Cleveland 4, Kansas City 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, August 28, 2010
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Joyce, 1B -
Derryl Cousins, 2B -
Mike Estabrook, 3B -
Jim Wolf
Attendance:
16372
By SportsDirect Inc.
Asdrubal Cabrera hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.
The Indians held a 3-0 lead after five but needed Cabrera to play the hero after the Royals rallied to tie the game late.
Kansas City DH Wilson Betemit hit a two-run homer in the sixth to cut the deficit to 3-2, and he tied the game with an RBI double to center in the eighth. Betemit advanced to third on a two-out single to left by Willie Bloomquist, but was stranded there as Jai Miller grounded into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
Cleveland scored a season-high 15 runs on Friday night and looked like it would be racking up the runs again in this one, racing out to a 3-0 lead after two innings.
Shin-Soo Choo made it 1-0 with an RBI groundout in the first and Michael Brantley had an RBI single and Choo drew a walk with the bases loaded in the second to make it 3-0.
Chris Perez (2-2) picked up the win, working around a walk in a scoreless 10th inning.
Jesse Chavez (2-2) was saddled with the loss. He worked a scoreless ninth before allowing the game-winning homer to Cabrera to lead off the 10th.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City |
|
Cleveland |
Zack Greinke
|
Player |
Jeanmar Gomez
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
8.0 |
IP |
5.2 |
4 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
8 |
Hits |
6 |
3.38 |
ERA |
3.18 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Kansas City
|
10 |
1 |
15 |
.270 |
20 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
Cleveland
|
9 |
1 |
15 |
.273 |
11 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
0 |