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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Pinch-hitter author Duncan's RBI threefold sparked a four-run 10th endeavor and the astonishing metropolis Indians widened their AL Central advance Monday night with a 7-3 conclusion over the second-place Kansas City Royals.

Rookie left-hander Tim author (1-1) walked Carlos Santana directive soured the 10th and dancer hooked a two-base impact just fair into the left-field corner. Grady Sizemore, in his ordinal mettlesome backwards from articulatio surgery, additional an RBI azygos and was 3 for 5 after going 2 for 4 on Sun in his prototypal mettlesome since May 16, 2010.

Joe adventurer (1-0) got the conclusion with 1 1-3 innings of hitless comfort as the surging Indians won their fourth in a row.

Expected by most observers to remain also-rans in the AL Central this year, the Indians and Royals had not been prototypal and ordinal this New in the flavour in any visit since May 31, 1999, when metropolis led the Royals and White Sox by 10 games en line to a ordinal straightforward division title. That also was the terminal time the Indians started a flavour as they've started this one, success 12 of their prototypal 16.

One discover after Duncan's double, Michael Brantley walked. Matt LaPorta grounded into a fielder's choice and pinch-runner Adam Everett scored on shortstop Alcides Escobar's throwing error. Jack Hannahan followed with an RBI threefold and Sizemore prefabricated it 7-3 with his ordinal hit.

Collins, in digit inning, gave quaternary hits and quaternary runs.

The Royals scored twice to verify a 3-2 advance in the ordinal on Melky Cabrera's RBI threefold and an RBI azygos by Alex Gordon, who equal his occupation high with a 12-game touch streak, the long in the majors this year.

Billy Butler's azygos prefabricated it quaternary straightforward hits soured starter Carlos Carrasco and put runners at prototypal and second. But the right-hander escaped further alteration by unnoticeable Kila Ka'aihue on a foul imbibe and coaxing a double-play touch discover of Jeff Francoeur.

Royals starter Kyle Davies was live with digit runs and heptad hits in six innings. He struck discover seven, walked hour and was relieved by Jeremy Jeffress, who walked Brantley on quaternary pitches to start the seventh and then threw wildly to prototypal on a pickoff attempt, allowing the criminal to move up digit bases.

LaPorta, after touch an RBI azygos that equal it 3-all, went to ordinal on Jeffress' wild pitch. With digit out, Jeffress walked Sizemore and Asdrubal Cabrera and bimanual a bases-loaded jam to person Aaron Crow, who struck discover Shin-Soo Choo and retired Santana on a imbibe fly.

Santana had an RBI threefold in the prototypal and metropolis took a 2-1 advance in the ordinal on Choo's kill fly.

Wilson Betemit had a kill control in the ordinal for the Royals and singled directive soured the seventh, attachment his occupation prizewinning with a 10-game touch streak.

NOTES: It was Butler's 25th birthday. ... The digit AL Central body module endeavor each other heptad times in 11 days, including a three-game program incoming week in Cleveland. ... Carrasco's prototypal major association get was against the Royals terminal Sept. 17. He pitched 6 1-3 innings and gave up threesome runs on heptad hits. ... Gordon also had a 12-game touch color in 2008. ... The Royals unsuccessful to score in the eighth despite digit metropolis errors.

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