KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — José Ramírez hit his first home run in nearly a month, rookie Nolan Jones connected for an impressive first homer of his career and the Guardians stopped a five-game skid, roughing up the Kansas City Royals 13-1.
The Guardians totaled a season-high 23 hits and led 11-0 after four innings.
Amed Rosario homered off Royals center fielder Michael Taylor in a two-run ninth.
Triston McKenzie tossed six scoreless innings of three-hit ball for Cleveland.
Ramírez had an RBI single in the first and hit a two-run drive in the second.
He leads the AL with 66 RBIs.
A day after getting two hits in his big league debut, Jones launched a 457-foot, three-run drive into the Kauffman Stadium fountains to cap a five-run fourth inning.