Ejections: Jaret Wright by Jim Joyce [Throwing at batter]
Time of Game: 2:56 Attendance: 15507
Starting Lineups:
Cleveland Indians Kansas City Royals
1. Lofton cf Damon cf
2. Dunston ss Offerman 2b
3. M. Ramirez rf Morris dh
4. Thome 1b King 1b
5. Whiten lf Palmer 3b
6. Fryman 3b Sutton rf
7. Sexson dh Conine lf
8. Borders c Fasano c
9. Bell 2b Rivera ss
Wright p Rusch p
INDIANS 1ST: Lofton flied to left; Dunston doubled to center;
Dunston stole third; M. Ramirez was called out on strikes; Thome
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Damon walked; Offerman forced Damon (third to
second); Morris singled to center [Offerman to third]; King
singled to third [Offerman scored, Morris to second]; Palmer
struck out; Sutton flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians
0, Royals 1.
INDIANS 2ND: Whiten struck out; Fryman was called out on
strikes; Sexson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0,
Royals 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Conine flied to center; Fasano popped to shortstop;
Rivera struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 1.
INDIANS 3RD: Borders flied to center; Bell struck out; Lofton
lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Damon was called out on strikes; Offerman flied to
left; Morris walked; King lined to third (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 1.
INDIANS 4TH: On a bunt Dunston grounded out (pitcher to first);
M. Ramirez flied to left; Thome homered to center; Whiten
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Palmer homered to right-center; Sutton flied to
left; Conine was called out on strikes; Fasano grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2.
INDIANS 5TH: Fryman singled to third; Sexson struck out while
Fryman was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Borders
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Rivera was called out on strikes; Damon lined to
first; Offerman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1,
Royals 2.
INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to left; Lofton singled to right [Bell
to second]; On a bunt Dunston singled to third [Bell to third,
Lofton to second]; M. Ramirez homered to left [Bell scored,
Lofton scored, Dunston scored]; Thome walked; Whiten doubled to
left [Thome to third]; BONES REPLACED RUSCH (PITCHING); Fryman
singled to third [Thome scored, Whiten to third]; JUSTICE BATTED
FOR SEXSON; Justice grounded out (second to first) [Whiten
scored, Fryman to second]; Bones threw a wild pitch [Fryman to
third]; Borders struck out; Bell walked; HANEY REPLACED BONES
(PITCHING); Lofton walked [Bell to second]; Dunston lined to
pitcher (pitcher to first); 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 7,
Royals 2.
ROYALS 6TH: JUSTICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Morris grounded
out (second to first); King flied to left; Palmer flied to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Royals 2.
INDIANS 7TH: M. Ramirez homered to right; Thome flied to center;
Whiten was hit by a pitch; Fryman doubled to third [Whiten to
third]; Justice doubled to center [Whiten scored, Fryman
scored]; PITTSLEY REPLACED HANEY (PITCHING); Borders grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Justice to third]; Bell homered to
left [Justice scored]; Lofton walked; Dunston popped to second;
5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 12, Royals 2.
ROYALS 7TH: PLUNK REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Sutton grounded
out (pitcher to first); Pitcher Wright ejected by HP umpire
Joyce for throwing at batter; Conine struck out; SWEENEY
BATTED FOR FASANO; Sweeney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 12, Royals 2.
INDIANS 8TH: SWEENEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); ALLENSWORTH
REPLACED CONINE (PLAYING CF); DAMON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); M. Ramirez walked; Thome grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [M. Ramirez out at second];
BRANSON BATTED FOR WHITEN; Branson popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Indians 12, Royals 2.
ROYALS 8TH: MORMAN REPLACED PLUNK (PITCHING); DUNSTON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BRANSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS);
Rivera was called out on strikes; Damon singled to center;
Offerman singled to shortstop [Damon to second]; HALTER RAN FOR
OFFERMAN; MACK BATTED FOR MORRIS; Mack singled to left [Damon to
third, Halter to second]; WORRELL REPLACED MORMAN (PITCHING);
King out on a sacrifice fly to center [Damon scored]; Palmer
lined to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 12, Royals 3.
INDIANS 9TH: MACK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WHISENANT
REPLACED PITTSLEY (PITCHING); HALTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
2B); LOPEZ REPLACED PALMER (PLAYING 3B); Fryman singled to left;
Justice reached on an error by Halter [Fryman to second];
Borders struck out; Bell struck out; Lofton struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 12, Royals 3.
ROYALS 9TH: Sutton grounded out (pitcher to first); Allensworth
flied to center; Sweeney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 12, Royals 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Indians 12 14 0 7
Royals 3 6 1 5
