A day after grumbling about Cleveland's inability to produce good at-bats, Grady Sizemore took matters into his own hands. 

Grady Sizemore greeted reliever Ron Mahay with a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the eighth inning Thursday and the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2. 

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Brian Bannister was excited to be back in the major leagues - and even more delighted his first start came in Cleveland. 

Solid starting pitching has been a big reason for the Kansas City Royals' early success in 2009. 

Ralph Remus went to the mound after a leadoff double in the seventh inning of a one-run game with rival Benet. 

Joe Amato (struck out all 15 batters he faced), Nick Bruno (two-run homer) and Glenn Glennerster (two doubles, two RBI) led theYankees over the Indians 8-0 in Great Kills LL Major play yesterday. 

The Cleveland Indians sent left-handed pitcher Zach Jackson to Triple-A Columbus and called up lefty Tony Sipp from the Clippers on Wednesday. 

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The 45,167 in attendance atYankee Stadium yesterday had never seen their team surrender 14 runs in an inning. 

The dream came true for Anthony Claggett. 

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Grady Sizemore hit a three-run homer and the Cleveland Indians turned double plays in six straight innings in an 8-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. 

Last season was undoubtedly Cliff Lee's finest, and the Cleveland Indians' pitcher was at his best when facing the Kansas City Royals.