Eckersley vs Leonard
Dennis Eckersley saw his six run lead evaporate, when Kansas City scored
three big ones in the bottom of the seventh to make it a 6-5 game. Cleveland needed to lean on their bullpen heavily over the final for 2 1/3 innings. Tom Buskey, Dave LaRoche and Jim Kern shut the door on
Kansas City not letting them score the the tying run. Jim Kern pitched a
scoreless ninth-inning two notch his league leading fifth save of the campaign. Andre Thornton was the hitting star for Cleveland today, going three for
four with three runs scored, two RBIs via two home runs and double.
Royals 9, Indians 0
Waits vs Splittorff
Game 2 was a complete washout for the Cleveland Indians. Kansas City had a one nothing lead heading into the bottom
of the six when the exploded for five big runs. KC added three in the bottom the
seventh to walk away with a 9-0 whitewash. Paul Splittorff went the
distance and got his first win of the year. "Splitts" was on his "A" game and cruised to a tidy 5hit shutout. Hal McRae and Al cowens each hit their first homers of the season for KC.
Busby vs Bibby
On a day where both offenses combined for 21 hits and 16 runs, the true
hero of the day was reliever Steve Dunning, who came on in the fifth inning
to replace Jim Bibby and pitched five scoreless innings to keep the
Royals at bay. The Indians were able to pad their lead and walk away
with a nice six run victory despite Darrell Porter's 3-3 day and homerun in a losing effort. Oscar Gamble swung the hot bat for the Tribe, knocking in five and hitting a tape measure shot.
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