April 24, 2008 Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals Play by Play and Box Score

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

Standings at end of play this day

First game of doubleheader, see Second game.

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: Not Given

Thursday, April 24, 2008, 6:10pm
Time of Game: 3:37

Indians

9-12

Won 2

2nd, 2½ GB

Eric Wedge

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         1  2  4   0  1  0   1  0  0    9 15  0
Royals          1  0  1   0  2  0   2  0  0    6 14  2

W: F Carmona (3-1), L: B Tomko (1-3), S: R Betancourt (1)

Royals

9-12

Lost 6

5th, 3½ GB

Trey Hillman

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Sizemore CF                 5   1   4   2    0   0  .289  .798   16    2   0   HR,SB
J Carroll 2B                  4   1   0   0    1   1  .217  .759   30    1   4   
T Hafner DH                   5   1   1   0    0   1  .213  .660   18    0   0   
V Martinez C                  5   1   3   1    0   0  .367  .810   18    4   0   2B
R Garko 1B                    5   1   0   1    0   1  .274  .823   25   13   0   
A Cabrera SS                  4   0   1   0    1   1  .203  .544   20    4   8   
B Francisco RF                5   2   2   1    0   0  .333  .833   18    0   0   2B
  F Gutierrez RF              0   0   0   0    0   0  .234  .649         0   0   
J Michaels LF                 5   1   2   2    0   1  .156  .431   22    2   0   2B
C Blake 3B                    4   1   2   2    0   0  .250  .746   19    0   1   

F Carmona P                                                              0   0
  J Lewis P                                                              0   1
  R Perez P                                                              0   0
  M Kobayashi P                                                          1   1
  R Betancourt P                                                         0   0
Totals                       42   9  15   9    2   5              186   27  15

BATTING

2B: J Michaels (2, off Y Yabuta); B Francisco (1, off B Tomko); V Martinez (4, off B Tomko).

HR: G Sizemore (2, off Y Yabuta; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep CF).

TB: G Sizemore 7; V Martinez 4; J Michaels 3; B Francisco 3; C Blake 2; T Hafner; A Cabrera.

RBI: J Michaels 2 (7); G Sizemore 2 (11); C Blake 2 (18); V Martinez (8); B Francisco (1); R Garko (12).

2-out RBI: G Sizemore 2; C Blake 2; V Martinez.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 7 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 3. J Carroll-A Cabrera-R Garko 2; A Cabrera-R Garko.

BASERUNNING

SB: G Sizemore (6, 2nd base off B Tomko/M Olivo).

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Gathright CF                5   1   2   0    0   0  .250  .533   20    2   0   
D DeJesus LF                  4   2   2   1    1   0  .429 1.029   24    1   0   HR
M Teahen RF                   5   1   1   0    0   1  .266  .748   22    1   0   2B
B Butler DH                   5   0   1   2    0   0  .316  .780   15    0   0   
A Gordon 3B                   3   1   2   1    2   0  .329  .890   30    2   3   GDP
M Olivo C                     4   1   3   2    1   1  .313 1.041   21    5   0   HR
R Gload 1B                    5   0   1   0    0   0  .283  .648   17   14   0   2·GDP
A Callaspo 2B-SS              3   0   1   0    1   0  .346  .855   14    2   3   
T Pena SS                     3   0   1   0    0   0  .143  .316    6    0   6   
  J Guillen PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .163  .481    2    0   0   
  E German 2B                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .083  .237         0   1   

B Tomko P                                                                0   1
  Y Yabuta P                                                             0   0
  R Ramirez P                                                            0   1
Totals                       38   6  14   6    5   2              171   27  15

BATTING

2B: M Teahen (5, off F Carmona).

HR: M Olivo (3, off R Perez; 7th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); D DeJesus (1, off F Carmona; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF).

TB: M Olivo 6; D DeJesus 5; M Teahen 2; J Gathright 2; A Gordon 2; A Callaspo; T Pena; B Butler; R Gload.

GIDP: R Gload 2 (2); A Gordon (1).

RBI: B Butler 2 (10); M Olivo 2 (8); A Gordon (10); D DeJesus (4).

2-out RBI: M Olivo 2.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 2 for 9.

FIELDING

E: Y Yabuta (); A Gordon (2).

