Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Cleveland 5,
Cincinnati 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 21, 2005
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Tim Welke, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Bill Welke
Attendance: 31083
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Tim Welke, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Bill Welke
Attendance: 31083
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Grady Sizemore | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 |
| Casey Blake | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .195 |
| Ben Broussard | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Victor Martinez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .195 |
| Jody Gerut | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 |
| Aaron Boone | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .162 |
| Alex Cora | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .228 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .258 |
| CC Sabathia | PR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Bob Howry | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Arthur Rhodes | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ronnie Belliard | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .260 |
| Bob Wickman | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ben Broussard (12), Alex Cora (4) | |||||||||
| HR - CC Sabathia (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Casey Blake, Ben Broussard 3, Victor Martinez, Jody Gerut, Alex Cora 2, Jhonny Peralta, CC Sabathia 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Victor Martinez (11), Jhonny Peralta 2 (14), CC Sabathia 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Victor Martinez (3), Jhonny Peralta 2 (7), CC Sabathia 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ronnie Belliard (14) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jhonny Peralta (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jhonny Peralta (7), Casey Blake (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| CC Sabathia (W 3-3) | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.48 |
| Bob Howry (H 5) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.55 |
| Arthur Rhodes (H 8) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.92 |
| Bob Wickman (SV 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 |
| Pitches-Strikes - CC Sabathia 103-73, Bob Howry 31-19, Arthur Rhodes 11-8, Bob Wickman 18-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - CC Sabathia 10-2, Bob Howry 1-2, Arthur Rhodes 0-0, Bob Wickman 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - CC Sabathia 24, Bob Howry 5, Arthur Rhodes 3, Bob Wickman 3 | ||||||||
Cincinnati
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Felipe Lopez | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .296 |
| William Bergolla | 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
| Sean Casey | 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .302 |
| Ken Griffey Jr. | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .260 |
| Adam Dunn | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .254 |
| Joe Randa | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Austin Kearns | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .248 |
| Javier Valentin | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .205 |
| Elizardo Ramirez | PR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Luis M. Lopez | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Kent Mercker | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ryan Wagner | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Sean Casey (12), Austin Kearns (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Felipe Lopez, William Bergolla, Sean Casey 4, Ken Griffey Jr., Austin Kearns 3, Javier Valentin | |||||||||
| RBI - Sean Casey (21), Ken Griffey Jr. 2 (26) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Elizardo Ramirez (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Adam Dunn (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Elizardo Ramirez (L 0-2) | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.80 |
| Kent Mercker | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.29 |
| Ryan Wagner | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 |
| WP - Elizardo Ramirez | ||||||||
| HBP - Alex Cora (by Ramirez), Aaron Boone (by Ramirez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Elizardo Ramirez 94-64, Kent Mercker 15-9, Ryan Wagner 15-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Elizardo Ramirez 9-9, Kent Mercker 2-1, Ryan Wagner 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Elizardo Ramirez 29, Kent Mercker 3, Ryan Wagner 4 | ||||||||