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The Cleveland Indians Look To Scalp the Kansas City Royals

The Cleveland Indians are one of the most surprising teams in baseball and look to prove it by beating the Kansas City Royals.

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Indians right-hander Justin Masterson looks to remain perfect as he faces Kansas City’s Luke Hochevar for the second time in six days Tuesday night to open a three-game set in Cleveland.

The Indians began last week with the AL’s best record and the Royals were tied for second-best in the league heading into their series in Kansas City. The Central counterparts split four tight games, one decided in extra innings and two by one run. The other - a 7-5 Cleveland victory Wednesday - featured this matchup’s starters.

Masterson (4-0, 1.71 ERA) had another strong outing, allowing two runs in the first inning but none over the next five to earn the win. He’s given up five runs and no homers in 26 1-3 innings, joining the Los Angeles Angels’ Jered Weaver as the only pitchers to win their first four starts of the season.

Hochevar (2-2, 5.12) retired the first 15 Cleveland batters but ended up allowing a season-high six runs in six-plus innings, losing for the first time since opening day. He’s moving up in the rotation to take Sean O’Sullivan’s usual spot, a decision manager Ned Yost made to give his top four starters more innings.

Both teams have struggled since the previous series. Cleveland (13-8) dropped back-to-back games in Minnesota after a rainout Friday, and the Royals (12-10) lost three straight to Texas.

The Indians have dropped three in a row for the first time this season following a 4-3 defeat to the Twins on Sunday. However, they enter Tuesday looking to win an eighth straight home game for the first time since April 29-May 18, 2007.

Shin-Soo Choo threw out two runners at the plate in the third inning Sunday but continues to struggle at the plate, batting .207 after leading Cleveland with a .300 average last year. However, his only extra-base hit in the past seven games was a double off Hochevar, and Choo is 12 for 20 with three homers lifetime against him.

The Royals fell 8-7 to the Rangers on Sunday despite Mike Aviles’ first career multihomer game. His four RBIs tied a career high. With both teams struggling, the safe play is the home team with the better pitcher on the hill.

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