BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Omar Vizquel and the New York Yankees were on opposite ends of the baseball ledger but both found their way into the record books.

Vizquel went 6-for-7 to tie the American League record for most hits in a nine-inning game as the Cleveland Indians rolled to a 22-0 rout of the Yankees, who endured the worst shutout loss in league history.

The only players with seven hits in a nine-inning game are Rennie Stennett of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1975 and Wilbert Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles in 1892.

In the ninth inning, Vizquel had a chance for a seventh hit, but flied out.

"Getting the sixth at-bat was a really special at-bat," Vizquel said. "Then after getting the sixth hit and getting the seventh at-bat, that was really exciting. I never even had a chance to get six hits before. It was a great game for us and even better that it was here at Yankee Stadium."

Vizquel, who was the first Indian to collect six hits in a nine-inning game since Jorge Orta on June 15, 1980 against the Minnesota Twins , also drove in four runs.

Cleveland had a pair of six-run innings and also scored three times in each of the first three innings.

"We had a couple of key two-out hits," Cleveland manager Eric Wedge said. "Everybody seemed to be seeing the ball really well and Omar's night was special. We were really pulling for Omar in his sixth and seventh at-bats.

Cleveland ended an eight-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium dating to June 26, 2001.

Jody Gerut and Victor Martinez each hit three-run homers in the ninth off reliever Esteban Loiaza for Cleveland, which banged out 22 hits.

Jake Westbrook (12-6) allowed five hits in seven innings in winning for the sixth time in his last nine starts.

"It was nice to have the early runs," Westbrook said. "I tried to stay aggressive and keep my concentration."

The record for largest loss in Yankee history had been 18 runs - a 19-1 defeat to the Detroit Tigers on June 17, 1925 and 24-6 against Cleveland on July 29, 1928.

New York starter Javier Vazquez (13-8) was ripped for six runs and five hits in 1 1/3 innings, matching the shortest outing of his career. He fell to 9-3 at home.

"There is not much to say other than it counts as one loss," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "There is certainly a level of embarrassment, no question. But you endure and move on."

New York's lead over Boston in the East Division was sliced to 3 1/2 games.