American League Roundup : Brewers Get 16 Hits in 16-2 Win

Robin Yount hit for the cycle, and Dale Sveum drove in five runs with a pair of home runs--one from the right side and one from the left--to lead a 16-hit attack as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the White Sox, 16-2, Sunday at Chicago.

Yount became the third Brewer to hit for the cycle, joining Mike Hegan (1976) and Charlie Moore (1980). Yount singled in the first inning, homered in the third, doubled in the sixth and tripled in the eighth.

“I was aware I needed a triple to hit for the cycle, and in a game like that you can gamble,” he said.

Actually, it was no gamble, at all. The drive to the left-center corner of the bullpen hit the fence and bounded away from Daryl Boston. Yount slid into third base, but it was unnecessary because there was no play on him.

Yount’s two-run homer capped a three-run third. Sveum hit a three-run homer left-handed in a six-run fifth and a two-run shot right-handed, his eighth, to cap a three-run eighth. Rob Deer also hit a two-run homer in a four-run sixth.

It was the biggest run total of the season for the Brewers, who also matched their previous high in hits. The nine extra-base hits were a season high.

Boston 8, Toronto 2--After seven straight losses to the Blue Jays, including a four-game sweep last week at Fenway Park, the Red Sox scored five runs in the first inning to key the victory at Toronto.

Mike Greenwell had a three-run homer to highlight the first inning when the Red Sox sent 10 batters to the plate. They scored twice more in the second, taking a 7-0 lead.

Toronto left fielder George Bell, the league’s most valuable player in 1987, went 0 for 12 in the three-game series, dropped a routine fly ball by Kevin Romine Sunday, and was booed repeatedly.

“They (the fans) come out to see a good performance and I’m doing brutal right now,” Bell said. “It’s hard to believe people forget so fast.”

Texas 3, Oakland 2--After getting off to his great start, A’s pitcher Dave Stewart lost for the fifth time in six games, this time against his former team at Arlington, Tex.

Texas’ Charlie Hough (6-7) pitched his third straight complete game to beat Oakland for the seventh consecutive time. The 40-year-old knuckleballer is 14-5 lifetime against the A’s.

Ruben Sierra’s third home run in the last four games made the difference, giving the Rangers a 3-1 lead in the third inning. Don Baylor brought the Athletics within 3-2 when he homered to lead off the ninth.

Stewart, who opened 8-0, dropped to 9-5 despite pitching a five-hitter and striking out seven.

Minnesota 6, Seattle 2--The Twins scored five runs in the fifth inning, two on Gary Gaetti’s 12th home run, to win at Seattle.

“I was looking for a good ball to hit with two outs,” Gaetti said. “I found one, but it wasn’t one of my best home runs. In here (the Kingdome), sometimes it doesn’t take much to clear the fence.”

Charlie Lea (2-3) allowed four hits in seven innings for the Twins. Reliever Juan Berenguer pitched two hitless innings.

John Moses went 3 for 5 for the Twins.

Seattle’s Rey Quinones hit his second home run in as many days in the seventh inning, his fifth of the season.

Detroit 5, Cleveland 4--Luis Salazar hit a two-run home run, and Chet Lemon delivered a two-run single at Cleveland as Frank Tanana improved to 9-4 and the Tigers swept the four-game series from the Indians.

“I won’t ever come to Cleveland for the rest of my life and expect to do that,” said Manager Sparky Anderson, whose Tigers have won six straight from the Indians. “You can’t do any better than this.”

Detroit’s Mike Henneman pitched the final two innings for his 13th save in 14 opportunities.

Scott Bailes (6-5) lasted just 1 innings, ending a streak of 24 games in which Cleveland starters pitched at least five innings.

New York 6, Baltimore 5--Claudell Washington’s single over a drawn-in outfield with one out in the ninth inning scored Wayne Tolleson to give the Yankees the win at New York.

The Orioles scored three times, two on Eddie Murray’s home run, in the eighth inning to tie, 5-5. Murray has homered in 3 straight games, and his 8th home run this season gave him 10 hits in his last 20 at-bats and 10 runs batted in over the last 6 games.