Baseball Roundup : Higuera’s 20th Is Going-Away Present

Ted Higuera pitched his 20th victory Thursday night as the Milwaukee Brewers gave retiring Manager George Bamberger a win in his last game by routing the Baltimore Orioles, 9-3, at Milwaukee.

The Brewers will name an interim manager today.

Higuera (20-10), who scattered eight hits and struck out three, joined the Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela as the only Mexicans to win 20 games in a season in the majors.

The defeat dropped the Orioles into last place in the American League East.

Milwaukee had 15 hits, including three each by Bill Schroeder and Robin Yount, who hit his eighth homer.

Eddie Murray hit a pair of solo home runs for Baltimore and has 21 homers for the season.

Kansas City 8, Minnesota 1--Bret Saberhagen won his first game in almost two months as the Royals trounced the Twins at Minneapolis.

Saberhagen (7-11), who won the 1985 AL Cy Young Award with a 20-6 record, last won on July 27. He was on the disabled list from Aug. 10 to Sept. 1 with a sore shoulder.

In five plus innings, Saberhagen allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out three. Dan Quisenberry got his 12th save.

Toronto 4, Detroit 2--Jesse Barfield regained the AL lead with his 35th home run as the Blue Jays beat the Tigers at Detroit.

N.Y. Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 5--Keith Hernandez scored the go-ahead run on Ray Knight’s ninth-inning grounder, and Danny Heep followed with a two-run double as the Mets defeated the Cubs at Chicago.

The rally against ex-Met Ed Lynch (5-5) gave New York its 100th victory, equaling a club record set by the 1969 Mets, who went on to win the World Series.

Montreal 8, Pittsburgh 4--Andre Dawson hit his 20th homer, a two-run blast, and Bob Owchinko won his first major league game in more than two years as the Expos won at Pittsburgh. Pirate Rick Rhoden (15-11) failed for the fifth time for win No. 16.

St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4--Tito Landrum’s seventh-inning homer lifted the Cardinals to victory over the Phillies at St. Louis. Ray Soff (4-0) got the victory with 1 innings of relief, and Todd Worrell earned his 35th save.

Cincinnati 6, Atlanta 4--Eddie Milner drove in three runs with a pair of singles as the Reds downed the Braves at Cincinnati. The Reds, second in the National League West, were eliminated from the race when Houston beat San Francisco to clinch the title.