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THE PALM BEACH POST THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1992 5C-. American League Standings WEDNESDAY'S BOXES East List Slruk 10 Orioles 6, Twins 2 MINNESOTA AB Bl BB SO Avg. Mack If 4 1 1 1 0 0 .346 Knoblauch 2b 3 0 10 10 .314 Puckett cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .304 Hrbek lb 3 0 1 0 1 1 .351 Harper 3 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Larklndh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .216 P.Munozrf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Hill 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 250 Gagness 3 0 0 0 0 1 .247 TOTALS 31 2 3 BALTIMORE AB Bl BB SO Avg. Anderson If 5 2 3 2 0 0 .300 McLemore 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .333 C.Ripken ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .250 Horndh 2 0 2 2 0 0 .277 ph-dri 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Devereaux cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .284 Mllligan lb 3 0 0 0 1 1 .203 Holies 4 1 3 0 0 0 .333 Orsulak rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Gomez 3b 4 2 2 1 0 2 262 TOTALS 33 4 11 6 3 I Wb Lost Pet. 68 Toronto 19 9 .679 Baltimore 18 9 .667 V4 New York 15 11 .577 3 Boston 12 12 .500 5 Milwaukee 12 13 .480 5V4 Detroit 11 15 .423 7 Cleveland 11 18 .379 8Vs West Chicago 15 10 .600 Oakland 12 .556 1 Texas 16 14 .533 Vi California 13 13 .500 'Minnesota 12 15 .444 4 Seattle 11 15 .423 4V4 Kansas City 6 20 .231 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNESOTA BALTIMORE 000 000 020 -2 6 1 102 201 Q0- 11 0 a-grounded out for Horn in the 6th.

E-Gagne (6). LOB-Minnesota 5, Baltimore 7. IB Hill (1). HR-Anderson (4) off Tapani, Gomez (2) oft Guthrie, Mack (4) off McDonald, Puckett (4) off McDonald. RBI-Mack 12), Puckett 17), Anderson 2 (24), Horn 2 (6), Devereaux (19), Gomez (9).

SB-Anderson (10), McLemore (3). CS-Knoblauch (I), Devereaux (4). GIDP-Puckett. Runners left In scoring position Minnesota 3 (Mack, Larkin, P.Munoz); Baltimore 4 (Anderson, McLemore, Mllligan 2). Runners moved up Harper, Anderson, Devereaux.

DP Minnesota 2 (Hrbek), (Knoblauch and Hrbek); Baltimore I (C.Ripken, McLemore and Mil-ligan). MINNESOTA IP ER BB SO NP ERA Tapani 1-4 4 5 2 4 09 5.60 Guthrie 3 3 1 1 0 3 46 3.00 Kipper 1 0 0 0 1 1 22 3.09 BALTIMORE IP ER BB SO NP ERA McDonald 44 9 6 2 2 3 5 113 2.61 IBB-off Tapani (CRIpken) 1. HPB-by Kipper (Orsulak). Umpires Home, Hendry; First, Meriwether; Sec-ond, Evans; Third, McCoy. Royals 3, Brewers 1 Results Schedule Tiasday Friday 'Baltimore 6, Minnesota 2 Texas 5, Baltimore 2 Chicago at Baltimore, 7:35 'Chicago 7, Boston 5 Detroit 2, California 1 Cleveland at 8:05 Kansas City 3, Milwaukee 1 Boston 4, Minnesota 1 Boston at K.C., 8:35 Cleveland 7, Texas 2 Cleveland 8, K.C.

6 Milwaukee at Texas, 8:35 Joronto at Seattle, late Chicago 12, Milwaukee 2 Detroit at Seattle, 10:35 'Detroit at Oakland, late Toronto 5, Oakland 1 Toronto at California, 10:35 New York at late New York 7, Seattle 4 N.Y. at Oakland, 10:35 Chicago's Lance Johnson beats the throw to Tony Pena to score during the third inning of the White Sox's 7-5 win over Boston. Chicago rallies past Boston 7-5 League Leaders: Through Tuesday BATTING Alomar. Tor. .396 Mack.

