Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| Kansas City | 8-7 | 3-3 | 5-4 | L1 |
| Cleveland | 6-10 | 3-3 | 3-7 | W1 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Cleveland Indians have a 3-3 record at home this season. The Kansas City Royals have a 5-4 record on the road.
- Cleveland has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Indians have won 5 of their last 10 games.
- Kansas City has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Royals have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- Jensen Lewis pitched 2.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 5.59. Kerry Wood closed out the game to get the save and has 3 saves for the season. Gil Meche took the loss for Kansas City.
- Grady Sizemore had the only homerun for Cleveland.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City | Cleveland | |
| Gil Meche | Player | Anthony Reyes |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 7.1 | IP | 6.0 |
| 7 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 5 | Hits | 4 |
| 3.68 | ERA | 3.00 |
Hitting
| Kansas City | Cleveland | |
| Mark Teahen | Player | Ben Francisco |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 3 | TB | 3 |
| .500 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Kansas City | 5 | 0 | 7 | .161 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Cleveland | 7 | 1 | 13 | .226 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |