Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 7, Kansas City 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 56°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Angel Hernandez, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Chad Fairchild
Attendance: 10080

Justin Masterson raised his record to 4-0 and Shin-Soo Choo's RBI double keyed a four-run sixth inning as the Cleveland Indians defeated the host Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Wednesday night.

The Indians didn't have a baserunner through five innings against Luke Hochevar (2-2), who allowed five hits and committed two balks - one which forced in a run - in the sixth as the Indians got RBI doubles by Matt LaPorta, Choo and Travis Hafner.

Masterson recovered from a two-run first to shut out Kansas City over the next five innings. He gave up six hits, walked five and struck out three.

Jack Hannahan added a two-run double in the seventh, and Carlos Santana had an RBI double in the ninth for the Indians.

Hochevar was charged with six runs in six-plus innings.

Kansas City's Alex Gordon extended his hitting streak to a major-league best 14 games with an RBI triple in the first, and Jeff Francoeur followed with a two-out single.

The Royals scored three runs in the ninth, including Francoeur's two-run homer to make it 7-5.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Kansas City
Justin Masterson Player Luke Hochevar
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 5
3.00 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Cleveland   Kansas City
Asdrubal Cabrera Player Kila Ka'aihue
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 11 0 15 .297 19 5 6 6 0 0
Kansas City 8 1 14 .235 21 6 5 7 0 1