Alex Gordon was back in the lineup for the Royals and collected two hits and Ryan Shealy went 3 for 5 with two home runs and five RBIs as Brian Bannister’s winless streak of nine games over 13 starts came to an end as the Royals thump the Indians 13-3.
It looked like it was going to be Bannister’s 10 th loss in a row as he gave up three runs in the first inning. After that, Bannister would pitch the next five innings scoreless to improve to 8-15. After the shaky first, the Royals offense took over.
Shealy homered in the 2 nd , a solo shot and would later add another in a four run eighth inning. The big blow came in the fourth. With the score tied 3-3, the Royals put four on the board after two outs. Singles by Esteban German and Mike Aviles, followed by an Alberto Callapso walked, set up a two out single by David DeJesus which scored two off reliever Edward Mujica. Then Jose Guillen followed with a double off of Juan Rincon to score Callapso and DeJesus.
The Royals now head to Seattle after taking three of four from Cleveland.
