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 CLEVELAND (AP) - The only walking C.C. Sabathia did was to the dugout after each scoreless inning. Cleveland's ace left-hander pitched his fifth career shutout and the Indians kept rolling at home, defeating the Kansas City Royals 1-0 Tuesday night.
"Us winning means more to me than me winning, it really does," said Sabathia (9-1), who struck out eight and walked none in joining John Lackey of the Los Angeles Angels as the majors' only nine-game winners.
Sabathia allowed five singles, but said he wasn't worried about trying to hold a one-run lead in the late innings. His focus was on the big picture — getting Cleveland back to postseason play for the first time since he was a rookie in 2001.
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