Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Cleveland 5,
Kansas City 2
When: 12:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 23, 2009
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 44°
Umpires: Home - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - Marty Foster, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 12852
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 44°
Umpires: Home - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - Marty Foster, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 12852
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Coco Crisp | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .241 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .381 |
| David DeJesus | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .228 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .213 |
| Mark Teahen | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .345 |
| Mike Jacobs | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .300 |
| John Buck | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .346 |
| Mike Aviles | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 |
| Brayan Pena | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Mitch Maier | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alberto Jose Callaspo (4), Mark Teahen (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Coco Crisp, Alberto Jose Callaspo 2, Mark Teahen 3, Mike Aviles | |||||||||
| RBI - Alberto Jose Callaspo (4), Billy Butler (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alberto Jose Callaspo (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - David DeJesus (5), Mark Teahen (5), Mitch Maier 2 (2) | |||||||||
| S - David DeJesus (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Coco Crisp (2, 2nd off Reyes/Martinez), Mitch Maier (1, 2nd off Reyes/Martinez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - John Buck (2), Alberto Jose Callaspo (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gil Meche (L 1-1) | 7.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Ron Mahay | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.82 |
| WP - Gil Meche | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Gil Meche 113-71, Ron Mahay 11-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gil Meche 9-5, Ron Mahay 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gil Meche 27, Ron Mahay 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ron Mahay 2-2 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Grady Sizemore | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .258 |
| Mark DeRosa | 3B-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| Victor Martinez | C-1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .394 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .264 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .255 |
| Ryan Garko | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Tony Graffanino | PR-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Ben Francisco | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Trevor Crowe | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .179 |
| Travis Hafner | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Kelly Shoppach | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Shin-Soo Choo (3), Ryan Garko (3), Ben Francisco (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Grady Sizemore (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Grady Sizemore 4, Victor Martinez, Shin-Soo Choo 2, Ryan Garko 2, Ben Francisco 3, Travis Hafner | |||||||||
| RBI - Grady Sizemore 3 (17), Asdrubal Cabrera (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Trevor Crowe (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Shin-Soo Choo (3, 3rd off Meche/Buck) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ben Francisco (1), Ryan Garko (1), Trevor Crowe (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Anthony Reyes | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Jensen Lewis (W 2-2) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.59 |
| Kerry Wood (SV 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.06 |
| IBB - Mike Jacobs (by Lewis) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Anthony Reyes 106-60, Jensen Lewis 23-12, Kerry Wood 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Anthony Reyes 7-6, Jensen Lewis 2-2, Kerry Wood 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Anthony Reyes 27, Jensen Lewis 7, Kerry Wood 3 | ||||||||