Most days when the Indians offense puts up eight runs and Corey Kluber is on the mound, you can almost always put a notch in the win column.
Sunday was not one of those days.
Kluber (for the second time in four starts) was chased early, and while the offense had a shot with the game tied in the ninth, they couldn’t get it done in a Tribe 9-8 loss to the lowly Royals.
The loss is the third straight, and fourth in five games for the Indians, who now have to travel to Seattle to play a Mariners team who come into play Sunday at 13-4.