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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
CLEVELAND, July 31 (UPI) -- Alex Gordon and Jeff Francoeur homered Sunday and the Kansas City Royals hung on to defeat the Cleveland Indians 5-3.
Francoeur's solo shot in the second inning provided the game's first run and Gordon's bases-empty blast in the fifth put the Royals up 3-0.
Danny Duffy (3-4) earned the victory with five innings of work, allowing two runs on eight hits while walking three and striking out six.
Louis Coleman and Tim Collins combined for 1 2/3 scoreless frames and, after Greg Holland allowed an eighth-inning run, Joakim Soria picked up his 20th save as Kansas City took the rubber match of a three-game series with the Tribe.
Cleveland's Fausto Carmona (5-11) was tagged with the loss, yielding four runs on six hits in a 7 1/3-inning effort.
Asdrubal Cabrera went 3-for-3 and Jason Kipnis socked his first major league homer for the Indians, who fell 2 1/2 games behind first-place Detroit in the American League Central.
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