Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 9, Cleveland 7
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Chris Tiller, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 12864
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Cleveland 0100120307170
Kansas City 12022200-9120
Cleveland
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Michael Brantley CF 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 .211
Asdrubal Cabrera SS 5 1 3 2 0 1 1 .287
Shin-Soo Choo RF 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 .291
Shelley Duncan LF 5 1 1 1 0 2 7 .238
Jayson Nix DH 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .244
Matt LaPorta 1B 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 .239
Andy Marte 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .223
     Travis Hafner PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .271
     Luis Valbuena PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163
Jason Donald 2B 5 2 2 0 0 0 5 .256
Chris Gimenez C 4 0 1 2 0 1 3 .179
     Trevor Crowe PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .253
Totals 41 7 17 7 3 7 27  
Batting
2B - Asdrubal Cabrera (12), Shin-Soo Choo (24), Andy Marte (3), Chris Gimenez (3)
HR - Shelley Duncan (7)
TB - Michael Brantley 2, Asdrubal Cabrera 4, Shin-Soo Choo 4, Shelley Duncan 4, Jayson Nix 2, Matt LaPorta, Andy Marte 3, Jason Donald 2, Chris Gimenez 2
RBI - Asdrubal Cabrera 2 (16), Shin-Soo Choo 2 (58), Shelley Duncan (23), Chris Gimenez 2 (4)
2-Out RBI - Asdrubal Cabrera 2 (9), Shin-Soo Choo 2 (24), Chris Gimenez 2 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Brantley (12), Shelley Duncan 3 (16), Matt LaPorta 2 (33), Trevor Crowe (35)
S - Jayson Nix (3)
GIDP - Andy Marte (2), Chris Gimenez (1)
Team LOB - 11
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Shin-Soo Choo (Maier at Home)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Fausto Carmona (L 11-11) 5.0 9 7 7 1 0 0 4.14
Hector Ambriz 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 5.90
Frank Herrmann 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.40
Tony Sipp 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.86
HBP - Chris Getz (by Carmona)
Pitches-Strikes - Fausto Carmona 87-56, Hector Ambriz 9-7, Frank Herrmann 32-17, Tony Sipp 14-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Fausto Carmona 7-7, Hector Ambriz 1-0, Frank Herrmann 0-5, Tony Sipp 1-2
Batters Faced - Fausto Carmona 24, Hector Ambriz 3, Frank Herrmann 6, Tony Sipp 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Frank Herrmann 1-1
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Gregor Blanco CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .255
Jason Kendall C 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 .261
Billy Butler 1B 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 .309
Kila Ka'aihue DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .191
Wilson Betemit 3B 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 .340
Alex Gordon LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .219
Mitch Maier RF 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 .255
Yuniesky Betancourt SS 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .269
Chris Getz 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .222
Totals 31 9 12 9 1 0 11  
Batting
2B - Gregor Blanco 2 (2), Alex Gordon (5)
3B - Mitch Maier (5)
HR - Yuniesky Betancourt (12)
TB - Gregor Blanco 4, Jason Kendall 2, Billy Butler, Kila Ka'aihue, Alex Gordon 3, Mitch Maier 3, Yuniesky Betancourt 5, Chris Getz
RBI - Jason Kendall (35), Billy Butler 2 (59), Wilson Betemit (20), Mitch Maier 2 (33), Yuniesky Betancourt 3 (55)
2-Out RBI - Yuniesky Betancourt 2 (22)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Gregor Blanco (4), Billy Butler (40)
SF - Jason Kendall (7), Billy Butler (8), Wilson Betemit (1)
GIDP - Billy Butler (26)
Team LOB - 3
Baserunning
SB - Jason Kendall (10, 2nd off Carmona/Gimenez)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Bruce Chen (W 8-6) 5.2 11 4 4 1 5 1 4.61
Dusty Hughes (H 7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.87
Kanekoa Texeira 1.2 5 3 3 1 2 0 4.58
Blake Wood (H 12) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.97
Joakim Soria (SV 35) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.94
Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 99-68, Dusty Hughes 3-2, Kanekoa Texeira 37-22, Blake Wood 2-2, Joakim Soria 17-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 9-3, Dusty Hughes 0-1, Kanekoa Texeira 1-1, Blake Wood 1-0, Joakim Soria 1-2
Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 27, Dusty Hughes 1, Kanekoa Texeira 11, Blake Wood 1, Joakim Soria 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Dusty Hughes 1-0, Blake Wood 1-0