AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Twins Beat the Blue Jays With Extra Effort, 6-2

Jack Morris helped his hometown Minnesota Twins win the World Series last season before leaving for Toronto and a two-year contract worth $10.85 million.

Monday at Toronto, Morris faced his former teammates for the first time. Morris was unable to hold an eighth-inning lead and the Twins went on to beat the Blue Jays, 6-2, in 11 innings.

“I wanted to beat them and they wanted to beat me,” said Morris, who gave up two runs and three hits with three strikeouts and four walks in nine innings. “I love winning, I hate losing and the no-decision was a waste of time.”

Morris did not give up a hit for 5 1/3 innings and took a two-hit shutout and a 2-0 lead into the eighth before Chuck Knoblauch tied the score with a single.

The Twins, who have won eight of nine, took advantage of two errors during their four-run 11th. Kirby Puckett reached on an infield single and went to third when Duane Ward (1-2) made a pick-off throw when first baseman John Olerud wasn’t looking.

Kent Hrbek popped out, Ward hit Brian Harper with a pitch and Chili Davis singled for a 3-2 lead. Gene Larkin bunted for a single, and two runs scored when Ward threw wildly to first on the play. Larkin went to third and scored on Greg Gagne’s single.

Gary Wayne (1-1) retired all 10 he faced.

Oakland 8, Baltimore 4--Mark McGwire hit his 17th homer during a four-run first inning at Baltimore to lead the Athletics.

Rickey Henderson homered and scored three runs. The A’s scored six runs in two innings against Oriole starter Rick Sutcliffe (5-3), who had been 3-0 at home with a 1.78 earned-run average and two shutouts.

Mike Moore (5-2) gave up four runs, six hits and seven walks in 6 1/3 innings, earning his first victory since April 28.

Kansas City 6, Chicago 1--Former UCLA left-hander Mike Magnante (1-4) pitched five innings at Chicago to earn his first major league victory.

Kirk McCaskill (2-4) gave up six runs in seven innings.

Robin Ventura of the White Sox hit his third home run.

Texas 3, Cleveland 2--Dickie Thon drove in a run with a pinch double and scored the go-ahead run on Ruben Sierra’s sacrifice fly during the seventh inning at Cleveland.

Kevin Brown (6-3) pitched 6 1/3 innings for the victory. Kenny Rogers earned his third save.

Boston 3, Seattle 2--Mike Gardiner, acquired from Seattle last year, pitched seven innings at Boston and beat his old team for the third time in three starts.

Gardiner (3-1) gave up two hits, struck out two and walked two. Jeff Reardon pitched the ninth for his 335th save, six shy of Rollie Fingers’ all-time record.

Pete O’Brien hit his ninth homer for the Mariners.

Milwaukee 9, Detroit 1--Robin Yount and Greg Vaughn homered at Detroit to back the four-hit pitching of Bill Wegman (3-4) and Edwin Nunez.

The Brewers have won 13 of 15 at Tiger Stadium and 19 of 24 there since Sept. 1, 1988.

Eric King (2-4) took the loss.