AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Red Sox Continue to Unravel in Fenway Park, 7-2

Home is definitely not sweet for the Boston Red Sox. At least not while the Green Monster is devouring its owner.

The Red Sox lost their ninth consecutive game at Fenway Park--their longest home losing streak in 64 years--as the Texas Rangers beat them, 7-2, Monday night behind two two-run homers by Juan Gonzalez.

Boston has lost 10 of 11 games, 15 of 19 and 22 of 32. The home losing streak is the longest for the Red Sox since June 21-July 4, 1927. Their record losing streak in Fenway Park is 14, set in 1926.

“I can remember some bad road trips, but I can’t remember being this bad at home,” Mike Greenwell said. “There’s just no home-field advantage for us. It’s kind of been taken away from us. I can’t remember being on a team that’s lost so many games at home.”

Boston has scored only 49 runs since the All-Star break and is 4-14 in that stretch.

Jose Guzman (6-4) won for the fifth time in six decisions, beating the Red Sox for the second time in a week. He allowed two runs and eight hits in 7 2/3 innings, struck out five and walked four. Kenny Rogers, who retired Jack Clark on bases-loaded grounder to end the eighth inning, got four outs for his third save.

Joe Hesketh (4-2) was pounded for five runs and 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Oakland 10, New York 8--Dave Henderson had four hits, including a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning at New York, as the Athletics wasted a seven-run lead before beating the Yankees.

New York, which has lost six of eight, came back from an 8-1 deficit with three runs in the third inning and one in the fourth against Eric Show and three more in the fifth against Curt Young.

With the score tied, Jose Canseco hit a ground-rule double that accidentally was fielded by a ball boy down the left-field line. Henderson drove Canseco home with a double and scored when reliever Steve Howe (3-1) made two errors on Terry Steinbach’s grounder.

Rookie Kevin Campbell (1-0), the third of five pitchers, got his first major league victory and Dennis Eckersley pitched a perfect ninth for his 26th save in 31 chances.

Chicago 12, Toronto 4--Jack McDowell pitched a six-hitter and was supported by four home runs at Toronto as the White Sox won their fifth game in a row.

Frank Thomas, Ron Karkovice and Ron Kittle each had two-run homers and Craig Grebeck hit a solo shot as the White Sox sent Toronto to its third consecutive loss and fifth in six games.

David Wells (12-5) gave up all the homers in five innings. He was relieved by Jim Acker, who pitched three no-hit innings.

Chicago’s Duane Ward gave up four hits, three walks--two with the bases loaded--and five runs in a ninth inning that cleared the crowd of 50,298 at the SkyDome.

McDowell (13-5) walked two and struck out five en route to the complete game.

Minnesota 6, Detroit 3--Shane Mack hit a tiebreaking triple in the sixth inning at Minneapolis, and David West rebounded from a slow start as the Twins won for the fourth time in five games.

West (2-2) gave up three runs in the first three innings, then retired 14 of 16 batters. He wound up allowing six hits in 7 1/3 innings, struck out seven and walked two. Rick Aguilera struck out Rob Deer with two on and two out in the eighth and finished with hitless relief to get his 27th save.

Bill Gullickson (13-6) gave up five runs and 12 hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Greg Gagne hit two run-scoring singles for the Twins, who are 12-5 since the All-Star break.

Seattle 11, Baltimore 4--Dave Cochrane hit the first of four consecutive doubles at Seattle as the Mariners broke a tie with seven runs in the seventh inning.

Seattle sent 11 batters to the plate in the seventh against Bob Milacki (6-5), Jeff Ballard and Paul Kilgus. The Mariners had six hits, five of them doubles.

Cochrane hit a two-run, go-ahead double off Mike Devereaux’s glove as the center fielder banged into the wall. Harold Reynolds’ two-run double made it 8-4 and Ken Griffey Jr. hit an RBI double. Pete O’Brien doubled Griffey to third base and Alvin Davis hit a two-run single.

The major league record of five consecutive doubles was set by the Washington Senators against the Boston Red Sox on June 9, 1934.

Erik Hanson (6-5) allowed four runs and eight hits in eight innings, struck out 10 and walked none.