Indians hold off Royals

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04/21/2009 - Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Grady Sizemore hit a three-run home run to help the Cleveland Indians take an 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game set at Jacobs Field.

Victor Martinez was 4-for-5 with a two-run home run while Mark DeRosa walked twice and scored three times for the Indians, who have won four of their last six games.

Aaron Laffey (1-0) got the win as he gave up just one run on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts over seven innings.

David DeJesus hit a two-run home run and drove in three while Mark Teahen went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI for the Royals, who have dropped their last two games.

Sidney Ponson (0-2) was saddled with the loss for giving up six runs on eight hits in just 3 1/3 innings of work.

Cleveland grabbed control of the game with four runs in the fourth. Back-to- back one-out singles from Ben Francisco and Asdrubal Cabrera was followed by a shot into the right field stands from Sizemore. Later in the frame, a wild pitch from Robinson Tejeda scored DeRosa for a 6-1 lead.

Kansas City had baserunners in every inning, but hit into double plays in each frame from the third through the seventh.

In the eighth, though, the Royals rallied off the Cleveland bullpen to make it a one-run game. Run-scoring singles from DeJesus, off Joe Smith and Teahen and Mike Jacobs both off Masa Kobayashi started things before Alberto Callaspo made it a 6-5 game with a sacrifice fly off Jensen Lewis.

However, Juan Cruz served up a two-run homer to Martinez in the bottom half that would prove costly as Kerry Wood gave up a two-out, two-run home run to DeJesus to make it a one-run game in the ninth. Wood recovered and struck out Billy Butler to pick up his second save of the season.

The Royals got a run in the first to take the early lead. Coco Crisp led off with a double and then stole third. After the next two batters recorded outs, Butler kept the inning alive with a walk and Teahen followed with a single to left that scored Crisp.

Cleveland, though, answered in the bottom of the first as the team loaded the bases and plated a runner when a passed ball by Miguel Olivo allowed Sizemore to cross the plate.

The Indians took a 2-1 lead in the third inning. Three consecutive singles loaded the bases to start the frame and Jhonny Peralta's fielder's choice scored DeRosa. Shin-Soo Choo, though, lined into a double play to end the inning.

Game Notes

Cleveland has won its past two games against KC after dropping the previous five...Ponson is 0-8 with an 8.96 earned run average against Cleveland in his career...The six double plays recorded by Cleveland tied a franchise mark, which the team has done four times...The six double plays Kansas City hit into set a new club record...Laffey is 3-2 in six starts against KC in his career.

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