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
F Carmona, W (3-1)             5     9   4   4    4   1   1   2.89   25   98-59   42· 4·13   15· 4· 1· 0     30    -     0.95  -0.01
J Lewis                        0.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   4.76    3   12-7     4· 0· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.54   0.02
R Perez                        1     3   2   2    1   0   1   6.52    7   26-16   12· 2· 2    3· 3· 0· 0          1-0    0.45  -0.07
M Kobayashi, H (1)             1.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.16    4   16-10    5· 0· 5    4· 0· 0· 0          2-0    1.07   0.11
R Betancourt, S (1)            1     1   0   0    0   1   0   3.60    4   19-12    5· 2· 5    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.86   0.04
Totals                         9    14   6   6    5   2   2          43  171-104  68· 8·28   24· 9· 3· 0          3-0

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
B Tomko, L (1-3)               4    11   7   6    2   2   0   5.25   25  108-68   42· 3·23   10· 2· 9· 0     14    -     0.77  -0.41
Y Yabuta                       2.2   4   2   2    0   1   1   9.00   12   50-29   18· 2· 9    7· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.19  -0.03
R Ramirez                      2.1   0   0   0    0   2   0   0.87    7   25-16    7· 3· 6    3· 2· 0· 0          2-0    0.19   0.03
Totals                         9    15   9   8    2   5   1          44  183-113  67· 8·38   20· 7·10· 0          2-0

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim Joyce, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Todd Tichenor, 3B - Tim Tschida.

Time of Game: 3:37.

Attendance: 0.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 14mph from Right to Left, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Kansas City Royals                   
1. G Sizemore           CF    1. J Gathright          CF 
2. J Carroll            2B    2. D DeJesus            LF 
3. T Hafner             DH    3. M Teahen             RF 
4. V Martinez           C     4. B Butler             DH 
5. R Garko              1B    5. A Gordon             3B 
6. A Cabrera            SS    6. M Olivo              C  
7. B Francisco          RF    7. R Gload              1B 
8. J Michaels           LF    8. A Callaspo           2B 
9. C Blake              3B    9. T Pena               SS 

