AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Winfield Drives On in Blue Jays’ 13-0 Win

No 40-year-old has ever driven in 100 runs in a season. Toronto’s Dave Winfield is close to changing that.

“Two more and I’ll be the oldest to get 100,” Winfield said Friday night after hitting a three-run homer in the Blue Jays’ 13-0 victory over the Texas Rangers at Toronto. “And you can look that one up.”

Winfield, who will turn 41 on Oct. 3, hit his 431st career homer and increased his RBI total to 1,700, both tops among active players. That, along with Devon White’s two-run homer and two-run double, helped the Blue Jays win for the 14th time in 19 games and deny Ranger Kevin Brown in his bid to become a 20-game winner.

“First I think about winning,” Winfield said. “I’ll have time to calculate the numbers later. But 1,700 sounds good.”

Brown (19-10) gave up eight runs--four earned--and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings, his shortest outing since Sept. 29, 1991. It was the third time in 32 starts--and the first in 19--that he didn’t last at least seven innings.

Jimmy Key pitched seven shutout innings for the Blue Jays, who increased their American League East lead to 4 1/2 games over Baltimore.

Milwaukee 12, Baltimore 4--Rookie Cal Eldred tied a club record by winning his eighth consecutive start as the Brewers won at Milwaukee to move within half a game of second place in the AL East.

Eldred (9-1), who beat the Orioles for the second time in a week, tied the mark four days after Chris Bosio won his eighth in a row. They share the record with Moose Haas, Pete Vuckovich and Mike Caldwell.

Kevin Seitzer drove in four runs for the Brewers, who remained five games behind division-leading Toronto with 15 games left. Greg Vaughn added a three-run homer in the first off Rick Sutcliffe and Seitzer hit a three-run double in the third.

Sutcliffe, who had won six of his seven previous decisions, gave up seven runs and eight hits in 2 2/3 innings.

Detroit 10, Boston 3--Lou Whitaker tied his career high with five RBIs and Cecil Fielder hit his 32nd homer in the victory at Detroit.

Whitaker hit a three-run homer in the second inning and added a two-run double in the eighth. It was the fifth five-RBI game of his career and his first since July 3, 1990.

The Red Sox have lost eight of their last 10 games.

Kansas City 3, New York 2--Mike Macfarlane hit two doubles and rookie Hipolito Pichardo won for the sixth time in seven decisions to lead the Royals at Kansas City.

George Brett singled to lead off the fourth inning, leaving him 15 hits shy of 3,000 with 16 games to go.

Pichardo (9-5) gave up four hits in seven innings as the Royals ended a three-game losing streak and won for only the second time in 10 tries. Jeff Montgomery finished for his 35th save in 40 chances.

Chicago 8, Cleveland 7--Ron Karkovice drove in three runs and stole home on the front end of a double steal at Chicago to lead the White Sox to their 11th victory in 16 games.

George Bell and Tim Raines homered for the White Sox.

Paul Sorrento doubled and tripled for Cleveland, driving in a career-high four runs. Cleveland’s Albert Belle hit a two-run home run in the first, giving him 31 homers and 99 RBIs.

Kirk McCaskill (10-12) reached double figures in victories for the fourth consecutive season despite giving up six runs and seven hits in five innings. He ended a string of five winless starts during which he went 0-4 with a 2.25 ERA. Roberto Hernandez allowed Glenallen Hill’s 17th home run in the ninth inning, but got his 11th save.

Dave Mlicki (0-1), making his second career start, gave up seven runs and seven hits while striking out seven in 4 2/3 innings.