CLEVELAND — Grady Sizemore didn't feel very good until his final swing.

Sizemore singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning to give Bob Wickman his first win in nearly four years, leading the Cleveland Indians over the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Sunday.

"Until then, it was a pretty bad day," said Sizemore, who was 0-for-5 with four strikeouts before the base hit. "Nobody wants to strike out, but I had to try and put all that behind me."

The Indians won for the fifth time in six games and improved to 17-4 in interleague play the past two years. The Pirates fell to 4-19 on the road and have won just two of their last 15 games played in American League ballparks.

Aaron Boone, back in the lineup after missing Saturday's game with a sore back, lined a two-out single against Mike Gonzalez (1-2) and hustled to third on a double to left by Ronnie Belliard.

"I was going to try and score Boonie, but the ball hit the tarp and bounced back, so we held him," third-base coach Jeff Datz said. "Then Grady came through against a tough left-hander."

Sizemore came to the plate with a .191 (13-for-68) average against lefties, but lined a 3-2 pitch over the head of right fielder Jeromy Burnitz to win it.

Wickman (1-0) earned his first win since working a scoreless inning against Texas on Aug. 10, 2002 — when he tore a ligament in his right elbow that required Tommy John surgery.

"I was just talking about that the other day," said Wickman, who missed all of 2003 and the first half of 2004 before going a combined 0-6 with 58 saves the past two seasons.

He also worked two innings for the first time since July 7, 2001, also in an interleague game against St. Louis.

"This was the perfect time to do it with an off day tomorrow," he said. "I feel fine. Pitching is pitching. I used to be a starter and middle reliever, so no big deal."

The Pirates put two runners on in the ninth against Wickman, who then got pinch-hitter Jose Hernandez to bunt into a fielder's choice out at third and Jose Castillo to bounce into a double play.

Hernandez was 3-for-7 with two homers and five RBIs against Wickman, but manager Jim Tracy ordered the former Indians infielder to bunt anyway.

"I was aware of the numbers, but right now Jose is not swinging that well," Tracy said of Hernandez, who is batting only .149. "It was important to try and get the runner to third and force the Indians to make many decisions."

Wickman was thinking right along with Tracy.