Gibson Shines. KC Evens Series With Cleveland

 GAME 2:

Game MVP:Kirk Gibson

Injury: Tartabull (today only)

Royals Stadium    (08-23-2026 19:28:33)       Time 3:06, 51 , Wind: 13 MPH In from RCF  Night Game

Apr 9, 1991            1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1991 Cleveland         1 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      2  7  0

1991 Kansas City       1 2 1   0 0 0   0 1 -      5  7  0

Recap

Cle  1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Cle      Chris James singled scoring Cole to take the lead.  Cle  1 KC 0.

KC   1st: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 1 run on 3 hits and on one walk.

KC       Danny Tartabull singled scoring McRae to tie the score.  Cle  1 KC 1.

Cle  2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Cle      Mitch Webster singled scoring Baerga to take the lead.  Cle  2 KC 1.

KC   2nd: Scored 2 runs on a hit and on one walk.

KC       Brian McRae tripled scoring 1 to tie the score.  Cle  2 KC 2.

KC       Brian McRae scored on a WP by Candiotti to take the lead.  Cle  2 KC 3.

KC   3rd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

KC       Mike Macfarlane hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Cle  2 KC 4.

KC   8th: Scored 1 run.

KC       Terry Shumpert hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Cle  2 KC 5.

KC   Kirk Gibson: 3 for 3.

KC   Brian McRae: 2 for 5, triple, 2 runs.

KC   Mike Boddicker pitched a solid 6 innings for the win: 2 earned runs, 6 hits, 1 BB, 5 K. He's 1-0 on the year.

KC   Jeff Montgomery pitched a shutout 9th to record his 1st save of the year.

Cle  Tom Candiotti pitched 7 innings and took the loss: 4 earned runs, 7 hits, 5 BB, 6 K. He drops to 0-1 on the season.

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Cleveland                      IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Candiotti L(0-1)              7.0  7  4  4  0  5  6  124  77  47   5.14  33 110(122)       48

 Hillegas                     1.0  0  1  1  0  0  1   14   9   5   9.00   4   75(75)

                              8.0  7  5  5  0  5  7  138  86  52   4.24  37

Kansas City                    IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Boddicker W(1-0)              6.0  6  2  2  0  1  5   99  71  28   3.00  25  95(104)       56

 Aquino H(1)                  2.0  0  0  0  0  0  3   31  19  12   0.00   6   65(75)

 Montgomery, J S(1)           1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0   17  15   2   0.00   4   50(53)

                              9.0  7  2  2  0  1  8  147 105  42   2.50  35

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Cle: Allred hit for Webster in the 7th

     Allred moved to RF in the 7th

     Ward hit for Jacoby in the 9th

     Lewis hit for Fermin in the 9th

 KC: Thurman moved to RF in the 2nd

 2B-Alomar Jr.(1), Cole(2)

 3B-McRae(1)

 SB- KC McRae(1) off Candiotti(1) + Alomar Jr.(2), 1st

RBI-Cle  - James, C(1), Webster(1)

     KC  - Macfarlane(3), McRae(1), Shumpert(1), Tartabull(1)

HBP-Macfarlane(KC) by Hillegas(Cle)

 SF-Macfarlane(1), Shumpert(1)

 SH-Browne(2), Stillwell(1)

 WP-Candiotti(1), Hillegas(1)

Great-Seitzer(1)

Poor-Browne(1), Seitzer(1), Shumpert(1), Stillwell(1)

LOB-Cleveland 6 Kansas City 8