Game 14: Indians 8, Royals 7
The Indians escaped with a 8-7 victory over the Royals tonight. A recap of the game from the Indians' perspective.
| Final - 4.21.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Royals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Cleveland Indians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 | 9 | 1 |
Stories
Thanks to Six Double-Plays, Royals Lose the Same Game Multiple Times
The Royals lose a strange game in Cleveland, nearly setting a record for double-plays in the process.
Game Thread 3: April 21, 2009
Top of the ninth, Indians lead 8-5. Kerry Wood in to close.
Fanpost
Game 13 Overflow Thread II
Five double-plays so far. Let's get historical tonight, boys.
Game Thread 2: April 21, 2009
Indians 6-1, top of the fifth.
Catching Up as the Royals Head to Rainy Cleveland
This weekend, just as the Alex Gordon story was developing, I was down in Brownsville, Texas, for a wedding. Although I'm a blogger, I'm not really a huge travel-with-my-laptop kinda guy, if I...
GameThreads
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coco Crisp, CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Mike Aviles, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .188 |
| Brayan Pena, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Tony Pena, SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mitch Maier, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| David DeJesus, LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Billy Butler, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .220 |
| Mark Teahen, 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .340 |
| Mike Jacobs, DH | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .326 |
| Alberto Callaspo, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .371 |
| Miguel Olivo, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Willie Bloomquist, RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
Batting
Home runs - DeJesus
Doubles - Crisp, Pena, Callaspo
Grounded into DP - 2 Crisp, DeJesus, Teahen, Callaspo, Olivo
Hit by pitch - Teahen
Sacrifice flies - Callaspo
Stolen Bases - Crisp
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
Passed Balls - Olivo
Home runs - DeJesus
Doubles - Crisp, Pena, Callaspo
Grounded into DP - 2 Crisp, DeJesus, Teahen, Callaspo, Olivo
Hit by pitch - Teahen
Sacrifice flies - Callaspo
Stolen Bases - Crisp
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
Passed Balls - Olivo
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Ponson (L, 0-2) | 3.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7.04 | 0 | 80-43 |
| Robinson Tejeda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 31-13 |
| Horacio Ramirez | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.59 | 0 | 26-15 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.54 | 0 | 12-7 |
| Juan Cruz | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 19-11 |
| Cleveland Indians | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Sizemore, CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .259 |
| Mark DeRosa, 3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .241 |
| Victor Martinez, C | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .397 |
| Travis Hafner, DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .289 |
| Jhonny Peralta, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Shin-Soo Choo, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .261 |
| Ryan Garko, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 |
| Ben Francisco, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .220 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Totals | 31 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | |
Batting
Home runs - Sizemore, Martinez
Grounded into DP - Cabrera
Hit by pitch - Hafner
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
Errors - Peralta
Home runs - Sizemore, Martinez
Grounded into DP - Cabrera
Hit by pitch - Hafner
Team LOB - 9
Fielding
Errors - Peralta
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Laffey (W, 1-0) | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.19 | 0 | 104-64 |
| Joe Smith | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 0 | 15-8 |
| Masa Kobayashi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 4-3 |
| Jensen Lewis (, 1-2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 0 | 6-4 |
| Kerry Wood (S, 0-0; S,2) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.23 | 0 | 18-14 |
GAME NOTES
Pitching notes: Smith pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. Kobayashi pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Marty Foster, First Base Umpire - Marvin Hudson, Second Base Umpire - John Hirschbeck, Third Base Umpire - Wally Bell
Duration: 3:14
Pitching notes: Smith pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. Kobayashi pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Marty Foster, First Base Umpire - Marvin Hudson, Second Base Umpire - John Hirschbeck, Third Base Umpire - Wally Bell
Duration: 3:14
