SB Nation Kansas City - Royals vs. Indians: Kansas City plays final road game of the season in Clevelandhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48935/kc-fave.png2012-09-30T16:52:56-05:00http://kansascity.sbnation.com/rss/stream/31894792012-09-30T16:52:56-05:002012-09-30T16:52:56-05:00Royals get crushed by Indians, 15-3
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<p>For the second consecutive Sunday, Royals pitching allowed 15 runs to the scuffling Cleveland Indians.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City Royals</a> lost the rubber match of their three-game series against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland Indians</a>, 15-3. That marks the second time in a week that the Royals allowed 15 runs to the Indians.</p>
<p>As was the case last week when the Royals were undone by a seven-run ninth inning, a big inning by Cleveland put the game out of hand this Sunday, as well. The Indians scored 10 run in the bottom of the fifth, eight of which were charged to Kansas City starter <span>Luke Hochevar</span>, who allowed nine runs on nine hits in 4.2 innings. He struck out seven and walked three. Indians shortstop <span>Asdrubal Cabrera</span> provided the big blow, clearing the bases with a grand slam off of Royals reliever <span>Everett Teaford</span>, giving Cleveland an 11-1 lead.</p>
<p><span>Alex Gordon</span> was one of the few bright spots for Kansas City, hitting a two-run homer in the sixth inning for his lone hit of the day. Cabrera, <span>Jack Hannahan</span> and <span>Lou Marson</span> each had three hits for the Indians.</p>
<p>The 71-88 Royals will finish their season with a three-game series at home against the 86-73 <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Detroit Tigers</a>, who can clinch the AL Central title outright with a win or a <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago White Sox</a> loss.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2012/9/30/3434326/royals-vs-indians-final-score-kansas-city-clobbered-by-cleveland-15-3Bryan Kilpatrick2012-09-30T08:09:45-05:002012-09-30T08:09:45-05:00Royals play final road game of the season on Sun.
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<p>The Kansas City <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Royals</a> (71-87) take the field on Sunday coming off a draining 7-6 win in 14 innings over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland Indians</a> (66-92) on Saturday night, and needing two wins in the final four games of their season to prevent a fourth straight 90-loss campaign. Kansas City has lost at least 90 games in seven of the past eight years.</p>
<p><span>Luke Hochevar</span> (8-15, 5.43 ERA) will take the hill for the Royals. The right-hander has lost his last two starts and is 1-6 with a 6.31 ERA in his last nine. Hochevar is 2-1 with a 6.61 ERA against Cleveland this season.</p>
<p><span>Zach McAllister</span> (5-8, 4.25 ERA) will be on the mound for the Indians. McAllister has also struggled of late, going 0-5 with a 5.75 ERA in his last eight starts.</p>
<p>First pitch from Progressive Field is scheduled for 12:05 p.m. CT. This is the final road game of the season for Kansas City.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2012/9/30/3431922/royals-vs-indians-kansas-city-game-previewT.J. Doyle2012-09-29T23:02:19-05:002012-09-29T23:02:19-05:00Royals down Indians 7-6 in 14 innings
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<p>The Kansas City Royals blew an early lead but pulled out a victory in extras, downing the Cleveland Indians 7-6 in 14 innings.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Kansas City depended on twelve innings out of their bullpen, as starter <span>Jake Odorizzi</span> lasted only two frames. The rookie right-hander allowed one run on two hits and three walks while throwing 43 of his 65 pitches for strikes.<p></p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Royals</a> were able to erase the <a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Indians</a>’ one-run lead in the 3<sup>rd</sup>, scoring six runs on five hits. Third baseman <span>Mike Moustakas</span> doubled to drive in two and right fielder <span>Jeff Francoeur</span> followed him up with his 15<sup>th</sup> home run of the year, a three-run shot to left. All of the runs came against Indians starter <span>Jeanmar Gomez</span>.