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Young allows 4 home runs in loss to Indians
- Updated: June 6, 2016
CLEVELAND — The Indians headed into this series against the Royals with a chance to gain ground in the American League Central. Cleveland did more than that, using a 7-0 win on Sunday at Progressive Field to complete a sweep of the four-game set to move 1 1/2 games ahead of Kansas City in the division.
Kansas City starter Chris Young allowed four home runs and Cleveland ace Corey Kluber spun a six-inning gem, helping the Tribe notch its fifth straight win to finish off a 6-4 homestand. The win came with a three-plus hour rain delay that interrupted play in the middle of the sixth inning.
“I thought he pitched in both lefties and righties,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “And he commanded extremely well. He used both sides probably as good as he has and just really pitched. His command was so good.”
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Mike Napoli hit his 14th home run in the fourth, and Carlos Santana, Francisco Lindor and Tyler Naquin each went deep in the fifth off Young in support of Kluber’s performance. Kluber yielded only two first-inning singles and finished with six strikeouts and two walks in his fifth victory.
“I mean, from the way we started our homestand to how we finished, it’s nice,” Napoli said. “Especially doing it against Kansas City, they were ahead of us. Being able to have a good series. Just want to win the series, but we put ourselves in position to sweep. We had a good day today. It’s definitely a good feeling going on a long trip.”
After Kluber set down the Royals in the top of the sixth, the game moved into a rain delay that lasted three hours and 10 minutes.
“We just didn’t play well here,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “We didn’t do anything really exceptionally well.”
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