AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Shelby Called Up, Hits One Out as Tigers Beat Athletics, 7-2

Alan Trammell and John Shelby hit home runs, and Jeff Robinson and Ed Nunez combined to give up only six hits as the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics, 7-2, Monday night at Detroit.

Shelby’s homer, just hours after he was called up from triple-A Toledo, was his second in two seasons.

“I’m sure they put me right into the lineup because they want to see if I can hit,” Shelby said. “It was a great feeling.”

Shelby, who signed as a free agent June 11 after being released by the Dodgers, homered in the sixth. In his last 108 games with the Dodgers, he had only one home run.

“I just had a bad year last year, that’s all,” Shelby said. “But the Dodgers did what they had to do. I can’t rap them.”

Robinson (5-5) won for the first time in five starts. He allowed six hits in 6 2/3 innings and Nunez earned his second save.

“I’ve always thrown the ball pretty well against Oakland,” said Robinson, who is 3-1 lifetime against the Athletics. “That goes through your mind when you’re out there. I had a pretty good forkball, too. When that’s good, I can be hard to hit.”

Curt Young (3-2) gave up four runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings. He was followed by Todd Burns, Joe Klink and Mike Norris.

Rickey Henderson, who scored on Carney Lanford’s sacrifice fly, got the Athletics an unearned run in the third. Then he hit his 10th home run in the fifth, cutting the lead to 4-2.

Baltimore 7, Boston 2--The Orioles stopped their five-game losing streak and snapped Roger Clemens’ seven-game winning streak when they defeated the Red Sox at Baltimore.

Clemens (11-3), the winningest pitcher in the major leagues, had not lost since May 4, but gave up seven hits and six runs--three of them earned--in 1 2/3 innings.

It was his shortest outing since last Aug. 6, when he left after one-third of an inning with an elbow injury.

In the Baltimore second, Boston shortstop Luis Rivera fumbled Mike Devereaux’s grounder, allowing Greg Walker to score from third to break a 1-1 tie, and Randy Milligan hit a two-run single to right to make it 4-1.

Clemens was pulled after 49 pitches.

Baltimore’s Dave Johnson (6-4) gave up nine hits, walked one and struck out none, in his second complete game.

Boston, which had won three in a row and 11 of 15, got its runs on Kevin Romine’s RBI single in the second and Ellis Burks’ eighth homer in the fourth.

Texas 7, Minnesota 1--Rookie Scott Coolbaugh keyed a five-run second inning with a two-run single, and Charlie Hough pitched a four-hitter to lead the Rangers past the slumping Twins at Arlington, Tex.

It was the Twins’ 10th loss in 11 games.

The 42-year-old Hough (7-4) struck out seven and walked three in his third complete game of the season. He has won six of his last seven decisions at Arlington Stadium.

Coolbaugh, called up from triple-A Oklahoma City just hours before the game, replaced third baseman Steve Buechele, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday with recurring soreness in his right wrist.

The Rangers sent nine men to the plate in the second inning. Mike Stanley, Jeff Kunkel and Julio Franco added RBI singles as the Rangers matched season-highs for runs and hits in an inning.

The Twins scored an unearned run in the fourth on Fred Manrique’s sacrifice fly. Gary Pettis padded Hough’s lead to 6-1 in the fourth with his third homer.

Milwaukee 4, New York 2--Robin Yount, Dave Parker and Greg Brock hit RBI singles in a four-run first inning, to lead the Brewers to victory at Milwaukee.

The Yankees fought back in the ninth, loading the bases with one out against Dan Plesac. But Chuck Crim got pinch hitter Bob Geren on a force play at the plate and retired Roberto Kelly on a grounder for his fifth save.

It was Milwaukee’s eighth victory in 26 games. The Yankees have lost four in a row.

Mark Knudson (5-3) gave up two runs in 7 2/3 innings. Tim Leary (3-9) gave up 10 hits and lost his fifth decision in a row.

New York’s Deion Sanders ended an 0-for-26 slump with a single in the eighth.

Kansas City 6, Seattle 2--Bo Jackson hit a three-run homer and Mark Gubicza struck out nine to lead the Royals at Kansas City.

Kevin Seitzer went four for four and scored three runs, and Danny Tartabull got three hits, including a two-run double.

Gubicza (4-6) pitched 6 2/3 innings and won his seventh consecutive decision over the Mariners. He is 12-3 in 16 starts against Seattle.