This series and the series in Detroit

It lacked the humiliation that surfaced in Monday’s 19-1 beatdown, but the positives pretty much stop there cheap fashion wholesale 2011. The Indians scored three times in the first inning and, well, that was about it.

The Royals have now lost four in a row since those two rousing victories last week at Yankee Stadium. They also fell to 20-21 and trail first-place Cleveland by seven games in the American League Central Division.

“This series and the series in Detroit, we’ve gotten outplayed,” designated hitter Billy Butler said. “We’re better than that. We just need to come in (today) and have a fresh start. Forget about past two series. We’re a better team than we’ve power balance wholesale demonstrated.”

The Indians, 26-13, sure look like the real thing. They lead second-place Detroit by five games and have seven victories in nine games against the Royals.

“We all know how baseball is,” Cleveland manager Manny Acta said. “The fact we scored three runs right away in the first inning really helped our psyche. And probably they were, ‘Hey, here it comes again. They can’t do anything wrong cheap power balance wholesale.’ ”