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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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
Hitting
Kansas City   Cleveland
Matt Treanor Player Shin-Soo Choo
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.667 Avg .500
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