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CLEVELAND -- The World Series champion Royals are on the verge of being dethroned in their division.Brandon Guyer singled off Joakim Soria with two out in the ninth inning, scoring Coco Crisp from third base and giving the Cleveland Indians a 2-1 victory over Kansas City on Tuesday night.The Royals trail first-place Cleveland by 10 1/2 games in the AL Central and will be eliminated from the division race if they lose Wednesday at Progressive Field.This is the situation were in now, Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. Its been a very different year, and weve had a lot of injuries.Alex Gordon and Cheslor Cuthbert each had two hits for the Royals, who are five games behind Baltimore for the final AL wild-card spot with 11 to play. Gordons RBI single in the fifth plated Salvador Perez with the tying run.Kansas City left-hander Brian Flynn (1-2) began the ninth by walking Jose Ramirez, then allowed Crisp to reach on a sacrifice bunt when he fumbled the ball.Soria entered with one out and retired Rajai Davis on a grounder that caromed off his left cleat on the mound. Guyer followed with a winning single that landed just inside the line in the right-field corner.It was fair by a couple of inches, barely fair, where you cant get to it, Yost said, shaking his head. And right before, if that ball doesnt hit (Sorias) foot, its a double-play ball straight to (second baseman Whit) Merrifield. A lot of things happened in the ninth.Soria declined to speak with the media, but Flynn blamed himself for the loss.That was about as hand-wrapped as you could give it to them, he said. Between my leadoff walk and the error, they hurt us about equal.Indians left-hander Andrew Miller (9-1) tossed the final 1 2/3 innings for the win. He stranded Terrance Gore at third in the eighth with back-to-back called strikeouts of Christian Colon and Merrifield.Royals right-hander Edinson Volquez allowed four hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out five in his first quality start since Aug. 14. He gave up a solo homer to Carlos Santana in the third to open the scoring.The Indians are real good and theyve been good the whole year, Volquez said. All you can do is give it everything you can. I did that, so I feel good. I only made one bad pitch to Santana, who is a good hitter and has a lot of power.Kansas City only managed six hits in the game. Five of them were off Indians right-hander Josh Tomlin, who allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings.OVER AND OUTYost and SS Alcides Escobar were ejected for arguing balls and strikes Monday by umpire Toby Basner during an 8-3 loss at the White Sox. Yost said he considers the disagreement in the past.That was an isolated incident with one umpire, he said. There is no carryover.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: OF Lorenzo Cain (left wrist inflammation), who last played on Sept. 9 at the White Sox, is traveling with the team. He has appeared in one game since Aug. 31.UP NEXTRoyals: RHP Ian Kennedy is unbeaten in his last 10 starts, going 5-0 with a 2.14 ERA. His last road loss occurred July 1 at Philadelphia.Indians: RHP Corey Kluber seeks to tie his career high with his 18th victory. He is 9-5 with a 3.27 ERA in 15 home starts this season. Cheap Old Skool Free Shipping . -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. Discount Vans Shoes Sale . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.discountoldskool.com/ . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. Cheap Old Skool . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Wholesale Vans Shoes . Hamelin, who triumphed in the 500 on Saturday, edged out Victor An of Russia by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. Russias Vladimir Grigorev was third. In the relay, Canada took control six laps from the finish line to beat Russia and the Netherlands. Things have gotten even tougher for the struggling San Antonio Stars.With leading scorer Kayla McBride out for the season with a broken foot suffered earlier in July, the Stars (5-16) have lost three straight and now head to Phoenix to take on Diana Taurasi and the high-scoring Mercury on Saturday at Talking Stick Resort Arena.McBride was averaging 17.1 points before being ruled out for the season. She was the focal point of a limited offense, and the Stars are still trying to figure out how to adjust.Weve gone through a period where youve lost your leading scorer, San Antonio coach Dan Hughes told the teams website. So you handle it, but then teams adjust a little bit to you not having that. So now we have to play to some other aspects of our game.The Stars are averaging a league-low 72.8 points per game and the Mercury lead the WNBA in scoring, averaging 86.9 points per game.The Mercury snapped a three-game losing streak with a 78-74 win over the Washington Mystics on Wednesday. Brittney Griiner had 22 points, eight rebounds and five blocks in the win.ddddddddddddTaurasi, the second leading scorer in the WNBA, had 21 of her 31 points in the first half of the Mercurys 90-75 home win over the Stars on June 10. Phoenix has won three straight and seven of eight overall against San Antonio.The Stars are coming off an 81-57 blowout loss to the Minnesota Lynx. They were outrebounded 43-26 by the Lynx. Moriah Jefferson led the Stars with 14 points and Monique Curry added 10. Jefferson is the only active Star averaging in double figures at 11.5 points per game.Its tough when you take somebody that your leading scorer because thats been a big percentage of what you do, Hughes said. But now weve had a little time to say, Lets emphasize this. Lets focus on this execution.The Stars five wins are the fewest in the WNBA. They are 1-8 against Western Conference teams. ' ' '