Huff (8-7) threw 94 pitches -- 62 of them strikes -- and retired 12 batters on routine fly balls.
Closer Kerry Wood, the last of four pitchers, earned his 16th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Cleveland's Matt LaPorta hit a solo homer, and Shin-Soo Choo drove in a run.
Asdrubal Cabrera had one RBI, while Jamey Carroll had three hits for the
Indians, who won twice in the three-game series.
The winning run scored on a fifth-inning wild pitch by Kansas City starter Luke Hochevar (6-7), the losing pitcher.
Kansas City scored on Mark Teahen's first-inning sacrifice fly and Miguel Olivo's double in the third.
Billy Butler had three hits and Olivo had two for the Royals, who have lost six of seven.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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