The Cleveland Indians put their foot on the gas pedal in the first inning and never let up, clobbering the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 14-2 on Friday night.
It was St. Louis starter Daniel Ponce de Leon who opened the floodgates. He recorded two outs and threw 41 pitches, recording one swing-and-a-miss, before getting sent to the showers. Ponce de Leon had no feel for his fastball and the Tribe racked up four runs against him in the first inning, capped by a three-run bomb to right center courtesy of Franmil Reyes.
Cleveland poured it on from there, with Carlos Santana extending their lead to 6-0 in the second inning with a two-run blast inside the foul pole in right field.