Kansas City, Mo. ? For a few tense moments, Kerry Wood and the Cleveland Indians seemed destined to relive the agony of the night before.

Then he found his cutter. Then he located his breaking ball. And after walking the bases full in the ninth, the Cleveland closer struck out Mark Teahen and David DeJesus to end the game and preserve a 6-5 victory over Kansas City on Wednesday night.

“Last night was tough to swallow,” Wood said. “It’s got to be over. I’m going to be out there and I’ve got to be focused on getting the guys out tonight. It’s not always easy to do, but you’ve got to be able to get (the bad memory) out of there.”

As he trotted in from the bullpen to start the ninth, the big scoreboard at his back replayed the ninth inning of the night before, when he gave up two home runs, a walk, a triple and a sacrifice fly that turned a 5-2 lead into a nightmarish 6-5 loss.

Mark DeRosa had three hits and drove in the tiebreaking run in the eighth for the Indians.

“After such an emotional loss last night, to be able to come back and fight back from behind, it says a lot about our guys,” manager Eric Wedge said. “They keep getting up off the mat.”