Cleveland Indians vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - September 23, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 23, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Kansas City won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, September 21
Cleveland	3	Final
Kansas City	6	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, September 22
Cleveland	3	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 23
Cleveland	15	Final
Kansas City	4	Final
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Indians 15

(63-90, 29-49 away)

Royals 4

(70-82, 36-42 home)

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2:10 PM ET, September 23, 2012

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	7	15	16	0
KC	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	7	3

W: D. Huff (2-0)

L: J. Odorizzi (0-1)

Cleveland Indians
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Choo RF	5	1	2	1	1	0	28	.279	.372	.435
J Kipnis 2B	6	3	2	1	0	1	21	.255	.327	.379
A Cabrera SS	5	3	2	2	1	0	17	.270	.340	.419
C Santana DH	6	3	3	5	0	1	18	.257	.361	.433
M Brantley CF	5	2	3	0	1	0	29	.286	.344	.401
C Kotchman 1B	6	0	1	1	0	0	16	.233	.285	.341
J Hannahan 3B	3	1	2	1	2	1	23	.241	.312	.338
E Carrera LF	5	1	1	2	0	0	18	.240	.278	.368
L Marson C	2	1	0	0	3	0	24	.221	.336	.287
Totals	43	15	16	13	8	3	194
BATTING 2B: M Brantley (37, J Jeffress) 3B: J Kipnis (4, J Odorizzi) HR: C Santana 2 (18, 6th inning off J Odorizzi 1 on, 1 Out; 9th inning off L Coleman 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Cabrera 2 (61), C Santana 5 (75), C Kotchman (54), J Hannahan (28), E Carrera 2 (9), S Choo (57), J Kipnis (70) 2-out RBI: A Cabrera, C Santana 3 Indians RISP: 7-12 (C Santana 2-2, S Choo 0-1, J Hannahan 1-1, A Cabrera 2-2, J Kipnis 0-1, C Kotchman 1-2, E Carrera 1-3) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: J Kipnis (28, 2nd base off V Mazzaro/A Moore); S Choo (19, 3rd base off V Mazzaro/A Moore)

Cleveland Indians
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Huff (W, 2-0)	5.2	3	1	1	1	1	1	86-55	2.25
E Rogers (H, 5)	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	15-10	2.54
T Sipp	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	25-18	4.76
J Smith	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	3.19
V Pestano	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11-9	2.07
Totals	9.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	140-94
PITCHING HBP: A Gordon (By D Huff) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Huff 11/21; E Rogers 5/6; T Sipp 1/5; J Smith 0/1; V Pestano 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Huff 17-5-16-17; E Rogers 4-0-1-5; T Sipp 7-1-5-5; J Smith 1-0-0-1; V Pestano 3-3-3-0 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Huff 4-11; E Rogers 1-3; T Sipp 0-2; J Smith 1-0; V Pestano 0-1 Game Scores: D Huff 59

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Bourgeois CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	.278	.328	.352
A Escobar SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	.293	.334	.389
I Falu SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	.355	.365	.452
A Gordon LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	17	.292	.362	.443
B Butler DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	13	.312	.371	.508
J Francoeur RF	4	1	3	1	0	1	19	.238	.292	.370
J Giavotella 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.235	.271	.309
E Hosmer 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	.237	.311	.367
T Abreu 3B	3	0	0	1	0	1	14	.288	.296	.423
A Moore C	3	1	1	1	1	1	16	.333	.500	1.333
Totals	32	4	7	4	2	3	140
BATTING 2B: J Francoeur (24, E Rogers); B Butler (30, T Sipp) HR: A Moore (1, 3rd inning off D Huff 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: A Moore (1), T Abreu (12), B Butler (101), J Francoeur (42) SF: T Abreu 2-out RBI: B Butler, J Francoeur Royals RISP: 1-3 (J Giavotella 0-1, J Francoeur 1-1, B Butler 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING CS: J Francoeur (7, 2nd base by D Huff/L Marson)
FIELDING E: A Escobar (18, missed catch); A Moore (1, throw); J Francoeur (2, throw)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Odorizzi (L, 0-1)	5.1	6	3	3	1	3	1	87-55	5.06
F Bueno	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-5	1.80
E Teaford	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	15-7	4.74
V Mazzaro	0.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	16-7	6.30
T Hottovy	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	12-6	3.68
J Jeffress	1.2	3	6	6	3	0	0	40-18	5.25
L Coleman	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	15-10	4.11
Totals	9.0	16	15	15	8	3	2	194-108
PITCHING V Mazzaro pitched to 4 batters in the 7th IBB: M Brantley (By V Mazzaro) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Odorizzi 12/23; F Bueno 1/3; E Teaford 1/3; V Mazzaro 1/4; T Hottovy 2/4; J Jeffress 3/11; L Coleman 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Odorizzi 12-8-17-18; F Bueno 1-0-1-3; E Teaford 2-0-3-2; V Mazzaro 2-0-3-2; T Hottovy 3-0-0-3; J Jeffress 7-0-3-8; L Coleman 2-0-5-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Odorizzi 4-9; F Bueno 1-1; E Teaford 1-0; V Mazzaro 0-0; T Hottovy 1-1; J Jeffress 4-1; L Coleman 0-1 Game Scores: J Odorizzi 46

Scoring Summary

			CLE	KC
	3rd	A Moore homered to left (437 feet).	0	1
	6th	A Cabrera singled to deep center, J Kipnis scored.	1	1
	6th	C Santana homered to right (395 feet), A Cabrera scored.	3	1
	7th	S Choo stole third, J Kipnis stole second, S Choo scored on throwing error by catcher A Moore.	4	1
	7th	C Santana singled to right, J Kipnis to third, A Cabrera to second, J Kipnis scored, A Cabrera to third, C Santana to second on throwing error by right fielder J Francoeur.	5	1
	7th	C Kotchman singled to deep center, A Cabrera scored, C Santana to third, M Brantley to second.	6	1
	7th	J Hannahan singled to left, C Santana scored, M Brantley to third, C Kotchman to second.	7	1
	7th	E Carrera grounded out to shortstop, M Brantley scored, C Kotchman to third, J Hannahan to second.	8	1
	7th	T Abreu hit sacrifice fly to center, J Francoeur scored.	8	2
	8th	B Butler doubled to left, I Falu scored.	8	3
	8th	J Francoeur singled to center, B Butler scored.	8	4
	9th	E Carrera singled to center, M Brantley scored, J Hannahan to second.	9	4
	9th	S Choo walked, J Hannahan scored, E Carrera to third, L Marson to second.	10	4
	9th	J Kipnis grounded into fielder's choice to second, E Carrera scored, S Choo out at second, L Marson to third.	11	4
	9th	A Cabrera singled to right, L Marson scored, J Kipnis to second.	12	4
	9th	C Santana homered to right (354 feet), J Kipnis and A Cabrera scored.	15	4
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	22,960 (60.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:17
Weather	65 degrees, sunny
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Ripperger, First Base - Adrian Johnson, Second Base - Gary Cederstrom, Third Base - Lance Barksdale