KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Neither rain nor the Kansas City Royals can stop Brandon Moss.

The Cleveland right fielder homered, and right-hander Trevor Bauer threw his fifth consecutive quality start as the Indians topped the Royals 6-2 Thursday night.

The game was halted by rain with out in the bottom of the eighth and called after a 44-minute delay.

The Indians took two of three at Kauffman Stadium to complete a 5-2 trip. They are 12-4 in their past 16 games. The Royals have dropped seven of nine, scoring no more than two runs in any of the losses.

Moss continues to torment the Royals, as four of his 10 homers have come off Kansas City hurlers. His fifth-inning, two-run shot upped his RBI total to 10 in nine games this season against the Royals.

Moss homered in three of six games this season at Kauffman Stadium. Since the start of 2014, he is hitting .424 in the regular season at Kauffman Stadium. He also homered twice for Oakland in the American League wild-card game last year in Kansas City.

Bauer (5-2) limited the Royals to four hits and two runs for 6 2/3 innings, but his pitch count rose to 102 with four walks and five strikeouts.

"Early on, he had some walks," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "Other than that, he was really good. He really competes, uses his pitches, established his fastball. Again, it seems like as the game progresses, he gets a little bit stronger."

Bauer is 3-1 with a 1.73 ERA in his past five starts.

With right-handers batting only .134 off Royals right-hander Chris Young, Francona stacked his lineup with six left-handed swingers and one switch hitter.

The strategy paid off in a four-run third. Left fielder David Murphy hit a two-run double to straightaway center, and second baseman Jason Kipnis and designated hitter Michael Brantley added run-scoring singles. All of the RBIs came from left-handed hitters.

"The ball Murphy hit was up," Young said. "He's a high-ball hitter. Maybe I should have thrown it higher, but if he takes it for a ball, I'm behind in the count."

The Royals cut the lead in half in the bottom of the inning when center fielder Lorenzo Cain hit a two-run homer. Cain crushed a Bauer 95 mph fastball on a 1-1 count, propelling it an estimated 422 feet out to center.

After Cain's blast, first baseman Eric Hosmer walked and designated hitter Kendrys Morales singled, but Bauer prevented further damage by retiring left fielder Alex Gordon on a grounder.

"He left a pitch over to Cain," Francona said. "After that, he was really good."

The Indians hiked their lead to 6-2 in the fifth on Moss' two-run homer. After Brantley walked to lead off the inning, Moss fouled off four consecutive pitches before depositing a Young 86 mph fastball over the right field fence.

"I felt like I made some great pitches to him, but he fouled them off, fouled them off," Young said. "The ball he hit wasn't a horrible pitch, up and away, and to get the head out and pull it for a home run, he's so strong.

"He's aggressive; he's got a good eye. He's just a good hitter. When he's locked in, he's a tough out regardless of how you pitch him. When you don't have a put-away pitch, like tonight, it makes it a little more challenging.

Young was removed over 94 pitches and five innings. He gave up six runs on eight hits, including four for extra bases, and his ERA jumped from 1.55 to 2.56. In his past two starts, Young has permitted 10 runs on 15 hits, including three home runs, in 11 innings.

"I wasn't as sharp as I'd like to be," he said. "But when I made pitches, I felt like they fought it off and fouled it off and took some good ones. They were better than me tonight.

"I wish I'd been able to hold them closer to give the team a chance, but it wasn't my night."

Royals manager Ned Yost said, "He made two pitches that