Round Two Is Halted by Referee, er, Umpire Before Brewers Win

So much for letting a night’s sleep cool your anger.

The Brewers and Cleveland Indians, who had brawled for about 10 minutes the night before, started up again seven pitches into Saturday’s game, won by Milwaukee, 2-1, at home.

This time it wasn’t Cleveland’s Albert Belle, whose violent forearm to the head of Fernando Vina had triggered Friday’s fracas and triggered constant jeers from the crowd on Saturday.

It was, however, Vina.

The Indians’ Kenny Lofton led off the game with a double, then gave Vina a shove after pitcher Angel Miranda tried to pick him off.

“He tried to block the base and I was already there. He shoved his knee into me,” Lofton said. “And he said, ‘You’d better watch that stuff.’ I said, ‘You want some of me? I’m right here. Come and get it.’ ”

Vina said he wasn’t trying to push Lofton off the base.

“The ball was off to the shortstop’s side of the bag and I’m just going to try to go get it,” Vina said. “I’m not going to let it go out into center field.”

Vina said both teams were still seething over Friday’s fight.

“We started jawing and we almost went at it,” he said. “I was upset from last night. But I always play hard.

“I’m going to go in there with a hard tag--just like Albert did last night, [Lofton] came hard into me.”

This scrap was nipped in the bud, largely by umpire Joe Brinkman, who had been slammed to the ground by Indian reliever Julian Tavarez on Friday night.

Brinkman warned Brewer Manager Phil Garner and Indian coach Jeff Newman, who was filling in for Manager Mike Hargrove, that tempers had better cool quickly.

“Joe said he didn’t want to see any more foolishness or he’d throw everybody out,” Garner said.

Miranda hit Carlos Baerga with a pitch in the third, and Jack McDowell (5-4) hit Vina in the foot in the fourth, but there were no further incidents.

David Hulse’s first RBI of the season capped a two-out, two-run rally in the seventh inning that won it for the Brewers.

New York 6, Oakland 3--Wade Boggs sparked a four-run fifth inning with an RBI single, his 2,600th hit, and the Yankees won at Oakland.

Ruben Sierra, who had said that New York Manager Joe Torre lied to him about getting time in the outfield, was the Yankee designated hitter and went one for five.

Andy Pettitte (8-3) pitched 5 1/3 innings to win for New York, giving up three runs on eight hits by the A’s, who have lost nine of their last 13 games.

Toronto 5, Kansas City 3--Pinch-hitter John Olerud hit a game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning, and Joe Carter hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 10th for the Blue Jays, who won at home.

Toronto trailed, 3-2, when Olerud, batting for Jacob Brumfield, homered off Jeff Montgomery.

Carlos Delgado singled with two outs in the Toronto 10th and Carter hit the next pitch from Montgomery (2-2) for his 12th homer.

Boston 6, Seattle 5--Mo Vaughn’s three-run homer put the Red Sox ahead for good and Tim Wakefield pitched six strong innings in a victory at Seattle.

Tim Naehring also homered for Boston. Ken Griffey Jr. doubled and drove in two runs for the Mariners.

The score was tied, 2-2, with two outs in the fifth inning when Vaughn came up with runners on second and third bases.

Seattle Manager Lou Piniella went to the mound to discuss whether starter Bob Milacki (1-2) should pitch around Vaughn and load the bases for Jose Canseco.

Piniella picked Vaughn, who hit his 21st homer of the year.

Minnesota 9, Texas 5--Rich Becker’s RBI single in the top of the ninth inning snapped a tie, and Paul Molitor then hit a three-run homer for the Twins, who scored six runs in their last at-bat at Arlington, Texas.

The Twins trailed, 5-3, against Mike Henneman (0-3) with one out in the ninth. Consecutive singles by Dave Hollins, pinch-hitter Chip Hale and Scott Stahoviak cut the deficit to one run, and Pat Meares tied the game with an infield single.

After Chuck Knoblauch followed with a single--his fifth hit of the game--Becker singled to right to give the Twins a 6-5 lead. On the play, Meares was thrown out at the plate by Damon Buford.

Molitor followed with his third home run.