He allowed one run and struck out nine in eight innings, and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-1.
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With the Indians leading 4-1, the left-handed hitting Naquin, the Indians’ first-round pick in the 2012 June Draft, hit a 3-1 pitch from Royals starter Edinson Volquez (5-5) over the left-field wall for his first major league home run.Naquin’s homer gave the Indians a 5-1 lead and that was plenty for Salazar, who held the Royals in check for most of the night. Tyler NAQUIN had a solo shot, and Mike NAPOLI had a solo HR.
Right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall has been swinging a hot bat as of late -.333 over his last 18 games through Thursday – but it was his defense on display in Cleveland’s third straight victory. At about 2:30 in the afternoon in the 6th inning the rain came it only rained for about 10 minutes, however the tarp stayed on the field because the Indians grounds crew knew there was more rain coming.
CLEVELAND, OHIO- The Indians had just two walk-off wins all of last season.
Carlos Carrasco allowed three runs over five innings in his first appearance since April 24, when he strained his left hamstring covering first base.
After walking off on a Yan Gomes single against the Rangers on Wednesday, Mike Napoli hit a game-winning sacrifice fly on Thursday as the Indians bested the Kansas City Royals, 5-4.
The wait was worth it for the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
“His stuff was so good”, Indians manager Terry Francona said, via MLB.com. The Indians added to that ERA with a three-run, four-hit third inning that was helped along by two wild pitches.Volquez retired the first batter of the inning, but the Indians then strung together four consecutive hits.
Royals vs Indians Sunday in Cleveland – Dillon Gee, who was 2-2 with a 5.53 ERA in May, will be on the mound for the Kansas City Royals on Sunday when they face Corey Kluber and the Cleveland Indians.
“We don’t want to be anywhere else”, Napoli said.
“We basically gave a game away today”, Yost said. The Royals seemed to have Corey Kluber’s number previous year, but he came back with a vengeance today.
Soria had the winning run on third, but he also had two empty bases to work with.
“I feel awesome”, Perez said.
Royals catcher Salvador Perez went 2 for 4 in his first action since May 28.
Naquin, who has homered in three straight games, led off the fifth with a drive that landed in the second deck in right field.
Indians: RHP Joba Chamberlain (left intercostal strain) will be activated from the 15-day DL prior to Monday’s game in Seattle.
“On the home run (by Butera), I was trying to throw a slider, but I put it right there for him instead of down in the zone”.
The Indians took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second and received a positive sign going forward at the same time.
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Chris Young didn’t make it out of the fifth inning in his sixth loss as the Royals fell to 11-and-19 on the road.
