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Gil Meche
VS.
Anthony Reyes
After a BIG series win at home vs. the Yanks. The Cleveland Indians paid a visit in Kansas City for the last 3 games of a 6 game home stand.
Gil Meche would take the ball for KC, and start the game off w/ a leadoff walk to Grady Sizemore. Sizemore would steal 2nd, but Meche would not allow a hit and CLE would strand Sizemore at 2nd to end the inning. KC got on the board early after a lead off 2B by Coco Crisp, and a single by Dejesus, scoring Crisp from 2nd; KC 1 - CLE 0. However, Anthony Reyes would settle in after that and get out of the inning w/o giving up any more hits or runs, while striking out two.
Fast forward to the 3rd, and Cleveland would have a big inning putting 4 runs on the board after Johnny Peralta sent a laser down the LF line, barely clearing the fence for a 2R HR. A couple of batters later, Shin-Soo Choo would 2B in two more runs, and Cleveland would take control of this one w/ a 4 - 1 lead. KC would answer back with a run manufactured on a couple of base hits; CLE 4 - KC 2.
After DeRosa reached base on an error, and Hafner singled. Peralta would do even more damage in the 4th after he sent a 2B to the RF gap scoring two more, and pushing his RBI total to 4 for the game. Cleveland would strand a runner to end the inning, but take a commanding lead of 6-2.
KC would not answer back in the B4th, and with 2 outs in the T5th, Gil Meche would face off w/ Johnny Peralta again, who on the day homered once, 2B’d once, and accounted for 4 of CLE 6 runs thus far, and he didn’t stop there…
On a 3-1 count Meche threw a FB low and inside, a pitch he had just gotten a swing and miss on in the same exact location. Only this time he didn’t have enough on his fastball, and Peralta would send another laser down the LF line knocking off the foul pole for a solo HR. Gil would retire the next batter, but his day would be over, and Cleveland had a commanding 7-2 lead.
Juan Cruz would come on in relief, and pitch 4 scoreless hitless innings striking out 4 in the process. KC had a 3 run two-out rally in the B7th after Billy Butler kept the inning alive with a 2B to the RF gap scoring Coco Crisp from 2nd. Mike Jacobs would then hit a blast to left-center for a 2R HR, but Jose Guillen would end the inning w/ a K (his 2nd of the game), and CLE would shut the door on KC from there on out.
FINAL:
CLE 7 9 0 - XBH 3 2B, 2 HR
KC 5 13 1 - XBH 3 2B, 1 HR
WP: Rafael Perez - 2.0IP 4H 3ER 1BB 1K
LP: Gil Meche - 5.0IP 9H 7ER 1BB 1BB 3K
S: Kerry Wood 1.0 IP 0H 0ER 2K
**NOTES**: Perez became the “Pitcher of Record” after Anthony Reyes was pulled after 4 1/3 innings of work (Don’t know why…he had 6K’s). KC PC = 104-32; CLE PC = 117-36. Grady Sizemore 0-3, 1BB 3Ks, 1SB.
Player of the Game
Johnny Peralta: 3-4 (1 2B, 2HR; solo 2R HR) 2R, 5 RBI
Gil Meche
VS.
Anthony Reyes
After a BIG series win at home vs. the Yanks. The Cleveland Indians paid a visit in Kansas City for the last 3 games of a 6 game home stand.
Gil Meche would take the ball for KC, and start the game off w/ a leadoff walk to Grady Sizemore. Sizemore would steal 2nd, but Meche would not allow a hit and CLE would strand Sizemore at 2nd to end the inning. KC got on the board early after a lead off 2B by Coco Crisp, and a single by Dejesus, scoring Crisp from 2nd; KC 1 - CLE 0. However, Anthony Reyes would settle in after that and get out of the inning w/o giving up any more hits or runs, while striking out two.
Fast forward to the 3rd, and Cleveland would have a big inning putting 4 runs on the board after Johnny Peralta sent a laser down the LF line, barely clearing the fence for a 2R HR. A couple of batters later, Shin-Soo Choo would 2B in two more runs, and Cleveland would take control of this one w/ a 4 - 1 lead. KC would answer back with a run manufactured on a couple of base hits; CLE 4 - KC 2.
After DeRosa reached base on an error, and Hafner singled. Peralta would do even more damage in the 4th after he sent a 2B to the RF gap scoring two more, and pushing his RBI total to 4 for the game. Cleveland would strand a runner to end the inning, but take a commanding lead of 6-2.
KC would not answer back in the B4th, and with 2 outs in the T5th, Gil Meche would face off w/ Johnny Peralta again, who on the day homered once, 2B’d once, and accounted for 4 of CLE 6 runs thus far, and he didn’t stop there…
On a 3-1 count Meche threw a FB low and inside, a pitch he had just gotten a swing and miss on in the same exact location. Only this time he didn’t have enough on his fastball, and Peralta would send another laser down the LF line knocking off the foul pole for a solo HR. Gil would retire the next batter, but his day would be over, and Cleveland had a commanding 7-2 lead.
Juan Cruz would come on in relief, and pitch 4 scoreless hitless innings striking out 4 in the process. KC had a 3 run two-out rally in the B7th after Billy Butler kept the inning alive with a 2B to the RF gap scoring Coco Crisp from 2nd. Mike Jacobs would then hit a blast to left-center for a 2R HR, but Jose Guillen would end the inning w/ a K (his 2nd of the game), and CLE would shut the door on KC from there on out.
FINAL:
CLE 7 9 0 - XBH 3 2B, 2 HR
KC 5 13 1 - XBH 3 2B, 1 HR
WP: Rafael Perez - 2.0IP 4H 3ER 1BB 1K
LP: Gil Meche - 5.0IP 9H 7ER 1BB 1BB 3K
S: Kerry Wood 1.0 IP 0H 0ER 2K
**NOTES**: Perez became the “Pitcher of Record” after Anthony Reyes was pulled after 4 1/3 innings of work (Don’t know why…he had 6K’s). KC PC = 104-32; CLE PC = 117-36. Grady Sizemore 0-3, 1BB 3Ks, 1SB.
Player of the Game
Johnny Peralta: 3-4 (1 2B, 2HR; solo 2R HR) 2R, 5 RBI
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