SB Nation Kansas City - Kansas City Royals Fall 7-3; Swept In Two Game Series By Cleveland Indianshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48935/kc-fave.png2011-05-17T22:33:08-05:00http://kansascity.sbnation.com/rss/stream/19402962011-05-17T22:33:08-05:002011-05-17T22:33:08-05:00Kansas City Royals Fall 7-3; Swept In Two Game Series By Indians
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<p>Well the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Royals</a> didn't give up 19 runs this evening, but the atmosphere was about the same as Cleveland jumped on Kansas City early and took Tuesday's nights game by a 7-3 final.</p>
<p>Facing Royals starter <span>Sean O`Sullivan</span>, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a> scored three in the first inning on a bases clearing double by <span>Travis Hafner</span> to give then Indians a 3-0 lead after one. O`Sullivan went five innings on the night allowing six runs on eight hits as he fell to 2-3 on the season.</p>
<p>Kansas City did come back with one run in the bottom of the third as <span>Eric Hosmer</span> tripled and scored on a <span>Matt Treanor</span> single. After going through a month long slump, Treanor has rebounded nicely and boosted his averaged now to .243, hitting in the eight spot.</p>
<p>Taking to the mound in the sixth for the Royals and making his major league debut was Everett Teaford. The left-hander has just been called up Monday evening from AAA Omaha. Teaford looked good at times, but gave up a home run to <span>Carlos Santana</span>, finishing the night with 1.1 innings pitched, giving up one run on two hits. He also walked one batter. The highlight of his outing was a six pitch sixth inning.</p>
<p>Trailing 6-1 in the sixth inning, Kansas City scored their second run of the game after Jeff Francouer hustled on the bases to get a double, Hosmer drove in Francoeur. With Hosmer's two hits, he is now batting .,270/349/568 and has six RBI's. Hosmer's slugging percentage leads the Royals, besting Francoeur's .542.</p>
<p>Kansas City did briefly make things interesting in the ninth inning facing Indians closer Chris Perez. Two Royals walked and <span>Melky Cabrera</span> singled driving in Treanor. Alex Gordon then grounded out to end the threat. Gordon was 0-for-4 on the evening with a walk and struck out three times. He has now seen his batting average dip down to .284.</p>
<p>Cleveland starter <span>Carlos Carrasco</span> picked up the win and moves to 2-2 as the Indians now are 26-13. The Royals now are losers of four straight and fall to 20-21. They are now below .500 for the first time since April 28th. Kansas City is 2-7 against the Tribe this season. Cleveland leads the division by five games, while Kansas City is seven back and in third place.</p>
<p>The Royals welcome Texas to town tomorrow evening as <span>Alexi Ogando</span> (4-0 2.06) faces <span>Danny Duffy</span> who will be making his major league debut tomorrow.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2011/5/17/2176780/kansas-city-royals-fall-7-3-swept-in-two-game-series-by-indiansMatthew Hays2011-05-17T16:57:18-05:002011-05-17T16:57:18-05:00Kansas City Royals Look To Rebound Against Cleveland Indians And Split Series
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City Royals</a> had a <a href="http://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2011/5/16/2174773/vin-mazzaro-has-night-to-forget-in-loss-to-19-1-loss-to-cleveland/origin" target="_blank">game to forget</a> on Monday, but could still split their two-game series with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland Indians</a> by picking up a victory on Tuesday evening. And, even if Game 2 of the Royals-Indians series doesn't go as planned, the <span>Danny Duffy</span> era is <a href="http://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-royals/2011/5/17/2175335/danny-duffy-to-make-major-league-debut-wednesday-with-royals/origin" target="_blank">scheduled to begin on Wednesday</a>!</p>
<p>The Royals, 20-20 on the season, will trot out right-hander <span>Sean O`Sullivan</span> (2-2, 3.79 ERA) as their starting pitcher Tuesday evening after using seven <i>other </i>pitchers on Monday. For the Indians, <span>Carlos Carrasco</span> will get the start while looking for his first win since April 8. </p>
<p>According to <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_05_17_clemlb_kcamlb_1&mode=preview" target="_blank">MLB.com's preview</a>, O'Sullivan may have the other hand in that match-up as current Indians are batting just .234 against the 23-year-old starter. All in all, though, as long as O'Sullivan doesn't pull a <span>Kyle Davies</span> or <span>Vin Mazzaro</span> (who has since been reassigned to Triple-A Omaha) Royals fans probably won't have too much to complain about.</p>
<p>First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. The game is on the radio (KCSP 610), television (Fox Sports Kansas City) and even free online as the <a href="http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/index.jsp" target="_blank">MLB.tv Free Game of the Day</a>.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/2011/5/17/2335323/kansas-city-royals-look-to-rebound-against-cleveland-indians-andScott Schroeder