CLEVELAND(AP) -- Despite another masterful performance, Zack
Greinke ended up with a no-decision.

Thanks to Miguel Olivo and David DeJesus, the Kansas City Royals
ended up with their fifth straight win.

Olivo homered with one out in the 12th inning after DeJesus
saved the game for Kansas City with two accurate throws to the
plate from left field, and the Royals beat the Cleveland Indians
2-1 on Friday night.

"It's a great win for us," Royals manager Trey Hillman said.
"The only thing that would have been better if Zack had gotten
(the win.)"

Olivo, who drove in the Royals' first run with a fourth-inning
groundout, hit an 0-2 pitch from Jose Veras into the bleachers
in left field for his 19th home run of the season.

The Royals wouldn't have been in a position to win in the 12th
if DeJesus hadn't thrown out the potential winning runs in the
ninth and the 11th.

Both runners were trying to score from second base on singles by
Jhonny Peralta. DeJesus nailed Asdrubal Cabrera on Peralta's
one-out single in the ninth. He did it again in the 11th,
throwing out Michael Brantley on Peralta's two-out single. Olivo
received both throws in plenty of time and blocked the plate.

"It's cool," DeJesus said. "It's one of those things where you
do it, move on and have fun watching the other team complain
about it."

DeJesus is second in the AL with 13 outfield assists.

"The coaches were telling us to play in," he said. "The first
one was easier. I got the ball and threw. The second one was
harder. I kind of bobbled it and it got stuck in my fingers, but
I ended up getting it there."

Cabrera and Brantley were both waved home by third-base coach
Joel Skinner.

"It's the right thing to do," Indians manager Eric Wedge said.
"You've got two chances to win the game. Anytime you have a
chance to win the game, you take that chance. The guy out there
has to field it, transfer it and throw it and the other guy has
to catch it. And it's going to have to be a good throw. Tip your
cap to DeJesus for two fantastic plays."

It was yet another way to lose for the Indians, who have dropped
nine of 11.

"It's another first for me," Wedge said. "I don't think I've
ever seen the same guy get two potential game-winning hits and
have the same guy throw the guy out both times."

Jamey Wright (2-5) pitched two innings for the win. Joakim Soria
pitched the 12th for his 25th save in 28 opportunities.

Veras (4-3) got the loss.

Greinke held the Indians to one run in seven innings, but ended
up with his eighth no-decision of the season, the first Kansas
City has won. He has received 29 runs in his combined 15 starts
of losses and no-decisions.

Greinke, a candidate to win the AL Cy Young award despite his
13-8 record for a woeful team, was masterful again in holding
Cleveland to four hits.

"I try to pitch," he said when asked if he's feeling frustrated
about his win total preventing him from winning postseason
awards. "Hopefully, it works out. I can't focus on that."

The right-hander hadn't allowed an earned run in 23 consecutive
innings until the Indians tied the game in the seventh. Shin-Soo
Choo tripled off the left-field wall with one out.

It looked as if Greinke would get out of the inning when Peralta
popped out, but Travis Hafner lined a 2-1 pitch to left for a
tying single. DeJesus attempted a diving catch, but the ball hit
off his glove and rolled away.

Grienke blamed himself for the run that tied the game.

"I got behind on Choo and it hurt me," he said. "I don't know
what Hafner was doing. It seems like he's trying to go the other
way more than he has in the past."

Greinke, who struck out six and didn't walk a batter, didn't
allow a runner to reach second base until the seventh. The run
snapped a 15-inning scoreless streak for Cleveland.

Greinke was given an extra day's rest after throwing a
career-high 125 pitches against Los Angeles on Saturday. He is
2-0 with a 2.16 ERA in five starts against the Indians this
season.

Cleveland starter Justin Masterson allowed one run and four hits
in six innings.

NOTES: RHP Brian Bannister received a second opinion on his
ailing shoulder Friday in New York, but manager Trey Hillman did
not have any updates. ... LHP Lenny DiNardo's strong outing
against Detroit in his first start of the season on Thursday was
enough to earn him a rotation spot over fellow lefty Bruce Chen,
who is moving to the bullpen. Chen is 1-6 in nine starts with
the Royals.