Royals vs. Indians - Box Score - May 04, 2008

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Game 30: Kansas City @ Cleveland
Published 5/5/2008 by Lee Warren at Royal Reflections
Game Date: May 4, 2008 Royals 2, Indians 0 / Box Score WP: Meche (2-4), LP: Laffey (0-2), SV: Soria (8) Royal Home Runs: Olivo (4) Royals Record: 14-16 Finally. Gil Meche had all of his pitches working and he kept an already listless Cleveland offense off balance all day long. He gave up just four hits and no runs in seven strong innings. He didn't walk anybody, he stuck out four, and for him, he kept his pitch count down (110 pitches in seven innings). He also dropped his ERA to 5.98--hardly anything to brag about, but how much better ...

And That Happened
Published 5/5/2008 by Craig Calcaterra at ShysterBall
... Royals 2, Indians 0: The Indians -- with only four hits and no walks -- weren't going to win this one anyway, but it's worth noting that Betancourt came into the game in the ninth and promptly gave up a dinger, which means that he has given up six runs and two homers in his last two and two-thirds innings pitched. Rafael: when they told you that you had to take Borowski's place, they meant you had to pitch in the situations in which he previously pitched. They didn't mean you had to pitch like him. ...