CLEVELAND - Danny Duffy pitched six shutout innings for his first win in more than a month as the Kansas City Royals moved close

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CLEVELAND - Danny Duffy pitched six shutout innings for his first win in more than a month as the Kansas City Royals moved closer to the top of the AL Central and kept some distance over Cleveland in the wild-card race, beating the Indians 2-0 on Monday night. D Onta Foreman Jersey . Duffy (9-11), who had thrown just one pitch in September before the start, held the Indians to six hits. The left-hander had been sidelined since Sept. 6 with a sore shoulder. Greg Holland worked the ninth for his 44th save as the Royals, seeking their first post-season appearance since 1985, moved within one game of first-place Detroit. The Tigers lost 2-0 at home to the White Sox. Carlos Carrasco (8-6) couldnt keep the momentum going for the Indians, who earlier completed a 4-3 win in 10 innings in a game suspended on Aug. 31 in Kansas City. Duffy survived a shaky first inning, when he threw 24 pitches and escaped a bases-loaded jam. He gave up three hits in the first two innings, but just three more over the next four. His previous start against Cleveland was the game that wound being suspended last month. Duffys performance — he was removed after throwing one pitch at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 6 — took a little pressure off the Royals, who entered the day holding one of the two wild-card spots. Kansas City gained one-half game on Seattle and stayed 3 1/2 games clear of Cleveland. Kansas City took a 2-0 in the fifth on Alcides Escobars RBI single that easily could have been ruled an error on Indians shortstop Jose Ramirez. The Royals jumped on Carrasco for a run in the first on Eric Hosmers two-out RBI single. Clevelands first three hitters reached in the first, but the Indians came up empty as Duffy retired cleanup hitter Carlos Santana on a pop up, struck out Yan Gomes looking and got Mike Aviles on a lazy fly to right. Carrasco gave the Indians another solid outing, allowing two runs and seven hits with nine strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings. The right-hander tossed a two-hitter last week in Houston for his first complete game shutout. After waiting 23 days, the Indians needed nine minutes to finish off the Royals in the first game and temporarily pulled within 2 1-2 games in a wild, wild-card race entering its last days. Scott Atchison gave up a two-out RBI single to Nori Aoki in the bottom of the 10th — Kansas City was the home team on the road — before getting Omar Infante to pop out for his second save with the tying run at second. Following the game, Royals manager Ned Yost cut into some of the tension surrounding the regular seasons final week by poking fun at the strange, delayed ending. "These games are a lot less stressful," he said. "We ought to have more one- and two-inning games." Despite injuries, shoddy defence, an inconsistent offence and skeptical fan base, the Indians came into the week with a chance to be in the playoffs for a second straight year. With one week left in September, October is still possible. "Its about as exciting as it can get," said Indians manager Terry Francona. "I got up this morning and I was nervous and Id rather be nervous than packing." TRAINERS ROOM Indians: 2B Jason Kipnis continues to be slowed by a sore right hamstring. He missed three games last week, and Francona wants to monitor him closely. Kipnis pinch-hit in the eighth of the regularly scheduled game and grounded to short. UP NEXT Rookie RHP Yordano Ventura (13-10) makes his biggest start to date for the Royals. He leads all MLB rookies in wins. RHP Danny Salazar (6-7) pitches on four days rest for Cleveland after working 7 1-3 innings in his last start vs. Houston. 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Benteke will undergo surgery and "will be out for a minimum of six months," Villa said in a statement. It is a major blow for Belgiums chances in Brazil, with the 23-year Benteke having been battling with Romelu Lukaku to be the teams main striker. "Wishing you all the strength you need," Belgium captain Vincent Kompany said on Twitter, "and I hope you will recover quickly! Were all with you together." Belgium, which has emerged as one of the top teams in Europe in recent years, is well stocked in most departments in its squad but has a dearth of proven, all-out strikers. The powerful Benteke is Villas ttop scorer in this campaign with 11 goals, although he has struggled to recapture the form that made him one of the Premier Leagues most lethal strikers last season. Zach Cunningham Jersey. 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