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- Updated: June 6, 2016
CLEVELAND — As Royals manager Ned Yost walked out to the mound, right-hander Chris Young stood with his head facing the ground. He had surrendered three home runs in the inning, which put the Royals in a hole in a 7-0 loss to the Indians on Sunday at Progressive Field.
As Young walked off the field, his eyes stayed toward the ground. In the clubhouse after the game, his frustration was visible.
“I need to be better,” Young said. “If I make a mistake, it gets hit out.”
The long ball left its mark on the Royals Sunday, but really it was a factor the entire weekend. In the final three games of the series, the Royals surrendered nine home runs.
The three blasts in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game took the shortest route over the smaller right-field wall, but throughout the series, the home runs were sprayed all throughout the park.
“We were …
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