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Carmona leads Indians in series finale

Aug 26, 2007 - 1:31 PM Cleveland (71-57) at Kansas City (57-71) 2:10 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - The Cleveland Indians will look to pad their lead in the American League Central in the finale of a weekend series against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.

Grady Sizemore and Victor Martinez each homered and doubled to pace a 17-hit attack as the Indians posted a 9-4 victory on Saturday night and pushed their lead to 2 1/2 games over Detroit (69-60) in the division.

Cleveland's Fausto Carmona (14-8, 3.11 ERA) tries to get back on track after dropping four of his last five starts. Carmona was strong in his last outing, tossing eight strong frames, but came out on the short end of a 2-1 setback at Detroit on Tuesday.

The Dominican righthander is 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA against the Royals. He limited them to two runs over seven innings in a win on July 15 at Jacobs Field.

All-Star Gil Meche (7-11, 3.88) gets the call for Kansas City, which captured the series opener on Friday. After a strong start, the righthander has dropped his last five decisions.








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    FINAL 11
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
    10 11 R H E
    -- -- - - -
    CLEVELAND 0 2 5 14 0
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 3 11 1 (FINAL 11)

    BATTERIES: CLE

    Aug 26 5:56 PM
  • 120
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    RUWTbot Added 15 roots (Extra Innings)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 5:51 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, V MARTINEZ ON FIRST, T HAFNER ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 5
    KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 11TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: C GOMEZ (.306, 1-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 5:49 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TRAVIS HAFNER SCORED FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T HAFNER ON FIRST, G SIZEMORE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 4
    KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 11TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.300, 0-FOR-5)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 5:47 PM
  • 100
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    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 5:21 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ASDRUBAL CABRERA SCORED GRADY SIZEMORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A CABRERA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: T HAFNER (.253, 1-FOR-4)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 5:11 PM
  • 60
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    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 5:11 PM
  • 35
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    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 5:01 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SHANE COSTA SCORED EMIL BROWN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, S COSTA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.227, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 4:09 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY EMIL BROWN SCORED DAVID DEJESUS AND ROSS GLOAD.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, E BROWN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J SMITH (.207, 1-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 4:04 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    ASDRUBAL CABRERA HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING CASEY BLAKE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: T HAFNER (.252, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 3:35 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CASEY BLAKE SCORED RYAN GARKO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C BLAKE ON FIRST, F GUTIERREZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.276, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsAug 26 2:45 PM

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