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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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
Hitting
Kansas City   Cleveland
Mike Moustakas Player Yan Gomes
1 Hits 2
1 RBI 2
1 HR 1
4 TB 6
.500 Avg .500
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