Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
April 21, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 2009 at Progressive 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 7, Cleveland Indians 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 5 2 2 0
Aviles ss 3 0 0 0
  Pena B. ph 1 1 1 0
  Pena T. ss 0 0 0 0
  Maier ph 1 0 0 0
DeJesus lf 5 2 2 3
Butler 1b 3 1 1 0
Teahen 3b 3 1 2 2
Jacobs dh 4 0 3 1
Callaspo 2b 3 0 1 1
Olivo c 4 0 0 0
Bloomquist rf 2 0 1 0
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Tejeda p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 13 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 4 2 1 3
DeRosa 3b 3 3 1 0
Martinez c 5 1 4 2
Hafner dh 3 0 1 0
Peralta ss 4 0 0 1
Choo rf 3 0 0 0
Garko 1b 3 0 0 0
Francisco lf 3 1 1 0
Cabrera 2b 3 1 1 0
Laffey p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Kobayashi p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 9 6
Kansas City 100 000 0427130
Cleveland 101 400 02x891
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  L(0-2) 3.1 8 6 6 4 2
  Tejeda   1.0 0 0 0 2 3
  Ramirez   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Cruz   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
9
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Laffey  W(1-0) 7.0 7 1 1 3 3
  Smith   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Kobayashi   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Lewis   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wood  SV(2) 1.0 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
4
5

  E–Peralta (2).  DP–Kansas City 2. Butler, Callaspo-Aviles-Butler, Cleveland 6. Cabrera-Peralta-Garko, DeRosa-Cabrera-Garko, Peralta-Cabrera-Garko, Cabrera-Peralta-Garko, DeRosa-Garko, J. Lewis-Peralta-Garko.  PB–Olivo (1).  2B–Kansas City Crisp (3,off Laffey); Callaspo (3,off Laffey); B. Pena (2,off Smith).  HR–Kansas City DeJesus (2,9th inning off Wood 1 on 2 out), Cleveland Sizemore (5,4th inning off Ponson 2 on 1 out); Martinez (5,8th inning off Cruz 1 on 1 out).  SF–Callaspo (1,off J. Lewis).  HBP–Teahen (3,by Laffey); Hafner (2,by Tejeda).  Team LOB–6.  Team–9.  SB–Crisp (1,3rd base off Laffey/Martinez).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Marvin Hudson, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–3:14.  A–11,408.
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