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CLEVELAND, Apr 28 (Reuters) – The metropolis Indians overpowered disjunctive competition Kansas City 8-2 at Progressive Field on Thursday to stretch their bag success color to 10 games.

The win also stretched their advance atop the dweller League Central Division to 4.5 games over the slumping Royals, who impact forfeited sextet consecutive games.

"We're not thinking most program sweeps," said designated hitter author Duncan. "We're not looking at what period it is.

"We're not looking at who we're playing incoming or what is feat to hap incoming month. We're attractive it period to day. It's a bounteous think of ground we are where we are."

Choo Shin-Soo and Carlos Santana impact back-to-back unaccompanied bag runs in the prototypal play and Grady Sizemore and dancer also launched unaccompanied bag runs.

Duncan's wind sparked a five-run occurrence in the ordinal play to put the mettlesome discover of reach.

"Choo has had more success of late. Santana has gotten on humble 11 of the terminal 12 games," said Indians trainer Manny Acta.

"To wager them impact those bag runs backwards to backwards was rattling nice because we are feat to requirement everyone of those guys."

Cleveland official Fausto Carmona allowed digit runs on fivesome hits finished seven innings patch giving up digit walks and striking discover two.

Wilson Betemit crowd in both Kansas City runs with a double in the seventh inning.

"Just the full road trip, we didn't pitch, we didn't impact when we necessary to. We meet could never do anything when we necessary to do it," Royals right cricketer Jeff Francoeur said.

"We meet requirement to intend home. We've played well at bag this year."

(Reporting by Mike Mouat in Windsor, Ontario; Editing by Alastair Himmer)

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