   F Carmona            P        B Tomko              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   1  1-1  1-3  1   11%  50% A Gordon        F Carmona       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   t 2   2  1-1  -2-  5   10%  59% C Blake         B Tomko         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Francisco Scores; Blake to 2B/Adv on throw
   t 2   2  1-2  -2-  3   10%  68% G Sizemore      B Tomko         Single to RF (Line Drive); Blake Scores; Sizemore to 2B/Adv on throw
   b 1   1  1-0  1-3  3  -10%  39% B Butler        F Carmona       Single to RF (Ground Ball); Gathright Scores; DeJesus to 3B
   t 1   2  0-0  -2-  3    9%  57% V Martinez      B Tomko         Single to RF (Line Drive); Carroll Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Brett Tomko facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   48%  G Sizemore      Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS-2B)
          ---  5   50%  J Carroll       Walk
   O      1--  4   48%  T Hafner        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B); Carroll to 2B
   R      -2-  3   57%  V Martinez      Single to RF (Line Drive); Carroll Scores
   O      1-- 13   55%  R Garko         Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Fausto Carmona facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   51%  J Gathright     Single to 1B (Bunt to Weak 2B)
          1--  7   46%  D DeJesus       Walk; Gathright to 2B
   O      12-  7   48%  M Teahen        Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF); Gathright to 3B
   R      1-3  3   39%  B Butler        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Gathright Scores; DeJesus to 3B
   OO     1-3  1   50%  A Gordon        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 1.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 1-1, Brett Tomko facing 6-7-8
          ---  7   54%  A Cabrera       Walk
   O      1--  3   52%  B Francisco     Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Cabrera out at 3B/SS-3B; Francisco to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -2-  3   48%  J Michaels      Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   R      -2-  5   59%  C Blake         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Francisco Scores; Blake to 2B/Adv on throw
   R      -2-  3   68%  G Sizemore      Single to RF (Line Drive); Blake Scores; Sizemore to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -2-  9   66%  J Carroll       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 1-3, Fausto Carmona facing 6-7-8
          ---  2   62%  M Olivo         Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   OO     1--  1   70%  R Gload         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  5   69%  A Callaspo      Walk
          1--  2   66%  T Pena          Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Callaspo to 2B
   O      12-  1   71%  J Gathright     Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 1.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 3-1, Brett Tomko facing 3-4-5
          ---  4   74%  T Hafner        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   81%  V Martinez      Single to RF (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Hafner to 3B
   R      1-3  3   84%  R Garko         Reached on E5 (Ground Ball to LF Line); Hafner Scores; Martinez to 2B
   O      12-  3   81%  A Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
   R      12-  3   89%  B Francisco     Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Martinez Scores; Garko to 3B
   RR     -23  5   94%  J Michaels      Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Garko Scores/unER; Francisco Scores
   O      1--  2   93%  C Blake         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
          1--  1   94%  G Sizemore      Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Blake to 3B
          1-3      94%  J Carroll       Sizemore Steals 2B
   O      -23  5   93%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Royals 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 1-7, Fausto Carmona facing 2-3-4
   R      ---  4   89%  D DeJesus       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      ---  5   90%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   91%  B Butler        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  6   91%  A Gordon        Walk
          1--  8   89%  M Olivo         Walk; Gordon to 2B
   O      12-  4   92%  R Gload         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Royals 2.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-2, Brett Tomko facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   91%  T Hafner        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
          ---  6   92%  V Martinez      Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   O      -2-  3   91%  R Garko         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          -2-  3   92%  A Cabrera       Single to RF (Line Drive); Martinez to 3B
   O      1-3  6   90%  B Francisco     Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-7, Fausto Carmona facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   92%  A Callaspo      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  1   93%  T Pena          Bunt Groundout: C unassisted (Front of Home)
   O      ---  5   93%  J Gathright     Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Royals 2.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-2, Yasuhiko Yabuta facing 8-9-1
                  Yasuhiko Yabuta replaces Brett Tomko pitching
   O      ---  5   93%  J Michaels      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  7   93%  C Blake         Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
   R      ---  6   95%  G Sizemore      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      ---  5   95%  J Carroll       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak 3B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 8, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-8, Fausto Carmona facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   94%  D DeJesus       Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
          1--  6   89%  M Teahen        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); DeJesus to 3B
   RO     -23  6   91%  B Butler        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS); DeJesus Scores
   R      -2-  6   87%  A Gordon        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Teahen Scores
          1--  5   84%  M Olivo         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Gordon to 2B
   OO     12-  2   92%  R Gload         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Royals 4.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Ahead 8-4, Yasuhiko Yabuta facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   91%  T Hafner        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   90%  V Martinez      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   90%  R Garko         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 8, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-8, Jensen Lewis facing 8-9-1
                  Jensen Lewis replaces Fausto Carmona pitching
   O      ---  6   92%  A Callaspo      Flyball: LF
   O      ---  3   93%  T Pena          Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS-2B)
          ---  3   92%  J Gathright     Single to RF (Line Drive)
                  Rafael Perez replaces Jensen Lewis pitching
   O      1--  3   94%  D DeJesus       Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Royals 4.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Ahead 8-4, Yasuhiko Yabuta facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   93%  A Cabrera       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  1   93%  B Francisco     Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  5   94%  J Michaels      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   R      -2-  5   96%  C Blake         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Michaels Scores
          1--  3   97%  G Sizemore      Single to P (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B); Blake to 3B/Adv on E1 (throw); Sizemore to 2B
                  Ramon Ramirez replaces Yasuhiko Yabuta pitching
   O      -23  3   96%  J Carroll       Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Indians 9, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-9, Rafael Perez facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   97%  M Teahen        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   98%  B Butler        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  9   97%  A Gordon        Walk
   RR     1--  1   92%  M Olivo         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Gordon Scores
          ---  5   90%  R Gload         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
          1--  1   88%  A Callaspo      Single to P (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Gload to 2B
                  Masahide Kobayashi replaces Rafael Perez pitching; Jose Guillen pinch hits for Tony Pena batting 9th
   O      12-  2   93%  J Guillen       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 9, Royals 6.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Ahead 9-6, Ramon Ramirez facing 3-4-5
                  Esteban German replaces Jose Guillen playing 2B batting 9th; Alberto Callaspo moves to SS
   O      ---  6   92%  T Hafner        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   91%  V Martinez      Groundout: P-1B (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  1   91%  R Garko         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-9, Masahide Kobayashi facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  7   94%  J Gathright     Groundout: P-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  6   96%  D DeJesus       Groundout: P unassisted (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  1   96%  M Teahen        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Royals 6.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Ahead 9-6, Ramon Ramirez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   96%  A Cabrera       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  5   96%  B Francisco     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  4   96%  J Michaels      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-9, Rafael Betancourt facing 4-5-6
                  Rafael Betancourt replaces Masahide Kobayashi pitching; Franklin Gutierrez replaces Ben Francisco playing RF batting 7th
   O      ---  1   98%  B Butler        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  8   95%  A Gordon        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   O      1--  5   98%  M Olivo         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  5  100%  R Gload         Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 9, Royals 6.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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