0
  J Gobble P                                                             0   0
  O Dotel P                                                              1   0
Totals                       37  11  14  11    2   6              150   27   8

BATTING

2B: J Buck (8, off M Koplove); R Shealy (4, off M Koplove); M Grudzielanek (13, off C Lee).

HR: A Gordon (3, off C Lee; 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF); J Buck (8, off C Lee; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF); M Grudzielanek (2, off F Cabrera; 8th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF); M Sweeney (6, off C Lee; 2nd inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF).

TB: M Grudzielanek 7; J Buck 6; A Gordon 5; M Sweeney 4; D DeJesus 2; R Shealy 2; M Teahen; T Pena; E Brown.

RBI: M Grudzielanek 3 (17); A Gordon 2 (7); J Buck 2 (18); M Sweeney 2 (22); E Brown (15); M Teahen (25).

2-out RBI: M Grudzielanek 2; A Gordon; E Brown.

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 5 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M Grudzielanek-T Pena-R Shealy.

E: J Buck (5).

BASERUNNING

CS: T Pena (2, 3rd base by F Cabrera/V Martinez).

PITCHING

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Lee, L (2-1)                 4.1  10   8   8    1   3   3   5.93   24   90-61   37·11·13    7· 9· 4· 0     13    -     0.81  -0.52
M Koplove                      1.2   2   1   1    0   2   0   5.40    7   25-19   11· 5· 3    0· 3· 2· 0          0-0    0.17  -0.02
F Cabrera                      2     2   2   2    1   1   1   5.59    8   32-16    6· 4· 6    0· 3· 3· 0          0-0    0.06  -0.01
Totals                         8    14  11  11    2   6   4          39  147-96   54·20·22    7·15· 9· 0           -

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
S Elarton                      4.2   7   4   4    4   3   2   6.00   25  102-56   40· 5·11    4· 9· 4· 0     33    -     0.91  -0.16
B Duckworth, W (2-3)           3     2   1   1    0   1   0   2.39   11   50-32   19· 3·10    4· 3· 3· 0          2-0    0.40   0.10
J Gobble                       0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   2.50    1    6-5     3· 1· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.40   0.01
O Dotel                        1     3   2   2    0   1   1  18.00    6   20-14    8· 1· 5    1· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.27   0.00
Totals                         9    12   7   7    4   6   3          43  178-107  70·10·27    9·15· 8· 0          3-0

Balks: None.

WP: S Elarton (1); O Dotel (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: S Elarton (1; J Barfield).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tom Hallion, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Charlie Reliford.

Time of Game: 3:10.

Attendance: 11,506.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 79° F, Wind 16mph from Right to Left, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Kansas City Royals                   
1. G Sizemore           CF    1. D DeJesus            CF 
2. C Blake              3B    2. M Grudzielanek       2B 
3. T Hafner             DH    3. M Teahen             RF 
4. V Martinez           C     4. M Sweeney            DH 
5. T Nixon              RF    5. E Brown              LF 
6. J Peralta            SS    6. A Gordon             3B 
7. D Dellucci           LF    7. R Shealy             1B 
8. R Garko              1B    8. J Buck               C  
9. J Barfield           2B    9. T Pena               SS 

