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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 8, Cleveland 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance: 10916

Yuniesky Betancourt’s two-run double capped a five-run ninth inning as the Kansas City Royals rallied for an 8-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.

Cleveland closer Kerry Wood (0-2) was drilled for all five runs in the ninth, allowing four hits and walking two in just 1/3 of an inning.

Trailing by a run entering their final at-bats, the Royals got an RBI double from Billy Butler to even the score and went ahead on Mitch Maier’s bases-loaded walk. Betancourt then brought in two more to end the onslaught.

Bruce Chen (1-0) was credited with the win, working 1 1/3 scoreless innings.

The Indians tied things in the sixth on Jason Donald’s groundout to the shortstop and went ahead 4-3 an inning later when Travis Hafner singled in a run.

Cleveland played without All-Star centerfielder Grady Sizemore, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left knee contusion earlier in the day.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Cleveland
Gil Meche Player Justin Masterson
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 5.0
4 Strikeouts 3
5 Hits 5
3.60 ERA 3.60
Hitting
Kansas City   Cleveland
Mike Aviles Player Travis Hafner
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
6 TB 2
.600 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 13 0 20 .325 25 6 8 6 1 2
Cleveland 7 0 8 .206 22 8 3 7 4 1