The Kansas City Royals fell behind early when the Cleveland Indians rattled off five runs in the third inning to take a 5-0 lead. All five of those runs were given up by Jonathan Sanchez plus he walked three batters and hit Shin-Soo Choo as well as allowing four hits in the third inning.
The pitching did not get much better for the Royals as Tim Collins who relieved Sanchez pitched only 2 and 1/3 innings allowing four earned runs. Collins left the game with the Royals trailing 9-2.
The Royals offense came alive and scored seven runs from the fifth through eight innings to tie the game at nine. The tying run was a solo home run by second baseman Yuniesky Betancourt.
In the 10th inning the Royals brought out Greg Holland and allowed three hits, walked one and allowed a pair of runs. The game winning hit was a two-run, two-out double by Choo which scored Michael Brantley and Jason Kipnis.
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