CLEVELAND -- Once Vinnie Pestano stopped at third base, he had plenty of
company.
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within a few feet were two Royals baserunners, two umpires, a Kansas City coach
and several teammates screaming at him. He had no idea being a temporary closer
would be this difficult. Pestano wiggled out of a jam in the ninth inning when
Kansas Citys David Lough ran past his third-base coach and failed to score the
tying run, giving the Indians a 4-3 win over the Royals on Tuesday night. "I had
every intention of going out there and making it a 1-2-3 inning," Pestano said.
"But it didnt happen that way. But at the end of the day no runs were scored and
we got the W." Barely. Michael Brantleys sacrifice fly capped Clevelands
three-run eighth inning and the Indians held on through a wild ninth to stun the
Royals. Held to one run and three hits over seven innings by Ervin Santana, the
Indians finally strung something together in the eighth off Kelvin Herrera (3-5)
and Tim Collins. Michael Bourn and Jason Kipnis delivered RBI hits before
Brantley drove in Mike Aviles with the go-ahead run. Cody Allen (2-0), whose
throwing error in the eighth helped the Royals take a 3-1 lead, got the win.
Pestano, who is filling as Clevelands closer while Chris Perez is on the
disabled list, gave up three singles and a walk in the ninth but held on for his
second save. "Never a doubt," he joked. The Royals lost for just the third time
in 14 games and missed a chance to move over .500 for the first time since May
18. They probably should have tied it in the ninth when Alcides Escobar singled
to right with one out and runners at first and second. But Lough ran past
third-base coach Eddie Rodriguezs stop sign, and got caught in a rundown between
home and third. Lough got back to the bag safely, but Mike Moustakas was also
there and was tagged out. It appeared Lough would have scored easily as right
fielder Drew Stubbs throw was off target. "I take full responsibility," said
Lough, who is from nearby Akron and had several family members and friend at the
game. "Its 100 per cent my fault." Lough nearly made another mistake as he
briefly took his hand off the bag and almost got doubled off by Pestano, who got
involved in the rundown and tagged Moustakas out. Pestano said the Indians dont
necessarily work on situations where two runners are on the same base. "Luckily,
I had about seven guys shouting at me about what to do so I just chose the thing
that I heard twice," he said with a laugh. What was he hearing? "Run it back,
run it back," he said. "Dont throw it, dont throw it. Tag him, tag him, its his
base. I had to process a lot of information." Indians manager Terry Francona
said he has one basis rule in those situations. "Tag everybody in sight," he
said. "Umpire, everybody and hope somebody gets off the bag. Its confusing.
Thats why you tag everybody. They (umpires) can figure it out." Pestano settled
down after the crazy play and got Eric Hosmer on a groundout with the bases
loaded as the Indians got their 10th come-from-behind win. The Indians did next
to nothing against Santana, but they pounced on Kansas Citys bullpen in the
eighth. Ryan Raburn drew a leadoff walk from Herrera, moved up on a groundout
and scored when Bourn slapped a single inside the left-field line. Aviles
followed with a single and Kipnis, who stranded seven runners in a 2-1 loss on
Monday night, delivered an RBI double off Collins to tie it. The Royals walked
Carlos Santana intentionally to load the bases and Brantley hit a fly ball to
right, easily scoring Aviles. Before the comeback, the Indians were in danger of
falling another game behind Kansas City in the AL Central. "I wont say we needed
it, but we wanted it," Bourn said. "They took second place over us yesterday and
we came back today. Not only that, we want to win those close games like that.
Those close games matter." Santana deserved a better outcome. The right-hander
made it look easy against an Indians lineup that was in a deep offensive funk.
Santana, who pitched the only no-hitter in Progressive Field history in 2011 for
the Angels, didnt allow a runner to reach second base until the sixth and had
Clevelands hitters guessing most of the night. "He was spectacular," Royals
manager Ned Yost said. Ubaldo Jimenezs wildness helped the Royals take a 2-0
lead in the third without benefit of a hit. He walked No. 9 hitter Escobar and
Alex Gordon to start the inning and then uncorked a wild pitch, advancing the
runners to second and third. Hosmer followed with an RBI groundout, and with
Salvador Perez batting, Jimenez bounced another pitch in the dirt that got away
from Santana, scoring Gordon. The Indians came in leading the AL with 38 wild
pitches, 29 of them with Santana behind the plate. Before the game, manager
Terry Francona defended Santanas ability to block pitches. On Monday night, the
Royals scored the go-ahead run in the eighth on a wild pitch from Bryan Shaw
that Santana let go through his legs. Unable to get anything going for the first
five innings against Santana, the Indians closed to 2-1 in the sixth on Aviles
two-out RBI single. But the Indians gave back an unearned run in the eighth.
Hosmer led off with a comebacker to Allen, who fielded the ball cleanly but
fired it past first baseman Mark Reynolds. The ball rolled down the track along
the first-base line, and Hosmer hustled into third with a headfirst dive. Perez
followed with an RBI single to make it 3-1. NOTES: Perez gave up three home runs
and a double, and hit a batter during a rough 23-pitch rehab performance for
Double-A Akron. Perez, recently arrested on misdemeanour drug charges, had
expected to be activated from the disabled list on Friday. ... Royals RHP
Felipe Paulino, attempting to come back from Tommy John surgery, has been pulled
back from a minor league rehab assignment because of back stiffness. Manager Ned
Yost doesnt think the back issue is serious. ... Cleveland Browns rookies,
including first-round pick Barkevious Mingo, attended batting practice and
several met with Francona, Santana and Bourn as the Indians took their pregame
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finals.Bulldogs forwards Clay Smith and Tom Boyd can accept $1000 fines for
being involved in a melee during their semi-final win over Hawthorn at the MCG
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