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May 3, 2008

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Royals	4	12	0
Indians	2	4	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Royals	4	12	0
Indians	2	4	0

Ryan Garko Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.232
OBP	.333	.357
At Bats	2	95
Hits	0	22
• Singles	0	15
• Doubles	0	5
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	1	15
RBI’s	0	13

Joakim Soria Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	6

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Progressive Field - May 3, 2008

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Strikeout

Joakim Soria

John Buck

Ross Gload

Mark Grudzielanek

Alex Gordon

Tony Pena

Jose Guillen

David DeJesus

Mark Teahen

Ryan Garko

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Kansas City Royals	4	12	0	9
Cleveland Indians	2	4	0	5
Winning Pitcher	Luke Hochevar
Losing Pitcher	CC Sabathia
Save	Joakim Soria
Game Winning RBI	Billy Butler
Attendance	27,272
Time of Game	2 hours 53 minutes

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Count: 0-2, 2 Outs

Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Garko strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Hafner strikes out.

Bottom 9 Joakim Soria now pitching. Ross Gload now playing first base. Peralta hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Gordon hits a line drive towards short. Peralta reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lewis fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 8 Dellucci hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler fields the ball and throws to Ramirez covering. Safe.

Bottom 8 Ramon Ramirez now pitching. Gutierrez hits a fly ball into left field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garko scoops it up and throws to first, with Lewis covering, for the out.

Top 8 Pena strikes out.

Top 8 Buck strikes out.

Bottom 7 Sizemore hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Cabrera takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Blake hits a line drive towards short. Pena reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Ron Mahay now pitching. Garko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Jensen Lewis now pitching. Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blake fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 7 Rafael Perez now pitching. Teahen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon scores. Butler moves to second.

Top 7 Butler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. DeJesus scores. Gordon moves to second.

Top 7 Masahide Kobayashi now pitching. Guillen hits a fly ball into right field. Gutierrez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Gordon hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Pena scores. DeJesus moves to third.

Top 7 Grudzielanek bunts towards the mound. Sabathia fields it and throws to first for the out. Pena moves to third. DeJesus moves to second.

Top 7 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Buck scores. Pena moves to second.

Top 7 Pena bunts towards first. Garko fields the ball and throws to Sabathia covering. Safe. Buck moves to third.

Top 7 Buck hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Dellucci. Buck reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 Hafner strikes out.

Bottom 6 Peralta hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Buck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Martinez strikes out.

Top 6 Olivo strikes out.

Top 6 Teahen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Butler moves to second.

Top 6 Butler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Guillen strikes out.

Top 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blake fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Dellucci hits a line drive towards short. Pena reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 5 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blake fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 DeJesus hits a fly ball into left field. Dellucci settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cabrera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Blake hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops it up and throws to first, with Hochevar covering, for the out.

Bottom 4 Garko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Hafner takes first base on ball four. Dellucci scores. Martinez moves to second.

Bottom 4 Peralta strikes out.

Bottom 4 Martinez hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Dellucci moves to third.

Bottom 4 Dellucci hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Buck hits a fly ball into left field. Dellucci settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Olivo hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Dellucci. Olivo reaches second base with a double. Teahen moves to third.

Top 4 Teahen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Butler hits a line drive towards short. Peralta reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Guillen strikes out.

Bottom 3 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hochevar fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 3 Sizemore takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Cabrera strikes out.

Top 3 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Dellucci settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peralta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 DeJesus hits a fly ball into left field. Dellucci settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Blake strikes out.

Bottom 2 Garko takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 There goes Peralta. The throw from Buck and he is safe. Peralta steals second.

Bottom 2 Hafner hits a fly ball into left field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Peralta takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Martinez strikes out.

Top 2 Pena hits a fly ball into right field. Gutierrez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Buck hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garko scoops it up and throws to first, with Sabathia covering, for the out.

Top 2 Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sabathia fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Dellucci hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dellucci for the out.

Bottom 1 Gutierrez hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cabrera scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sabathia fields it and throws to home to get DeJesus. Gordon moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 1 Gordon takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Grudzielanek strikes out.

Top 1 DeJesus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gutierrez. DeJesus reaches second base with a double.

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