Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 6, Cincinnati 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, June 11, 2010
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Mike DiMuro, 1B - Tim Welke, 2B - Jim Reynolds, 3B - Bill Welke
Attendance: 25847
Yuniesky Betancourt had three hits and drove in four runs to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 6-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday in the first game of a three-game interleague series.Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Mike DiMuro, 1B - Tim Welke, 2B - Jim Reynolds, 3B - Bill Welke
Attendance: 25847
Betancourt singled in the game-winning run to center in the 11th to plate Billy Butler and give the Royals a 6-5 lead.
Victor Marte (1-0) allowed two hits in the 10th to pick up the win. Joakim Soria worked around two hits in the 11th to earn his 15th save of the season.
Cincinnati led 4-0 before Kansas City rallied to take a 5-4 lead with three runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth.
Betancourt had an RBI double and scored in the fifth and added a two-run home run in the sixth to give the Royals the lead.
Micah Owings (3-2) allowed one run, a hit and two walks in the 11th to take the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City | Cincinnati | |
| Luke Hochevar | Player | Bronson Arroyo |
| No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
| 4.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 3 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 6 | Hits | 6 |
| 9.00 | ERA | 6.43 |
Hitting
| Kansas City | Cincinnati | |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | Player | Scott Rolen |
| 3 | Hits | 4 |
| 4 | RBI | 1 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 7 | TB | 4 |
| .600 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Kansas City | 7 | 1 | 12 | .184 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 14 | 1 | 18 | .333 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |