September 29, 2007 Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals Box Score and Play by Play

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

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 24,274

Saturday, September 29, 2007, 6:10PM
Time of Game: 3:08

Indians

95-66

Lost 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         0  0  2   0  0  0   0  1  0    3 11  0
Royals          3  0  0   0  0  0   0  1  X    4 10  1

W: J Soria (2-3), L: R Perez (1-2)

Royals

69-92

Won 1

5th, 26 GB

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Sizemore CF                 5   0   0   0    0   2  .278  .853   22    0   0   
A Cabrera 2B                  4   2   2   0    1   1  .285  .776   20    1   3   
T Hafner DH                   4   0   2   0    0   2  .265  .834   15    0   0   
  J Barfield PR               0   0   0   0    0   0  .242  .590         0   0   
V Martinez C                  4   0   3   3    0   0  .301  .879   24    7   3   GDP
R Garko 1B                    4   0   1   0    0   2  .290  .845   20   10   0   2B
J Peralta SS                  4   0   1   0    0   1  .270  .771   14    1   4   
K Lofton LF                   2   0   0   0    0   1  .296  .781    7    2   0   
  J Michaels PH-LF            2   0   0   0    0   1  .269  .720    8    1   0   
T Nixon RF                    2   0   0   0    0   1  .251  .678    8    0   0   
  F Gutierrez PH-RF           2   0   1   0    0   0  .266  .794    8    0   0   
C Blake 3B                    3   1   1   0    1   1  .269  .774   18    2   1   CS

J Westbrook P                                                            0   0
  R Perez P                                                              0   0
  J Lewis P                                                              0   0
Totals                       36   3  11   3    2  12              164   24  11

BATTING

2B: R Garko (29, off G Meche).

TB: V Martinez 3; A Cabrera 2; T Hafner 2; R Garko 2; F Gutierrez; J Peralta; C Blake.

GIDP: V Martinez (19).

RBI: V Martinez 3 (114).

2-out RBI: V Martinez 2.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

BASERUNNING

CS: C Blake (5, 2nd base by G Meche/J Buck).

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeJesus CF                  3   1   0   0    0   0  .260  .723   13    2   0   SB,HBP
M Grudzielanek 2B             3   1   2   0    1   0  .302  .772   21    2   3   IW
M Teahen RF                   4   1   1   1    0   2  .285  .764   17    3   0   2B
M Sweeney DH                  4   0   2   0    0   1  .263  .726   12    0   0   
  J Huber PR                  0   1   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
R Gload 1B                    2   0   0   0    1   0  .283  .745   14    3   0   IW
  E German PH-3B              1   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .735    1    0   0   
A Gordon 3B-1B                3   0   1   1    0   2  .248  .728   18    1   0   SF
J Buck C                      3   0   0   0    0   1  .222  .737   11   11   1   
  S Costa PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .223  .558    4    0   0   
  P Phillips C                0   0   0   0    0   0  .182  .523         2   0   
J Gathright LF                4   0   2   1    0   0  .308  .716    9    1   1   
T Pena SS                     4   0   2   0    0   0  .267  .640    8    2   2   3B,CS

G Meche P                                                                0   0
  J Bale P                                                               0   0
  D Riske P                                                              0   0
  J Gobble P                                                             0   0
  J Soria P                                                              0   0
Totals                       32   4  10   3    2   7              128   27   7

BATTING

2B: M Teahen (31, off J Westbrook).

3B: T Pena (7, off J Westbrook).

SF: A Gordon (2, off J Westbrook).

IBB: R Gload (2, by J Westbrook); M Grudzielanek (2, by R Perez).

HBP: D DeJesus (23, by J Westbrook).

TB: T Pena 4; M Teahen 2; J Gathright 2; M Sweeney 2; M Grudzielanek 2; A Gordon.

RBI: M Teahen (60); J Gathright (18); A Gordon (60).

2-out RBI: J Gathright.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 2 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 1. T Pena-R Gload.

E: T Pena (23).

BASERUNNING

SB: D DeJesus (10, 2nd base off J Westbrook/V Martinez).

