Callaspo, Hochevar lead Royals past Tribe

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05/20/2010 - Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alberto Callaspo hit a three-run homer and Luke Hochevar tossed his third career complete game, as the Kansas City Royals claimed a 9-3 win over the Cleveland Indians to sweep a brief two-game set at Progressive Field.

Jose Guillen finished 2-for-4 with a two-run shot and three RBI for Kansas City, which has won six of its last eight after dropping the previous seven contests. Hochevar (4-2) allowed three runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in throwing 107 pitches.

Jhonny Peralta had a two-run homer, while Travis Hafner knocked in a run for the Indians, who have lost four straight and six of eight overall.

Mitch Talbot (5-3) suffered the loss after getting roughed up for eight hits, six runs and three walks with a strikeout in six innings of work.

Cleveland opened the scoring in the first when Hafner's single to center brought in Jason Donald. However, the Royals countered with a pair of runs in the second on an RBI fielder's choice groundout by Yuniesky Betancourt and a run-scoring base hit from Jason Kendall.

Kansas City tacked on four more in the third to make it a 6-1 game. With runners on first and third and one away, Guillen chased in a run with a single before Callaspo hammered a 2-0 fastball over the right field wall.

Peralta's two-out two-run homer to left in the sixth got the Indians to within 6-3, but the Royals answered with a three-spot in the seventh.

Mike Aviles grounded a single to right that scored Scott Podsednik from first with the aid of an error by Shin-Soo Choo and later in the inning, Guillen's two-run shot put KC up 9-3.

Hochevar retired the last 10 Cleveland hitters to complete his gem.

Game Notes

Kansas City has won three of the five meetings with Cleveland this season...Hochevar improved to 2-4 in six lifetime starts against the Tribe...The Royals are now 5-2 since new manager Ned Yost took over the club...Callaspo finished 2-for-4...KC opens interleague play when it hosts Colorado for a three-game set beginning on Friday...The Indians welcome Cincinnati to Progressive Field for a three-game series starting on Friday.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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