Cleveland 8, Kansas City 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 28, 2011
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
57°
Umpires:
Home -
Scott Barry, 1B -
John Hirschbeck, 2B -
Wally Bell, 3B -
Lazaro Diaz
Attendance:
9076
By SportsDirect Inc.
Fausto Carmona pitched seven strong innings and the Cleveland Indians belted four solo homers en route to an 8-2 home win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night to complete a sweep of their three-game series.
The Indians (16-8) have the best record in the American League and hold a 4 1/2-game lead over the Royals and Detroit Tigers in the Central Division. Cleveland has won 10 straight at home.
Kansas City (12-13) has lost six in a row and is 2-9 since starting the season with a 10-4 record.
Carmona (2-3) took a shutout into the seventh inning before Wilson Betemit belted a two-run double. Carmona gave up five hits, struck out two and walked two to pick up the win.
Carlos Santana, Shin-Soo Choo, Grady Sizemore and Shelley Duncan homered off Kyle Davies (1-3) for Cleveland's first four runs. Jack Hannahan added a two-run double in a five-run fourth.
Jeff Francoeur extended his hitting streak to a career-high 17 games.
Davies, who had allowed one homer in his first five starts, gave up eight runs in 3 1/3 innings. The Royals have allowed 17 home runs in their losing streak.
Choo and Santana hit back-to-back homers in the first. Sizemore went deep in the third while Duncan homered in the fourth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Cleveland |
|
Kyle Davies |
Player |
Fausto Carmona
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
3.1 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
9 |
Hits |
5 |
|
21.60 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
6 |
0 |
10 |
.188 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Cleveland
|
10 |
4 |
25 |
.303 |
14 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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