Major League Baseball
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Cleveland 7, Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 19, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Chris Tiller, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Dana DeMuth
Attendance: 9732

Asdrubal Cabrera had a pair of hits and two RBIs as the visiting Cleveland Indians rallied for a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.

Cleveland, despite committing five errors, averted a three-game sweep by pushing across seven runs over the final two innings.

Blanked by Royals starter Kyle Davies (6-8) for seven innings, the Indians strung together seven singles in the eighth, including RBI hits from Matt LaPorta, Shelley Duncan, Shin-Soo Choo and Travis Hafner to avert a three-game sweep.

Cabrera had a game-tying sacrifice fly in the five-run eighth and added a run-scoring single in the ninth.

Rafael Perez (4-0) went 1 1/3 innings for the win for Cleveland. Blake Wood (1-3) took the loss.

Davies, who carried a four-hit shutout into the eighth, was charged with three runs on seven hits in 7 1/3 innings, striking out five and not walking a batter.

Wilson Betemit had a two-run single and Alex Gordon had three hits for Kansas City, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.

Indians starter Mitch Talbot lasted just 4 2/3 innings, allowing three runs - two earns - on eight hits while walking four and striking out two.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Kansas City
Mitch Talbot Player Kyle Davies
No Decision W/L No Decision
4.2 IP 7.1
2 Strikeouts 5
8 Hits 7
3.86 ERA 3.68
Hitting
Cleveland   Kansas City
Asdrubal Cabrera Player Alex Gordon
2 Hits 3
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.500 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 13 0 15 .361 12 6 7 2 1 5
Kansas City 10 0 12 .270 23 5 2 4 0 0