Cleveland 15, Kansas City 4
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 23, 2012
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
65°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Ripperger, 1B -
Adrian Johnson, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Lance Barksdale
Attendance:
22960
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Indians 15, Royals 4: Carlos Santana belted a two-run homer in the sixth inning to snap a tie and added a three-run shot during a seven-run ninth as visiting Cleveland ended its seven-game losing streak against Kansas City.
Asdrubal Cabrera and Ezequiel Carrera also drove in two runs apiece and David Huff pitched 5 2/3 strong innings for the Indians, who won for just the fourth time in 15 games.
Cabrera forged a 1-1 tie with a one-out RBI single in the sixth, and Santana followed with his 17th blast off Jake Odorizzi (0-1), who yielded three runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings in his major-league debut. Santana completed his second two-homer performance of the season in the ninth to cap the monstrous rally.
Huff (2-0) allowed one run and three hits while walking one and striking out one in his second start of the year. The left-hander improved to 3-2 in five career starts against Kansas City.
Adam Moore hit a solo homer and Jeff Francoeur collected three hits and an RBI for the Royals, who had their four-game winning streak snapped as they finished 5-4 on their nine-game homestand.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cleveland 1B Casey Kotchman, who hit an RBI single during his team's five-run seventh, made two of the three outs in the ninth. ... Santana also homered twice against Toronto on April 8. ... Moore's blast, which came in his first at-bat as a Royal, was his first since 2010 while with Seattle.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Cleveland |
|
Kansas City |
|
David Huff
|
Player |
Jake Odorizzi
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
5.2 |
IP |
5.1 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
3 |
Hits |
6 |
|
1.59 |
ERA |
5.06 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cleveland
|
16 |
2 |
25 |
.372 |
19 |
3 |
13 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.219 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
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