Reds’ arms no match for Tribe’s bats in loss

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CLEVELAND — The Indians used a perfect combination of stellar pitching and overwhelming offense to claim a 13-1 rout over the Reds at Progressive Field on Tuesday night. Righty Alfredo Simon gave up a career-high 10 runs in the loss for Cincinnati.

Tuesday’s offensive display led to the Indians scoring 13-plus runs and recording 15-plus hits in consecutive games for the first time since May 19-20, 1998, when they did so against the Royals. In Monday’s series opener, Cleveland churned out 15 runs on 19 hits against Cincinnati. It also represented the first time since April 7-9, 1997 (vs. Colorado) that the Reds have given up 13 runs in back-to-back games.

Similar to Monday, the Tribe used a seven-run outburst over two innings to jump out to an early lead. Indians center fielder Rajai Davis highlighted the four-run second and three-run third with an RBI base knock and two-run double into …

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