Cleveland Indians’ Mike Napoli, right, celebrates with Francisco Lindor after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Kansas City, Mo.
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Royals: LHP Brian Flynn makes his first start since August 7, 2014, while with the Marlins.
The Royals managed three runs off Salazar (11-3) over 6.2 innings, but he struck out seven. A two-out wild pitch scored another run for KC before Danny could get the third out. Then, in the bottom of the seventh inning, third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert lifted a sacrifice fly to left field that drove in second baseman Whit Merrifield. He is 1-1. Chien Ming Wang got the last four outs of the game for Kansas City, but not before he gave up a home run to Lindor.
The Indians took a two-run lead over the Royals with just one swing of the bat in the top of the first inning.
Royals officials told Fox Sports the club only made a decision to include players who were with the team for the entire season or members of their postseason roster. “We were exhausted. It was time for a home run”.
Gomes went to the White House with the Boston Red Sox after their World Series win in 2013 and hoped to return after the Royals won the most recent World Series. Erik Gonzalez opened with a single, his first major league hit.
The Indians tacked on a run in the fourth, when Jose Ramirez walked with one out and advanced to third on Lonnie Chisenhall’s single to shallow center. Up to that point, the former 50th-round pick had never hit a grand slam through the course of his seven-year career.
“I was really pleased the way we handled it”, Francona said.
In his first second-half start, Carlos Carrasco through 6.2 strong innings against the Minnesota Twins and got the win. Nineteen of them have been solo shots.
The remaining portion of the former Cy Young winner’s outing matched his facial expression: boring with enormous focus.
“They both played out extremely big for us, there’s no doubt about it”, said Hurdle, who credited video coordinator Kevin Roach. Temperatures are expected to approach 100 degrees for the afternoon start with a heat index well into triple digits.
Indians: OF Michael Brantley will have an MRI on Wednesday after experiencing pain in his right shoulder.
The Royals were last in the general D.C. area in early June to play the Baltimore Orioles on the road, and have no more games scheduled against them this year. He has caught nine innings in a minor league rehab assignment. C Roberto Perez, who has right thumb surgery in May, came off the DL and started.
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Anthony Rizzo’s three-run homer helped the Chicago Cubs to a 5-1 win over the New York Mets and Christian Yelich’s RBI double edged the Miami Marlins to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
