| SEASON | CAREER |
| W8 | 174 |
| L9 | 155 |
| G20 | 654 |
| IP116.2 | 2632.0 |
| BB43 | 783 |
| SO40 | 1699 |
| SEASON | CAREER |
| W6 | 36 |
| L9 | 52 |
| G20 | 120 |
| IP113.0 | 698.0 |
| BB34 | 230 |
| SO83 | 470 |
Shin-Soo Choo has been the Cleveland Indians ' top hitter this season, but his name was one of many rumored to be on the block at the trade deadline.
Unfortunately for the Royals, Choo appears to be staying put.
Choo looks to continue his impressive hitting in Kansas City on Tuesday night when the fading Indians open a three-game series with the last-place Royals.
Cleveland (50-52) watched Chicago and Detroit make bold moves to improve their chances of capturing the AL Central crown, and seemed like it could be in sell-mode prior to Tuesday's deadline as it reportedly made Choo available.
The team leader in average (.291) and runs (66) stayed put, but Choo's club has a lot of work to do to catch the White Sox and Tigers after being outscored 28-6 while being swept in Minnesota over the weekend. The Indians fell two games below .500 for the first time since they were 2-4 on April 13.
"I'd be lying if I told you this doesn't deflate you a little bit," said Shelley Duncan , who drove in the team's only run in Sunday's 5-1 loss. "It's one of those things where this time of year you start to scoreboard watch a little bit. After the game you check and see how other teams did."Cleveland, though, has won seven of the last eight matchups in Kansas City, and Choo has been a major part of that run. He's a .356 career hitter at Kauffman Stadium and drove in six runs during the Indians' three-game sweep of the Royals from April 13-15.
Kansas City (41-60) has since won four of six in Cleveland.
Its latest experience on the road was much less positive. The Royals wrapped up a 1-6 trip Sunday with a 7-6 loss that finished a four-game sweep in Seattle.
"It's like every day one facet of our game is costing us and it's just the way it's been," said designated hitter Billy Butler , one of the team's few bright spots lately while going 10 for 17 over his last five games. "Everybody in here can account for their reasons of losing each game, and one side of each day is coming up short, and we just got to figure it out."With the AL's worst record, Kansas City unloaded closer Jonathan Broxton to Cincinnati prior to Tuesday's deadline in exchange for a pair of minor league pitchers.
Luke Hochevar hopes to help the Royals get back on track and improve on his latest rough outing after allowing eight runs in three innings of an 11-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday.
Hochevar (6-9, 5.26 ERA) went 6 1-3 innings to beat Cleveland 8-2 on April 25, but he's only 2-4 with a 6.31 ERA in his last six starts versus the Indians. He certainly would have preferred for the Indians to deal Choo, who is 15 for 25 (.600) with three homers lifetime off the right-hander.
Cleveland will counter with Derek Lowe , who beat Hochevar 8-3 on April 13 but has lost his last three starts overall.
Lowe (8-9, 5.09) gave up five runs in six innings of Wednesday's 5-3 loss to Detroit, increasing his ERA to 9.60 during his skid. The right-hander, though, has won his last three outings versus the Royals with a 3.32 ERA.
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| HITTERS | AB | AVG | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | OBP | OPS | SLG |
| Michael Brantley | 17 | .412 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .444 | .915 | .471 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | 24 | .375 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .464 | .881 | .417 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 25 | .600 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .643 | 1.763 | 1.120 |
| Aaron Cunningham | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Johnny Damon | 19 | .105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .150 | .308 | .158 |
| Jason Donald | 7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Shelley Duncan | 14 | .143 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .286 | .143 |
| Travis Hafner | 24 | .250 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .308 | .725 | .417 |
| Jack Hannahan | 16 | .438 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .438 | 1.438 | 1.000 |
| Jason Kipnis | 4 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .400 | 1.150 | .750 |
| Casey Kotchman | 8 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .875 | .375 |
| Jose Lopez | 6 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .833 | .500 |
| Lou Marson | 5 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Carlos Santana | 12 | .083 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .200 | .283 | .083 |
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| HITTERS | AB | AVG | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | OBP | OPS | SLG |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | 9 | .222 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .778 | .556 |
| Billy Butler | 8 | .375 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .444 | 1.319 | .875 |
| Jarrod Dyson | 4 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .250 |
| Alcides Escobar | 8 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 1.000 | .500 |
| Jeff Francoeur | 35 | .229 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .270 | .641 | .371 |
| Chris Getz | 4 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .250 |
| Alex Gordon | 5 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .900 | .400 |
| Eric Hosmer | 6 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .334 | .167 |
| Mitch Maier | 3 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 1.334 | .667 |
| Mike Moustakas | 6 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .833 | .500 |
| Humberto Quintero | 6 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .833 | .500 |
| Jonathan Sanchez | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| Date | Player | Status | Injury |
| June 30, 2012 | Lonnie Chisenhall | 60-Day DL | Fractured right ulna - out 4-6 weeks |
| June 29, 2012 | Lonnie Chisenhall | Day-to-Day | Fractured right ulna - out 4-6 weeks |
| June 05, 2012 | Jose Lopez | Day-to-Day | Sore lower back |
| May 27, 2012 | Jack Hannahan | 15-Day DL | Strained left calf |
| May 27, 2012 | Jack Hannahan | 15-Day DL | Strained left calf |
| May 26, 2012 | Carlos Santana | 7-Day DL | Concussion |
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| Date | Player | Status | Injury |
| July 28, 2012 | Mike Moustakas | Day-to-Day | Left game - sprained right knee |
| July 05, 2012 | Luke Hochevar | Day-to-Day | Sprained right ankle |
| June 18, 2012 | Chris Getz | 15-Day DL | Lateral strain in lower left leg |
| June 18, 2012 | Chris Getz | 15-Day DL | Lateral strain in lower left leg |
| June 07, 2012 | Felipe Paulino | 60-Day DL | Strained right groin |
| May 26, 2012 | Jarrod Dyson | Day-to-Day | Left game - Right hamstring injury |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Royals manager Ned Yost watched as Jarrod Dyson hit a long flyball, and knew that's about as far as he could hit it.
