Royals hold off Tribe in 4-3 win

It was the second time this year that Kansas City beat former Royal Paul Byrd.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Doug Mientkiewicz drove in two runs and John Buck hit his first homer of the season to lead the Kansas City Royals over the Cleveland Indians 4-3 Monday night.
Mike Wood (3-0) threw 4 1/3 shutout innings in relief of Denny Bautista, who gave up four hits and two runs in three-plus innings in his first start since going on the disabled list April 14 with a sore right pectoral muscle.
Wood gave up just three hits and did not issue a walk.
Ambiorix Burgos got the last four outs for his fifth save in six opportunities.
It's the second time this year the Royals have beaten Paul Byrd (4-3), who won a career-best 17 games for Kansas City in 2002.
Mientkiewicz gave the Royals a 2-1 lead in the first with a two-run single after Esteban German walked and Mark Grudzielanek doubled to start the inning.
Buck led off the fifth with a homer and went 2-for-3 to raise his batting average to .217.
After Buck's homer, the Royals loaded the bases with none out on two singles and Byrd's throwing error to third on Mientkiewicz's sacrifice bunt.
But Byrd escaped with only one run on Emil Brown's sacrifice fly.
Byrd lasts seven innings
Byrd went seven innings, allowing nine hits and four runs, three earned, with two walks and no strikeouts.
Grady Sizemore tripled on Bautista's third pitch of the game and scored on Jason Michaels' groundout to give the Indians a 1-0 lead.
The lanky right-hander did not allow another run until the fourth when Victor Martinez doubled -- extending his AL-best hitting streak to 16 games -- and scored on Casey Blake's sacrifice fly off Wood.
Sizemore hit a solo homer in the ninth.
Notes
Kansas City owner David Glass declined to say what changes he is contemplating for the team's front office staff. Glass said last week that he is planning major changes. ... Bautista was reinstated from the 15-day DL and Joe Mays was designated for assignment. The Royals asked Mays to accept a minor league assignment but manager Buddy Bell said he had declined. ... Martinez has reached base in 31 of 32 games. ... Cleveland RHP Rafael Betancourt is scheduled to throw a 40-pitch bullpen on Tuesday in Cleveland. He was put on the DL with a back injury. ... The crowd of 9,029 was the smallest of the year.