Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians


KC
CLE

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2

RoyalsTop 1st
- A. Laffey pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Strike Looking
  3
  Strike Looking
  4
  Ball
  5
  Foul Ball
  6
  Fly Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 1st
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- A. Laffey pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 2nd
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- A. Laffey pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 3rd
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- A. Laffey pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 4th
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- A. Laffey pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- T Pena grounded into fielder's choice to third, M Olivo scored on throwing error by third baseman C Blake, J Buck safe at third on throwing error by third baseman C Blake.
  1
  0
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error
IndiansBottom 5th
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- A. Laffey pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 6th
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- A. Laffey pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 7th
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- R Gload at first base.
  1
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- M. Kobayashi pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- A Gordon safe at first on error by first baseman R Garko.
  1
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
IndiansBottom 8th
- J. Oviedo pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- R. Perez pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 9th
- J. Soria pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Royals
-
Indians
-

Game 1

3/5

Royals
4
Indians
2

Game 1

4/5

Royals
2
Indians
0

Game 2

4/5

Progressive Field

10:35 PM, 4 May 2008

Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 27,836

Game Time:2:42

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ted Barrett
First Base Umpire - Dana Demuth
Second Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale
Third Base Umpire - Doug Eddings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Strike Looking
3 Strike Looking
4 Ball
5 Foul Ball
6 Fly Out

Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians

G. Meche2-4

A. Laffey0-2

J. Soria8