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Indians' Carrasco sorry for criticizing defense

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

CLEVELAND - Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco has apologized for criticizing his defense following a tough loss to Kansas City.

After he gave up two runs in Monday night's 2-0 loss, Carrasco said the Indians should have made two defensive plays behind him. First baseman Chris Gimenez had a hard shot go off his glove for an RBI single and shortstop Jose Ramirez failed to come with a grounder as a run scored.

Carrasco said ''we should've made those plays right there. That cost me two runs.''

On Tuesday, Carrasco issued an apology through the team saying it ''was a terribly immature and foolish thing to say.'' Carrasco said he's made ''terrible pitches in my career and position players could have questioned what I was doing.''

The loss pushed the Indians close to elimination from the playoff chase. They're 3 1/2 games out of the wild card.

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