Guardians 5 - 3 Royals
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Indians look for win with ace Sabathia on the mound

Sep 28, 2007 - 1:24 PM Cleveland (94-65) at Kansas City (68-91),8:10 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- With the American League Central Division title locked up, the Cleveland Indians will try to clinch home-field advantage throughout the playoffs when they open a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals on Friday.

The Indians are currently tied with the Boston Red Sox (94-65) for the best record in the AL and tops in the majors.

C.C. Sabathia (18-7, 3.19 ERA) will make his final stand for the AL Cy Young award when he takes the mound for the Indians.

Sabathia ranks in the top five in every meaningful pitching category and leads the AL in innings pitched with 234 and is second in complete games with four.

During his last outing, Sabathia was his usual dominant self, surrendering just two runs and five hits over seven strong innings on September 19. Cleveland downed the Detroit TIgers, 4-2, as Sabathia picked up his career-high 18th win of the season.

Kyle Davies (7-14, 5.92) will try to diffuse the Indians ace when he toes the rubber for the Royals.

Davies snapped a three-game losing streak with a win against the Tigers on Saturday. The 24-year-old righthander surrendered three runs and nine hits over 5 1/3 innings, en route to the 7-4 victory.






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    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 2:56 AM


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

    BATTERIES: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA, RAFAEL BETANCOURT (8TH), JOE BOROWSKI (9TH) AND
    VICTOR MARTINEZ
    KAN - KYLE DAVIES, JOHN BALE (4TH), JOEL PERALTA (7TH),
    JIMMY GOBBLE (9TH) AND

    Sep 28 11:10 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ASDRUBAL CABRERA SCORED CASEY BLAKE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A CABRERA ON FIRST, G SIZEMORE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 5
    KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: T HAFNER (.264, 1-FOR-1, BB, HR, 2 RBI)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 28 9:28 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CASEY BLAKE SCORED JHONNY PERALTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C BLAKE ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 4
    KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.279, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 28 9:23 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY EMIL BROWN SCORED MIKE SWEENEY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E BROWN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E GERMAN (.270, 1-FOR-1, HR, 2 RBI)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 28 9:06 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ESTEBAN GERMAN (4) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF C.C. SABATHIA SCORED EMIL BROWN.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3, KANSAS CITY 2
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J HUBER (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 28 8:42 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY KENNY LOFTON SCORED JHONNY PERALTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K LOFTON ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: F GUTIERREZ (.268, 13 HR, 36 RBI)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 28 8:31 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 2 2 1 0
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA
    KAN - KYLE DAVIES

    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.263, 7 HR, 58 RBI)
    M GRUDZIELANEK (.298, 6 HR, 51 RBI)
    B BUTLER (.289,

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 28 8:19 PM
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