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Kansas City Royals Cleveland Indians Game Ends in 7-4 Indians Victory - Recap

Cleveland pitchers gave up 2 home runs to Carlos Santana but still escaped with a 7-4 victory on Thursday at Progressive Field.

The Indians were a -135 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 9.

Cleveland got 2 innings from Bryan Shaw, who gave up 0 earned runs on 1 hits, while striking out 2. earned the victory, while the Indians got 3 RBIs from Franmil Reyes in the win.

Kansas City got a 0.2-inning outing from Greg Holland in the loss. He gave up 3 earned runs, 1 walks and 2 hits in his time on the mound, while Hunter Dozier had 2 hits in the loss for the Royals.

The battle of the bats favored Cleveland as they had 9 hits, while Kansas City only had 8.