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Sabathia hopes to send Royals to 13th straight loss

May 31, 2008 - 1:32 PM Cleveland (25-29) at Kansas City (21-34) 7:10 p.m. EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- C.C. Sabathia will attempt to notch his third win in his last four decisions when the Cleveland Indians continue their three-game series with the struggling Kansas City Royals on Saturday.

After surrendering at least four runs in each of his first four starts of the season, Sabathia (3-6, 4.74 ERA) struck out 11 over six frames in a 15-1 rout of Kansas City on April 22.

Since that start, the American League's reigning Cy Young Award winner has allowed two runs or less six of his next seven outings. The only exception was a 4-2 loss to the Royals on May 3.

However, the lefthander was sharp again in a no-decision, yielding one run and five hits in seven innings in Cleveland's 2-1 setback to Texas on Sunday.

This time, Sabathia will get to face a Royals' team that will be hoping to avoid a 13-game losing streak when they send Kyle Davies to the mound. The righthander, who went 3-7 with a 6.66 ERA last season, was acquired in a July trade with Atlanta for Octavio Dotel and will make his season debut on Saturday.








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

    BATTERIES: CLE - C.C. SABATHIA AND VICTOR MARTINEZ
    KAN - KYLE DAVIES, RON MAHAY (6TH), JOEL PERALTA (7TH),
    JOAKIM SORIA (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK

    HOME RUNS: CLE - NONE
    KAN - DAVID

    May 31 9:57 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY DAVID DELLUCCI SCORED JHONNY PERALTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A CABRERA ON SECOND, C BLAKE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    KANSAS CITY 4 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.255, 0-FOR-4)

    Guardians 2, Royals 4  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 31 9:39 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK GRUDZIELANEK SCORED DAVID DEJESUS.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    KANSAS CITY 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.284, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians 1, Royals 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 31 8:46 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED JOHN BUCK.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D DEJESUS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M GRUDZIELANEK (.293, 1-FOR-2)

    Guardians 1, Royals 3  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 31 8:43 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY JOEY GATHRIGHT SCORED MARK TEAHEN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BUCK ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.287, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Guardians 1, Royals 2  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 31 8:42 PM
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    Guardians 1, Royals 2  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 31 8:42 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DAVID DEJESUS (4) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF C.C. SABATHIA.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1, KANSAS CITY 1
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M GRUDZIELANEK (.295, 1-FOR-1)

    Guardians 1, Royals 1  Bot 3, 0 OutsMay 31 8:02 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JAMEY CARROLL SCORED FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J CARROLL ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: B FRANCISCO (.306, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians 1, Royals 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 31 7:48 PM

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