AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Like Coach, Like Son--Griffeys Lift Seattle

Ken Griffey Jr., after listening to some tips from his father, had two of Seattle’s four home runs, and Eric Hanson kept Detroit’s potent offense in check Monday as the Mariners ended the Tigers’ five-game winning streak at Detroit, 10-6.

Griffey also scored four runs for the Mariners, who were outscored, 33-10--including 20-3 Saturday--in the first three games of the series. The victory ended Seattle’s four-game losing streak.

“My father and I worked on some things before the game, and obviously it worked,” said Griffey Jr., whose father, Ken Griffey Sr., is the team’s batting coach.

Hanson (2-0) beat Detroit--averaging nearly eight runs a game--for the fifth time in seven decisions over his career. He gave up three runs and eight hits, struck out five and walked three in 7 2/3 innings. Dwayne Henry, the third Seattle pitcher, got his first save.

“I don’t think Hanson was in control, I think he was a very fortunate young man,” Tiger Manager Sparky Anderson said. “Lou (Whitaker) smoked him in the second. He just hit the ball right at the shortstop. One foot either way and we’re up 4-2, and he’s in big trouble.”

Pete O’Brien added a three-run homer and Tino Martinez a solo shot, and Jay Buhner drove in two runs.

John Doherty (1-1) gave up five runs in 4 2/3 innings, including three solo homers. The Mariners had four homers for the second consecutive day.

Seattle got back-to-back two-out homers from Griffey and Martinez in the first inning. But Detroit got a two-run double from Kirk Gibson, who finished with three runs batted in, to tie the score in their half of the inning.

Seattle made it 4-2 in the third, with an error by second baseman Whitaker accounting for one run and Buhner’s sacrifice fly scoring another.

Griffey chased Doherty with a two-out homer in the fifth inning, his fourth of the year. The ball landed halfway up the right-center field upper deck and was estimated at 470 feet.

“I’m never upset when Griffey hits us,” Anderson said. “He’s a great hitter. You just have to hope he doesn’t hurt you too badly.”

Toronto 7, Cleveland 1--Juan Guzman rebounded from two poor starts by pitching seven strong innings to lead the Blue Jays at Cleveland.

Guzman (1-0) entered the game with a 12.46 earned-run average and had not made it past the sixth inning in two starts.

Part of the problem, Manager Cito Gaston said, was that Guzman could have used a few more innings in Florida.

“We had 25 pitchers in camp. That’s too many,” Gaston said. “Juan didn’t pitch last winter, and with 25 pitchers in camp, it was hard to get anybody enough innings. It cuts a guy a little short.”

Guzman walked six batters, but struck out seven and yielded four hits, one of them an RBI double by Albert Belle.

Guzman came into the season with a record of 26-8 and a 2.79 earned-run average.

“That’s more like Juan Guzman,” Gaston said.

Turner Ward, Roberto Alomar and John Olerud homered for the Blue Jays, who gained a split of the four-game series.

Mike Bielecki (1-2) gave up six runs and 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Boston 6, Chicago 0--John Dopson registered his first shutout as the Red Sox held the White Sox scoreless for the second consecutive day at Boston.

Chicago, shut out Sunday by Frank Viola, last scored in the ninth inning Saturday. By winning the last three of four games in the series, Boston increased its lead in the American League East to 2 1/2 games over Detroit and Toronto. At 10-3, the Red Sox are off to their best start since 1952.

After being held to two hits by Alex Fernandez (2-1) for five innings in the traditional Patriot’s Day morning game, the Red Sox got all six runs in the sixth off four Chicago pitchers.

Boston got seven consecutive hits, with Mike Greenwell, Andre Dawson, Mo Vaughn, Carlos Quintana and Scott Cooper driving in runs.