Tribe rides 3-run 5th to win series with Royals

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CLEVELAND — Carlos Santana and Mike Napoli homered, and the Indians used a fifth-inning rally to pull off a 5-4 comeback win over the Royals in a Mother’s Day divisional clash on Sunday at Progressive Field.

With the win, the Tribe took two of three in the series and ended its homestand with a 5-1 showing against Detroit and Kansas City.

Santana and Napoli — two of the eight Cleveland starters to use a pink bat — both launched home runs off Royals starter Edinson Volquez, who was chased after 4 1/3 innings. Volquez was charged with five runs on seven hits, ending with four strikeouts and four walks in the loss.

Indians righty Josh Tomlin improved to 5-0 after giving up four runs on seven hits in six innings. Three of Kansas City’s runs off Tomlin came in the fourth, when Eric Hosmer …

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