Major League Baseball
Cleveland Indians
1
Kansas City Royals
7
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| KC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
James Shields kept the Indians off balance for six innings, Salvador Perez led a scrappy Kansas City offense and the Royals pounded Cleveland 7-1 on Monday night to open a three-game set with significant playoff implications.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
A Escobar singled to right, D Lough scored, M Moustakas to second.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Moustakas singled to center, S Perez scored, D Lough to third.
Pitch 10: foul
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
E Bonifacio reached on infield single to third, D Lough scored, A Escobar to third.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
D Lough singled to right, L Cain scored.
L Cain tripled to deep center, S Perez scored.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
L Chisenhall homered to right.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
S Perez singled to right center, A Gordon scored, E Hosmer to second.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Middle of the 9th
M Bourn flied out to center.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Bourn batting
J Ramirez struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Ramirez batting
J Ramirez hit for L Chisenhall.
Y Gomes struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 1
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Y Gomes batting
T Collins relieved L Hochevar.
Top of the 9th inning
L Cain struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
L Cain batting
S Perez singled to center, B Butler to second.
Pitch 3: in play
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KC wins series 2-1
Alex GordonLF4
Emilio Bonifacio2B27
Eric Hosmer1B51
Billy ButlerDH36
Salvador PerezC13
Lorenzo CainCF6
Justin MaxwellRF10
Jamey Carroll3B1
Alcides EscobarSS3
David LoughRF3
Mike Moustakas3B18
Michael BournCF1
Nick SwisherRF23
Jason Kipnis2B22
Carlos Santana1B41
Michael BrantleyLF23
Asdrubal CabreraSS3
Jason GiambiDH72
Yan GomesC15
Lonnie Chisenhall3B5
Jose RamirezPH11
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