Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
July 15, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 2007 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 3, Cleveland Indians 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 5 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 0 1 0
Teahen rf 4 1 2 0
Butler dh 4 1 1 1
Gload 1b 3 0 2 1
Gordon 3b 3 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 1
Gathright lf 4 0 1 0
LaRue c 3 0 0 0
  German ph 1 0 0 0
De La Rosa p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Bale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 4 0 0 0
Blake 3b 3 0 0 0
Martinez c 2 1 0 0
Hafner dh 4 1 3 2
Peralta ss 4 0 1 0
Garko 1b 3 2 2 1
Michaels lf 4 1 2 0
Gutierrez rf 2 0 1 1
Barfield 2b 3 0 0 1
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5
Kansas City 000 020 010390
Cleveland 200 102 00x592
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
De La Rosa  L (7-10) 3.1 2 3 3 6 6
  Gobble   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Riske   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Bale   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
6
10
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  W (11-4) 7.0 8 2 2 2 4
  Betancourt   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Borowski  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
4

  E–Garko (4), Barfield (11).  DP–Cleveland 1. Barfield-Peralta-Garko.  2B–Kansas City Butler (7,off Carmona), Cleveland Gutierrez (2,off Riske).  HR–Kansas City Smith (1,8th inning off Betancourt 0 on 2 out), Cleveland Hafner (15,1st inning off de la Rosa 1 on 2 out); Garko (11,4th inning off de la Rosa 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Gutierrez (2,off Bale).  SF–Barfield (4,off Riske).  Team–8.  SB–Sizemore (25,2nd base off de la Rosa/LaRue); Gutierrez (3,2nd base off Gobble/LaRue).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Chad Fairchild, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Mark Carlson.  T–3:08.  A–29,657.
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