Indians set record with 14-run inning

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Tribe's big frame the most runs scored vs. Yanks in history

04/18/09 5:23 PM ET

NEW YORK -- The Indians got a lot done in 37 minutes Saturday.

A 37-minute top of the second at Yankee Stadium saw the Tribe put up 14 runs on 13 hits off right-handers Chien-Ming Wang and Anthony Claggett. It tied for the most productive inning in Indians history and set a record for the most productive inning by an opponent in Yankees history.

It all began with a little dribbler off the bat of Travis Hafner. That seemingly innocuous infield single off Wang on a ball mi**** toward third base led to big things. Jhonny Peralta followed with a single, and Shin-Soo Choo went deep with a three-run shot into the Tribe bullpen in left-center field.

Ryan Garko popped out in foul territory, but that would be the last Tribe out for a long while. Ben Francisco doubled, and Asdrubal Cabrera singled to knock him in. Grady Sizemore doubled, and Mark DeRosa followed with a double of his own to bring both runners home and make it 6-2. Wang threw a wild pitch that allowed DeRosa to reach third, then gave up an RBI single to Victor Martinez before getting yanked.

In came Claggett, and the run parade continued. Hafner doubled to put two runners in scoring position, and Jhonny Peralta doubled to bring home the pair and make it 9-2. A Choo walk and Garko single loaded the bases. Francisco struck out, but Cabrera sent Claggett's 3-1 pitch into the right-field seats for his first career grand slam.


Five highest-scoring innings in Tribe history
Runs Date Opponent Inning
14 April 18, 2009 Yankees Second
14 June 18, 1950 A's First
13 July 7, 1923 Red Sox Sixth
13 April 10, 1977 Red Sox Eighth
12 Sept. 10, 1999 White Sox Sixth
Sizemore followed Cabrera's big blast with a solo shot that made it 14-2. The Indians were remarkably close to batting around the order for the second time in the inning when DeRosa mercifully struck out to end it.

Wang and Claggett combined to throw 69 pitches in the inning. The only other time the Tribe has scored 14 runs in an inning came in the first inning of a June 18, 1950, game against the Philadelphia A's. The Yankees' previous most runs allowed in an inning came when they gave up 13 runs to the Tigers on June 17, 1925.

The last time a Major League club put up a 14-run inning was June 27, 2003, when the Red Sox did it against the Marlins in Fenway Park.
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second time in recent history that Cle has scored 22 vs. the Yanks.

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.....

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