ROYALS 11, INDIANS 5
CLEVELAND -- Kendrys Morales' three-run home run capped a six-run seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 11-5 on Tuesday night.
Kansas City's big inning came after Cleveland had taken a 5-3 lead on Brandon Moss' three-run home run in the sixth.
Alcides Escobar's two-run double off Scott Atchison (0-1) tied the game. Escobar scored the go-ahead run from second on Mike Moustakas' infield hit and Morales later hit his third home run of the season to dead center off Bryan Shaw.
Brandon Finnegan (1-0) picked up his first career victory despite allowing Moss' home run.
Alex Gordon homered and drove in two runs for the Royals, who had a season-high 18 hits.
Cleveland Manager Terry Francona met with his team for a pep talk following Monday's defeat, but the Indians lost for the eighth time in 11 games. Cleveland (6-13) has the worst record in the American League and the worst home mark (1-6) in the majors.
Trevor Bauer, who missed his scheduled start Saturday because of food poisoning, allowed 3 runs in 6 innings, but Cleveland's bullpen gave up 8 runs over the final 3 innings.
Gordon's leadoff home run in the second gave Kansas City the lead. Michael Bourn's two-run single in the bottom of the inning put Cleveland ahead. Omar Infante's single tied the game in the fourth before Gordon's single in the sixth put the Royals ahead.
Kansas City's go-ahead run in the seventh came after Escobar's double tied the game. Moustakas' high chopper was fielded by first baseman Carlos Santana, but pitcher Mark Rzepczynski missed the bag covering first. Escobar kept running and slid home as catcher Brett Hayes failed to hold on to the ball.
Finnegan, who pitched well down the stretch for the Royals last season after being called up from the minors, allowed one run in one inning. Chris Young, Jason Fraser and Yohan Pino all worked a scoreless inning.
Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie allowed four runs in five-plus innings.
BLUE JAYS 11, RED SOX 8 Jose Bautista had an RBI in Toronto's five-run third inning, another in a three-run fourth and then added a home run to help the Blue Jays beat the host Boston Red Sox and snap a four-game losing streak. Josh Donaldson had three hits, including a home run, and Kevin Pillar also had three of Toronto's 17 hits. Marco Estrada (1-0) pitched three innings of hitless relief for the victory. Brett Cecil pitched the ninth for his first save.
YANKEES 4, RAYS 2 The revelation that ace Masahiro Tanaka will be out at least a month because of a mild forearm strain and right wrist tendinitis overshadowed the New York Yankees' victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays behind Brian McCann's two doubles that drove in three runs. Chase Whitley (1-0) was making a spot start that was meant to give Tanaka and others extra rest. But the right-hander from Alabama could find himself in the rotation for a while after giving up 6 hits and 1 run in 5 gritty innings.
ATHLETICS 6, ANGELS 2 Sonny Gray struck out six and walked one over eight impressive innings, Brett Lawrie hit a three-run home run in the first that held up, and Oakland snapped a season-high four-game losing streak with a victory over visiting Los Angeles.
MARINERS 2, RANGERS 1 J.A. Happ (2-1) doubled his season strikeout total with nine in 6 2/3 innings, Rickie Weeks homered and Seattle beat host Texas.
TWINS 3, TIGERS 2 Mike Pelfrey turned in his second consecutive strong start, Kurt Suzuki had two hits and the go-ahead single in the seventh inning, and Minnesota beat visiting Detroit. Pelfrey (2-0) struck out 7 and allowed 1 earned run on 3 hits over 7 innings.
NATIONALS
REDS 4, BREWERS 2 Johnny Cueto gave up three hits over eight innings during his latest dominant performance against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers, and Brandon Phillips had a two-run home run, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a victory over the worst team in the majors. Joey Votto and Marlon Byrd added solo home runs off Kyle Lohse (1-4) as the Reds clinched the series. Half of their 10 victories this season have come against Milwaukee.
MARLINS 4, METS 3 Michael Morse hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning that sent the host Miami Marlins to a victory over the New York Mets. Steve Cishek, who blew a save in Monday's 3-1 loss to New York by allowing a three-run home run to Daniel Murphy in the ninth, walked leadoff hitter Curtis Granderson before earning his second save of the year in four opportunities.
CARDINALS 11, PHILLIES 5 Matt Carpenter tripled and doubled, and St. Louis had season highs in runs and hits in a victory over visiting Philadelphia.
NATIONALS 13, BRAVES 12 Dan Uggla drove in five runs, three on a home run in the ninth inning, to help Washington beat host Atlanta.
CUBS 6, PIRATES 2 Dexter Fowler had three hits and two RBI, Travis Wood (Bryant) tossed seven strong innings and Chicago won its fourth consecutive game with a victory over visiting Pittsburgh.
Sports on 04/29/2015