Belle Inadvertently Helps Old Teammates

Two uniform changes later, Albert Belle is still helping the Cleveland Indians win at Jacobs Field.

Belle was picked off first base in the seventh inning by Sandy Alomar and Roberto Alomar followed with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning to bring in the go-ahead run Monday night, giving the Indians a 6-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Cleveland.

Alomar’s sacrifice fly off Juan Guzman (1-4) helped defeat his former teammates and came shortly after Belle, representing the potential go-ahead run, got caught off the bag for the final out in the top of the seventh.

David Justice, Richie Sexson and Wil Cordero homered, and Dave Burba (3-1) pitched seven solid innings for the Indians.

Kansas City 8, Minnesota 4--Johnny Damon had four hits, including a two-run homer, as the Royals completed a four-game sweep of the Twins at Minneapolis.

Damon extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest in the American League this season.

Chicago 5, Texas 2--Jaime Navarro gave up four hits in eight innings and Magglio Ordonez hit his eighth homer for the White Sox at Chicago.