AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Belle Bombs Key and Yankees, 10-5

Albert Belle again picked on the Yankees in general and Jimmy Key in particular, hitting one home run and scoring four times as the Cleveland Indians defeated New York, 10-5, Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.

Belle had three hits, including a double, and Manny Ramirez and Paul Sorrento also homered as Cleveland ended an 11-game losing streak to New York that began in 1993. The Yankees were 9-0 against the Indians last year, the only time they ever swept another team for an entire season.

Charles Nagy (2-0) pitched five innings and allowed two hits for Cleveland. Key (1-2) lasted only 5 1/3 innings and gave up 11 hits and seven runs. Belle hit a two-run homer in the third that improved his record against Key to 10 for 26 with four home runs.

Oakland 7, Chicago 1--Mark McGwire extended his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games with two hits, including a go-ahead home run, to lead the Athletics in a game shortened to five innings because of rain at Chicago.

Steve Ontiveros (3-1) allowed one run and three hits in five innings as Oakland won for the sixth time in seven games. Jason Bere (0-2) gave up seven runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Texas 6, Toronto 1--Kenny Rogers won his third consecutive start but left because of a strained hamstring after five shutout innings and was replaced by Terry Burrows, who finished for his first career save at Arlington, Tex.

Texas, which took a 6-0 lead in the third, had 12 hits, giving the Rangers 26 in consecutive games against the Blue Jays. Toronto’s run came in the seventh on Ed Sprague’s sixth homer.

Kansas City 4, Seattle 2--Pat Borders and Joe Randa homered as the Royals rallied to defeat the Mariners in a game shortened to five innings by rain at Kansas City.

Chris Haney (1-0) got a complete game, allowing four hits, striking out three and walking two. Dave Fleming (1-3) also pitched the entire game, giving up seven hits in 4 2/3 innings for Seattle, which has lost seven of 10.

Detroit 9, Baltimore 8--Travis Fryman hit a two-run double off Doug Jones in the ninth inning as the Tigers overcame two home runs by Rafael Palmeiro to defeat the Orioles at Baltimore.

Palmeiro had four hits for Baltimore, which has lost five of six. Joe Boever (1-0) pitched one-third of an inning and Mike Henneman, Detroit’s fifth pitcher, got three outs for his second save.

Boston 5, Milwaukee 0--Mo Vaughn homered twice, giving him a major league-leading total of 10, and Erik Hanson (3-0) pitched a four-hitter to lead the Red Sox at Milwaukee.

Vaughn’s solo home run off Bob Scanlan (1-1) in the second inning traveled 430 feet and gave Boston a 2-0 lead. Vaughn led off the eighth with a 415-foot homer off Scanlan, making it 5-0.