Min. .350 Lnsford, Oak. .366 R. Kelly, N.Y. .343 Winfield, Tor.

.358 Joyner, K.C. .340. Bordick. Oak. .355 HOME RUNS i McGwire, Oak.

1 3 Palmer, Tex 6 Tettleton, Det. .8 G. Vaughn, Mil. .6 Hoiles, Bait 7 Devereaux, Bait. 6 Fielder, Det 7 Canseco, Oak.

.6 Deer, Det 7 O'Brien, Sea. .6 RBI 2 Felix, Cal 24 Alomar, Tor. McGwire, Oak. .23 G. Bell, Chi.

.21 Anderson, Bait. 22 Brooks, Cal. Fielder, Det 22 RUNS Alomar, Tor. .24 Tettleton, Det. .19 McGwire, Oak.

.23 Hoiles, Bait. 18; Felix, Cal 20 Carter, Tor. ...18 R. Kelly, N.Y. .20 G.

Bell, Chi. .18 Polonia, Cal. ..19 HITS Alomar, Tor. .44 Joyner, K.C. .35 Winfield, Tor.

.38 Baerga. Cle 34 R. Kelly, N.Y. .36 Lansford, Oak. .34 Mack, Min.

.35 DOUBLES Jefferies, K.C. .10 Puckett, Min. Joyner, K.C. .10 CRipken, Bait. .9 Reimer, Tex.

.9 Lansford, Oak. .9 Martinez, Sea. .9 TRIPLES Anderson, Bait. .5 Thurman, K.C. .2.

Burks, Bos 3 Palmeiro, Tex. .2 Alomar, Tor 2 Puckett, Min. Martinez, Sea. .2 Mack, Min 2 Raines, Chi 2 STOLEN BASES Lofton, Cle. ...11 Reynolds, Sea.

.7 Hamilton, Mil. .9 Raines, Chi 7 Anderson, Bait. .9 R.Hndrsn, Oak. RAIomar, Tor. .8 Molitor, Mil.

PITCHING (4 DeclilonB) McDowell, Chi 6-0, 1.000,2.87 Mussina, Bait 4-0, 1.000,2.65 J. Guzman, Tor 4-0 l.OOO, 1.74 Parrett, Oak 4-0, 1 .000, 2.05 Krueger, Min 4-0, 1 .000, 1 .69 Hibbard, Chi 4-1, .800, 3.71 Stottlemyre, Tor 4-1, 800, 4.25 Moore, Oak 4-1, .800, 2.79 STRIKEOUTS Clemens, Bos. .51 McDowell, Chi. .29 J. Guzmanjor.

.47 Stttlmyre, Tor. .28 Nagy, Cle 35 K. Brown, Tex. .28 Johnson, Sea. .33 J.

Guzman, Tex. 28-Perez, N.Y. 33 SAVES Eckersley, Oak. .9 Henry, Mil Harvey, Cal 8 Reardon, Bos. .6 Russell, Tex.

.8 6 are tied with 5 Aguilera, Min. .7 Era rf Appier, K.C. 1.45 Nagy, Cle. 1.75 Krueger, Min. 1.69 Cadaret, N.Y.

2.l Guzman, Tor. 1.74 Clemes.Bos. 2.25 Today's SchedulePitchers Away Probable Tim 1992 Vt. Opp. at Site Last 3 Outingi Home Pitcher TV Urn W-L ERA W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA MBA METS GOODEN (R) 12:35 Tb 2-2 3.31 0-1 4 15.75 20 3.60 KM CINN HAMMOND (L) 2-2 3.45 0-1 1 10.80 0-2 17! 4.15 11.94 Si.

