Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 8, Kansas City 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Chuck Meriwether, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mike Reilly
Attendance: 15038
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Chuck Meriwether, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Mike Reilly
Attendance: 15038
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| Kansas City | 24-33 | 15-15 | 9-18 | L2 |
| Cleveland | 26-34 | 13-14 | 13-20 | W2 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Cleveland Indians have a 13-14 record at home this season. The Kansas City Royals have a 9-18 record on the road.
- Cleveland has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Indians have won 5 of their last 10 games.
- Kansas City has a streak of 2 straight up losses. The Royals have won 1 of their last 10 games.
- Rafael Perez pitched 0.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 11.25. Juan Cruz took the loss for Kansas City.
- Mark DeRosa had the only homerun for Cleveland. Miguel Olivo had the only homerun for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City | Cleveland | |
| Brian Bannister | Player | Cliff Lee |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 5.0 | IP | 6.0 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 4 | Hits | 11 |
| 1.80 | ERA | 6.00 |
Hitting
| Kansas City | Cleveland | |
| Willie Bloomquist | Player | Mark DeRosa |
| 3 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 4 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 3 | TB | 5 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Kansas City | 12 | 1 | 17 | .333 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Cleveland | 7 | 1 | 10 | .233 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 |