Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians - Box Score - September 23, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 23, 2010

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 9/23)

Game 1: Thursday, September 23
Kansas City	4	Final
Cleveland	2	Final
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Game 2: Friday, September 24
Kansas City	3	Final
Cleveland	7	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, September 25
Kansas City	1	Final
Cleveland	7	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, September 26
Kansas City	3	Final
Cleveland	5	Final
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Royals 4

(63-89, 29-49 away)

Indians 2

(62-91, 32-43 home)

Alerts

7:05 PM ET, September 23, 2010

Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	8	1
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	1

W: S. O'Sullivan (3-6)

L: M. Talbot (9-13)

S: J. Soria (41)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Dyson CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	16	.296	.345	.444
M Aviles 2B	5	1	1	1	0	0	23	.304	.333	.402
B Butler 1B	3	1	1	0	2	1	24	.320	.387	.476
W Betemit 3B	4	0	1	0	1	0	18	.313	.391	.529
K Ka'aihue DH	4	1	1	1	1	0	21	.199	.287	.329
Y Betancourt SS	4	1	2	1	0	0	12	.261	.286	.411
A Gordon LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	20	.227	.325	.370
L May C	4	0	0	1	0	1	16	.115	.148	.115
M Maier RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	.257	.329	.372
Totals	36	4	8	4	5	5	166
BATTING 2B: A Gordon (9, M Talbot); B Butler (42, J Germano); Y Betancourt (26, T Sipp) HR: M Aviles (7, 1st inning off M Talbot 0 on, 1 Out); K Ka'Aihue (5, 8th inning off T Sipp 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Aviles (30), Y Betancourt (76), L May (2), K Ka'aihue (17) Royals RISP: 0-11 (M Maier 0-1, Y Betancourt 0-1, A Gordon 0-2, M Aviles 0-1, L May 0-3, W Betemit 0-2, J Dyson 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: J Dyson (5, 2nd base off M Talbot/L Marson); Y Betancourt (2, 3rd base off T Sipp/L Carlin)
FIELDING E: B Butler (6, catch) DP: 2 (Y Betancourt-B Butler, B Butler-Y Betancourt).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S O'Sullivan (W, 3-6)	6.0	4	2	2	4	3	0	92-50	6.28
P Humber (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	21-14	4.26
R Tejeda (H, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-11	3.00
J Soria (S, 41)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-10	1.58
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	6	7	0	145-85
PITCHING S O'Sullivan pitched to 2 batters in the 7th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S O'Sullivan 10/24; P Humber 3/5; R Tejeda 3/4; J Soria 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S O'Sullivan 16-9-9-16; P Humber 5-1-5-3; R Tejeda 1-2-6-2; J Soria 4-4-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S O'Sullivan 8-7; P Humber 1-1; R Tejeda 0-2; J Soria 0-1 Game Scores: S O'Sullivan 55

Cleveland Indians
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
T Crowe CF	4	0	3	0	0	0	12	.256	.309	.342
D Sutton SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	20	.269	.345	.308
S Choo RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	16	.290	.392	.468
T Hafner DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	18	.276	.368	.440
S Duncan LF	2	1	0	0	2	1	19	.230	.313	.413
J Nix 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	10	.225	.286	.391
M LaPorta 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	16	.220	.307	.356
L Valbuena 2B	3	0	0	1	1	0	19	.182	.269	.247
L Marson C	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	.196	.273	.288
a-J Brown PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.236	.276	.292
L Carlin C	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.000	.000
Totals	30	2	5	1	6	7	145
a-flied out to right for L Marson in the 7th
BATTING 2B: J Nix (14, S O'Sullivan); T Crowe (23, P Humber) RBI: L Valbuena (24) GIDP: L Marson, L Valbuena Indians RISP: 0-6 (S Choo 0-2, D Sutton 0-2, T Hafner 0-1, L Valbuena 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: T Crowe 2 (18, 2nd base off S O'Sullivan/L May 2)
FIELDING E: L Valbuena (10, throw)

Cleveland Indians
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Talbot (L, 9-13)	5.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	96-53	4.61
J Germano	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24-17	2.30
T Sipp	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	27-15	4.28
V Pestano	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19-12	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	5	5	2	166-97
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Talbot 8/24; J Germano 6/7; T Sipp 3/6; V Pestano 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Talbot 17-8-9-19; J Germano 3-2-5-7; T Sipp 4-4-4-3; V Pestano 3-1-6-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Talbot 7-6; J Germano 3-3; T Sipp 0-1; V Pestano 1-1 Game Scores: M Talbot 44

Scoring Summary

			KC	CLE
	1st	M Aviles homered to left (363 feet).	1	0
	1st	Y Betancourt grounded into fielder's choice to second, B Butler scored, W Betemit to third, K Ka'aihue safe at second on throwing error by second baseman L Valbuena.	2	0
	3rd	L May grounded out to shortstop, Y Betancourt scored.	3	0
	7th	L Valbuena grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, S Duncan scored, M LaPorta out at second, J Nix to third.	3	1
	7th	J Nix scored on error by first baseman B Butler.	3	2
	8th	K Ka'aihue homered to right (397 feet).	4	2
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Game Information

Stadium	Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH
Attendance	16,625 (39.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:04
Weather	88 degrees, cloudy
Wind	13 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jeff Nelson, First Base - Mark Carlson, Second Base - Jeff Kellogg, Third Base - Larry Vanover