The Cleveland Indians and red-hot Justin Masterson face the Kansas City Royals

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The Cleveland Indians and red-hot Justin Masterson face the Kansas City Royals

The Cleveland Indians are having a great start to the season and one of the reasons is the pitching of Justin Masterson.

Justin Masterson didn’t win his fourth game last season for the Cleveland Indians until August. He’s in position to accomplish that feat much earlier in 2011.

The right-hander looks to win his fourth straight start Wednesday night against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

Masterson (3-0, 1.33 ERA), who went 6-12 with a 4.78 ERA in 29 starts in 2010, has allowed three runs in 20 1-3 innings this season. He joins Cliff Lee(notes) and Luis Tiant as the only Cleveland starters since 1961 to begin the year winning their first three starts while not allowing more than a run in any of those outings. Masterson allowed a run and four hits in seven innings of an 8-2 victory over Baltimore on Friday.

Masterson is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA in five career starts against the Royals.

He looks to help the AL Central-leading Indians (12-5) bounce back after Kansas City snapped their four-game winning streak with a 5-4 victory Tuesday, evening this four-game set.

Alex Gordon went 2 for 4 with an RBI to extend his hitting streak to 13 games as the Royals (11-6) won for the fifth time in their last seven. Batting .407 with all 13 of his RBIs during the streak, Gordon is 3 for 7 with two doubles lifetime against Masterson.

Kansas City starter Luke Hochevar (2-1, 4.21) takes the mound looking to win three straight starts for the first time since June 29-July 9, 2009.

After giving up four runs in seven innings of a 9-5 win at Detroit on April 10, Hochevar allowed one and one hit in seven innings of a 6-5 victory over Seattle on Friday.

The right-hander was 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA against the Indians in 2010. He recorded his third career complete game when he allowed three runs and four hits in a 9-3 victory at Cleveland on May 20.

The Indians continue to impress and win games, as they beat the Royals.

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