The win for Steve Bruce's side means they are three points clear of third-placed Watford after leaders Cardiff held Gianfranco Zola's team to a 0-0 draw later on Saturday.Ameobi then saw a deflected effort go narrowly over the bar before Carayol forced Stockdale into another save after the break. After losing to promotion rivals Watford in midweek, the visit of Tony Mowbray's Middlesbrough, who are now without a win in 10 games on the road, may have seemed the ideal fixture to get back on track.Hull, who had alternated between winning and losing in their previous eight Championship outings, then went ahead through Brady's free-kick which curled around the wall before Steele pushed it into his own net after the ball bounced in front of him. But it was the visitors who had the better start at the KC Stadium, with on-loan Newcastle forward Sammy Ameobi easing past defender Corry Evans, but his tame effort was easily saved by Stockdale.Middlesbrough tried to respond but McDonald and Miller could not manufacture an equaliser and Mowbray's side are now seven points off the play-offs. Mustapha Carayol's deflected cross tested Stockdale at his near post before Robert Koren hit a powerful effort for Hull that Steele saved.
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