Starting Lineups:
Cleveland Indians Kansas City Royals
1. Belliard 2b Berroa ss
2. Vizquel ss Beltran cf
3. Gerut dh Sweeney 1b
4. Blake 3b Gonzalez dh
5. Escobar rf Stairs rf
6. Merloni 1b Randa 3b
7. Lawton lf Santiago c
8. Laker c Guiel lf
9. Crisp cf Graffanino 2b
D'Amico p Affeldt p
INDIANS 1ST: Belliard grounded out (shortstop to first); Vizquel
grounded out (second to first); Gerut walked; Affeldt balked
[Gerut to second]; Blake singled to center [Gerut scored];
Escobar flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals
0.
ROYALS 1ST: Berroa flied to center; Beltran was called out on
strikes; Sweeney grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 0.
INDIANS 2ND: Merloni flied to center; Lawton singled to right;
Laker singled to center [Lawton to third, Laker to second (on
throw)]; Crisp reached on a fielder's choice [Lawton scored,
Laker out at third (shortstop to third)]; Belliard doubled to
right [Crisp scored]; Vizquel doubled to left [Belliard scored];
Gerut flied to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Gonzalez lined to left; Stairs singled to right;
Randa popped to second; Santiago struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Indians 4, Royals 0.
INDIANS 3RD: Blake grounded out (shortstop to first); Escobar
grounded out (third to first); Merloni flied to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Guiel grounded out (second to first); Graffanino
flied to right; Berroa doubled to left; Beltran flied to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 0.
INDIANS 4TH: Lawton walked; Laker lined into a double play to
shortstop [Lawton out at first (shortstop to first)]; Crisp
tripled to center; Affeldt balked [Crisp scored]; Belliard
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Sweeney was hit by a pitch; Gonzalez singled to
center [Sweeney to second]; Laker allowed a passed ball [Sweeney
to third, Gonzalez to second]; Stairs hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Sweeney scored (unearned)]; Randa struck out; Santiago
walked; Guiel flied to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 5, Royals 1.
INDIANS 5TH: Vizquel grounded out (third to first); Gerut flied
to right; Blake homered to left; Escobar grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Graffanino grounded out (second to first); Berroa
lined to left; Beltran doubled to right; Sweeney grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Royals 1.
INDIANS 6TH: Merloni singled to shortstop; Lawton singled to
right [Merloni to second]; Laker grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Merloni to third, Lawton out at
second]; FIELD REPLACED AFFELDT (PITCHING); Crisp lined to
third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Gonzalez popped to second; Stairs struck out; Randa
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Royals 1.
INDIANS 7TH: Belliard grounded out (third to first); Vizquel
flied to left; Gerut flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 6, Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: On a bunt Santiago made an out to pitcher; Guiel
grounded out (pitcher to first); Graffanino popped to first; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Royals 1.
INDIANS 8TH: Blake popped to shortstop; Escobar struck out;
Merloni struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Royals 1.
ROYALS 8TH: BLAKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); MCDONALD
REPLACED MERLONI (PLAYING 3B); CRESSEND REPLACED D'AMICO
(PITCHING); Berroa grounded out (shortstop to first); Beltran
grounded out (first unassisted); Sweeney grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Royals 1.
INDIANS 9TH: LESKANIC REPLACED FIELD (PITCHING); Lawton struck
out; Laker popped to shortstop; CERDA REPLACED LESKANIC
(PITCHING); Crisp popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 6, Royals 1.
ROYALS 9TH: BETANCOURT REPLACED CRESSEND (PITCHING); Gonzalez
tripled to right; Stairs struck out; Randa flied to right;
Santiago grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 6, Royals 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Indians 6 9 0 3
Royals 1 5 0 6
