Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - The AL Central aloof got a lot added awash at the top of the standings.
Michael Brantley hit an RBI distinct and denticulate the chief run in the 11th inning Saturday as the Cleveland Indians blanket a 3-2 achievement over the Kansas City Royals in the average analysis of a three-game series.
The Indians accept won six of their aftermost seven and climbed aural 3 1/2 amateur of the analysis leaders. The Tigers pulled alike with the Royals for aboriginal abode afterwards agreeable Saturday's doubleheader adjoin the White Sox.
"We acclimated aloof about everybody. That was one of the (more fun) amateur to be a allotment of," Indians administrator Terry Francona said. "It absolutely helps aback you win."
The Royals had affluence of opportunities at affairs out the win, as they went 2- for-18 with runners in scoring position and larboard 16 on base.
"Leaving that abounding runs on base, we should've absolutely exhausted these guys," said Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain.
They had the bases loaded with one out in the 10th and came up empty, as Josh Tomlin (6-8) got Alcides Escobar to animation into a force out at home and addled out Jayson Nix, who was best up off waivers beforehand this week.
Jose Ramirez greeted Scott Downs (0-4) in the 11th with an opposite-field band drive to the right-field gap. The amateur shortstop, who fabricated two ambiguous plays in the acreage that led to the attached run in the eighth, legged out a amateur and denticulate aback Brantley chopped one over Omar Infante at additional base.
Brantley afterwards denticulate on a Carlos Santana abject hit, and the run accepted basic afterwards Salvador Perez's two-out bifold argent Jarrod Dyson in the basal half.
Tomlin accomplished off the all-overs by arresting out Erik Kratz on a alleged third strike.
Kansas City denticulate the attached run in the eighth afterwards recording a hit acknowledgment to Jason Kipnis and Ramirez miscommunicating on a abeyant double-play ball. Afterwards Alex Gordon formed a leadoff walk, Billy Butler hit a bouncer aback to analgesic Scott Atchison, who wheeled and accursed to the second-base bag.
Kipnis and Ramirez both converged and neither took control, and the brawl anguish up in centermost field. Gordon avant-garde to third on the error, and the Royals loaded the bases with one out.
C.C. Lee got Cain to hit a chopper to short, and Ramirez fabricated addition aberration by aggravating to about-face a boxy 6-4-3 bifold comedy rather than bandy home for the accessible force out. The accelerated Cain exhausted out the bandy to aboriginal by a abounding stride as Gordon beyond the plate.
The Indians opened the scoring in the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Kipnis and Yan Gomes.
Trevor Bauer impressively able a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the aboriginal inning by arresting out Butler, Perez and Raul Ibanez in succession, again kept the Royals off the lath afterwards walking the aboriginal two batters in the fourth.
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Title : Recap: Kansas City vs. Cleveland
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