Gomes helps Indians rally past Reds
CLEVELAND -- Home runs by Yan Gomes and Marlon Byrd in a five-run sixth inning rally helped power the Cleveland Indians to a 15-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night at Progressive Field.
Trailing 4-0 after the top of the third, Cleveland scored 15 runs over the next six innings, unleashing a 19-hit assault on four Cincinnati pitchers.
Tommy Hunter (1-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to get the win. Reds starter John Lamb (0-1), who gave up seven runs on 10 hits in four innings, took the loss.
Adam Duvall and Eugenio Suarez both homered for the Reds, who were unable to keep up with Cleveland's overwhelming offense.
Byrd and Francisco Lindor each had three hits and Gomes had four RBI as the Indians set season highs for hits and runs scored.
Leading 7-6 after five, the Indians broke open the game with their five-run sixth. With one out Mike Napoli drew a walk from reliever Layne Somsen. Carlos Santana singled, and Gomes then belted a three-run home run over the wall in center field, giving the Indians a 10-6 lead. It was the sixth home run of the year for Gomes, who has homered in each of his last three games.
Jose Ramirez walked and Byrd belted his second home run, a two-run shot to left field that made it 12-6.
Cleveland added two more runs in the seventh on sacrifice flies by Santana and Gomes.
The Indians scored their final run in the eighth on a Cincinnati error.
The Reds scored runs in each of the first three innings against Cleveland starter Cody Anderson. In the first, Joey Votto drew a walk and scored on a double by Brandon Phillips.
In the second, Adam Duvall belted an 0-2 pitch deep into the left-field bleachers for his seventh home run, giving the Reds a 2-0 lead.
Cincinnati doubled its lead with two more runs in the third. Zack Cozart led off with a single and he rode home on a first-pitch home run by Eugenio Suarez, extending Cincinnati's lead to 4-0.
In the bottom of the third, Cleveland sent eight men to the plate, four of them scoring, against Reds starter John Lamb. Marlon Byrd led off with a single, and he went to second on an infield single by Juan Uribe. Rajai Davis, who snapped his 0-for-19 hitless streak with a first-inning single, lined another single, to right field, scoring Byrd to make it 4-1.
A sacrifice bunt by Jason Kipnis moved Uribe to third and Davis to second. Francisco Lindor hit a drive to center field that was misplayed by center fielder Jose Peraza. The ball sailed over Peraza's head for a gift double. Uribe and Davis scored to cut the Cincinnati lead to 4-3. Lindor then scored the tying run on a single by Mike Napoli.
The Indians took the lead in the fourth, thanks to some nifty base running by Davis, who scored from first on a single. Jose Ramirez led off with a double, but Lamb retired the next two batters.
Davis drew a walk. Kipnis lined a single to right field, scoring Ramirez. Davis, who was running on the play, raced around the bases, and stumbled across home plate. Umpire Paul Emmel ruled Davis was out on the throw home. But the Indians challenged the call, and after a video review the call was reversed, and Davis was ruled safe, giving Cleveland a 6-4 lead.
Kipnis went to third on a single by Lindor, and Kipnis then scored on a single by Napoli, giving Cleveland a 7-4 lead.
The slugfest continued in the fifth. With one out, Suarez singled and went to third on a double by Votto. Phillips was intentionally walked, loading the bases.
Left-hander Kyle Crockett relieved Anderson to face the left-handed-hitting Jay Bruce, who flared a two-run single to left field, cutting the Cleveland lead to 7-6.
NOTES: Prior to the game, the Reds reinstated OF Billy Hamilton from the bereavement list and optioned RHP Drew Hayes to Triple-A Louisville. ... In his first appearance on a rehab assignment with Louisville Sunday vs. Columbus, Reds RHP Jon Moscot, who is on the DL with inflammation in his non-throwing shoulder, allowed two runs in five innings. ... The Reds have already used 20 pitchers, including nine starters, this season. The team records for both categories is 30 pitchers and 17 starters, both set in 2003. . . Indians OF Lonnie Chisenhall will be activated off the bereavement list on Tuesday. ... Indians OF Michael Brantley will be examined Tuesday by Dr. Craig Morgan in Wilmington, Del. Brantley was placed on the disabled list Friday with inflammation in his right shoulder. Dr. Morgan performed the surgery last November to repair Brantley's torn labrum.