Game Eight vs. Cleveland

Earlier this week I completely forgot that we had tickets to this game. So going out to the ballpark was a pleasant surprise. The weather remains cool and damp, but the rain stopped long enough for us to get the game in.

Which was a good thing, because it was a good game right from the start. We led off with two base hits on two pitches, taking an early lead. Cleveland caught up in the second and pulled ahead in the third. But then in the bottom of the third we put a string of doubles together, giving us a 4 to 2 lead that held for the rest of the game.

The player of the game was Greg Holland, in part because he did exactly what you want your closer to do (three straight outs) and in part because it was nice to see him again. The play of the game once again goes to Alcides “Sportscenter” Escobar. In the top of the eighth he took what looked like a certain infield single and turned it into an out by throwing hard and on target when it honestly looked like he would never have had time to even get a grip on the ball.

INDIANS (2) AT ROYALS (4)

INDIANS              AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Jason Kipnis          4  0  1  0  Alcides Escobar       4  2  2  0  
Mike Aviles           4  0  1  1  Mike Moustakas        4  0  2  1  
Carlos Santana        4  0  1  0  Lorenzo Cain          4  1  1  1  
Ryan Raburn           3  1  1  0  Eric Hosmer           4  1  1  1  
 David Murphy         1  0  0  0  Kendrys Morales       4  0  1  1  
Nick Swisher          4  0  0  0  Alex Gordon           2  0  0  0  
Brandon Moss          4  0  1  1  Alex Rios             3  0  1  0  
Yan Gomes             4  0  1  0  Omar Infante          3  0  0  0  
Lonnie Chisenhall     4  0  1  0  Drew Butera           3  0  0  0  
Michael Bourn         3  1  3  0                                    
TOTALS               35  2 10  2  TOTALS               31  4  8  4

INDIANS                       011 000 000 -- 2  
ROYALS                        103 000 00x -- 4  

LOB--INDIANS 6, ROYALS 4. ERR--Jason Kipnis, Lorenzo Cain.
2B--Michael Bourn, Brandon Moss, Kendrys Morales, Alcides
Escobar, Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer.

 INDIANS                         IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Corey Kluber                   8.00    8    4    4    1    9    0
 ROYALS                     
Jason Vargas                   6.33    8    2    2    0    3    0
Ryan Madson                    0.67    2    0    0    0    0    0
Kelvin Herrera                 1.00    0    0    0    0    0    0
Greg Holland                   1.00    0    0    0    0    1    0

PB--Yan Gomes. SO--Brandon Moss, Nick Swisher, Lonnie
Chisenhall, Jason Kipnis, Alex Rios, Alex Gordon, Omar
Infante, Alcides Escobar (2), Drew Butera (2), Lorenzo Cain,
Mike Moustakas. BB--Alex Gordon.