Fifth Inning Fallout Leads to Royals Dominating Indians 12-5; Three Takeaways from the Loss

1. That Fateful Fifth

The Indians had built a 3-0 lead against Royals starter Jason Hammel, and things looked to be going just fine with Carlos Carrasco throwing well through the first four frames.

Then in the 5th the Royals went off against him, knocking him around with Whit Merrifield and Mike Moustakas each coming up with huge hits as both had two-run doubles to put the Royals ahead for good.

Carrasco looked solid up until that inning, only allowing one hit to that point, a single before Jorge Bonifacio and Brandon Moss led off the fifth with base hits, and Merrifield followed with a double to get KC’s offense rolling.

Then a huge walk to Alex Gordon and two batters later, Moustakas doubled down the right-field line. Lorenzo Cain’s two-run home run sealed the deal, as the Royals put up six runners across home plate to take a commanding 6-3 edge.

The collapse was complete, and Carrasco was out after allowing five runs on five hits in 4.2 innings with two walks and three K’s.

Carrasco takes the loss to drop to 5-3, and it will go down as an outing that started so well, only to end up with disaster.

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