Indians 5, Royals 4
Travis Hafner's one-out double in the ninth set up the victory. (Tony Dejak/AP)
By David Briggs / MLB.com
Ryan Garko's single in the bottom of the ninth rescued the Tribe after Joe Borowski gave up the lead in the top of the inning. Starter Jake Westbrook walked a season-high five but left after six innings with the lead; catcher Victor Martinez drove in two runs.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: July 13, 2007
Kansas City
(38-51)
Lost 1
Cleveland 5, Kansas City 4
Today's Boxes 7/13/07
CHC 6, HOU 0
BAL 2, CWS 0
PHI 13, STL 3
TOR 6, BOS 5
WSH 14, FLA 10
CIN 8, NYM 4
TB 6, NYY 4
ATL 9, PIT 1
COL 10, MIL 6
MIN 5, OAK 3
ARI 8, SD 3
DET 6, SEA 3
LAA 2, TEX 1
LAD 9, SF 1
Cleveland
(53-36)
Won 1
July 13, 2007
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Standings thru 7/13/07  | Gameday  | Royals Stats  | Indians Stats
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus , CF4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .282
Grudzielanek , 2B3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .283
Teahen , RF4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .281
Gload , 1B4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .252
Gordon , 3B3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .233
Butler , DH3 0 2 0 1 0 2 .299
1-Smith , PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214
LaRue , C2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .184
Gathright , LF2 0 0 1 0 0 2 .319
a-German , PH-LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .281
Pena , SS3 0 0 1 0 0 2 .278
Totals 30 4 8 4 5 4 16
a-Struck out for Gathright in the 7th. 1-Ran for Butler in the 9th.
BATTING 2B : Gload (8, Westbrook).TB : Grudzielanek 2; Teahen; Gload 2; Gordon; Butler 2; German.RBI : Gathright (9), Gload (23), Gordon (29), Pena (28).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Pena; DeJesus.S : LaRue.SF : Pena.GIDP : Teahen; Butler; LaRue.Team LOB : 6. BASERUNNING SB : German (7, 2nd base off Borowski/Martinez). FIELDING E : Pena (15, fielding).PB : LaRue (2).
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Sizemore , CF4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .280
Blake , 3B5 1 1 0 0 3 3 .275
Martinez , C5 0 1 2 0 0 0 .322
Hafner , DH4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .262
1-Rouse , PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Peralta , SS4 2 2 0 1 1 1 .280
Garko , 1B3 0 2 1 2 1 2 .297
Michaels , LF4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .283
Gutierrez , RF3 0 1 0 1 2 2 .286
Barfield , 2B4 0 0 1 0 1 5 .257
Totals 36 5 10 5 6 10 20
1-Ran for Hafner in the 9th.
BATTING 2B : Garko (14, Perez), Sizemore (18, Perez), Blake (22, Perez), Hafner (12, Greinke).TB : Sizemore 2; Blake 2; Martinez; Hafner 2; Peralta 2; Garko 3; Michaels; Gutierrez.RBI : Michaels (27), Martinez 2 (70), Barfield (39), Garko (31).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Barfield; Sizemore; Michaels; Garko 2; Blake.Team LOB : 12. FIELDING DP : 3 (Peralta-Barfield-Garko, Garko-Peralta-Westbrook, Blake-Barfield-Garko).
IBB : Sizemore (by Riske), Peralta (by Greinke).Pitches-strikes : Perez 95-57, Peralta 24-16, Gobble 11-6, Soria 8-5, Riske 24-12, Greinke 10-4, Westbrook 94-53, Perez 11-7, Betancourt 13-11, Borowski 16-9.Ground outs-fly outs : Perez 5-5, Peralta 0-1, Gobble 1-0, Soria 0-0, Riske 1-1, Greinke 0-1, Westbrook 12-4, Perez 2-0, Betancourt 1-1, Borowski 2-1.Batters faced : Perez 24, Peralta 5, Gobble 2, Soria 2, Riske 5, Greinke 4, Westbrook 25, Perez 3, Betancourt 4, Borowski 5.Inherited runners-scored : Peralta 2-0, Soria 1-0.Umpires : HP: Ted Barrett. 1B: Mark Carlson. 2B: Larry Young. 3B: Chad Fairchild.Weather : 71 degrees, clear.Wind : 7 mph, L to R.T : 3:11.Att : 32,624.
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