CS: T Pena (6, 2nd base by J Westbrook/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
J Westbrook                    6.1   7   3   3    1   5   0   4.32   27   97-62   39· 6·17   13· 1· 6· 0     51    -     0.87  -0.03
R Perez, L (1-2)               1     2   1   1    1   1   0   1.78    6   17-10    7· 2· 1    3· 0· 1· 0          1-0    1.79   0.04
J Lewis                        0.2   1   0   0    0   1   0   2.15    3    6-6     3· 2· 1    0· 1· 1· 0          2-1    2.69  -0.15
Totals                         8    10   4   4    2   7   0          36  120-78   49·10·19   16· 2· 8· 0          3-1

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
G Meche                        6     7   2   2    2   7   0   3.67   24  103-67   44· 6·17    3· 8· 4· 0     55    -     1.15   0.20
J Bale, H (5)                  0.1   1   0   0    0   1   0   4.05    2   10-7     2· 2· 3    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.50  -0.00
D Riske, H (16)                0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.45    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    2.28   0.06
J Gobble, BS (2)               0.1   3   1   1    0   1   0   3.02    4   14-9     5· 1· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          1-0    2.81  -0.35
J Soria, W (2-3)               2     0   0   0    0   3   0   2.48    7   34-23   13· 5· 5    2· 2· 0· 0          2-0    3.38   0.46
Totals                         9    11   3   3    2  12   0          38  162-107  65·14·28    9·10· 5· 0          4-0

J Gobble faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Westbrook (3).

IBB: R Perez (2; M Grudzielanek); J Westbrook (5; R Gload).

HBP: J Westbrook (6; D DeJesus).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bill Welke, 1B - , 2B - Laz Diaz, 3B - Wally Bell.

Time of Game: 3:08.

Attendance: 24,274.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 80° F, Wind 13mph from Right to Left, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

