Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Match Player Stats On May 28, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 28, 2017

CLEVELAND -- Jason Kipnis had four hits, including a home run, and Josh Tomlin pitched his fifth career complete game to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 10-1 victory over the Kansas Royals on Sunday at Progressive Field.

Austin Jackson had two hits and three RBIs as the Indians erupted for 10 runs and 18 hits after scoring just nine runs in their previous three games, all losses.

Tomlin (3-6) gave up six hits, struck out three and did not walk a batter. Danny Duffy (4-4) gave up six runs on nine hits in four innings to take the loss.

Cleveland scored first, with a two-run third-inning rally that began with a leadoff single by Jackson and a walk drawn by the .132-hitting Roberto Perez. Erik Gonzalez's sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third. Jackson scored on a single by Kipnis, and Perez scored on a two-out single by Michael Brantley, giving Cleveland a 2-0 lead.

The Indians made it 3-0 in the fourth inning. With one out Jose Ramirez singled and scored on a double by Jackson.

Tomlin held Kansas City scoreless on two hits through the first four innings before giving up a solo home run by to Jorge Bonifacio, cutting the Cleveland lead to 3-1. But it was all Indians thereafter.

In the fifth inning, Brantley led off with an infield single, then stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. Carlos Santana's single to enter scored Brantley with the Indians' fourth run. Edwin Encarnacion followed with a single, scoring Santana to make it a 5-1 Indians lead.

Seth Maness relieved Duffy, and gave up a sacrifice fly to Jackson and a two-out RBI single by Perez that stretched the lead to 7-1.

In the sixth inning, RBI hits by Bradley Zimmer and Santana and another sacrifice fly by Jackson pushed it to a 9-1 Cleveland lead. Kipnis' home run off Travis Wood in in the seventh inning made it 10-1.

NOTES: Indians RHP Danny Salazar is being moved to the bullpen. He will be replaced in the rotation by RHP Corey Kluber, who will be activated off the disabled list and will start Thursday vs. Oakland. In 10 starts Salazar is 3-5 with a 5.50 ERA while averaging almost five walks per nine innings. ... Indians SS Francisco Lindor, who had started all of the Indians' 48 games, was given his first day off Sunday. ... Royals LHP Mike Minor has not allowed a run in his last 10 relief appearances, totaling 14 1/3 innings in which he has allowed five hits with 19 strikeouts.