CLEVELAND -- Kendrys Morales' three-run home run capped a six-run seventh-inning rally that lifted the Kansas City Royals to an 11-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians Tuesday night at Progressive Field.

Left fielder Alex Gordon also homered for the Royals, who battered five Cleveland pitchers for 18 hits. The reeling Indians have lost four in a row and 12 of their last 16 games as their record fell to 6-13, the worst in the American League.

Kansas City broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the sixth inning. With two outs and nobody on base, designated hitter Morales doubled into the right-field corner. Gordon followed with a single to right, scoring Morales and giving the Royals a 3-2 lead.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Indians sent nine men to the plate and scored three runs. Right fielder Michael Brantley singled to start the inning and first baseman Carlos Santana walked.

Left-hander Brandon Finnegan relieved right-hander Jeremy Guthrie, and right fielder Brandon Moss hit Finnegan's third pitch into the seats in right field for a three-run homer, giving the Indians a 5-3 lead. Despite giving up that home run, Finnegan (1-0) pitched one inning and picked up his first major league win.

Right-hander Trevor Bauer started for Cleveland and pitched six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits. Right-hander Scott Atchison relieved Bauer to start the seventh inning.

Catcher Salvador Perez led off the Royals' seventh inning with a single. Perez went to third on a double by second baseman Omar Infante. Both runners scored on a one-out double by shortstop Alcides Escobar.

Left-hander Marc Rzepczynski relieved Atchinson. Third baseman Mike Moustakas reached on an infield single to first. Escobar scored from second on the play, giving the Royals a 6-5 lead.

After first baseman Eric Hosmer grounded into a force out at second, Morales greeted right-hander Bryan Shaw with a booming three-run home run over the wall in center field to extend the Kansas City lead to 9-5.

Kansas City added two runs in the ninth. Seven of the nine batters in the Royals lineup had two or more hits, led by Morales, Perez and Infante, who each had three hits.

Kansas City took an early 1-0 lead when Gordon led off the second inning by belting a 2-0 pitch over the right-field wall for his third home run of the season.

Cleveland countered in the bottom of the second. Moss led off with an infield single. Third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall's one-out single moved Moss to second. The runners advanced to second and third on a wild pitch. After catcher Brett Hayes lined out for the second out, center fielder Michael Bourn, who came into the game 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position this year, singled to right field, scoring Moss and Chisenhall and giving Cleveland a 2-1 lead.

The Royals tied it with a run in the fourth. With one out, Morales singled and went to second on a balk. He later scored on a two-out single by Infante.

NOTES: Entering Tuesday's action, Royals OF Alex Gordon and 3B Mike Moustakas were tied for the American League lead in getting hit by pitches with six each. As a team, the Royals had been hit 19 times. Last year, they did not draw their 19th hit by pitch until June 16. ... Indians OF Michael Brantley entered the game with a .341 career batting average against Kansas City (106-for-311). That's his second highest career average against an AL team. He has a .342 career average against Detroit. ... Indians INF Mike Aviles has only started eight games, but at four different positions: three in left field, two at third base, two at shortstop and one in center field.