Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Cleveland 2
When: 12:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 26, 2012
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Doug Eddings
Attendance: 9229
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Doug Eddings
Attendance: 9229
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .310 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .211 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .227 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .312 |
| Mitch Maier | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .222 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .286 |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yuniesky Betancourt (3), Alex Gordon (3), Brayan Pena (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Yuniesky Betancourt 2, Alex Gordon 3, Billy Butler 2, Jeff Francoeur, Mike Moustakas 2, Brayan Pena 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jeff Francoeur (3), Mike Moustakas (9), Brayan Pena (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jeff Francoeur (1), Mike Moustakas (4), Brayan Pena (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yuniesky Betancourt (4), Jeff Francoeur 3 (5), Alcides Escobar 2 (8) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eric Hosmer (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Luis Mendoza (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luis Mendoza (W 1-2) | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Tim Collins (H 2) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Aaron Crow (H 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Jonathan Broxton (SV 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| WP - Luis Mendoza | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Luis Mendoza 70-42, Tim Collins 22-14, Aaron Crow 24-12, Jonathan Broxton 19-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luis Mendoza 4-4, Tim Collins 2-1, Aaron Crow 0-1, Jonathan Broxton 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luis Mendoza 21, Tim Collins 7, Aaron Crow 5, Jonathan Broxton 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tim Collins 3-1 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Michael Brantley | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .203 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .294 |
| Carlos Santana | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .236 |
| Travis Hafner | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .314 |
| Shelley Duncan | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .235 |
| Jack Hannahan | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .308 |
| Jose Lopez | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Aaron Cunningham | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Brantley, Asdrubal Cabrera, Jose Lopez, Jason Kipnis 2, Aaron Cunningham | |||||||||
| RBI - Travis Hafner (10), Aaron Cunningham (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Brantley (10), Asdrubal Cabrera 2 (8), Jack Hannahan 2 (4) | |||||||||
| SF - Travis Hafner (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Asdrubal Cabrera (1, 3rd off Collins/Pena), Jason Kipnis (4, 2nd off Collins/Pena) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Josh Tomlin (L 1-2) | 4.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.48 |
| Dan Wheeler | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.68 |
| Tony Sipp | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Joe Smith | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 |
| HBP - Billy Butler (by Tomlin) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Josh Tomlin 87-54, Dan Wheeler 24-16, Tony Sipp 21-14, Joe Smith 17-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Josh Tomlin 7-3, Dan Wheeler 1-2, Tony Sipp 3-0, Joe Smith 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Josh Tomlin 24, Dan Wheeler 6, Tony Sipp 5, Joe Smith 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Dan Wheeler 2-1, Joe Smith 1-0 | ||||||||