8B SPORTS MLB THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 Royals overcome Indians in Cleveland; Shealy hits 2 homers ASSOCIATED PRESS Kansas City pitcher Brian Bannister delivers in the sixth inning against the Cleveland Indians in a baseball game Sunday in Cleveland. ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND β€” Brian Bannister finally got a win as his Kansas City teammates kept piling up hits and runs. Bannister won for the first time in nearly three months and Ryan Shealy honored twice and drove in five runs as the Royals totaled 17 hits to defeat the Cleveland Indians 13-3 Sunday. Bannister (8-15) gave up four hits and three runs in the first inning, then settled down and won for the first time in 14 starts to snap his nine-game losing streak. He had not won since beating Colorado in an interleague game June 23. His last win over an AL club was June 1, a 6-1 triumph in Cleveland. "Over the last couple of months, it seems like my confidence has been tested every time out," Bannister said. "I felt that today in the first inning, but it was nice that the offense exploded and took some of the pressure off my shoulders." The right-hander improved to 3-1 with a 1.91 ERA in five career starts against the Indians after allowing three runs and six hits over six innings. He had been pounded for 10 hits and seven runs over 3.2-3 innings by Minnesota in his previous start Tuesday and had a 7.79 ERA during his streak. "It will be much more fun going into my next start with this under my belt," Bannister said. "The offense stuck it to them and didn't shut it down. It was fun to watch." Shealy had his second career multihomer game, giving him four homers and nine RBIs since being recalled from Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday. The five RBIs tied a career high. "I'm getting pitches to hit and even the balls I'm not hitting hard are finding holes," Shealy said. "I'm going to try to ride this out." Jose Guillen drove in three runs while David Deus and Alberto Callaspo had two RBIs apiece as Kansas City hit .366 (59-for-161) in the four-game series, winning the final three. "Hopefully, it's one of those things that we can keep going," Royals manager Trey Hillman said. Djeslus put Kansas City ahead 5-3 with a two-out, two-run single off Edward Mujica (2-2) in the fourth. Guillen followed with a two-run double off Juan Ricon. Grady Sizemore doubled off Bannister to lead off Cleveland's first inning. Jonny Peralta and Ryan Garko had RBI singles around a sacrifice fly by Victor Martinez for a 3-0 lead. The Royals tied it at 3 in the third off Indians starter Jeremy Sowers. Shealy hit a solo homer in the second. In the third, Callaspo had an RBI double and scored on Shealy's two-out bloop single to right. Sowers retired the side on eight pitches in the first, then needed 67 pitches to get through the next two innings. "When you throw that many pitches in a couple innings, I didn't see it getting any better." Indians manager Eric Wedge said. "It's a little far-fetched to think he's going to go out and find it." Sowers up three runs and five hits over three innings, his shortest outing in 14 starts since June 30, a three-inning stint in a loss to the Chicago White Sox. "I wasn't terrible, but I was leaving the ball up," Sowers said. "I think some of it could be a testament to their hitters. They were seeing the ball good the whole series and you run into teams like that sometimes." NFL ASSOCIATED PRESS San Diego Chargers wide receiver Chris Chambers, left, pulls in a touchdown pass against Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey, right, during the second quarter of an NFL football game in Denver on Sunday. Broncos eke out victory against Chargers ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER β€” Showing ultimate confidence in his offense, Mike Shanahan went for the 2-point conversion with 29 seconds left and Jay Cutler hit rookie Eddie Royal over the middle to give the Denver Broncos a 39-38 win over the stunned San Diego Chargers on Sunday. The Chargers (0-2) couldn't believe they lost in the final seconds for the second straight week. Two plays later, Cutler hit Royal for the TD to make it 38-37. Trailing 38-31, the Broncos (2-0) reached the 1 but on third-and-goal, Cutler reared back to throw and the ball slipped out of his hands, bounced off the grass and into linebacker Tim Dobbins' hands. But referee Ed Hochuli blew his whistle, apparently ruiting it an incomplete pass. After a review, Hochuli said that the Broncos would keep the ball because his whistle had blown the play dead. The Broncos got the球 at the 10-yard line, where it had hit the grass out of Cutler's hands. Instead of going for the tie, however, Shanahan kept his offense on the field and with 75,000-plus fans at Invesco Field holding their breath, Cutler again found Royal in the end zone for the winner on the exact same route. Cutler's dart split three defenders and Royal cradled the pass in his gut, avoiding safety Clinton Hart but not the thrilled teammates who piled on in celebration. The Chargers had one last chance but Philip Rivers' desperation heave into the end zone missed Chris Chambers, who had four catches for 83 yards and two touchdowns. Cutler completed 36 of 50 passes for a career-best 350 yards and four TDs and enjoyed the return of Brandon Marshall, who set a franchise record with 18 catches for 166 yards in a magnificent return from his one-game suspension. Marshall's receptions were two shy of Terrell Owens' NFL record of 20 set for San Francisco against Chicago earlier this decade. slowed by a jammed right big toe, his backup, Darren Sproles had a career day, piling up 317 all-purpose yards on 14 touches, including a 103-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the first half and a 66-yard catch-and-run for the go-ahead score with 4:22 remaining. With LaDainian Tomlinson Sproles took a short pass from Rivers, who completed 21 of 33 passes for 377 yards and three TDs, and raced through the Broncos' befuddled defense to put the Chargers on top 36-31. Legedu Naanee's catch for the 2-point conversion made it 38-31. That came three plays after Cutler's only big mistake of the game β€” that counted. The Broncos were heading in for a score when rookie cornerback Antoine Cason intercepted Cutler's pass in the end zone, thwarting a drive that had eaten up 9 minutes and 14 plays. 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