Hunter Doziers home run in the first inning was all the Kansas City Royals needed in a 1-0 win over the Cleveland Indians Saturday night.
Doziers home run came with 2 out in the top of the 1st inning.
Royals pitching did the rest of the work. 4 pitchers combined to shutout Cleveland on 3 hits with 13 strikeouts.
Starter Jakob Junis worked 6 innings giving up 2 hits and had 7 strikeouts.
Scott Barlow worked a scoreless 7th.
Jake Diekman worked a scoreless 8th.
Ian Kennedy worked scoreless 9th for his 17th save.
The Royals and Cleveland wrap up their 3 game series Sunday afternoon. Glenn Sparkman will be the starting pitcher for the Royals. First pitch is set for 12:10p. The game will be broadcast on KVOE 1400AM/96.9FM.
The Royals designated pitcher Wily Peralta for assignment and called up right-hander Josh Staumont from Triple-A Omaha.
