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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. 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Getting set to go their separate ways for a short Christmas break, the Raptors coach credited his team for their effort on a seemingly impossible three-game road trip, urging them to build on that success when they get back to work at the end of the week.ATLANTA -- Pirates manager Clint Hurdle is sitting Andrew McCutchen for three straight days.McCutchen, the 2013 NL MVP, says hes OK with the decision even if he doesnt agree with it. The outfielder sat out Pittsburghs victory Tuesday night over Atlanta and will not be in the lineup the next two nights because of a season-long slump.I have to first address myself before I can think about addressing anything else, McCutchen told The Associated Press. I know if I was going out and playing the best ball that I know I can play that I wouldnt be in this position.They wouldnt be in the position of having to make those decisions, either.McCutchen, a five-time All-Star and four-time Silver Slugger, hit .298 in his first seven seasons with Pittsburgh. In 97 games this year, he has a .241 average and is on pace for a career high in strikeouts.After watching McCutchen go 1 for 12 in a three-game series last weekend at Milwaukee, Hurdle called McCutchen into his office Sunday to tell him that he would not be in the lineup for a three-game series against the Braves.Hes tried a lot of things, Hurdle said in his pre-game talk with reporters. This mans fought, shown up, done early work, late work, side work, video work. In situations like this where Ive seen it happen with good players, you just unplug em. The managers got to do it. Im just asking him to sign off on it.He obviously has a lot of fight in him and wants to continue. But its like hitting refresh button.Unless a game against the Braves goes extra innings, Hurdle wants to give McCutchen four straight days of rest. The Pirates were off on Monday.Thats the tough pill to swallow for me personally, McCutchen told The AP. Wanting to be in the lineup and them feeling that this would be a good time for me to unwind, to chill, to get my head right -- the compettitive side of me is like, `No, Im good.dddddddddddd Im fine. Im going to perform and do my job.Theyre like, `For your own sake, this is what we feel. Matt Joyce was in left field for the second straight night. Starling Marte was in center field, Gregory Polanco in right.McCutchen says it was tough accepting the trades that shipped out Francisco Liriano, Pittsburghs opening day starter, to Toronto for Drew Hutchison and closer Mark Melancon to Washington for Felipe Rivero and a prospect.The Pirates began Wednesday three games out in the NL wild-card standings. Theyve been to the playoffs the last three years, so McCutchen didnt necessarily want to make big roster changes at the trade deadline.Youre going to feel one way about certain things because you have teammates, you have friends and you hate to lose anybody, he said. Hate to see anybody go. Those are your brothers.McCutchen insisted that he trusts the Pirates front office to keep the club competitive.Understanding the business, understanding that we do have -- performing -- and they have a job as well, he said. Thats the main thing, to give us the team to produce. Just as its hard for us to understand what they do, Im sure its vice versa with them.Hurdle hopes McCutchen will benefit from the time off. He plans to put him back in the lineup Friday at home against Cincinnati.I dont know what it feels like to have the resume he has and go through the challenges hes had this year, Hurdle said. What I shared with him is, `I want to look you in the eyes and do what I can do just to help you out. Not to make it easier, not to make it softer. I cant do that. But lets this because we have tried just about everything else. ' ' '