Baseball Roundup : Indians Jolt Morris With Power Surge, 7-3

The Cleveland Indians beat Jack Morris of the Detroit Tigers for the first time ever in Tiger Stadium by hitting four home runs in the first three innings en route to a 7-3 win Monday night.

Morris had a 23-7 lifetime record against the Indians entering the game, including 15-0 at Detroit.

The first four hits off Morris (2-7) were home runs by Brook Jacoby, Mark Salas, Oddibe McDowell and Pete O’Brien.

“Jack’s velocity was outstanding but his location was bad,” Tiger catcher Mike Heath said. “He got behind in the count and had to come in there and they were sitting on the pitch.”

Morris, who began the season with a six-game losing streak, allowed seven runs and six hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Bud Black (3-5) allowed three runs and seven hits in 7 1/3 innings. Jesse Orosco pitched 1 1/3 innings for his first American League save.

The defeat snapped the Tigers’ three-game winning streak under interim manager Dick Tracewski.

Minnesota 6, Toronto 2--Allan Anderson pitched a five-hitter and Greg Gagne had two hits and scored twice as the Twins defeated the Blue Jays at Toronto.

Anderson (5-2) struck out six and walked one in registering his first complete game of the year. After retiring 12 straight batters, he lost his shutout with two out in the ninth when George Bell doubled and Fred McGriff hit his 10th homer of the year.

Toronto’s Dave Stieb (3-3) gave up eight hits, struck out three and walked one over seven innings.

Texas 4, Kansas City 1--Knuckleballer Charlie Hough broke out of one of the worst slumps of his career and Pete Incaviglia hit a two-run homer as the Rangers handed the Royals their fifth straight loss at Arlington, Tex.

Hough, 0-5 with an 8.53 earned-run average over his previous seven starts, pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed four hits before giving way to Cecilio Guante with runners on first and third in the sixth.

Guante completed a walk to Bob Boone that was credited to Hough, then escaped the bases-loaded jam when Frank White hit a fly ball. Guante allowed one hit in 2 1/3 innings, and Jeff Russell got the last three outs for his seventh save.

Hough (3-5) won on opening night, shutting out Detroit, then fell into the second-worst slump of his 10-year career with the Rangers. Prior to the game, Hough had a 6.64 ERA.

Baltimore 5, Chicago 1--Dave Schmidt allowed two hits in seven-plus innings and Mike Devereaux hit a two-run triple at Chicago as the Orioles handed the White Sox their fourth straight loss.

Schmidt, who pitched for the White Sox in 1986 before playing out his option to sign with Baltimore in January of 1987, was perfect through five innings before Matt Merullo lined a leadoff single to right field in the sixth.

Schmidt lost his shutout when Greg Walker led off the eighth inning with a home run. Kevin Hickey pitched one inning and Gregg Olson got the last three outs.

Chicago 5, Houston 3--Rick Sutcliffe won for the first time in five starts and Dwight Smith hit a three-run triple, leading the Cubs past the Astros at Houston.

The victory moved Chicago into a virtual first-place tie with the New York Mets in the National League East.

Sutcliffe (5-3) allowed six hits in 7 1/3 innings, struck out three and walked two as he snapped a three-game losing streak. Mitch Williams relieved with a 5-1 lead and threw six straight balls, leaving with the bases loaded and a 2-and-0 count on Bill Doran.

Calvin Schiraldi came on, walked Doran to force in a run and gave up a sacrifice fly to Glenn Davis, but finished up for his third save as the Cubs won for the sixth time in seven games.