Guardians 3 - 4 Royals
Final
  for this game

Indians aiming for AL's best record

Sep 29, 2007 - 1:36 PM Cleveland (95-65) at Kansas City (68-92) 7:10 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - The Cleveland Indians are penciled in for the postseason, but the best record in the American League is another question.

The Indians will look to continue their push for the top spot in the AL when they visit the Kansas City in the second of a weekend series on Saturday.

Sabathia went seven effective innings for his 100th career win and helped Cleveland snap its two-game slide with Friday's 5-3 victory.

Jake Westbrook (6-9, 4.32 ERA) gets the call for the Indians, whose looking for his first victory away from home since mid August. The righthander was solid last time out, allowing two runs in seven innings for a 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics.

Westbrook is 5-3 with a 2.54 ERA lifetime against the Royals.

All-Star hurler Gil Meche (9-13, 3.69) gets his final start for Kansas City, which is assured of its fourth straight last place finish in the AL Central.

In his last outing, Meche gave up three runs and seven hits through eight frames in a loss at Baltimore. The righthander has only two career wins in 11 starts against Cleveland.








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

    BATTERIES: CLE - JAKE WESTBROOK, RAFAEL PEREZ (7TH), JENSEN LEWIS (8TH) AND
    VICTOR MARTINEZ
    KAN - GIL MECHE, JOHN BALE (7TH), DAVID RISKE (7TH),
    JIMMY GOBBLE (7TH), JOAKIM SO

    Sep 29 10:18 PM
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    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 10:14 PM
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    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 10:10 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOEY GATHRIGHT SCORED JUSTIN HUBER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GATHRIGHT ON FIRST, A GORDON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    KANSAS CITY 4 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.267, 2-FOR-3)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 10:09 PM
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    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 9:51 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED ASDRUBAL CABRERA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, V MARTINEZ ON FIRST, T HAFNER ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
    KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.291, 1-FOR-3)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 9:44 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED CASEY BLAKE AND ASDRUBAL
    CABRERA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, V MARTINEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.290, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 8:13 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ALEX GORDON SCORED MARK TEAHEN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R GLOAD ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.224, 18 HR, 48 RBI)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 7:36 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY JAKE WESTBROOK ALLOWED MARK GRUDZIELANEK TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R GLOAD ON FIRST, M TEAHEN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.248, 0-FOR-0)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 7:34 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MARK TEAHEN SCORED DAVID DEJESUS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEAHEN ON SECOND, M GRUDZIELANEK ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M SWEENEY (.260, 7 HR, 38 RBI)

    Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 29 7:28 PM

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