Cleveland 4, Kansas City 1
When: 1:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 6, 2014
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Eric Cooper, 1B -
Tom Hallion, 2B -
Angel Campos, 3B -
Chris Guccione
Attendance:
16991
By SportsDirect Inc.
Indians 4, Royals 1: Corey Kluber struck out 10 in 8 1/3 innings as host Cleveland defeated Kansas City to win the three-game series.
Yan Gomes hit a two-run homer and Carlos Santana added a solo blast as the Indians won for the fourth time in five games. Michael Brantley also drove in a run as Cleveland sent the Royals to their 10th loss in 16 games.
Kluber (8-6) allowed one run and four hits and issued one walk before departing after 109 pitches. Cody Allen retired the final two batters for his ninth save.
Santana hit a leadoff shot to right field in the second inning off Danny Duffy (5-8) and Gomes connected on his two-run blast to center later in the inning. The Royals got on the board in the fifth when Mike Moustakas homered inside the right-field foul pole.
Cleveland increased the lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the fifth on consecutive singles by Jason Kipnis, Asdrubal Cabrera and Brantley. Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer led off the ninth by punching a double inside the left-field line and Kluber struck out Salvador Perez before Allen required just four pitches to get the final two outs.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Duffy allowed four runs and a season-high 10 hits in six innings. … Cleveland placed CF Michael Bourn (hamstring) on the disabled list and recalled OF Tyler Holt from Triple-A Columbus. … Kansas City signed veteran LHP Scott Downs and optioned RHP Casey Coleman to Triple-A Omaha.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Cleveland |
|
Danny Duffy
|
Player |
Corey Kluber
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
6.0 |
IP |
8.1 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
10 |
|
10 |
Hits |
4 |
|
6.00 |
ERA |
1.08 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
4 |
1 |
8 |
.129 |
8 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Cleveland
|
10 |
2 |
18 |
.303 |
12 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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