Indians closer John Axford earned his eighth save of the season Wednesday, giving up just one hit in a scoreless ninth inning in his team's 5-3 win over the Royals.
Axford gave up a leadoff single in the ninth inning but then induced two ground balls for outs before a pop fly ended the game. He owns a 2.79 ERA and 9:7 K:BB ratio in 9 2/3 innings.