<p></p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Right-hander Nate Adcock followed Odorizzi’s disappointing start by allowing a single unearned run over 3 2/3 innings. The 24-year-old allowed two hits and a walk while collecting six strikeouts. </span>Left-hander <span>Francisley Bueno</span> added 1 1/3 perfect innings of work.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately for the Royals their next three relievers weren’t able to retain the lead. <span>Aaron Crow</span>, <span>Tim Collins</span> and <span>Greg Holland</span> combined to allow four runs on four hits and five walks over the next two innings, sending the contest into extras.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The game remained tied well into extra innings until Kansas City was able to move ahead for good in the 14th on an RBI single off the bat of second baseman <span>Tony Abreu</span>. Royals reliever <span>Kelvin Herrera</span> allowed the first three batters he faced to reach base in the bottom-half of the frame, but he managed to escape the jam and collect his third save of the season.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2012/9/29/3430712/royals-vs-indians-kansas-city-defeats-cleveland-7-6-in-14-inningsBlaine Blontz2012-09-29T17:08:17-05:002012-09-29T17:08:17-05:00Royals make changes to top of batting order
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<p>The <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Kansas City Royals</a> are looking to rebound from their 8-5 loss to the <a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Cleveland Indians</a> on Saturday night. Plus, the Royals are going to be looking to have a better pitching performance with <span>Jake Odorizzi</span>.</p>
<p>Odorizzi is making only his second career Major League start, and in his first start he went 5⅓ innings, struck out three and allowed three runs in a losing effort.</p>
<p>The Royals made a few changes in their starting lineup on Saturday with <span>David Lough</span> and Irving Falu taking over the top two spots in the batting order. Then at the other end Brayan Pena is in the lineup as a designated hitter and <span>Tony Abreu</span>s drops down to ninth and is switching to second base.</p>
<p>Royals lineup:<br>1. David Lough CF<br>2. <span>Irving Falu</span> SS<br>3. <span>Alex Gordon</span> LF<br>4. <span>Billy Butler</span> 1B<br>5. <span>Salvador Perez</span> C<br>6. <span>Mike Moustakas</span> 3B<br>7. <span>Jeff Francoeur</span> RF<br>8. Brayan Pena DH<br>9. Tony Abreu 2B<br>Jake Odorizzi P</p>
<p>Indians lineup:<br>1. <span>Shin-Soo Choo</span> RF<br>2. <span>Jason Kipnis</span> 2B<br>3. <span>Carlos Santana</span> C<br>4. <span>Lonnie Chisenhall</span> 3B<br>5. <span>Russ Canzler</span> 1B<br>6. <span>Travis Hafner</span> DH<br>7. <span>Brent Lillibridge</span> SS<br>8. <span>Thomas Neal</span> LF<br>9. <span>Ezequiel Carrera</span> CF<br>Jeanmar Gómez P</p>
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https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2012/9/29/3429764/royals-vs-indians-lineups-Jake-OdorizziJeremy Mauss2012-09-29T10:29:32-05:002012-09-29T10:29:32-05:00Royals rookie rocked early by Indians
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<p>Rookie pitcher struggled early against Cleveland offense.</p> <p>Kansas City starter <span>Will Smith</span> gave up nine hits and six earned runs to the <a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Cleveland Indians</a> on Friday night in the rookie left-hander's shortest start of the season.</p>
<p>After giving up four runs in the first three innings, Smith was unable to get an out in the fourth inning as the Tribe extended their lead. Center fielder <span>Ezequiel Carrera</span> led off the inning with a single and then right fielder <span>Shin-Soo Choo</span> knocked out Smith with a run-scoring double.</p>
<p><span>Everett Teaford</span> relieved Smith and eventually allowed Choo to score to close the book on Smith's rough outing as the <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Royals</a> continue to stagger towards the end of the season, losing their last six games.</p>
