Vin Mazzaro Allows 14 Runs As Indians Crush Royals 19-1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Carlos Santana and Asdrubal Cabrera both homered and Travis Hafner hit a bases-loaded double, powering Cleveland past Kansas City 7-3 Tuesday night for a two-game sweep of the Royals.

One night after the Indians romped 19-1 and tied the record for KC's biggest losing margin, Hafner unloaded his three-run double in the first inning off Sean O'Sullivan.

Santana hit a solo home run off O'Sullivan in the fifth and Cabrera made it 7-2 with a leadoff home run in the seventh off left-hander Everett Teaford, who made his major league debut.

Carlos Carrasco (2-2) went 5 1-3 innings for the victory, Cleveland's fifth straight over the Royals. He was charged with two runs on five hits, with two walks and five strikeouts.

It was the third straight win for the revitalized, first-place Indians and took them to 26-13, the best winning percentage in the majors. At this point a year ago they were 15-24.

Royals rookie Eric Hosmer tripled and scored on Matt Treanor's single in the second inning and had an RBI single in the sixth, going 2 for 4.

O'Sullivan (2-3) got off to a horrible start, giving up a leadoff double to Michael Brantley, hitting Shin-Soo Choo and walking Santana. Hafner then made it 3-0 with a bases-clearing double. He also doubled in the fifth following Santana's home run and scored on a single by Travis Buck, who was called up on Monday when Grady Sizemore went on the disabled list. Orlando Cabrera singled in the fourth and eventually scored on Brantley's sacrifice fly.

O'Sullivan, who has made five of his six starts at home, gave up eight hits and six runs in five innings. He had two walks and two strikeouts.

Teaford, called up from Triple-A Omaha to replace Vin Mazzaro, the right-hander who was charged with 14 runs on Monday, went 1 1-3 innings and allowed two hits, including Cabrera's home run.

Santana, who walked three times and doubled in the 19-1 win on Monday, reached base three times with a walk, home run and single while scoring two runs.

Melky Cabrera had an RBI single off Chris Perez in the bottom of the ninth.

Notes: The Royals are taking rookie reliever Nate Adcock out of the bullpen and giving him the start on Sunday against St. Louis. ... After a two-game series in Chicago, the Indians end an unusual four-game road trip and return to Cleveland for a six-game home stand.

Comments

[jeffp26]

01:26 PM on 05/18/2011

Good pitching beats good hitting every time.

Oh, nevermind!!!

[AmericanFool]

02:51 AM on 05/18/2011

"Some of the plays didn't go my way. It's a funny game." ROFL, you could say that again! Just the same, I like his attitude. As others have said, it's rather extraordinary that Yost left him in the game so long - pitching shortage? That might excuse leaving him in for the first ten runs, but not sending him back out for another inning - only excuse would be if you had some reason to believe he was turning it all around. I hope he recovers and works his way back up to the majors soon. The Royals have an interesting team this year.

[ErikG]

10:29 PM on 05/17/2011

What manager puts a guy out there who wasn't scheduled to pitch that day, and leaves him twisting in the wind that long? That goes against baseball code, that's why it hasn't happened before(according to the STATS database). Manager Yost should be going down to the minors, not Mazzaro.

Okay, maybe Mazzaro should go down also, but definitely, absolutely the coach should go. They should symbolically suspend Yost one game (or something) in KC.

[cookerman45]

07:54 PM on 05/17/2011

that coach is ajackass.

[floodmfx]

06:08 PM on 05/17/2011

This is so awful. KC should be ashamed.

How do you send the kid back out on the mound after he gives up 10 runs?

Then send him back to the minors immediately after the game!
He showered, and was called in to the managers office to be sent back down to the minors. They didn't even give the kid time to go home, talk to his family, and try to shake it off.

When he was still down and dejected, they kicked him down even lower.

This is the first time in a long time that the Royals have made national news, and they make it for a total disgrace.

Terrible.
I wish Mazzaro the best of luck.

[exigent]

04:00 PM on 05/17/2011

Royals are just a failure of an organization in general, this just highlights that fact

[Steve Seay]

09:29 PM on 05/17/2011

The Royals have the highest rated farm system in all of baseball. They may have some deficiencies at the Major League level, but the entire organization as a whole is really quite good. That being said, Yost screwed up on this one.

[KarateKid]

01:43 PM on 05/17/2011

Way to go, KC manager. You've probably ruined this kid's confidence, then you make him the scapegoat and send him down after the game? You might as well just release the poor kid. It's a totally classless act.

[rambot02]

01:52 PM on 05/17/2011

Agreed. Classless and cruel.

[Jason Kline]

01:30 PM on 05/17/2011

Is this the opposite of a no-hitter?

[PaulMuaddib]

12:56 PM on 05/17/2011

Terrible performance but you guys are right, the manager should've pulled him out of there after 5 or 6 runs. I feel for the kid

[murph murphleton]

12:08 PM on 05/17/2011

Cheering on the Tribe from Spain!

[HarukoHaruhara]

11:39 AM on 05/17/2011

Poor guy. Why did the manager keep him in there?

[chesscub]

11:48 AM on 05/17/2011

Joe Posnanski from SI had posited that it was to save arms but jeez it sounds like the raging disaster.

Normally managers have more sense.

[chesscub]

11:07 AM on 05/17/2011

I feel sorry for this kid. He should've been pulled after that first inning of disaster.

[Jnitro]

10:29 AM on 05/17/2011

The Indians have the best record in baseball and the 200 million dollar Yankees are struggling. Life is good.

[benhawkins]

09:01 AM on 05/17/2011

Cleveland may have the worst weather in the civilized world, but this seson they also have a baseball team that is fun to watch. Thank God for small favors.

[Rightlygay]

10:31 AM on 05/17/2011

I'm praying......so far, so good !