Salazar pitched eight superb innings, striking out nine and allowing just one run.
Indians improve to 29-24
On his first pitch to Drew Butera in the third inning, Danny Salazar hung a slider out over the plate. The Royals catcher pounded it into the left field bleachers to tie the game at 1. That home run seemed to drive Salazar the rest of the night; he retired the next nine batters he faced, and when he next faced Butera, he threw him five straight upper 90s fastballs.
But Salazar didn't just have his fastball working for him.