SWIFT (R) W5 Ti 5-0 1.54 To 21 2.57 1029 STL OSBORNE (L) 3-0 1.23 3-2 2-0 20'i 1.33 7.50 ATL GLAVINE (L) 7-35 4-1 1.99 0-2 11 8.18 2-1 22 2.45 10.23 PITT NEAGLE (L) PICK 1-0 2.25 1-0 16 2.25 8.44 HOUS B0WEN (R) 805 0-3 11.77 0-3 13 11.77 19.38 CUBS MORGAN (R) 6-7 1-2 5.46 2-1 21 4.29 1-0 19'4 3.72 14.90 MILWAUKEE AB Bl BB SO Avg. Molitordh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .260 Listachss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Yountcf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 G. Vaughn If 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 StubbS lb 3 0 0 0 1 1 .215 Bichette rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .314 Surhoffc 4 0 1 0 0 0 .134 Seitzer3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .259 Gantner2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .214 TOTALS 32 1 7 1 3 3 KANSAS CITY AB Bl BB SO Avg. Miller 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 297 McRae cf 2 0 0 1 1 1 .165 Jefferles3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Joyner lb 4 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Brett dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .220 McReynoldsif 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Elsenrelch rf 4 1110 0 .196 Mayne 3 1 1 0 0 0 .190 Rossy ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .179 TOTALS 31 3 7 3 1 1 LEGEND: A 7-8 line next to one team In the pitching team is the underdog (7). To read the line, insert a 5 cerore the and after tne wnicn wouio give you o-1 ana 8-5.

On 5-7, you would have to wager $5 to win $7 on the underdog. On 8-5, you would wager $8 to win $5 on the favorite. On a game with an you would have to put up $5.50 to win $5. All pitching data reflects the pitcher's past performance as a starter. 1 992: Pitcher's overall record this year to date as a starter.

Vs. Opp. at Site: Pitcher's past performance vs. today's opponent at the site of today's game. Last 3 Outings: Reflects how pitcher Is currently going.

Details his performance over his last three starts. W-L: Won-lost record as a starter. IP: Innings pitched. ERA: Earned run average. MBA: Men on base average average number of hits and walks per jhih; innings.

TV LEGEND WPEC-1 2, WAQ-19, WCIX-6, WAYK-56, WEDNESDAY'S STARS TOP HITTERS Brady Anderson continued his hot hitting, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and raising his average to .308 in the Orioles' 6-2 win over the Twins. Paul Sorrento, a former Florida State standout, hit a three-run homer in the Indians' win over the Rangers. TOP PITCHERS Wadnetday Played at Seattle Won 3 5-5 Beat Minnesota 6-2 Won 1 7-3 Played at California Lost 1 4-6 Lost to Chicago 7-5 Lost 1 5-5 Lost to Kansas City 3-1 Lost 4 4-6 Played at Oakland Won 4 6-4 Beat Texas 7-2 Won 2 5-5 Beat Boston 7-5 Won 4 6-4 Played Detroit Lost 4 4-6 Lost to Cleveland 7-2 Lost 1 5-5 Played New York Lost 2 5-5 Lost to Baltimore 6-2 Lost 2 5-5 Played Toronto Won 1 4-6 Beat Milwaukee 3-1 Won 1 5-5 form means that team Is the favorite (8) and the other WAR-1 6. runs on six-hits and struck out five hits in four innings in the Twins' MILWAUKEE BREWERS Robin Yount's second-inning double Tuesday was the yaJ 524th of his career, moving him past Willie Mays into 2 1 st place on the all-time list Had 15 of Chris Bosio's last 21 starts before losing Tuesday. He is 3-7 in 12 career starts against the White Sox.

MINNESOTA TWINS Manager Tom Kelly, on Frank Viola leading Boston to a A 1 itiiri nuar hie fArmor WttUJ team Tuesday: unange-up, cnange- up, change-up, Frankie pitched a good game. He kept us off all night." Minnesota traded to the New York Mets July 31, 1989, and he signed with the Red as a free agent in December. YORK YANKEES Second baseman Pat Kelly, on the disabled list since April 21 with ligament damage to his left thumb, struck out three times and walked once playing for the Eastern League Alba-ny-Colonie Yankees Tuesday. "What you expect first day back?" Kelly "I don't care if you're Babe Ruth If you don't play in two weeks you've had a hand injury, things don't come back right away." OAKLAND ATHLETICS Jose Can seco was a late scratch from Tuesday's game with a sore right hand. Canseco has five hits in his last 42 at-bats.

