American League Roundup : Brewers Increase the Juice and Jolt Twins, 12-0

The power shortage is over in Milwaukee.

B.J. Surhoff hit a grand slam and Joey Meyer added a solo homer Wednesday as the Brewers routed the Minnesota Twins, 12-0, halting Allan Anderson’s winning streak at seven games.

Rob Deer touched off the power display Monday night when he hit a two-run homer off Minnesota relief ace Jeff Reardon to give Milwaukee a 5-4 victory.

“It just shows you how mental the game is,” Meyer said after snapping a 1-for-22 slump with the home run and two singles. “When Rob hit that homer Monday it just took the load off everybody. What we needed was the big boost.”

Surhoff’s grand slam in the seventh and a solo homer by Meyer in the sixth gave the Brewers 10 home runs in their three-game sweep of the Twins and a league-leading 23 for the season. They hit two home runs Monday night and five in a 10-4 victory Tuesday night.

Chris Bosio (4-0) pitched a four-hitter for Milwaukee, running his career record in April to 10-2 with his fourth career shutout.

Anderson (4-1) allowed four hits and three runs in three innings.

Baltimore 2, Oakland 1--Jose Bautista and Gregg Olson combined for a five-hitter at Oakland and the Orioles broke the Athletics’ seven-game winning streak.

Bautista (2-2) went seven innings before Olson pitched two perfect two innings for his second save, striking out four.

Bob Welch (3-2) took a two-hitter and a 1-0 lead into the eighth but walked Jim Traber and pinch-hitter Joe Orsulak before catcher Ron Hassey misplayed Billy Ripken’s sacrifice bunt for an error, loading the bases.

Greg Cadaret replaced Welch and walked pinch-hitter Mike Devereaux, forcing in the tying run. Gene Nelson replaced Cadaret and struck out Phil Bradley, but Steve Finley singled in Orsulak.

Texas 3, Cleveland 2--Pinch-hitter Geno Petralli doubled home the winning run in the 10th inning and the Rangers defeated the Indians at Cleveland.

Reliever Jeff Russell (2-0) got the victory after blowing a save for the first time in five opportunities.

The Indians trailed, 2-0, after seven innings, but Pete O’Brien led off the Cleveland eighth with a double and Dave Clark walked. O’Brien took third on Brook Jacoby’s fielder’s choice and scored on Russell’s wild pitch. Mike Young singled home Jacoby.

Kansas City 5, New York 3--Jim Eisenreich’s two-run pinch homer in the eighth inning lifted the Royals to victory at Kansas City.

The Yankees got even in the seventh on a run-scoring single by Mike Pagliarulo and a sacrifice fly by Alvaro Espinoza.

Kansas City’s Pat Tabler, renowned for his .556 average with the bases loaded, hit into a double play with three on and one out in the first inning. Tabler is 38 for 67 in bases-loaded appearances.

Boston 5, Chicago 4--Dwight Evans’ single off the glove of White Sox second baseman Steve Lyons scored the winning run for the Red Sox in the 10th inning at Boston.

Bob Stanley (1-1) retired seven consecutive batters in relief.

Seattle 7, Toronto 6--Ken Griffey Jr. tied a team record with his eighth consecutive hit when he homered in the seventh inning, pushing the Mariners past the Blue Jays at Seattle.

Griffey, a 19-year-old rookie, also had a two-run single, another single and a double, to tie the record held by Harold Reynolds and Darnell Coles.