CLEVELAND _ The Indians delivered the mother of all beat downs with an 11-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
The Indians piled on Royals starter Danny Duffy, who labored through 3 1/3 innings, allowing nine runs on eight hits. The Indians took command with a five-run second inning and never looked back with ace Corey Kluber on the mound.
Jose Ramirez, Yan Gomes and Michael Brantley all slugged home runs and each drove in three runs. Gomes finished with four hits, which tied a career high, and fell a triple short of the cycle.
Francisco Lindor compiled a three-hit game and extended his hitting streak to 14 games, a career high. He has raised his batting average 76 points (.245 to .321) since the beginning of May. Rajai Davis was the lone Indians starter to not collect a hit.
After a slow April, the Indians hitters have heated up, and have scored at least six runs in four consecutive games.
Kluber (6-2) allowed two runs _ both unearned after a Ramirez error _ in seven innings. He allowed eight hits and struck out four, lowering his ERA to 2.34.
