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Hammel strong, but Royals fall on walk-off

CLEVELAND -- The Indians walked off on the Royals, 3-1, with a one-out, two-run home run from Yan Gomes off reliever Brandon Maurer in the ninth inning on Sunday.

But the frustration inside the Royals clubhouse afterward clearly geared more toward a bizarre run that the Indians scored in the eighth that tied the score, 1-1.

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Jon Jay's booming RBI triple in the fifth had given the Royals a 1-0 lead. And after starter Jason Hammel fired six shutout innings, and rookie left-handed reliever Tim Hill pitched a scoreless seventh, Hill walked Bradley Zimmer to lead off the eighth on four pitches.