Red Hot Royals Take Down the Tribe
We've seen this movie before, with the Royals making a September surge. Next stop, the 10th pick in the 2010 Draft. Congrats to Kyle Davies on a great start.
| Final - 9.13.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland Indians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
We've seen this movie before, with the Royals making a September surge. Next stop, the 10th pick in the 2010 Draft. Congrats to Kyle Davies on a great start.
An in-depth look at Indians hitting coach Derek Shelton.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David DeJesus, LF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| Willie Bloomquist, 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Billy Butler, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .303 |
| Mike Jacobs, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .235 |
| Alberto Callaspo, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .296 |
| Mitch Maier, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| John Buck, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| Luis Hernandez, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .186 |
| Josh Anderson, CF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .245 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Davies (W, 8-9) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5.27 | 0 | 108-55 |
| Roman Colon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.06 | 0 | 31-18 |
| Carlos Rosa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11-7 |
| Cleveland Indians | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Brantley, CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .364 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .311 |
| Shin-Soo Choo, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .299 |
| Jhonny Peralta, 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .275 |
| Travis Hafner, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Luis Valbuena, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Matt LaPorta, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| Andy Marte, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Wyatt Toregas, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .205 |
| Totals | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Carrasco (L, 0-2) | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9.64 | 0 | 79-51 |
| Mike Gosling | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 34-23 |
| Rafael Perez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.68 | 0 | 8-7 |
| Kerry Wood | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 0 | 26-14 |