Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Match Player Stats On Aug 27, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 27, 2017

CLEVELAND -- Yan Gomes capped Cleveland's nine-run, three-homer second inning with a grand slam as the Indians completed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 12-0 victory on Sunday at Progressive Field.

The Indians shut out Kansas City in all three games of the series: 4-0, 4-0, and 12-0. The Indians have won four games in a row. Cleveland pitchers, who lead the major leagues with 15 shutouts, have pitched 28 consecutive scoreless innings, their longest such streak since a 31-innings scoreless streak in June of 2008.

The Royals, who have lost four in a row, have gone a franchise-record 34 consecutive innings without scoring a run.

Francisco Lindor and Carlos Santana also homered in Cleveland's second inning, when the Indians sent 12 men to the plate. By the end of the second inning every player in Cleveland's starting lineup had scored at least one run.

The beneficiary of the Indians' offensive outburst was starter Carlos Carrasco (13-6), who pitched seven scoreless innings on six hits, with eight strikeouts and no walks.

Eric Skoglund (1-2) who was starting in place of injured Danny Duffy, took the loss. Skoglund pitched 1 1/3 innings, giving up seven runs on seven hits.

It didn't take the Indians long to blow the game open. Lindor led off the bottom of the first with a walk. He went to second on a single by Austin Jackson and scored on a double by Jose Ramirez. A single by Brandon Guyer drove in Ramirez, to make it 3-0 after one inning.

Cleveland knocked Skoglund out of the game with a nine-run, seven-hit, three-home run second inning in which Lindor and Gomes were a combined 4-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs.

The rally began with a leadoff single by Gomes, who then scored on Lindor's 24th home run of the year, the second most by a shortstop in Indians' history. Asdrubal Cabrera hit 25 in 2011.

Jackson doubled to left field and Ramirez popped out for the first out. Edwin Encarnacion drew a walk and Skoglund was replaced by reliever Onelki Garcia.

Santana greeted Garcia with a three-run homer off the left field foul pole to make it 8-0. Guyer reached on an infield single, Yandy Diaz walked and Bradley Zimmer's infield single loaded the bases.

Gomes then blasted his grand slam, a towering fly ball over the left field wall and the Indians' lead became 12-0.

NOTES: There have been six pairs of back-to-back shutouts by teams in the majors this year and the Indians have three of them. The Indians blanked the Royals 4-0 on Friday and 4-0 on Saturday. Cleveland leads the majors with 14 shutouts overall. ... Indians closer RHP Cody Allen (370) needs two more appearances to pass Rafael Betancourt (371) for eighth place on the Indians' all-time list for games pitched. ... Royals SS Alcides Escobar started his 300th consecutive game on Sunday -- the longest streak in Royals history. Escobar's streak began on Sept. 26, 2015. ... RHP Ian Kennedy will start for the Royals on Monday at Kauffman Stadium against Tampa Bay. Kennedy is winless in his last 16 home starts. His last home win came on Aug. 20, 2016, vs. Minnesota. Kennedy's winless streak at home is the longest (in starts) in Royals history.