Goose Gossage's ap pearance in the eighth inning was the of his career, moving him past Young into sixth place on the all-time appearance list. SEATTLE MARINERS A delega tion from baseball's ownership committee will meet next week with the Japanese-led group that wants to by the team. Committee chair Fred Kuhlmann of the St. Louis Cardinals, AL President Bobby and Chicago White Sox owner Relnsdorf will meet in Chicago Nintendo of America Inc. President Minora Arakawa, Chris Larson John McCaw.

Arakawa is the son-in-law of Hiroshi Yamauchi, pres-ident of Nintendo Co. Ltd. RANGERS Catcher Ivan Rodriguez was 0-for-20 against the Orioles before his homer in Tuesday's victory. Kevin Brown and Jose Guzman are tied for eighth (A) MILWAUKEE KANSAS CITY 000 010 000-1 7 1 000 010 20X-3 7 1 E-Llstach (1), Rossy (3). LOB-Mllwaukee Kansas City 7.

(3), Seltzer (5), Miller 2 (9), Brett (7), McReynolds (3). HR-Elsenreich (2) off Navarro. RBI-Gantner (5), Miller (10), McRae (0), Elsenrelch (5). SB-Miller (6), McReynolds (3). SF-Gantner, McRae.

Runners left in scoring position Milwaukee 3 (LIs-tach 2, Surhoff Kansas City 6 (McRae, Jefferles 2, McReynolds, Elsenreich 2). Runners moved up Surhoff, Gantner 2. OP Kan- sas City 1 (Montgomery and Rossy). MILWAUKEE IP ER BB SO NP ERA Navarro 2-3 TVl 7 3 2 2 1 124 4.01 Orosco Vl 0 0 0 0 0 4 7.20 KANSAS CITY IP ER BB SO NP ERA Gubicza 2-2 7 6 1 1 3 3 103 3.89 Montgomery 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 3.07 Inherited runners-scored Orosco 1-0. IBB-off Gubicza (Molitor) 1.

Umpires Home, Cousins; First, Brlnkman; Second, Cooney; Third, Rellly. A 17,231. White Sox 7, Red Sox 5 BOSTON AB Bl BB SO Avg. BoggsSb 4 0 3 1 1 0 .258 Reed 2b 4 12 110 .317 Brunansky lb 3 0 0 0 1 1 .276 b-M. Vaughn pti-lb 0 0 0 0 1 0 .197 Burks cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .242 Clark dh 5 0 0 0 0 3 .175 Planner rf 4 0 10 11 .211 Zupciclf 3 1 2 0 0 1 .353 a-Winnlngham ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 d-Naehring ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Penac 4 2 2 1 0 1 .243 e-Cooperph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .176 Rivera ss 3 i i i TOTALS 38 5 12 4 6 9 CHICAGO AB Bl BB SO Avg.

Raines If Sax 2b Ventura 3b Thomas lb G. Bell dh Newson rf Karkovlce Merulloc c-Huff ph-rf L. Johnson cf Grebeck ss TOTALS 0 0 0 0 .250 .256 .301 .253 .323 .313 .258 ,174 .300 258 .222 2 2 11 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 BOSTON CHICAGO 000 013 010-5 12 2 001 002 04X-7 8 1 a-grounded into fielder's choice for Zupclc in the 7th. b-walked for Brunansky In the 8th. c-singled for Merullo in the 8th.

d-flled out for Wlnningham in the 9th. e-slngled for Pena In the th. E-Boggs (4), Zupclc (1), Raines (1). LOB-Boston 13, Chicago 4. 2B-Boggs (6), Reed (8).

