Kansas City 3, Cleveland 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 21, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
54°
Umpires:
Home -
Angel Hernandez, 1B -
Paul Schrieber, 2B -
Mike Muchlinski, 3B -
Joe West
Attendance:
9279
By SportsDirect Inc.
Melky Cabrera's two-run single with the bases loaded in the ninth inning lifted the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 home win over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.
Kila Ka'aihue led off the ninth with a double off Chris Perez (0-1). Pinch-runner Mike Aviles took third on pinch-hitter Mitch Maier's single. Alcides Escobar's ground ball forced Aviles at home.
Perez, who converted his first seven save opportunities, walked Chris Getz to load the bases. Cabrera lined an 0-2 pitch to left field for the game-winning hit.
The win gave the Royals a split of the four-game series between the top two teams in the American League Central. Cleveland (13-6) leads Kansas City (12-7) by one game.
Aaron Crow (2-0) pitched the ninth for the win.
The Indians broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the fifth on Grady Sizemore's RBI single and a run-scoring fielder's choice by Shin-Soo Choo.
Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin held Kansas City to one run in 7 1/3 innings. Jeff Francoeur's infield hit with the bases loaded cut the lead to 2-1 in the eighth.
Alex Gordon extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a sixth-inning double.
Kansas City starter Sean O'Sullivan allowed two runs in six innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Cleveland |
|
Kansas City |
|
Josh Tomlin
|
Player |
Sean O'Sullivan
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
7.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
5 |
Hits |
5 |
|
1.23 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cleveland
|
8 |
0 |
10 |
.242 |
17 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| Kansas City
|
9 |
0 |
13 |
.273 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
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