KC hammers Sabathia By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
The Nos. 3-6 hitters in the Royals lineup produced 10 of Kansas City's 13 hits, knocking in five runs for Gil Meche, who earned his sixth win of the season on five-plus innings. Emil Brown's three-run homer off Indians lefty C.C. Sabathia in the third inning was the big blow of the night.
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Royals 6, Indians 5
Teammates congratulate Emil Brown (lower right), who hit a three-run homer in the third. (Tony Dejak/AP)
Indians denied at The Jake By David Briggs / MLB.com
Cleveland rallied in the middle-to-late innings to make it a close contest against Kansas City, but five early runs off C.C. Sabathia, who could not pick up his 13th win, were too much for the Tribe to overcome. Ryan Garko, the hero in Game 1 of the series, launched a two-run homer in the sixth inning.
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TODAY'S WRAPS: July 14, 2007
Kansas City 6, Cleveland 5
Today's Boxes 7/14/07
CHC 9, HOU 3
LAD 8, SF 7
PHI 10, STL 4
BAL 7, CWS 6
MIL 2, COL 1
ATL 5, PIT 4
BOS 9, TOR 4
FLA 5, WSH 2
NYY 6, TB 4
MIN 4, OAK 3
NYM 2, CIN 1
LAA 9, TEX 5
ARI 5, SD 4
SEA 6, DET 4
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Standings thru 7/14/07 | Gameday | Royals Stats | Indians Stats
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus , CF5 0 1 0 0 2 3 .281
Grudzielanek , 2B5 1 1 0 0 2 3 .281
Teahen , RF5 3 3 0 0 1 0 .286
Butler , DH5 1 3 2 0 0 0 .315
1-Gathright , PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319
Brown , LF5 1 2 3 0 1 2 .231
German , 3B4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .284
Gordon , 1B4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .230
Buck , C2 0 1 0 2 1 0 .247
Pena , SS4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .274
Totals 39 6 13 5 2 9 15
BATTING 2B : Butler (6, Sabathia), Teahen 2 (16, Sabathia, Sabathia), Buck (13, Sabathia).HR : Brown (4, 3rd inning off Sabathia, 2 on, 1 out).TB : DeJesus; Grudzielanek; Teahen 5; Butler 4; Brown 5; German 2; Buck 2.RBI : Butler 2 (16), Brown 3 (38).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : German; DeJesus; Grudzielanek 2; Gordon.Team LOB : 8.BASERUNNING SB : DeJesus (5, 2nd base off Mastny/Martinez).CS : Gathright (3, 2nd base by Mastny/Martinez).
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Sizemore , CF5 1 2 0 0 1 2 .282
Blake , 3B-1B5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .271
Martinez , C5 1 2 1 0 2 1 .323
Hafner , DH3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .260
Peralta , SS3 2 2 0 1 1 0 .284
Garko , 1B4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .300
Rouse , 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Nixon , RF4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .238
Francisco , LF4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .313
Barfield , 2B3 0 1 0 1 2 0 .258
Totals 36 5 10 5 2 10 11
BATTING 2B : Sizemore 2 (20, Meche, Dotel), Martinez (24, Gobble).HR : Garko (10, 6th inning off Meche, 1 on, 0 out).TB : Sizemore 4; Martinez 3; Peralta 2; Garko 5; Nixon; Barfield.RBI : Nixon (27), Martinez (71), Garko 2 (33), Hafner (58).2-out RBI : Nixon; Martinez.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Francisco; Sizemore; Martinez.SF : Hafner.Team LOB : 7.BASERUNNING SB : Barfield (10, 2nd base off Greinke/Buck).FIELDING E : Blake (9, throw).
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Meche (W, 6-6)5.0 8 4 4 1 5 1 3.69
Greinke (H, 6)1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4.65
Gobble (H, 7)0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.93
Soria (H, 8)1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.11
Dotel (S, 9)1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.32
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sabathia (L, 12-4)7.0 11 6 6 2 6 1 3.78
Mastny 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 4.38
WP : Gobble.Pitches-strikes : Meche 100-68, Greinke 19-9, Gobble 6-3, Soria 19-12, Dotel 19-13, Sabathia 113-72, Mastny 34-24.Ground outs-fly outs : Meche 4-6, Greinke 1-1, Gobble 0-1, Soria 0-2, Dotel 0-2, Sabathia 5-9, Mastny 1-1.Batters faced : Meche 24, Greinke 5, Gobble 2, Soria 4, Dotel 4, Sabathia 34, Mastny 7.Ejections Cleveland Indians first baseman Ryan Garko ejected by HP umpire Mark Carlson. (8th).Umpires : HP: Mark Carlson. 1B: Larry Young. 2B: Chad Fairchild. 3B: Ted Barrett.Weather : 83 degrees, overcast.Wind : 18 mph, Out to RF.T : 3:12.Att : 31,599.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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