Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - May 20, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for May 20, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 5/20)

Game 1: Tuesday, May 19
Cleveland	5	Final
Kansas City	6	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, May 20
Cleveland	6	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, May 21
Cleveland	8	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Indians 6

(15-26, 8-15 away)

Royals 5

(21-19, 14-9 home)

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8:10 PM ET, May 20, 2009

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	6	12	0
KC	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	0

W: A. Laffey (3-0)

L: S. Ponson (1-5)

S: K. Wood (6)

Cleveland Indians
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Cabrera SS	4	0	1	1	1	0	23	.312	.377	.427
G Sizemore DH	5	0	0	1	0	1	24	.208	.291	.381
V Martinez C-1B	5	1	2	0	0	0	18	.400	.481	.625
S Choo RF	3	1	2	1	2	0	23	.293	.420	.471
J Peralta 3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	13	.264	.327	.343
R Garko 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	.247	.345	.355
M LaPorta PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.300	.324
K Shoppach C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.370	.394
M DeRosa LF	4	2	3	1	0	1	15	.255	.322	.427
B Francisco CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	15	.250	.326	.405
J Carroll 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	.333	.375	.533
Totals	36	6	12	6	3	2	155
BATTING 2B: A Cabrera (11, G Meche); V Martinez (13, G Meche); M DeRosa (9, S Ponson) RBI: S Choo (24), J Peralta (17), A Cabrera (20), G Sizemore (26), M DeRosa (26), B Francisco (14) S: J Peralta 2-out RBI: M DeRosa, B Francisco GIDP: R Garko Indians RISP: 4-11 (S Choo 1-1, M DeRosa 1-1, G Sizemore 0-2, R Garko 0-1, V Martinez 0-2, B Francisco 1-1, A Cabrera 0-1, J Peralta 1-2) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Carroll-R Garko).

Cleveland Indians
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Carmona	6.0	6	4	4	4	3	0	107-57	5.74
A Laffey (W, 3-0)	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	16-10	3.55
R Betancourt (H, 5)	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	19-12	4.79
K Wood (S, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	28-12	7.71
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	9	7	0	170-91
PITCHING WP: F Carmona 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Carmona 14/27; A Laffey 5/7; R Betancourt 2/3; K Wood 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Carmona 17-8-12-20; A Laffey 2-2-0-6; R Betancourt 1-5-6-0; K Wood 6-3-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Carmona 12-3; A Laffey 3-1; R Betancourt 0-0; K Wood 0-1 Game Scores: R Hernandez 43

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	4	1	2	0	1	1	13	.245	.364	.429
A Callaspo 2B	3	1	1	0	2	0	18	.338	.411	.511
W Bloomquist PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.398	.427
B Butler 1B	4	0	1	1	1	0	21	.284	.368	.440
M Jacobs DH	4	1	0	0	1	1	16	.262	.347	.523
M Maier PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.405	.333
J Guillen RF	4	1	2	2	1	2	24	.298	.416	.436
M Teahen 3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	20	.285	.368	.451
D DeJesus LF	3	0	1	1	2	1	22	.241	.299	.404
J Buck C	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	.230	.310	.486
M Aviles SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	22	.196	.222	.268
Totals	33	5	8	4	9	7	170
BATTING 2B: J Guillen (4, F Carmona) RBI: B Butler (19), J Guillen 2 (18), D DeJesus (17) S: J Buck 2-out RBI: J Guillen 2 GIDP: B Butler Royals RISP: 4-14 (M Aviles 0-2, A Callaspo 0-1, M Jacobs 0-2, D DeJesus 1-2, C Crisp 1-2, J Guillen 1-1, M Teahen 0-2, B Butler 1-2) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: W Bloomquist (7, 2nd base off K Wood/K Shoppach)
FIELDING DP: 2 (G Meche-M Aviles, A Callaspo-M Aviles-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	87-55	4.41
J Wright (H, 4)	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	15-8	2.45
S Ponson (L, 1-5; B, 1)	1.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	22-14	6.41
R Tejeda	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	31-20	2.65
Totals	9.0	12	6	6	3	2	0	155-97
PITCHING HBP: J Carroll (By J Wright) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Meche 15/23; J Wright 3/5; S Ponson 4/6; R Tejeda 2/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Meche 14-8-13-20; J Wright 4-1-0-3; S Ponson 5-0-3-6; R Tejeda 3-2-9-6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 10-5; J Wright 1-0; S Ponson 3-1; R Tejeda 2-2 Game Scores: G Meche 53

Scoring Summary

			CLE	KC
	3rd	B Butler singled to left, C Crisp scored, A Callaspo to second.	0	1
	3rd	J Guillen doubled to deep right center, A Callaspo and M Jacobs scored.	0	3
	4th	S Choo singled to center, V Martinez scored, S Choo to second advancing on throw.	1	3
	4th	J Peralta singled to center, S Choo scored.	2	3
	4th	M Aviles scored, C Crisp to second on wild pitch by F Carmona.	2	4
	7th	A Cabrera walked, M DeRosa scored, B Francisco to third, J Carroll to second.	3	4
	7th	G Sizemore grounded into fielder's choice to second, B Francisco scored, A Cabrera out at second, J Carroll to third.	4	4
	8th	M DeRosa doubled to deep right, M LaPorta scored.	5	4
	8th	B Francisco singled to center, M DeRosa scored.	6	4
	8th	D DeJesus singled to left, J Guillen scored.	6	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	19,652 (51.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:28
Weather	78 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	17 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Derryl Cousins, First Base - Jim Joyce, Second Base - Brian Runge, Third Base - Bill Miller