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

   J Westbrook          P        G Meche              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   2  3-3  12-  1   26%  85% J Gathright     J Lewis         Single to RF (Line Drive); Huber Scores; Gordon to 2B
   t 8   0  3-2  12-  4  -19%  34% V Martinez      J Gobble        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Cabrera Scores; Hafner to 2B
   t 3   2  3-0  12-  8  -15%  64% V Martinez      G Meche         Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); Blake Scores; Cabrera Scores
   t 8   2  3-3  123  3   14%  61% F Gutierrez     J Soria         Groundout: 2B-1B
   t 8   1  3-3  123  3   14%  47% J Michaels      J Soria         Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Gil Meche facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   52%  G Sizemore      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   50%  A Cabrera       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   53%  T Hafner        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  7   51%  V Martinez      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Cabrera to 2B
   O      12-  5   55%  R Garko         Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Jake Westbrook facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   58%  D DeJesus       Hit By Pitch
          1--  6   67%  M Grudzielanek  Single to RF (Ground Ball); DeJesus to 3B
   R      1-3  1   75%  M Teahen        Double to RF (Line Drive); DeJesus Scores; Grudzielanek to 3B
   O      -23  6   71%  M Sweeney       Strikeout Swinging
          -23  4   72%  R Gload         Intentional Walk
   R      123      78%  A Gordon        Wild Pitch; Grudzielanek Scores; Teahen to 3B; Gload to 2B
   RO     -23  5   78%  " "             Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Short LF Line); Teahen Scores
   O      -2-  3   77%  J Buck          Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Gil Meche facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   79%  J Peralta       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   80%  K Lofton        Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  4   81%  T Nixon         Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Jake Westbrook facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   83%  J Gathright     Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   O      1--  2   82%  T Pena          Groundout: 1B unassisted; Gathright to 2B
   O      -2-  2   80%  D DeJesus       Fielder's Choice SS; Gathright out at 3B/SS-3B
          1--      80%  M Grudzielanek  DeJesus Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   78%  " "             Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 3.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Behind 0-3, Gil Meche facing 9-1-2
          ---  6   75%  C Blake         Walk
   O      1--  7   78%  G Sizemore      Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
          1--  7   74%  A Cabrera       Walk; Blake to 2B
   O      12-  4   79%  T Hafner        Strikeout Swinging
   RR     12-  8   64%  V Martinez      Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); Blake Scores; Cabrera Scores
   O      1--  5   66%  R Garko         Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Jake Westbrook facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   64%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   67%  M Sweeney       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   65%  R Gload         Groundout: 2B-1B; Sweeney to 2B
   O      -2-  6   62%  A Gordon        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Gil Meche facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   65%  J Peralta       Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  5   67%  K Lofton        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   68%  T Nixon         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Jake Westbrook facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   66%  J Buck          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   64%  J Gathright     Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
          ---  2   65%  T Pena          Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   63%  D DeJesus       Pena Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Gil Meche facing 9-1-2
          ---  1   58%  C Blake         Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   63%  G Sizemore      Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      1--      69%  A Cabrera       Blake Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
   O      ---  3   70%  " "             Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Jake Westbrook facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   68%  D DeJesus       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
          ---  3   70%  M Grudzielanek  Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  5   67%  M Teahen        Lineout: LF (LF-CF)
   O      1--  3   65%  M Sweeney       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Gil Meche facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   59%  T Hafner        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   OO     1--  5   71%  V Martinez      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  4   68%  R Garko         Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  1   73%  J Peralta       Single to LF (Line Drive); Garko out at Hm/LF-C
                  0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Jake Westbrook facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   71%  R Gload         Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  4   69%  A Gordon        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2   68%  J Buck          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, John Bale facing 7-8-9
                  John Bale replaces Gil Meche pitching; Jason Michaels pinch hits for Kenny Lofton batting 7th
   O      ---  5   73%  J Michaels      Strikeout Looking
                  Franklin Gutierrez pinch hits for Trot Nixon batting 8th
          ---  5   68%  F Gutierrez     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
                  David Riske replaces John Bale pitching
   O      1--  1   73%  C Blake         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  Jimmy Gobble replaces David Riske pitching
   O      1--  5   78%  G Sizemore      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Jake Westbrook facing 8-9-1
                  Jason Michaels moves to LF; Franklin Gutierrez moves to RF
   O      ---  2   76%  J Gathright     Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
          ---  3   83%  T Pena          Triple to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
                  Rafael Perez replaces Jake Westbrook pitching
   O      --3  4   77%  D DeJesus       Fielder's Choice SS; Pena out at Hm/SS-C-3B; DeJesus to 2B
          -2-  4   77%  M Grudzielanek  Intentional Walk
   O      12-  5   73%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Royals 3.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Jimmy Gobble facing 2-3-4
          ---  1   65%  A Cabrera       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  4   52%  T Hafner        Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Cabrera to 2B
   R      12-  4   34%  V Martinez      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Cabrera Scores; Hafner to 2B
                  Joakim Soria replaces Jimmy Gobble pitching
   O      12-  6   43%  R Garko         Strikeout Swinging
                  Josh Barfield pinch runs for Travis Hafner batting 3rd
          12-  6   33%  J Peralta       Fielder's Choice 2B; Martinez to 2B/Safe on E6 (catch); Barfield to 3B; Peralta to 1B
   O      123  3   47%  J Michaels      Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
   O      123  3   61%  F Gutierrez     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Tied 3-3, Rafael Perez facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   68%  M Sweeney       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
                  Esteban German pinch hits for Ross Gload batting 5th; Justin Huber pinch runs for Mike Sweeney batting 4th
   O      1--  1   61%  E German        Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Interference called (Front of Home); Huber stays at 1B
          1--  1   67%  A Gordon        Single to RF (Line Drive); Huber to 2B
                  Jensen Lewis replaces Rafael Perez pitching; Shane Costa pinch hits for John Buck batting 7th
   O      12-  4   59%  S Costa         Strikeout Swinging
   R      12-  1   85%  J Gathright     Single to RF (Line Drive); Huber Scores; Gordon to 2B
   O      12-  1   82%  T Pena          Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 4.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Behind 3-4, Joakim Soria facing 9-1-2
                  Paul Phillips replaces Shane Costa playing C batting 7th; Alex Gordon moves to 1B; Esteban German moves to 3B
   O      --- 10   90%  C Blake         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   96%  G Sizemore      Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
   O      ---  5  100%  A Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 4.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation