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Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

2006-04-22 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 19645 · 77°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph L to R · 2:54

Kansas City Royals defeated Cleveland Indians 11–5. Kansas City Royals put up 4 in the 1st. Mike Wood earned the win. Emil Brown went 1-for-2 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	5	7
KCA	4	2	1	0	1	3	0	0		11	11

W: Mike Wood L: Paul Byrd SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Wolf · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Tom Hallion · 3B: Tony Randazzo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Grady Sizemore	3	0	2	1	1	1
Todd Hollandsworth	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	0	0	0	2
Travis Hafner	3	1	0	0	1	1
Victor Martinez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ben Broussard	4	1	2	2	0	0
Ronnie Belliard	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ramon Vazquez	4	0	0	1	0	0
Casey Blake	3	2	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shane Costa	4	2	2	1	1	1
Mark Grudzielanek	5	2	2	1	0	0
Mike Sweeney	3	1	0	1	1	1
Reggie Sanders	4	2	2	1	1	0
Doug Mientkiewicz	4	2	2	2	0	1
Emil Brown	2	0	1	3	1	0
Angel Berroa	4	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Bako	4	0	0	0	0	2
Esteban German	2	2	1	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Byrd	3.0	6	2	0
Jeremy Guthrie	2.0	2	1	2
Brian Slocum	2.0	3	2	2
Scott Sauerbeck	1.0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Mays	4.2	4	2	1
Mike Wood	4.1	3	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Grady Sizemore: K
Todd Hollandsworth: 43/G4
Jhonny Peralta: 63/G6

Bot 1

Shane Costa: 43/G4
Mark Grudzielanek: S9/L4D+
Mike Sweeney: W.1-2
Reggie Sanders: W.2-3;1-2
Doug Mientkiewicz: D9/G3+.3-H;2-H;1-3
Emil Brown: S8/L6MD+.3-H;2-H
Angel Berroa: 63/G6+.1-2
Paul Bako: 6

Top 2

Travis Hafner: 8/F8LXD+
Victor Martinez: 3/L3+
Ben Broussard: 7/F7LSF

Bot 2

Esteban German: S8/G6+
Shane Costa: D8/L78S+.1-H
Mark Grudzielanek: 43/G4M.2-3
Mike Sweeney: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H
Reggie Sanders: 53/G5

Top 3

Ronnie Belliard: 53/G5
Ramon Vazquez: 53/G6S
Casey Blake: 63/G6

Bot 3

Doug Mientkiewicz: T8/F8RXD+
Emil Brown: 7/SF/F78D+.3-H
Angel Berroa: 8/F8RM
Paul Bako: 63/G6

Top 4

Grady Sizemore: S8/L6D+
Todd Hollandsworth: 7/F7M
Jhonny Peralta: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Bot 4

Esteban German: W
Shane Costa: K+SB2
Mark Grudzielanek: 63/G6+
Mike Sweeney: 13/G15+

Top 5

Travis Hafner: W
Victor Martinez: D8/F8LXD+.1-3
Ben Broussard: D9/L3+.3-H;2-H
Ronnie Belliard: 63/G6+.2-3
Ramon Vazquez: 43/G4.3-H
Casey Blake: D7/L7S+
Grady Sizemore: W
Todd Hollandsworth: S9/G34+.2-H;1-3
Jhonny Peralta: WP.1-2
Jhonny Peralta: K

Bot 5

Reggie Sanders: S9/G4+
Doug Mientkiewicz: 3/G3.1-3(E3/TH)
Emil Brown: 63/G6S
Angel Berroa: S8/P6MD.3-H
Paul Bako: K

Top 6

Travis Hafner: 7/F78M
Victor Martinez: 8/F8LXD+
Ben Broussard: 43/G4

Bot 6

Esteban German: HP
Shane Costa: S9/L34+.1-3
Mark Grudzielanek: PB.1-2
Mark Grudzielanek: S8/F8RS.3-H;2-3
Mike Sweeney: K
Reggie Sanders: D7/L78M+.3-H;1-H(E6/TH)(NR);B-3
Doug Mientkiewicz: HP
Emil Brown: W.1-2
Angel Berroa: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S

Top 7

Ronnie Belliard: 8/F8RM
Ramon Vazquez: 8/F8LM
Casey Blake: E5/G5.B-2
Grady Sizemore: S8/G4M.2-H(UR)
Todd Hollandsworth: 63/G4M

Bot 7

Paul Bako: K23
Esteban German: 9/L89M+
Shane Costa: W
Mark Grudzielanek: 8/F8LS

Top 8

Jhonny Peralta: K
Travis Hafner: K
Victor Martinez: 9/L89M+

Bot 8

Mike Sweeney: 9/F89D+
Reggie Sanders: 9/F89XD+
Doug Mientkiewicz: K

Top 9

Ben Broussard: S6/G6
Ronnie Belliard: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Ramon Vazquez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Notes & reviews

Pitcher Guthrie ejected by HP umpire Wolf for intentional hit by pitch; Indians manager Wedge ejected by 1B umpire West for arguing Guthrie's ejection

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