Final
Bell manages last game for Royals
Sep 30, 2007 - 2:14 PM Cleveland (95-66) at Kansas City (69-92) 2:10 pm EDTKANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - The Kansas City Royals would like to send manager Buddy Bell out on a positive note when they face the Cleveland Indians in their regular-season finale on Sunday.
Bell announced earlier this season that he will resign after nearly three campaign to become the senior advisor to general manager Dayton Moore.
Rookie Luke Hochevar (0-0, 0.93 ERA) goes to the hill for the Royals, who snapped their three-game slide with Saturday's 4-3 win. The righthander is making his first career start after three appearance out of the bullpen.
The No. 1 overall selection in 2006, the 24-year-old Hochevar has allowed just one run in 9 2/3 innings since being called up earlier this month.
Cleveland's Aaron Laffey (3-2, 4.87) aims for his fourth road win of the season. In his last outing, the lefthander yielded one run and four hits in 5 2/3 frames in a no-decision at Seattle in Tuesday.
The Indians will sit the majority of its starters in preparation of their ALDS matchup against the New York Yankees on Thursday at Jacobs Field.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
CLEVELAND 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 1
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 8 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: CLE - AARON LAFFEY, TOM MASTNY (6TH), AARON FULTZ (7TH), JOE
BOROWSKI (9TH) AND KELLY SHOPPACH
KAN - LUKE HOCHEVAR, BRANDON DUCKWORTH (4TH), LEO NUNEZ
(5TH), JOEL
Sep 30 4:48 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY BEN FRANCISCO SCORED KELLY SHOPPACH.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B FRANCISCO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 4
KANSAS CITY 2 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: L RIVAS (.300, 0-FOR-2)
Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 30 4:36 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY TONY PENA JR SCORED ROSS GLOAD.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GATHRIGHT (.308, 1-FOR-3, RBI)
Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 30 4:01 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JOEY GATHRIGHT SCORED JUSTIN HUBER.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GATHRIGHT ON FIRST, T PENA JR ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E GERMAN (.266, 0-FOR-2)
Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 30 3:35 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY CHRIS GOMEZ SCORED FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A MARTE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 3
KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 4TH
DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J MICHAELS (.272, 1-FOR-1)
Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 30 3:08 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY TRAVIS HAFNER SCORED JASON MICHAELS AND LUIS
RIVAS.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, T HAFNER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: R GARKO (.290, 0-FOR-1)
Guardians vs. RoyalsSep 30 2:52 PM
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