Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 5,
Cleveland 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 22, 2012
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Mark Ripperger, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Gary Cederstrom
Attendance: 24304
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Mark Ripperger, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Gary Cederstrom
Attendance: 24304
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 9 | 1 |
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Shin-Soo Choo | RF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .269 |
| Carlos Santana | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .254 |
| Michael Brantley | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| Russ Canzler | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .270 |
| Matt LaPorta | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .240 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .259 |
| Thomas Neal | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 |
| Casey Kotchman | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .233 |
| Vinny Rottino | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 |
| Cord Phelps | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Cord Phelps (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Shin-Soo Choo 2, Carlos Santana 2, Michael Brantley, Russ Canzler 2, Matt LaPorta, Thomas Neal, Cord Phelps 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Cord Phelps 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lonnie Chisenhall (14), Casey Kotchman (39) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Asdrubal Cabrera (15), Matt LaPorta (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Thomas Neal (1), Lonnie Chisenhall (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ubaldo Jimenez (L 9-17) | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Chris Seddon | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.34 |
| Frank Herrmann | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.87 |
| Tony Sipp | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.47 |
| Jeanmar Gomez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.54 |
| HBP - Jeff Francoeur (by Jimenez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ubaldo Jimenez 94-52, Chris Seddon 9-6, Frank Herrmann 21-15, Tony Sipp 3-3, Jeanmar Gomez 13-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ubaldo Jimenez 4-3, Chris Seddon 1-1, Frank Herrmann 2-2, Tony Sipp 0-0, Jeanmar Gomez 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ubaldo Jimenez 24, Chris Seddon 3, Frank Herrmann 6, Tony Sipp 1, Jeanmar Gomez 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Chris Seddon 3-3, Frank Herrmann 2-0, Tony Sipp 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .268 |
| Jason Bourgeois | PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .295 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .291 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .312 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .246 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .234 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .238 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Irving Falu | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .344 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alcides Escobar (29), Billy Butler 2 (29) | |||||||||
| 3B - Brayan Pena (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar 2, Billy Butler 5, Jeff Francoeur, Eric Hosmer, Brayan Pena 3, Irving Falu 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alcides Escobar (50), Billy Butler (100), Brayan Pena (25), Irving Falu (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Irving Falu (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alcides Escobar 2 (58), Eric Hosmer 2 (54) | |||||||||
| SF - Brayan Pena (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Irving Falu (1, 2nd by Herrmann/Santana) | |||||||||
| SB - Jarrod Dyson (28, 2nd off Jimenez/Santana), Eric Hosmer (16, 3rd off Jimenez/Santana) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jason Bourgeois (3) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Jeff Francoeur (Choo at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Will Smith (W 6-8) | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4.88 |
| Aaron Crow (H 19) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.36 |
| Kelvin Herrera (SV 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Will Smith 104-63, Aaron Crow 19-11, Kelvin Herrera 21-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Will Smith 5-8, Aaron Crow 0-0, Kelvin Herrera 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Will Smith 29, Aaron Crow 6, Kelvin Herrera 4 | ||||||||