7:05 PM ET, September 12, 2006
Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Final
Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 9/12)
| Game 1: Tuesday, September 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 5 | Final |
| Cleveland | 3 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, September 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 6 | Final |
| Cleveland | 2 | |
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7:05 PM ET, September 12, 2006
Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| E German LF-3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .332 | ||
| M Grudzielanek 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .293 | ||
| D DeJesus CF-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .295 | ||
| E Brown RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .293 | ||
| R Shealy 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .301 | ||
| J Buck C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 | ||
| J Keppinger 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 | ||
| a-J Gathright PH-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | ||
| P Phillips DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 | ||
| A Blanco SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .241 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |||
| a-sacrificed to third for J Keppinger in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: E German 2 (12, F Cabrera, J Sowers); R Shealy (9, J Sowers); E Brown (37, F Cabrera) 3B: E German (3, J Sowers) RBI: M Grudzielanek 2 (52), J Buck (45), E German (22) S: J Gathright, P Phillips 2-out RBI: J Buck, E German, M Grudzielanek Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Blanco 1, J Keppinger 1, R Shealy 1, J Buck 1, E Brown 1 Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: E German (7, throw) DP: 2 (A Blanco-M Grudzielanek-R Shealy 2). | ||||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| R Hernandez (W, 6-10) | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 95-57 | 6.34 | |
| S Dohmann (H, 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14-8 | 7.27 | |
| J Gobble (H, 11) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-5 | 4.94 | |
| J Peralta (H, 17) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23-16 | 4.61 | |
| J Nelson (S, 9) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8-6 | 3.65 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 149-92 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: R Hernandez 24; S Dohmann 3; J Gobble 3; J Peralta 4; J Nelson 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Hernandez 9-5; S Dohmann 0-1; J Gobble 1-1; J Peralta 0-1; J Nelson 0-2 Game Scores: R Hernandez 37 | ||||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| G Sizemore CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 | ||
| J Michaels LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .275 | ||
| V Martinez C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .309 | ||
| R Garko 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .316 | ||
| S Choo RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .287 | ||
| C Blake DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .293 | ||
| J Peralta SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .257 | ||
| J Inglett 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .269 | ||
| A Marte 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .226 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |||
| BATTING 2B: J Peralta (25, R Hernandez); A Marte (12, J Nelson) RBI: J Peralta (61), J Inglett (18), R Garko (27) 2-out RBI: J Peralta, R Garko GIDP: V Martinez, C Blake Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Michaels 1, R Garko 1, A Marte 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: S Choo (2, throw) | ||||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Sowers (L, 7-4) | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 89-55 | 3.57 | |
| J Davis | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27-19 | 4.10 | |
| F Cabrera | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32-23 | 4.58 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 148-97 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: J Sowers 25; J Davis 7; F Cabrera 9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Sowers 8-5; J Davis 3-1; F Cabrera 2-4 Game Scores: J Sowers 36 | ||||||||||
| KC | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | M Grudzielanek singled to center, E German scored. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | J Buck singled to left, M Grudzielanek scored, D DeJesus to second. | 2 | 0 | |
| 2nd | J Peralta singled to center, R Garko scored. | 2 | 1 | |
| 4th | E German tripled to left, J Keppinger scored. | 3 | 1 | |
| 4th | M Grudzielanek singled to right, E German scored. | 4 | 1 | |
| 4th | J Inglett grounded out to shortstop, C Blake scored. | 4 | 2 | |
| 5th | R Garko singled to left, J Michaels scored. | 4 | 3 | |
| 9th | M Grudzielanek flied out to right, E German scored on throwing error by right fielder S Choo. | 5 | 3 | |
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| Stadium | Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH |
| Attendance | 18,883 (44.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:55 |
| Weather | 68 degrees, overcast |
| Wind | 10 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gary Darling, First Base - Scott Barry, Second Base - Bruce Dreckman, Third Base - Ed Hickox |
