Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 3,
Cleveland 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 21, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Joe West
Attendance: 9279
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Joe West
Attendance: 9279
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Grady Sizemore | CF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .421 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .269 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .203 |
| Carlos Santana | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .215 |
| Travis Hafner | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .344 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .313 |
| Matt LaPorta | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .259 |
| Jack Hannahan | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .245 |
| Adam Everett | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .375 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Grady Sizemore (3), Carlos Santana (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Grady Sizemore 4, Carlos Santana 2, Travis Hafner, Matt LaPorta, Jack Hannahan, Adam Everett | |||||||||
| RBI - Grady Sizemore (3), Shin-Soo Choo (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Asdrubal Cabrera (6), Carlos Santana (12), Matt LaPorta (12) | |||||||||
| S - Adam Everett (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Adam Everett (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Josh Tomlin | 7.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Tony Sipp (H 7) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.79 |
| Vinnie Pestano (H 2) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 |
| Chris Perez (L 0-1; BS 0) | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| HBP - Alex Gordon (by Tomlin) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Josh Tomlin 91-63, Tony Sipp 9-2, Vinnie Pestano 8-4, Chris Perez 19-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Josh Tomlin 10-2, Tony Sipp 0-1, Vinnie Pestano 1-0, Chris Perez 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Josh Tomlin 28, Tony Sipp 2, Vinnie Pestano 3, Chris Perez 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tony Sipp 1-0, Vinnie Pestano 2-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| Melky Cabrera | CF-LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| Alex Gordon | LF-1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .354 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .353 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .329 |
| Wilson Betemit | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .386 |
| Kila Ka'aihue | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .183 |
| Mike Aviles | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Matt Treanor | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .132 |
| Mitch Maier | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .211 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon (10), Kila Ka'aihue (3) | |||||||||
| 3B - Melky Cabrera (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Melky Cabrera 4, Alex Gordon 2, Billy Butler, Jeff Francoeur, Wilson Betemit 2, Kila Ka'aihue 2, Mitch Maier | |||||||||
| RBI - Melky Cabrera 2 (12), Jeff Francoeur (16) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jeff Francoeur (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon (7), Jeff Francoeur (10), Wilson Betemit 2 (8) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Kila Ka'aihue (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Chris Getz 2 (4, 2nd off Sipp/Santana, 3rd off Sipp/Santana) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Melky Cabrera (Santana at Home), Alex Gordon (Sizemore at 3rd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Sean O'Sullivan | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.20 |
| Louis Coleman | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Aaron Crow (W 2-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| IBB - Michael Brantley (by Coleman) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Sean O'Sullivan 94-57, Louis Coleman 24-15, Aaron Crow 17-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sean O'Sullivan 6-2, Louis Coleman 0-3, Aaron Crow 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Sean O'Sullivan 26, Louis Coleman 8, Aaron Crow 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Louis Coleman 1-0 | ||||||||