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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

2011-07-30 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 31436 · 82°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph from RF · 2:56

Cleveland Indians defeated Kansas City Royals 5–2. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 9th. Tony Sipp earned the win. Matt LaPorta went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	7

W: Tony Sipp L: Joakim Soria SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Laz Diaz · 1B: Wally Bell · 2B: John Hirschbeck · 3B: Scott Barry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	3	1	1	0	1	0
Melky Cabrera	4	0	3	0	0	0
Billy Butler	4	0	1	0	0	2
Eric Hosmer	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jeff Francoeur	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Moustakas	3	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Treanor	2	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Getz	4	0	2	1	0	0
Alcides Escobar	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brayan Pena	2	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Michael Brantley	3	0	1	1	1	1
Jason Kipnis	4	0	0	0	0	2
Asdrubal Cabrera	3	0	1	0	0	1
Travis Hafner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Santana	4	1	2	0	0	0
Kosuke Fukudome	3	0	0	1	0	0
Lonnie Chisenhall	1	2	0	0	3	0
Matt LaPorta	4	1	2	3	0	0
Ezequiel Carrera	3	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Felipe Paulino	6.0	4	2	4
Tim Collins	1.0	0	1	0
Aaron Crow	1.0	1	0	0
Joakim Soria	0.2	2	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Justin Masterson	8.0	9	1	5
Tony Sipp	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alex Gordon: W
Melky Cabrera: D9/L9LD+.1-3
Billy Butler: K
Eric Hosmer: 43/G4M-.3-H;2-3
Jeff Francoeur: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Michael Brantley: K
Jason Kipnis: K
Asdrubal Cabrera: K

Top 2

Mike Moustakas: 8/F8LD
Matt Treanor: K
Chris Getz: D7/L7LS
Alcides Escobar: 53/G56S+

Bot 2

Travis Hafner: 8/F8LD
Carlos Santana: 7/F7D+
Kosuke Fukudome: 7/F7S

Top 3

Alex Gordon: 3!1/G34S-
Melky Cabrera: S1/G15
Billy Butler: S8/G6M+.1-2
Eric Hosmer: 8/L8LM+
Jeff Francoeur: 53/G5S-

Bot 3

Lonnie Chisenhall: W
Matt LaPorta: 3/F13-
Ezequiel Carrera: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 4

Mike Moustakas: 6/F8RS-
Matt Treanor: K
Chris Getz: 8/F8RXD

Bot 4

Michael Brantley: W
Jason Kipnis: CS2(26)
Jason Kipnis: 5/F5F-
Asdrubal Cabrera: 5/P5F

Top 5

Alcides Escobar: 63/G6M
Alex Gordon: S9/G34+
Melky Cabrera: 8/F8RM
Billy Butler: 6/L6+

Bot 5

Travis Hafner: 5/F5-
Carlos Santana: D9/F89XD+
Kosuke Fukudome: 7/F7S
Lonnie Chisenhall: 5/P

Top 6

Eric Hosmer: S7/L78M
Jeff Francoeur: 3/F34S-
Mike Moustakas: 4!6(1)3/GDP/G4+

Bot 6

Matt LaPorta: D7/F78D+
Ezequiel Carrera: S8/L8RS+.2-3
Michael Brantley: 7/FDP/F78M.3XH(72);1-2(THH)
Jason Kipnis: K

Top 7

Brayan Pena: S8/L4D
Chris Getz: 46(1)/FO/G4S-
Alcides Escobar: 64(1)/FO/G6S-
Alex Gordon: 9/F89D+

Bot 7

Asdrubal Cabrera: S9/L89S
Travis Hafner: 7/F7LS
Carlos Santana: 8/F8LD
Kosuke Fukudome: SB2
Kosuke Fukudome: 53/G56+

Top 8

Melky Cabrera: S8/L4MD+
Billy Butler: K
Eric Hosmer: K
Jeff Francoeur: CS2(24)

Bot 8

Lonnie Chisenhall: W
Matt LaPorta: PB.1-2
Matt LaPorta: 9/F9LS
Ezequiel Carrera: 8/F8LM
Michael Brantley: S9/G34+.2-H(UR);B-2(THH)
Jason Kipnis: 8/L8RD

Top 9

Jeff Francoeur: S8/G6M+
Mike Moustakas: SB2
Mike Moustakas: 53/SH/BG56S+.2-3
Brayan Pena: 7/F7S
Chris Getz: S9/F8RM-.3-H
Alcides Escobar: 43/G34-

Bot 9

Asdrubal Cabrera: HP
Travis Hafner: 46(1)/FO/G34
Carlos Santana: D7.1-3
Kosuke Fukudome: 7/SF/F7LM.3-H
Lonnie Chisenhall: W
Matt LaPorta: HR/F7LD+.2-H;1-H

Notes & reviews

Matt LaPorta collided with catcher Matt Treanor at the plate with LaPorta's right shoulder hitting Treanor's mask; the mask went flying away and Treanor spun around and ended up face down in the dirt; it was not apparent that he held the ball and HP umpire Laz Diaz waited to call the runner out until he saw the ball still in the glove; Treanor was dazed but tried to get up but was wobbly as a few people steadied him; he suffered a concussion and was taken to the hospital for a CT scan; he was placed on the seven-day concussion DL

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