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    You are at:Home»Sports»Professional Sports»Indians pound Royals 8-0 to avoid 3-game series sweep

    Indians pound Royals 8-0 to avoid 3-game series sweep

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    By Mitch Fortner on June 5, 2017 Professional Sports, Sports
    Cleveland Indians' Jason Kipnis slides home to score on a two-run double by Daniel Robertson during the second inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Sunday, June 4, 2017, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

    The Indians had just been beaten by the Royals in two wildly different games, the first a shutout and the second a shootout, and manager Terry Francona wanted to see a little spark from his club.

    It came Sunday along with some lightning.

    Roberto Perez and Daniel Robertson delivered two-run doubles just before a long rain delay washed out both starters, and the Indians rolled to an 8-0 victory to avoid the series sweep.

    “It’s one game but we needed to bounce back from yesterday and we did,” Francona said. “I thought it was important — just the way we played was much better.”

    Perez, Robertson and the Indians battered Eric Skoglund (1-1) in the second before rain and lightning moved in during the bottom half. The tarp was pulled out and the game was halted for 1 hour, 50 minutes.

    When it resumed, the Indians quickly tacked on runs to put it away.

    Dan Otero (1-0) replaced Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer after the delay and allowed one hit over 2 1/3 innings to earn his first win since Sept. 22, when he also beat Kansas City in relief.

    “De-facto starter, kind of,” Otero said with a smile, describing his role. “Fortunately our offense put up four runs in the top half, which was nice.”

    Jason Kipnis homered and drove in two for the Indians. Robertson finished with three RBI.

    The only bright spot for the Royals was second baseman Whit Merrifield, whose three hits extended his streak to 19 games. That’s the longest hit streak in the majors this season and longest by a Royals player since Alex Gordon managed the same in April 2011.

    Skoglund had dazzled in his big league debut last week, outdueling Justin Verlander in a 1-0 victory over Detroit. But the 24-year-old left-hander didn’t fare nearly as well in his encore.

    He worked around a double in the first, but a leadoff single and one-out walk in the second caused more trouble. Perez followed later with a double to score the game’s first runs. Kipnis then drew a walk and Robertson added his double to give Bauer a big cushion.

    “It just shows how important first-pitch strikes are,” Skoglund said. “It’s something you have to do up here to be successful and consistent. Hopefully, I can just bounce back from that.”

    Bauer allowed two hits and a walk over 1 2/3 innings before the rain knocked him from the game.

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