AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : It’s a New Team, Same Old Luck for Candiotti

There was nothing different for Tom Candiotti except the uniform.

Candiotti, traded to Toronto on Thursday by the Cleveland Indians, lost to the Seattle Mariners, 3-1, Friday in his debut with the Blue Jays at Toronto.

Candiotti (7-7), who received similar offensive support with Cleveland, gave up three runs and eight hits, struck out three and walked two.

“I was more nervous than I’ve been in six or seven years,” Candiotti said. “That didn’t help me out in the early innings. But as the game went on, I started to feel more comfortable. I can’t complain about the lack of runs. Sometimes you have to give credit to the other guy.”

Bill Krueger (5-3) gave up four hits in 6 1/3 shutout innings. He retired the first 12 beforeKelly Gruber singled in the fifth.

Mike Jackson pitched 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief for his 13th save.

Seattle took the lead in the first inning. Harold Reynolds walked, stole second and scored on a single by Ken Griffey Jr., who took second on Derek Bell’s throw home. Griffey scored on Pete O’Brien’s ground-rule double.

Jay Buhner added a home run in the sixth inning. Gruber spoiled Krueger’s bid for his first major league shutout when he homered in the seventh.

Detroit 7, Cleveland 1--Mickey Tettleton homered for the seventh time in as many games as the Tigers beat the Indians at Detroit.

Tettleton’s streak of seven games with at least one run batted in is the longest by a Tiger since Darrell Evans had a seven-game streak in 1987.

Denis Boucher (0-4), acquired Thursday by Detroit from Toronto, gave up six runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Detroit took a 4-0 lead in the first on Tony Phillips’ walk, Lou Whitaker’s single, Alan Trammell’s two-run double and Tettleton’s 14th home run.

Detroit’s Cecil Fielder hit his 17th home run in the third. Phillips hit a leadoff homer in the fifth, his seventh, and added an RBI double in the sixth.

Cleveland scored in the seventh on Joel Skinner’s sacrifice fly.

Detroit put runners on first and second in the seventh, but the threat ended when Rob Deer hit into a double play for only the second time in two years.

Chicago 4, Minnesota 2--Sammy Sosa hit a three-run homer and Charlie Hough won for the fifth time in six decisions as the White Sox handed the Twins their third loss in a row at Minneapolis.

Hough (5-3) gave up solo homers to Shane Mack and Pedro Munoz in the fifth inning but gave up only three other hits in seven innings.

Chicago won for the eighth time in 11 games as Hough became the first White Sox pitcher since Rich Gossage in 1976 to pitch seven innings or more in 10 consecutive starts.

Scott Radinsky ended a Twin threat in the eighth and Bobby Thigpen got three outs for his 15th save in 20 chances. After the Twins loaded the bases with one out against Thigpen, he struck out Kirby Puckett and retired Chili Davis on a fly out.

Allan Anderson (4-6), knocked out after 1 2/3 innings and six runs in his previous start against New York, gave up eight hits in his second complete game of the season, striking out five and walking none. The Twins are 21-5 in June.

Boston 9, Baltimore 3--Tony Pena drove in three runs at Boston and helped the Red Sox end a four-game losing streak.

tGreg Harris (4-7) gave up six hits in 6 2/3 innings, struck out six and walked two. Jeff Gray and Jeff Reardon finished with hitless relief.

Jose Mesa (4-8) gave up six hits and six runs and was knocked out after failing to retire six in Boston’s six-run third inning.

Luis Rivera, Ellis Burks, Jody Reed and Wade Boggs hit consecutive singles in the third for a 2-0 Boston lead. Mesa then walked Jack Clark and Mike Greenwell, forcing in a run.

Mo Vaughn hit a sacrifice fly against Todd Frohwirth, Tom Brunansky hit an RBI groundout and Pena hit a run-scoring single for a 6-0 lead.

Randy Milligan had an RBI double for Baltimore in the sixth and Pena hit a two-run single in the seventh against Paul Kilgus, putting the Red Sox ahead, 8-1.

Boston had 13 hits, including 12 singles.

Milwaukee 5, New York 2--Don August gave up four hits in 6 2/3 innings and Brewers scored the go-ahead run against the Yankees on a double play at Milwaukee.

August (6-3) won for the sixth time in seven decisions.

Milwaukee broke a 2-2 tie in the sixth against Scott Kamieniecki (2-1). Darryl Hamilton doubled to right and beat Steve Sax’s throw to third on B.J. Surhoff’s grounder to second. He scored when Robin Yount hit into a double play.

Willie Randolph added a two-run triple in the eighth.

Kansas City 11, Oakland 0--Danny Tartabull and Kirk Gibson hit two-run homers as the Royals routed the Athletics at Oakland.

Oakland has lost four consecutive home games for the first time since May of 1987. The A’s have lost seven of eight and 11 of 14.

Luis Aquino (1-1) won for the first time since July 14. He pitched a five-hitter for his third major league shutout, struck out a career-high seven and walked one.

Bob Welch (7-5) gave up nine runs and nine hits in three innings.