Ventura dazzles, Royals offense rolls in rout of Tigers

By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer

Lorenzo Cain hits pone of Kansas City's 4 home runs against Detroit Wednesday night. (Chris Vleisides) — Lorenzo Cain hits one of Kansas City’s 4 home runs against Detroit Wednesday night. (Chris Vleisides)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Yordano Ventura struck out 11 over seven sharp innings, the Royals hit four home runs and Kansas City rolled to a 12-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.

Kendrys Morales hit a three-run shot, Cheslor Cuthbert added his first career homer, and Ben Zobrist and Lorenzo Cain also went deep as the AL Central leaders cranked out 14 hits.

Ventura (10-7) walked one and hit one while matching a career high for strikeouts set in his last start. The 24-year-old with the 100 mph fastball has not allowed more than two earned runs in his last five outings, and is 6-0 since his last defeat July 20 against Pittsburgh.

Randy Wolf (0-3) gave up eight runs in 3 2-3 innings for Detroit, though he did last longer than Miguel Cabrera. The slugger was tossed by third base umpire Gary Cederstrom after fanning in the third inning, and after a quarrel with plate umpire Quinn Wolcott proved fruitless.