<p>The Kansas City rookie should get one more start to finish the season on a positive note. With a 6-9 record on the season, Smith has been up and down in his last four starts including the poor outing on Friday. Smith also pitched seven innings in two wins over Cleveland and Minnesota in September, giving up just two runs in both games combined.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2012/9/29/3427810/will-smith-royals-vs-indiansTom Lewis2012-09-29T09:13:05-05:002012-09-29T09:13:05-05:00Royals' Odorizzi looking for first career win
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<p>The Kansas City Royals send their top pitching prospect to the mound as they look to rebound from Friday's loss to the Cleveland Indians.</p>
<p>Jake Odorizzi makes his second career start Saturday night against the same Indians he faced in his first career start. Ordorizzi made his MLB debut last Sunday in Kansas City, lasting 5 1/3 innings and allowing three runs on six hits. Ordorizzi got off to a great start in his first game against the Indians, allowing just two hits in his first five innings before getting tagged for three runs on four hits in the sixth, including a two-run home run to Carlos Santana.</p>
<p>The Indians will send Jeanmar Gomez to the mound. Gomez takes Ubaldo Jimenez's position in the after Cleveland shut Jimenez down with a sprained right ankle.</p>
<p>First pitch from Progressive Field is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. CT. The game can heard on KCSP 610.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2012/9/29/3427538/indians-roayls-2012-game-time-tv-scheduleTrevor Zickgraf2012-09-28T21:28:07-05:002012-09-28T21:28:07-05:00Royals lose to Indians 8-5 as comeback falls short
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City Royals</a> found themselves down early to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland Indians</a> and were unable to mount a comeback, eventually losing 8-5 Friday night. Royals starting pitcher <span>Will Smith</span> earned his ninth loss of the season, as he allowed 6 runs on 9 hits in just over three innings of work. </p>
<p>Smith simply had no answer for the consistent barrage of Cleveland hits, allowing three runs in the 2nd, one in the 3rd, and two more in the 4th before being pulled. Royals reliever <span>Everett Teaford</span> allowed two more runs in the 5th. After the 5th the Royals were able to hold the Indians scoreless, but the damage had been done. </p>
<p>Down 8-1, the Royals made an attempt at a comeback, starting with first baseman <span>Billy Butler's</span> 2-run homer in the 6th. Catcher Salvador Perez drove in 2 additional runs in the 8th, but the comeback was too little too late, as Cleveland's <span>Chris Perez</span> picked up his 39th save of the year.</p>
<p>Indians starting pitcher <span>David Huff</span> got the win, his third of the season.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2012/9/28/3426258/royals-vs-indians-final-score-recapGreg Wissinger2012-09-28T17:16:49-05:002012-09-28T17:16:49-05:00Royals, Indians lineups set for Wednesday's game
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City Royals</a> are starting a three-game series on the road when they face the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland Indians</a>. Both teams are looking to finish out their season as neither are heading to the playoffs, and to keep things going the Royals are sending out <span>Will Smith</span> to pitch against the Indians.</p>
<p>Smith is facing the Indians for his second straight start, and last time his outing resulted in a win as he went seven innings while giving up only two runs and struck out five. The Indians are countering with <span>David Huff</span> who is 2-0 and has bounced from the bullpen to starter this month; this will be just his third start for the Indians this year. </p>
<p><b>Royals lineup:<br></b>1. <span>Jason Bourgeois</span> CF<br>2. <span>Tony Abreu</span> SS<br>3. <span>Alex Gordon</span> LF<br>4. <span>Billy Butler</span> 1B<br>5. <span>Salvador Perez</span> C<br>6. <span>Jeff Francoeur</span> RF<br>7. <span>Mike Moustakas</span> 3B<br>8. <span>Adam Moore</span> DH<br>9. <span>Johnny Giavotella</span> 2B<br>Will Smith P</p>
<p><b>Indians lineup:<br></b>1. <span>Shin-Soo Choo</span> RF<br>2. Cord Phelps DH<br>3. <span>Jason Kipnis</span> 2B<br>4. <span>Carlos Santana</span> C<br>5. <span>Russ Canzler</span> LF<br>6. <span>Casey Kotchman</span> 1B<br>7. <span>Lonnie Chisenhall</span> 3B<br>8. <span>Brent Lillibridge</span> SS<br>9. <span>Ezequiel Carrera</span> CF<br>David Huff P</p>
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