José Ramírez powers Cleveland over Royals, 9-2

Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports The Royals couldn’t pick up a series win in Cleveland Sunday, as the Indians took an early lead and never looked back, winning 9-2.

Coming into the game, Mike Matheny planned on using his bullpen instead of throwing a traditional starter. The arm Matheny elected to open with was 23-year-old Ronald Bolaños, who the Royals acquired from San Diego earlier this month. In the bottom of the first, Bolaños was tagged for two unearned runs after Erick Mejia committed a throwing error on the second batter of the game.

Franmil Reyes and Domingo Santana were the ones to make it pay, as back-to-back RBI-singles put Cleveland in front 2-0. The damage could’ve been worse, but…