CLEVELAND — 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 Jose Ramirez became Cleveland’s franchise leader in games played with 1,620. Ramirez, 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.
MILESTONE NIGHT FOR RAMIREZ
Ramirez became Cleveland’s franchise leader for games played on Monday night against Kansas City.
The Guardians’ all-star third baseman played in his 1,620th game, surpassing Terry Turner’s mark, which held more than 108 years. Turner spent 15 of his 17 big league seasons with Cleveland from 1904 through ‘18 and played in 1,619 games.
Ramirez received the third-base bag from longtime Cleveland first-base coach Sandy Alomar Jr. before the sixth inning, after the game became official.
According to MLB, Ramirez will be the only active player to lead his franchise in games played.
Ramirez made his major league debut on Sept. 1, 2013, as a pinch runner for Carlos Santana during the ninth inning of Cleveland’s game at Detroit. He has been part of six AL Central Division titles, including the 2016 World Series squad, which lost in seven games to the Chicago Cubs.
He is the only player in Cleveland’s 125-year franchise history to have at least 250 home runs and 250 stolen bases. He currently has 286 home runs and 289 stolen bases.
Ramirez leads the franchise in extra-base hits (729) and has 27 multihomer games. He ranks second in home runs, stolen bases, total bases (3,018), and RBIs (954), third in doubles (400) and seventh in hits (1,674).
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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.
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