By Brendan Ward
Carlos Carrasco took the mound Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals, pouring in a strong seven inning outing, striking out six, while only allowing one run. The one run allowed by Carrasco would prove to be enough for the Royals, as the struggling Indians offense got shut out, losing to the Royals 3-0.
Carrasco opened the day giving up a single to Whit Merrifield. During the next at-bat, a throwing error by Carrasco on a pickoff attempt at first advanced Merrifield to second.
Carrasco turned the inning around with strikeouts of Adalberto Mondesi and Hunter Dozier before a Maikel Franco grounder to third ended the top half.