Butler’s Home Run Pushes Royals Winning Streak to Four Pinch-hitter Billy Butler’s two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning sent the Kansas City Royals over the Cleveland Indians 6-4 Friday night for their fourth straight win. Butler connected against John Axford, sending a drive over the Royals’ bullpen in left field. Butler was hitting just .200 in his previous 20 games with two RBIs before pinch-hitting for Raul Ibanez. Kelvin Herrera (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth and Aaron Crow worked around a leadoff double in the ninth to earn his second save in four chances. Royals closer Greg Holland, who had pitched in the three previous games, was unavailable. Carlos Carrasco (3-4) gave up a single to Salvador Perez before Butler’s home run. Perez, who had three hits, and Mike Moustakas had back-to-back home runs to open the second. The Royals are now 52-50 on the season. Game three of the four game series is slated for 6:1o on Saturday with Jeremy Guthrie pitching for the Royals up against the Indians Zach McCallister. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Source: wibwnewsnow/ newsinkansas/butlers-home-run-pushes-royals-winning-streak-to-four-46/
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:36:58 +0000
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