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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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

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
Hitting
Cleveland   Kansas City
Matt LaPorta Player Matt Treanor
4 Hits 1
4 RBI 0
0 HR 0
6 TB 2
1.000 Avg 1.000
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