Here's what Terry Francona, Corey Kluber, Roberto Perez, Carlos Santana and Jerry Sands had to say after Monday's loss to Kansas City.
CLEVELAND -- Here's what the Indians had to say Monday night after their 6-2 loss to Kansas City at Progressive Field.
On Corey Kluber, who allowed six runs, four earned, on 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings.
"I think he's kind of like where he was at this time last year. He's trying to get on a roll. I think they had six hits to the opposite field against him. They took what he gave them.
"When Klubes gets on a roll, he'll be better. He'll finish off some of those hitters that he's not right now. I'll take him any day of the week, though."
On the Royals swinging early in the count against Kluber.
"Tonight I thought they did. There were a lot of guys with some pretty poor numbers (against Kluber). He's thrown some really good games against them. Early in the game, it looked like they were trying to get the first pitch they saw and see what they could do with it."
On the defense committing three errors.
"That certainly didn't help, especially when you're playing a team that likes to run so much and is so aggressive.
"In the first inning (throwing error by second baseman Jason Kipnis), Klubes bailed us out and it only cost him two pitches. The next inning (error by shortstop Jose Ramirez) cost us a run.
"Right now we're not scoring runs in bunches. We have to pay attention to detail and scrap for everything we get.
"When we start swinging well, that's a different story. But until we get going, we can't just stand around and lose games and wait until we get hot. We've got to find ways to stay in games and win a game that is hard to win."
On Kansas City lefty Jason Vargas, who did a five and fly for the win.
"We took our walks (five). We drove his pitch count up (102), but we just could never (do enough). Mike Aviles hit the home run to tie it (2-2 in fifth), but they come right back and scored in the sixth."
On the Royals being aggressive early in the count.
"Yeah, they were aggressive, but they're an aggressive team by nature."
On your performance in the first month of the season.
"I don't know. I probably don't focus that much on me individually. I probably don't have a way to sum it up for you."
On the team's performance in April
"Inconsistent is a good word. We all haven't been on the same page yet. That's frustrating for everybody in there, but we have to stay with it. You can't make up for the way we've played thus far in a week.
"It's got to be a process. We can't let it snowball on us. We have to take it day to day."
On Kluber allowing 10 earned runs on 23 hits in 12 1/3 innings in his last two starts.
"We've been on the same page, but the last couple of games his cutter is spinning. It hasn't had the same break. They've put some good at-bats against him.
"But he's Kluber, he's going to throw a lot of strikes, pound you in, pound you away. Sometimes he'll give up some flares. That's how those innings start. But he's going to come back."
On the Royals stealing three bases in four attempts Monday.
"That's their game. Every guy in their lineup is going to try and steal. They put a lot of pressure on the pitcher and the catcher.
"We try to hold them close to the base, but they just keep running."
On the Royals hitters swinging early against Kluber.
"They probably don't want to fall behind because Kluber is a strikeout pitcher."
On whether he's worried about the Indians starting the season with a 6-12 record.
"I'm not worried, but we have to play better. I'm confident in my heart that we'll play better."
On what pitch he swung at in the first inning when he grounded back to the pitcher with one out and runners on first and second.
"He threw a change up. I was looking for a fastball."
On the Indians offensive problems
"You don't see it very often, but it's more like a team slump. It's usually a couple guys slumping and then you have a couple of guys who pick them up. Now it's just everybody.
"Nobody can get on base and when we do get guys on base we're struggling to get them in. One through nine, we're struggling with everything."
On getting out of it.
"If we knew, we would have been out of it two weeks ago. We just have to keep pressing. We have to stay consistent. It's going to be one of those things where one guy gets hot and then another go gets hot. Then things just start clicking."