Cleveland 19, Kansas City 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, May 16, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
69°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Wegner, 1B -
Chris Guccione, 2B -
Mike Winters, 3B -
Mike Muchlinski
Attendance:
12242
By SportsDirect Inc.
Michael Brantley hit a three-run homer and Travis Hafner added a three-run double as the Cleveland Indians sent 13 men to the plate in a 10-run fourth inning en route to a 19-1 win over the host Kansas City Royals Monday night.
Matt LaPorta, who was 4-for-4, and Brantley drove in four runs apiece to lead the 20-hit attack and biggest scoring game for Cleveland since putting up 22 against the New York Yankees on April 18, 2009.
Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin (5-1) allowed one run and five hits in six innings.
Royals starter Kyle Davies (1-6) left the game with a sore right shoulder after walking the bases loaded with one out in the first inning. He was charged with two runs in one-third of an inning.
Cleveland led 3-0 going into the fourth and blew the game open against Vin Mazzaro, the Royals' third pitcher. Orlando Cabrera, who had a two-run single in the first, and Asdrubal Cabrera added RBI singles in the fourth while LaPorta had a two-run double. The Indians had six straight hits with two outs, accounting for nine runs.
LaPorta had another two-run double in the fifth.
Mazzaro allowed 14 earned runs and 11 hits in 2 1/3 innings. Mazzaro is the third major league pitcher since 1947 to allow 14 runs in a game and easily beat the Royals club record of 11.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland |
|
Kansas City |
Josh Tomlin
|
Player |
Kyle Davies |
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
6.0 |
IP |
0.1 |
1 |
Strikeouts |
0 |
5 |
Hits |
0 |
1.50 |
ERA |
54.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Cleveland
|
20 |
1 |
30 |
.455 |
24 |
5 |
19 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
Kansas City
|
5 |
0 |
10 |
.156 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |