Major League Baseball
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Kansas City 9,
Cleveland 7
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Chris Tiller, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 12864
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Chris Tiller, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 12864
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 12 | 0 |
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Michael Brantley | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .211 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .287 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .291 |
| Shelley Duncan | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .238 |
| Jayson Nix | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .244 |
| Matt LaPorta | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .239 |
| Andy Marte | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .223 |
| Travis Hafner | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Luis Valbuena | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .163 |
| Jason Donald | 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .256 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .179 |
| Trevor Crowe | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .253 |
| Totals | 41 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Asdrubal Cabrera (12), Shin-Soo Choo (24), Andy Marte (3), Chris Gimenez (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Shelley Duncan (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Brantley 2, Asdrubal Cabrera 4, Shin-Soo Choo 4, Shelley Duncan 4, Jayson Nix 2, Matt LaPorta, Andy Marte 3, Jason Donald 2, Chris Gimenez 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Asdrubal Cabrera 2 (16), Shin-Soo Choo 2 (58), Shelley Duncan (23), Chris Gimenez 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Asdrubal Cabrera 2 (9), Shin-Soo Choo 2 (24), Chris Gimenez 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Brantley (12), Shelley Duncan 3 (16), Matt LaPorta 2 (33), Trevor Crowe (35) | |||||||||
| S - Jayson Nix (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Andy Marte (2), Chris Gimenez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Shin-Soo Choo (Maier at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Fausto Carmona (L 11-11) | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.14 |
| Hector Ambriz | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.90 |
| Frank Herrmann | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Tony Sipp | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.86 |
| HBP - Chris Getz (by Carmona) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Fausto Carmona 87-56, Hector Ambriz 9-7, Frank Herrmann 32-17, Tony Sipp 14-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Fausto Carmona 7-7, Hector Ambriz 1-0, Frank Herrmann 0-5, Tony Sipp 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Fausto Carmona 24, Hector Ambriz 3, Frank Herrmann 6, Tony Sipp 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Frank Herrmann 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Gregor Blanco | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .255 |
| Jason Kendall | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .309 |
| Kila Ka'aihue | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .191 |
| Wilson Betemit | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .340 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 |
| Mitch Maier | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .255 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Totals | 31 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Gregor Blanco 2 (2), Alex Gordon (5) | |||||||||
| 3B - Mitch Maier (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Yuniesky Betancourt (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Gregor Blanco 4, Jason Kendall 2, Billy Butler, Kila Ka'aihue, Alex Gordon 3, Mitch Maier 3, Yuniesky Betancourt 5, Chris Getz | |||||||||
| RBI - Jason Kendall (35), Billy Butler 2 (59), Wilson Betemit (20), Mitch Maier 2 (33), Yuniesky Betancourt 3 (55) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yuniesky Betancourt 2 (22) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Gregor Blanco (4), Billy Butler (40) | |||||||||
| SF - Jason Kendall (7), Billy Butler (8), Wilson Betemit (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Billy Butler (26) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jason Kendall (10, 2nd off Carmona/Gimenez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bruce Chen (W 8-6) | 5.2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4.61 |
| Dusty Hughes (H 7) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.87 |
| Kanekoa Texeira | 1.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.58 |
| Blake Wood (H 12) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 |
| Joakim Soria (SV 35) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.94 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 99-68, Dusty Hughes 3-2, Kanekoa Texeira 37-22, Blake Wood 2-2, Joakim Soria 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 9-3, Dusty Hughes 0-1, Kanekoa Texeira 1-1, Blake Wood 1-0, Joakim Soria 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 27, Dusty Hughes 1, Kanekoa Texeira 11, Blake Wood 1, Joakim Soria 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Dusty Hughes 1-0, Blake Wood 1-0 | ||||||||