Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Cleveland 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 100°
Umpires: Home - Tim Welke, 1B - Mike Everitt, 2B - Lazaro Diaz, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 18569
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 100°
Umpires: Home - Tim Welke, 1B - Mike Everitt, 2B - Lazaro Diaz, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 18569
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 | 14 | 1 |
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .288 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .279 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| Michael Brantley | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .291 |
| Carlos Santana | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .234 |
| Travis Hafner | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .230 |
| Jose Lopez | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| Johnny Damon | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .227 |
| Jack Hannahan | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .232 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Asdrubal Cabrera (23), Michael Brantley (29), Carlos Santana (19) | |||||||||
| TB - Asdrubal Cabrera 3, Jason Kipnis, Michael Brantley 3, Carlos Santana 2, Johnny Damon, Casey Kotchman | |||||||||
| RBI - Johnny Damon (19), Casey Kotchman (39) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Shin-Soo Choo (29), Asdrubal Cabrera 2 (31), Travis Hafner (30) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Brantley (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Derek Lowe (L 8-10) | 2.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.52 |
| Josh Tomlin | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.81 |
| Jeremy Accardo | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.05 |
| Joe Smith | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.07 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Derek Lowe 54-35, Josh Tomlin 35-23, Jeremy Accardo 34-24, Joe Smith 14-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Derek Lowe 2-3, Josh Tomlin 6-1, Jeremy Accardo 1-2, Joe Smith 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Derek Lowe 17, Josh Tomlin 11, Jeremy Accardo 7, Joe Smith 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Josh Tomlin 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .294 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .307 |
| Lorenzo Cain | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .269 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .305 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .260 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .330 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .230 |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .293 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon 2 (36), Chris Getz (8), Jarrod Dyson (7) | |||||||||
| 3B - Alcides Escobar (5), Jarrod Dyson (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Gordon 5, Alcides Escobar 4, Lorenzo Cain 2, Billy Butler, Salvador Perez, Chris Getz 3, Jarrod Dyson 6 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Gordon (38), Alcides Escobar 3 (36), Lorenzo Cain (16), Chris Getz 2 (14) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Gordon (7), Alcides Escobar 3 (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon (40), Lorenzo Cain 2 (9), Billy Butler 2 (40), Mike Moustakas (43) | |||||||||
| S - Alcides Escobar (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Lorenzo Cain (2, 2nd off Accardo/Santana) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Alcides Escobar (11) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luke Hochevar (W 7-9) | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5.22 |
| Tim Collins | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.29 |
| Aaron Crow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.68 |
| WP - Luke Hochevar | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Luke Hochevar 101-61, Tim Collins 31-19, Aaron Crow 17-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luke Hochevar 4-5, Tim Collins 3-1, Aaron Crow 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luke Hochevar 27, Tim Collins 7, Aaron Crow 4 | ||||||||