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04/06 20:08 CDT Jensen and India back Wacha with homers and propel Royals to
4-2 victory over Guardians
Jensen and India back Wacha with homers and propel Royals to 4-2 victory over
Guardians
By JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) --- Carter Jensen and Jonathan India homered, Michael Wacha
allowed one run in seven innings and the Kansas City Royals defeated the
Cleveland Guardians 4-2 on Monday night.
All-Star third baseman Jos Ramrez became Cleveland's franchise leader in
games played with 1,620. Ramrez, who went 0 for 2 with two walks, surpassed
Terry Turner's nearly 108-year-old mark.
Steven Kwan and Brayan Rocchio had solo shots for the Guardians, who have
dropped two of three.
Kansas City took a 2-1 lead in the sixth when Jensen lined a fastball by Peyton
Pallette (0-1) over the wall in right field for a solo homer. India added a
two-run shot in the eighth to extend the advantage to three.
Wacha (1-0) allowed only three hits with three walks and three strikeouts in
his second start of the season. The right-hander threw six shutout innings
March 28 at Atlanta but was scratched from his scheduled April 3 outing against
Milwaukee due to illness.
Lucas Erceg earned his third save with a scoreless ninth.
Wacha's only costly mistake came in the third inning when Kwan drove a fastball
down the right-field line to put Cleveland up 1-0. Wacha threw 102 pitches,
including 62 strikes. He is the second Royals starter this season to go over
100 pitches.
The Royals --- who have won two of three --- tied it in the fourth by
capitalizing on a Guardians mistake. Jensen struck out, which would have ended
the inning, but got on base due to Tanner Bibee's wild pitch. India followed
with a looping base hit to right field to drive in Vinnie Pasquantino.
Rocchio homered to left-center in the eighth.
Up next Kansas City lefty Noah Cameron (1-0, 1.80 ERA) opposes Cleveland RHP Gavin Williams (1-1, 2.25) on Tuesday. The game has been moved up to an afternoon start due to forecasted frigid temperatures at night. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Up next Kansas City lefty Noah Cameron (1-0, 1.80 ERA) opposes Cleveland RHP Gavin Williams (1-1, 2.25) on Tuesday. The game has been moved up to an afternoon start due to forecasted frigid temperatures at night. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
