American League Roundup : It’s Same Old Story as Boston Wins

Both uniforms were different. So was the locale. But the script was the same.

Boston rookie Ellis Burks hit a two-run homer off New York’s Bob Tewksbury in the eighth inning Sunday, lifting the Red Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Yankees at Boston.

“I faced him in Triple-A a couple of months ago, and I hit him pretty well,” said Burks, who started the season at Pawtucket of the International League. “It was kind of the same situation as today. I hit a home run to win the game.”

Burks, a 22-year-old rookie called up April 29, connected one inning after Dwight Evans tied the game with a two-run homer.

The Red Sox broke through against Tewksbury (0-2) after being held to two hits for six innings. Tewksbury was recalled from the minors on Saturday.

Boston third baseman Wade Boggs went 3 for 4 in raising his major league-leading batting average to .375 and extending his hitting streak to 22 games, longest in the majors this season. Boggs opened the seventh with a single and scored when Evans hit his 11th homer.

Roger Clemens (6-6) pitched a complete game, allowed seven hits and two runs. He struck out five and walked three.

Toronto 7, Milwaukee 6--Lloyd Moseby, Willie Upshaw and Fred McGriff hit home runs as the Blue Jays beat the Brewers at Toronto.

Toronto rookie Jeff Musselman (6-1) relieved starter Joey Johnson to start the fourth inning with a 4-3 lead. Milwaukee starter Chuck Crim (4-4) gave up six runs in four innings.

Moseby gave Toronto a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the first with his 11th homer. Upshaw and McGriff hit bases-empty home runs in the fourth to make it 6-3.

The Blue Jays scored the winning run in the sixth on Manny Lee’s sacrifice fly.

Minnesota 8, Chicago 6--Tom Brunansky broke a 5-5 tie with a run-scoring double in the eighth to lead the Twins to a victory over the White Sox at Minneapolis.

Brunansky doubled off the center-field wall against Chicago reliever Jim Winn (2-4) to score Gary Gaetti from second with the go-ahead run.

The two teams hit seven home runs with the bases empty, tying a major league record.

Kirby Puckett, Gaetti, Dan Gladden and Brunansky homered for Minnesota as the Twins equaled their season high of four in a game.

Juan Berenguer (5-0) pitched 1 innings of hitless relief for Minnesota and Jeff Reardon earned his 14th save.

Baltimore 9-3, Detroit 5-9--Chet Lemon hit two home runs and Kirk Gibson, Matt Nokes and Darrell Evans each hit one as the Tigers beat the Orioles in a regularly scheduled game at Baltimore after the Orioles won the completion of Saturday night’s suspended game.

Gibson and Nokes hit two-run homers in the third inning of the regularly scheduled game.

Lemon hit his eighth homer to lead off the fourth for a 5-1 lead, and Baltimore starter Ken Dixon (3-7) was replaced after Evans doubled. Lemon and Evans homered in the eighth off Baltimore reliever John Habyan.

Detroit starter Dan Petry (4-4) allowed three hits and one run while walking five in six innings.

In the suspended game, Ken Gerhart hit two homers for Baltimore, and he and Larry Sheets drove in three runs apiece. Starter Eric Bell (6-5) got the win, and Tom Niedenfuer earned his second save.

The rain-delayed game had been halted after eight innings by a 1 a.m. American League curfew with the Orioles leading 9-4.

Seattle 5, Cleveland 0--Lee Guetterman pitched a three-hitter for his first major league shutout and fifth straight victory as the Mariners defeated the Indians at Cleveland.

Guetterman (5-0) struck out two and walked one over nine innings.

Joe Carter had two singles, one in the second and one in the eighth, and Carmen Castillo singled in the fifth for the Indians.

Seattle got the only run Guetterman needed in the first inning on singles by Phil Bradley, Scott Bradley and Jim Presley.

Oakland 7-3, Texas 3-13--Edwin Correa pitched six innings for his first victory since April 28, and Bob Brower homered twice, including a fluke inside-the-park grand slam that keyed a seven-run second inning, to lead the the Rangers past the A’s in Oakland in the second game of a doubleheader.

In the first game, Mickey Tettleton and Mark McGwire homered as the A’s scored five runs in the second inning and held on for a victory despite Larry Parrish’s three-run homer in the eighth.

A’s starter Dave Stewart (8-7) allowed four hits in six innings, and Dennis Eckersley pitched 2 innings for his second save.

In the second game, Correa improved his record to 2-5, and Oakland starter Eric Plunk (1-4) took the loss.