3B-Reed (1). RBI Boggs (6), Reed (9), Burks (10), Pena (7), Sax (6), Thomas (12), G. Bell (22), Newson 2 (3), Huff (5). S-Rivera. GIDP-G.

Bell. Runners left in scaring position Boston 8 Brunansky, Burks, Clark 5, Rivera); Chicago 2 (Ventura, Newson). Runners moved up Reed 2, Brunansky, Burks, Ventura, GBell. DP-Boston 1 (Rivera, Reed and Brunansky). BOSTON IP ER BB SO NP ERA Gardiner 5 5 3 2 1 5 16 2.57 Darwin 2-1 2.

2 4 4 2 2 53 3.91 Fossas 1 0 0 0 0 5 3.38 CHICAGO IP ER BB SO NP ERA Hibbard 5 9 4 4 3 4 99 4.12 Leach 2VS 2 1 1 1 3 30 2.61 Radinsky 2-1 0 0 0 2 1 19 1.69 Thigpen 6 Va I 0 0 0 1 14 4.63 Inherited runners-scored Darwin 1-1, Fossas 1-1, Leach 21, Radinsky 2-1, Thigpen 1-0. IBB-off Leach (Boggs) 1. WP-Radinsky. Umpires Home, Garcia; First, Morrison; Second, Welke; Third, Scott. Indians 7, Rangers 2 tuesday's Late Boxes Mariners 7, Yankees 4 NEW YORK AB Bl BB SO Avg.

Velarde 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 239 Mattlnglylb 4 0 1 1 0 0 R.Kelly cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .343 Hall If 4 1 1 0 0 1 .260 Leyrltzdh 3 0 1 0 0 1 .389 a-Maasph 1 0 1 0 0 0 ,293 Barfleldrf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .130 b-James ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 c-Humphreys ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Stanley 3 0 0 0 0 1 .294 d-Nokesph 1 0 0 0 0 1 Zl C.Hayes 3b 2 110 10 .319 Sllvestrlss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .250 TOTALS 33 4 8 2 1 6 SEATTLE AB Bl BB SO Avg. Cotto cf Reynolds 2b E.Martinez 3b Mitchell dh Buhner rf Cochrane If Brlley If O'Brien lb Valle Amaral ss Schaefer ss TOTALS 3 5 3 4 3 4 0 4 4 3 0 33 .39 .273 .276 .222 .253 .323 XI .275 .227 I I 1 0 NEW YORK SEATTLE 000 000 121-4 8 -4 003 201 lOx-7 10 -1 a-slngied for Leyrltz in the 9th. b-announced fbr Barfield in the 9th. c-grounded Into double play for James in the 9th. d-struck out for Stanley In the 9th.

E-Velarde (3), Hall (l), Barfield (2), Stanley (l), Valle (l). LOB New York 3, Seattle 7. 2B-Velarde-(6), Hall (8), Leyrltz (2), Reynolds (4), Valle (3). 3B-r O'Brien (l). RBI-Velarde (8), Mattingly (13), Reynolds 2 (8), E.

Martinez (13), Buhner (8), Cochrane. (2), O'Brien (13). SB-R. Kelly (6), Cotto (2), Reyn- olds (7). Amaral.

GIDP Humphreys, SilvestrL-O'Brien. Runners left in scoring position New York 3 (R. Kelly, Hall, Barfield); Seattle 6 (E. Martinet, Mitchell 2, O'Brien 2, Valle). Runners moved up Mattingly, EMartlnet, Amaral.

DP-New York 1 (Velarde, Silvestrl ahlj-Mattlngly); Seattle 2 (Amaral, Reynolds and O'Bfl-en), (Reynolds, Schaefer and O'Brien). NEW YORK Cadaret 2-2 J. Johnson IP ER BB SO NP ERA 4 6 5 2 3 3 91 2.18 4 4 2 1 1 0 47 5.79 SEATTLE IP ER BB SO NP ERA Fleming 3-1 7Vi 6 3 3 1 4 94 5.72 J. Nelson 'A 2 1 1 0 1 Powell 0 0 0 0 0 Schooler Vi 0 0 0 0 1 J. Nelson pitched to 2 batters In the 9th.

