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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 3, Cleveland 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 21, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Joe West
Attendance: 9279
Melky Cabrera's two-run single with the bases loaded in the ninth inning lifted the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 home win over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.

Kila Ka'aihue led off the ninth with a double off Chris Perez (0-1). Pinch-runner Mike Aviles took third on pinch-hitter Mitch Maier's single. Alcides Escobar's ground ball forced Aviles at home.

Perez, who converted his first seven save opportunities, walked Chris Getz to load the bases. Cabrera lined an 0-2 pitch to left field for the game-winning hit.

The win gave the Royals a split of the four-game series between the top two teams in the American League Central. Cleveland (13-6) leads Kansas City (12-7) by one game.

Aaron Crow (2-0) pitched the ninth for the win.

The Indians broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the fifth on Grady Sizemore's RBI single and a run-scoring fielder's choice by Shin-Soo Choo.

Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin held Kansas City to one run in 7 1/3 innings. Jeff Francoeur's infield hit with the bases loaded cut the lead to 2-1 in the eighth.

Alex Gordon extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a sixth-inning double.

Kansas City starter Sean O'Sullivan allowed two runs in six innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Kansas City
Josh Tomlin Player Sean O'Sullivan
No Decision W/L No Decision
7.1 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 6
5 Hits 5
1.23 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Cleveland   Kansas City
Grady Sizemore Player Wilson Betemit
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 2
.600 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 8 0 10 .242 17 7 2 4 0 1
Kansas City 9 0 13 .273 15 4 3 4 2 0