The Cleveland Indians' 22-game win streak was snapped on Friday with a 4-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals.

The Indians hadn't lost a game since Aug. 23.

"They've been so supportive," said Terry Francona, who led his team out of the dugout to return the love to the crowd. "The atmosphere around here is incredible and I think our players wanted to show their appreciation. It's by no means the last game of the year or anything like that, it's just been pretty incredible how they've reacted and we just wanted to show our appreciation because we don't take it for granted.

"I don't think anything is over."

The Indians set a new league mark and came within four of matching the overall record held by the 1916 New York Giants, a 26-game string.