Austin Kearns homered, had a pair of doubles and drove in five runs as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Los Angeles Angels, 9-2, on Tuesday night.

Cleveland, which entered the game batting just .223, erupted for a season-high 18 hits and also had a season best in runs. Kearns remained hot and is 6-for-10 with two homers and six RBIs in the first two games of the series.

Mitch Talbot (3-1) kept the Angels’ bats quiet one night after they had a season-high 15 hits, including a dozen off Cleveland starter David Huff.

Making just his fifth career start, Talbot allowed one run on six hits over 6 1/3 innings for his third consecutive victory.

Shin-Soo Choo’s single in the sixth made it 4-1, before Kearns cleared the bases with a double in eighth for the 7-1 advantage.

Joe Saunders (1-4) took the loss, allowing three runs on nine hits in five innings. He walked four and had two strikeouts.

Brandon Wood hit his first homer of the campaign for the Angels in the ninth inning.