Jeff Francoeur, Alex Gordon homers lead Royals past Fausto Carmona and the Indians.
View full sizeKansas City first baseman Eric Hosmer tags out Asdrubal Cabrera following a botched steal attempt Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians ended a disappointing homestand with a 5-3 loss to the Royals on Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field.
The Tribe went 2-6 and fell to 2 1/2 games behind first-place Detroit in the AL Central. Now they start a seven-game trip against division leaders Boston and Texas.
Kansas City entered the ninth with a 4-3 lead, but added an insurance run on Alcides Escobar's two-out single to score Chris Getz. Escobar singled on the 14th pitch he saw from Tony Sipp in the at-bat.
The Royals took a 4-2 lead in the eighth off Fausto Carmona (5-11, 5.31 ERA). Alex Gordon drew a leadoff walk, took third on a double by Melky Cabrera and scored on Billy Butler's sacrifice fly.
The Indians made it 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth on pinch-hitter Travis Hafner's RBI grounder to short. Ezequiel Carrera, another pinch-hitter, opened the inning with a double. After Hafner's RBI grounder, Greg Holland struck out Lonnie Chisenhall and Michael Brantley.
The win went to rookie left-hander Danny Duffy (3-4, 5.05). Joakim Soria pitched the ninth for his 20th save.
Kansas City moved out to a 3-0 lead through the top of the fifth on Gordon's solo homer off Carmona. It was the second homer Carmona allowed in the game and the 18th this season.
The Indians made it 3-2 with two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Jason Kipnis started the two-out rally with his first big-league homer, a drive to right field off Duffy's 3-2 pitch. Asdrubal Cabrera doubled and scored on Carlos Santana's triple off the wall in right field.
Jeff Francoeur's leadoff homer in the second gave the Royals a 1-0 lead. It was his 14th of the season.
The Royals made it 2-0 in the fourth when Eric Hosmer scored from first on Mike Moustakas' double and right fielder Kosuke Fukudome's throwing error. The error was originally charged to Kipnis, who failed to catch Fukudome's throw as the cut-off man.
The Indians seemed to catch a break in the first. With runners on first and second and one out, Hosmer sent a grounder to Cabrera behind second base. Cabrera appeared to make a phantom tag of second before throwing to first for an inning-ending double play.
Royals manager Ned Yost argued the call, but second base umpire showed no sympathy.
Duffy started for the Royals after Kyle Davies was scratched because of a sore right shoulder. Duffy, making his 13th start, loaded the bases in the second, but struck out Lou Marson to end the threat.
The Indians missed a great scoring chance in the sixth. Fukudome opened the inning with a double for his first AL hit. Louis Coleman relieved Duff and retired Austin Kearns and Jason Donald without advancing Fukudome. When he walked Lou Marson, Tim Collins relieved and retired Michael Brantley on a pop up to short.
Carmona allowed four runs on six hits in 7 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out two on 96 pitches.
Duffy allowed two runs on eight hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out six on 89 pitches.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/07/jeff_francoeurs_hr_gives_royal.html
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