Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Cleveland 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 17, 2015
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Ben May
Attendance: 13125
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Ben May
Attendance: 13125
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ben Zobrist | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .284 |
| Paulo Orlando | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .281 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .290 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .299 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .255 |
| Drew Butera | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Alex Rios | RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .265 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .254 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .253 |
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mike Moustakas (29), Eric Hosmer (29), Alex Rios 2 (20), Omar Infante (23) | |||||||||
| HR - Omar Infante (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Moustakas 2, Kendrys Morales 2, Eric Hosmer 2, Salvador Perez, Alex Rios 5, Omar Infante 7, Alcides Escobar 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Eric Hosmer (83), Omar Infante 7 (44) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Omar Infante 4 (22) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Moustakas (47), Eric Hosmer (49), Alcides Escobar 2 (52), Jarrod Dyson 2 (20) | |||||||||
| S - Omar Infante (2), Jarrod Dyson (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alcides Escobar (12), Ben Zobrist (6), Omar Infante (10), Mike Moustakas (12) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Yordano Ventura (W 12-8) | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Ryan Madson (H 18) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.40 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Wade Davis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.89 |
| Franklin Morales | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.90 |
| Greg Holland (SV 32) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.48 |
| HBP - Yan Gomes (by Ventura) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Yordano Ventura 95-56, Ryan Madson 11-9, Kelvin Herrera 11-8, Wade Davis 11-8, Franklin Morales 17-12, Greg Holland 3-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yordano Ventura 9-1, Ryan Madson 0-1, Kelvin Herrera 1-1, Wade Davis 0-1, Franklin Morales 1-0, Greg Holland 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Yordano Ventura 28, Ryan Madson 4, Kelvin Herrera 3, Wade Davis 3, Franklin Morales 3, Greg Holland 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Greg Holland 3-1 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jason Kipnis | DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .300 |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .315 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .313 |
| Michael Martinez | LF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .235 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .251 |
| Jerry Sands | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .266 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .217 |
| Jose Ramirez | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .212 |
| Giovanny Urshela | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 25 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carlos Santana (26) | |||||||||
| TB - Jason Kipnis 2, Francisco Lindor, Carlos Santana 4, Jerry Sands, Abraham Almonte, Jose Ramirez 2, Giovanny Urshela | |||||||||
| RBI - Jason Kipnis (49), Abraham Almonte (17), Jose Ramirez (20) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jason Kipnis (17) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Kipnis 2 (52), Francisco Lindor (27), Michael Brantley (47), Lonnie Chisenhall (26), Yan Gomes 2 (38) | |||||||||
| SF - Abraham Almonte (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Yan Gomes (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Giovanny Urshela (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Corey Kluber (L 8-14) | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.44 |
| Kyle Crockett | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 |
| Jeff Manship | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.09 |
| Gavin Floyd | 1.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.52 |
| Austin Adams | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.66 |
| Giovanni Soto | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Corey Kluber 61-39, Kyle Crockett 15-7, Jeff Manship 11-5, Gavin Floyd 33-21, Austin Adams 7-5, Giovanni Soto 11-7, Shawn Armstrong 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Corey Kluber 5-1, Kyle Crockett 0-0, Jeff Manship 1-0, Gavin Floyd 1-0, Austin Adams 1-1, Giovanni Soto 1-0, Shawn Armstrong 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Corey Kluber 18, Kyle Crockett 4, Jeff Manship 4, Gavin Floyd 9, Austin Adams 2, Giovanni Soto 3, Shawn Armstrong 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jeff Manship 2-2, Austin Adams 2-0 | ||||||||