"That's a Jarrod Dyson cycle, I would call it - a single, double, triple and a ball to the wall," Yost said. "That's as close to the cycle as he's ever going to get I think."
Dyson and Alex Gordon each had three hits and Alcides Escobar drove in three runs, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 8-3 Tuesday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
Dyson, a speedster, has not homered in 291 at-bats in the majors and has only four in seven minor league seasons. He came close in the third inning when he sent Indians right-fielder Shin-Soo Choo to the warning track.
"I didn't think I got all of it," Dyson said. "I guess that's a Dyson cycle because I don't swing for pop, so that's as probably as close as you'll see them go."
Escobar had two hits for his 34th multihit game, raising his average to a team-leading .307.
"He's been doing that all year," Yost said.
Chris Getz had two hits and drove in two runs, while Gordon contributed two doubles and leads the league with 36 two-base hits. The Royals scored all their runs in the first three innings.
"Alex is starting to pull the ball more now, which is good for us and bad for the opposition because he's got tremendous power," Yost said. "We had good offensive output up and down the lineup the whole way. That's key we haven't been able to put together a succession of hits like that where we can tack on some runs and get a big inning."
Luke Hochevar settled down after giving up three runs over the second and third innings. One run scored on Johnny Damon 's infield single in the second when Hochevar failed to cover first base.
"That's frustrating," Hochevar said. "You can't give away runs. That's extremely upsetting."
In the third inning, Asdrubal Cabrera scored on Hochevar's wild pitch. Hochevar (7-9) gave up three runs on seven hits and three walks, while striking out six.
The Royals broke open the game with a five-run third, which was highlighted by Getz's two-run double and Escobar's RBI triple. The five-run third was one shy of the club's biggest inning this season.
Indians starter Derek Lowe failed to finish the third and balked in a run. Lowe (8-10) was pulled after allowing seven runs on eight hits, two walks and a balk in 2 1-3 innings.
"There wasn't much life to his pitches," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "His sinker only got two groundballs. Even the ones they didn't hit hard got through. It put us in a big hole."
In his past three starts, Lowe is 0-3 with a 15.88 ERA, allowing 20 earned runs and 23 hits in 11 1-3 innings. Since starting the season 6-1 with a 2.05 ERA on May 15, Lowe is 2-9 and his ERA has climbed to 5.52.
Lorenzo Cain , who also had two hits, had a run-producing single in the first. In the second Escobar's single to right scored Getz and Dyson.
NOTES: The Royals finished July with a 7-19 record. ... Choo struck out four times. ...In a minor league trade, the Indians acquired 1B-OF Lars Anderson from the Boston Red Sox for Double-A Akron RHP Steven Wright. Anderson has appeared in 48 games with Boston in the past three seasons. He spent most of this season with Triple-A Pawtucket, hitting .259. ...The Indians
failed to make a big league deal before the deadline. "Everybody would like to add help, but I'm not disappointed because I didn't know what I'd lose," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "I was not anticipating much. We're in the thick of things and we have no veteran guys we can move." The Indians entered Tuesday in third place in the AL Central, five games behind the Chicago White Sox. "If you can't make up five games in 60 days, you don't deserve to be in the playoffs," Acta said. ...With the Royals trading closer RHP Jonathan Broxton to the Reds for two minor league pitchers, manager Ned Yost said RHP Greg Holland would be used as the closer. ... The Royals played a man short and will bring up a reliever Wednesday to take Broxton's roster spot.
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