   C Lee                P        S Elarton            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 2   1  3-5  1--  5   12%  86% M Sweeney       C Lee           Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Teahen Scores
   b 2   1  3-3  1--  4   11%  67% M Grudzielanek  C Lee           Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); DeJesus Scores
   b 2   0  3-2  ---  6   10%  55% J Buck          C Lee           Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   t 1   0  0-0  ---  2   -9%  41% G Sizemore      S Elarton       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   b 1   2  3-1  1-3  2    9%  45% A Gordon        C Lee           Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Sweeney Scores; Brown to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Scott Elarton facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   R      ---  2   41%  G Sizemore      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   R      ---  4   32%  C Blake         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   34%  T Hafner        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  7   32%  V Martinez      Walk
          1--  3   26%  T Nixon         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Martinez to 3B
   RO     -23  3   26%  J Peralta       Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Martinez Scores
   O      -2-  5   28%  D Dellucci      Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Behind 0-3, Cliff Lee facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   32%  D DeJesus       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--  5   40%  M Grudzielanek  Single to CF (Line Drive); DeJesus to 3B
   O      1-3  2   36%  M Teahen        Fielder's Choice P; DeJesus out at Hm/P-C-3B-P; Grudzielanek to 3B; Teahen to 2B
   O      -23  2   28%  M Sweeney       Fielder's Choice 3B; Grudzielanek out at Hm/3B-C
   R      12-  6   36%  E Brown         Single to 1B (Ground Ball); Teahen Scores; Sweeney to 3B
   R      1-3  2   45%  A Gordon        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Sweeney Scores; Brown to 3B
   O      1-3  4   40%  R Shealy        Popfly: 3B (Front of Home)
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Ahead 3-2, Scott Elarton facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   37%  R Garko         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   40%  J Barfield      Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   43%  G Sizemore      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--      42%  C Blake         Wild Pitch; Sizemore to 3B/Adv on E2 (throw)
   O      --3  5   45%  " "             Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 2-3, Cliff Lee facing 8-9-1
   R      ---  6   55%  J Buck          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   53%  T Pena          Bunt Groundout: P unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
          ---  7   56%  D DeJesus       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   R      1--  4   67%  M Grudzielanek  Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); DeJesus Scores
   R      -2-  3   74%  M Teahen        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Grudzielanek Scores
   RR     1--  5   86%  M Sweeney       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Teahen Scores
   O      ---  1   85%  E Brown         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  5   85%  A Gordon        Popfly: SS (SS-2B)
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 7.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 3-7, Scott Elarton facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   86%  T Hafner        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   88%  V Martinez      Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      --- 10   88%  T Nixon         Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 7.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Ahead 7-3, Cliff Lee facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   88%  R Shealy        Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
          ---  6   88%  J Buck          Walk
   O      1--  4   87%  T Pena          Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  5   86%  D DeJesus       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 7.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-7, Scott Elarton facing 6-7-8
          ---  3   83%  J Peralta       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   OO     1--  2   90%  D Dellucci      Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  4   89%  R Garko         Walk
          1--  6   87%  J Barfield      Hit By Pitch; Garko to 2B
          12-  4   84%  G Sizemore      Walk; Garko to 3B; Barfield to 2B
   O      123  4   90%  C Blake         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 7.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 7-3, Cliff Lee facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   90%  M Grudzielanek  Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   89%  M Teahen        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  3   88%  M Sweeney       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 7.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-7, Scott Elarton facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   90%  T Hafner        Lineout: LF
          ---  1   88%  V Martinez      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
          -2-  4   85%  T Nixon         Walk
   O      12-  8   89%  J Peralta       Strikeout Swinging
   R      12-  7   81%  D Dellucci      Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Martinez Scores; Nixon to 3B
                  Brandon Duckworth replaces Scott Elarton pitching
   O      -23  2   88%  R Garko         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 7.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 7-4, Cliff Lee facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   86%  E Brown         Popfly: 2B
   R      ---  4   92%  A Gordon        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
                  Mike Koplove replaces Cliff Lee pitching
          ---  1   93%  R Shealy        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
   R      -2-  3   96%  J Buck          Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Shealy Scores
   O      -2-  4   95%  T Pena          Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  1   95%  D DeJesus       Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 9.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 4-9, Brandon Duckworth facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   96%  J Barfield      Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  6   97%  G Sizemore      Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   97%  C Blake         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 9-4, Mike Koplove facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   97%  M Grudzielanek  Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   96%  M Teahen        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  7   96%  M Sweeney       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 9.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 4-9, Brandon Duckworth facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   97%  T Hafner        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   98%  V Martinez      Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  7   98%  T Nixon         Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 9-4, Fernando Cabrera facing 5-6-7
                  Fernando Cabrera replaces Mike Koplove pitching
   O      ---  3   98%  E Brown         Lineout: CF
   O      ---  5   98%  A Gordon        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   98%  R Shealy        Foul Popfly: C (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 9.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 4-9, Brandon Duckworth facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   99%  J Peralta       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  8   99%  D Dellucci      Lineout: RF (Deep CF-RF)
          ---  4   99%  R Garko         Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   R      -2-  3   97%  J Barfield      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Garko Scores
                  Jimmy Gobble replaces Brandon Duckworth pitching
   O      -2-  6   99%  G Sizemore      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Royals 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 9-5, Fernando Cabrera facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   98%  J Buck          Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
          ---  3   99%  T Pena          Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--  4   99%  D DeJesus       Walk; Pena to 2B
   O      12-      99%  M Grudzielanek  Pena Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B); DeJesus to 2B
   RR     -2-  4  100%  " "             Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); DeJesus Scores
   O      ---  6  100%  M Teahen        Lineout: LF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Royals 11.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 5-11, Octavio Dotel facing 2-3-4
                  Octavio Dotel replaces Jimmy Gobble pitching
          ---  4   99%  C Blake         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   RR     -2-  2   98%  T Hafner        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Blake Scores
   O      ---  1   99%  V Martinez      Flyball: RF
          ---  3   98%  T Nixon         Single to SS (Pop Fly to Deep 3B)
          1--      98%  J Peralta       Wild Pitch; Nixon to 2B
   O      -2-  6   99%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  4  100%  D Dellucci      Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
        2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 7, Royals 11.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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