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MLB: Cleveland 13, Kansas City 0

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Published: Aug. 13, 2006 at 6:31 PM

CLEVELAND, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Travis Hafner had two hits and four RBI Sunday afternoon as Cleveland routed Kansas City, 13-0, completing a four-game sweep.

Hafner hit a grand slam in the Indians' 11-run first inning and also scored twice.

Franklin Gutierrez and Ryan Garko added solo homers; Andy Marte, Victor Martinez and Shin-Soo Choo all had two RBI for the Indians (53-64), who have won six games in a row.

Hafner, who drove in the winning runs in both games of Saturday's doubleheader, ran his RBI total to 104 for the season.

In six innings, winner Jeremy Sowers (4-3) gave up five hits, walked one and struck out two.

David DeJesus and Esteban German combined for five of the seven hits for the Royals (41-77), who had a three-game winning streak before the sweep.

Loser Luke Hudson (5-4) surrendered 11 runs and eight hits in 1/3 of an inning.

Topics: Andy Marte, David DeJesus, Esteban German, Franklin Gutierrez, Jeremy Sowers, Ryan Garko, Travis Hafner, Victor Martinez
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