Masterson, Cabrera lift Indians over Royals 5-4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Justin Masterson worked 7 powerful innings, and Asdrubal Cabrera and Jason Donald equally homered to lift the Cleveland Indians to some 5-4 succeed greater compared to Kansas city Royals on Friday night. Masterson (11-8) permitted 7 hits and 4 runs since the Indians (69-66) equaled last year's succeed complete and remained 5½ film games at the rear of first-place Detroit inside the AL Central. Royals starter Bruce Chen (10-6) gave up 5 runs on eight hits in 6 innings and Chris Perez worked the ninth for his 31st save.
When Masterson and Chen matched up in Cleveland last Sunday, it experienced been Chen who experienced the upper hand within a 2-1 Kansas city victory. The Indians went to purpose inside the first, producing two runs on three hits. Carlos Santana's run-scoring double and an RBI individual by Jim Thome positioned the Royals within a hole that could obtain a whole great offer deeper.
Cleveland struck once more inside the 3rd toward Chen, who experienced gone 5-1 in 6 August starts .
A leadoff individual by Kosuke Fukudome and Cabrera's two-run homer that barely eluded the outstretched glove of the leaping Alex Gordon in left staked Masterson to some 4-0 lead. Donald homered inside the fourth before to the Royals developed a bid to climb away from the five-run hole. Kansas city employed a run-scoring individual by Alcides Escobar inside the fifth as well as a sacrifice fly by Eric Hosmer inside the sixth to near to 5-2.