American League Roundup : Hough Gives Up One Hit, Loses Again--This Time to Mariners

Charlie Hough pitched his second career one-hitter--both of them losses--as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers, 2-0, Tuesday night at Seattle.

Hough allowed only Harold Reynolds’ solid single leading off the sixth inning. Reynolds went to second on a balk, to third on a wild pitch and scored on Jeffrey Leonard’s fly out. The Mariners added a run in the seventh on an error.

Hough (7-12) struck out three and walked five. He lost a one-hitter June 16, 1986, to the Angels.

Brian Holman (5-5) and Mike Schooler combined to allow 13 hits and two walks. Holman gave up 10 hits in seven innings, and Schooler finished for his 24th save.

Toronto 7, Boston 2--The Blue Jays extended their win streak against the Red Sox at Boston to 14 games as Lloyd Moseby, Manny Lee and Rance Mulliniks hit home runs and Mookie Wilson had a double and three singles.

“There’s just no way of explaining our streak here,” said reliever Duane Ward, who earned his 12th save. “It’s hard to believe. Why, when Boston comes into our place they beat us up there.”

“Fourteen straight, geez,” Boston Manager Joe Morgan said. “This has got to stop. It can’t go on forever.”

Dave Stieb (12-7) was the winner, allowing five hits and one run in five innings.

Oakland 5, Cleveland 2 -- Rickey Henderson hit a leadoff home run for the 39th time and Jose Canseco celebrated his return to the lineup with a two-run homer as the Athletics defeated the Indians at Oakland.

Storm Davis (13-5) won his fourth straight decision. It was the Indians’ fourth consecutive loss and ther eighth in the last 11 games.

Dennis Eckersley pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth for his 24th save. He retired pinch-hitter Dave Clark on a popup and got Joe Carter to ground into a game-ending double play.

Henderson hit his eighth homer deep into the left-field seats off Rod Nichols (3-2) to extend his major league record for game-opening homers. He is now hitting .395 with three homers since rejoining the Athletics on June 20.

Canseco, nursing a strained right quadriceps muscle, made his first start in eight days and hit a 432-foot home run to left after Carney Lansford’s single in the fifth to make it 4-1. It was his sixth homer in 25 games this season.

Baltimore 2, Detroit 0--Rookie Bob Milacki pitched a three-hitter as the Orioles won for the sixth time in six games at Detroit.

Cal Ripken and Joe Orsulak homered as the Orioles won their third consecutive game. Baltimore has a 2 1/2-game lead over Milwaukee and Toronto in the East.

Milacki (7-10) has won all three of his starts in Detroit, allowing only one run on five hits in 25 innings.

Milwaukee 1, New York 0--Teddy Higuera continued his career-long mastery of the Yankees, pitching a six-hitter for his sixth consecutive win at Milwaukee.

Higuera is 12-2 lifetime against New York for an .857 percentage, the highest ever by a pitcher against the Yankees.

After beginning the season on the disabled list after back surgery in January, Higuera is 9-4. Three of his victories have come against New York.

Higuera walked two and struck out five in his first shutout of the season.

Kansas City 10, Chicago 6--Kurt Stillwell drove in three runs with a pair of triples and Danny Tartabull and Mike Macfarlane homered as the Royals beat the White Sox at Kansas City.

Terry Leach (3-3) replaced starter Charlie Leibrandt after Ozzie Guillen’s two-run triple with none out in the fourth and shut down the White Sox on three hits through the eighth inning. Steve Farr pitched the ninth.

Macfarlane had three of Kansas City’s 15 hits and five other Royals had two. Chicago had 12 hits.