12 4.66 2 0 96 3 4 50 Inherited runners-scored J. Nelson 1-0, Powell 2-1. IBB-off Cadaret (E. Martinez) 1. WP-Cadaret, Fleming.

Umpires Home, Kosc; First, Ford; Second, Clarlt; Third, Barnett. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1 The Associated Press CHICAGO Warren Newson hit a two-run single in a four-run eighth inning as the Chicago White Sox rallied past the Boston Red Sox 7-5 Wednesday night for their fourth consecutive victory. With Chicago trailing 5-3, Danny Darwin (2-1) walked Steve Sax, who took third on Robin Ventura's single. Frank Thomas walked, loading the bases, and George Bell hit a run-scoring groundout. Newson singled for a 6-5 lead, took second on the throw home and scored on pinch-hitter Mike Huff's single off Tony Fossas.

Scott Radinsky (2-1) pitched two-thirds of an inning for the victory and Bobby Thigpen got twe outs for his sixth save. Boston starter Mike Gardiner allowed three runs and five hits in 5 innings. Chicago starter Greg Hibbard gave up four runs and nine hits in 5V3 innings. Orioles 6, Twins 2 BALTIMORE Ben McDonald pitched a six-hitter and Brady Anderson and Leo Gomez homered as Baltimore beat Minnesota for its seventh victory in eight games. Anderson had three hits, including a two-run homer.

Sam Horn drove in two runs for the Orioles, whose 11-2 home record is the best in the AL. McDonald (4-0) walked three and struck out five in his third complete game of the season. He didn't allow a runner past second base until Shane Mack and Kirby Puckett homered in the eighth. "I certainly didn't have my best control tonight. It was a struggle," he said.

"But when the guys go out and score runs for you like that, it makes all the difference in the world. The guys deserve all the credit for these victories." Kevin Tapani (1-4) lost his fourth straight decision, giving up five runs and eight hits in four innings. He hasn't won a game in May since 1990. "Pitching will keep you in ball-games," Baltimore manager Johnny Oates said. "That's one of the goals we had after last year.

We wanted to put people out there who can win with talent, not with mirrors." The Orioles got a run in the first when Mark McLemore reached on a force, stole second and scored on a single by Horn. It became 3-0 in the third when Horn hit a bases-loaded single and Mike Devereaux drove in Anderson with a ground-out. Indians 7, Rangers 2 ARLINGTON, Texas For mer Florida State standout Paul Sorrento hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning Cleveland handed Texas its eighth loss in 11 home games. Texas is 13-6 on the road. The Rangers returned home after a 7-5 road trip, their longest of the sea- Wilstead's HR Special to The Palm Beach Post FORT MYERS Randy Wil-stead had a two-run homer in the third inning to lead the West Palm Beach Expos over the Fort Myers Miracle 4-1 Wednesday night in a Florida State League game.

It was the fifth straight loss for the Miracle (10-17). FSL standings 8C Darren Reed had a run-scoring double for the Expos (21-6), who had only four hits. Tavo Alvarez (5-0) pitched a complete game six-hitter for the Expos. Mike Misuraca (1-4) was the loser. The Expos, who are 12-2 on the road, wLy play at Fort Myers at WP Report: Mariners' Harris may retire for a shot in NFL The Associated Press SEATTLE Seattle Mariners pitcher Gene Harris wants to retire from baseball and attempt to play in the NFL as a cornerback, his agent said Wednesday.

Mariners spokesman Dave Aust said the team has talked to Phil Tannenbaum, Harris' agent, about the pitcher's future, but had not made a decision whether to place Harris on the voluntary retired list. Harris, 27, left the Mariners in Baltimore last weekend for his stepfather's funeral in West Palm Beach. The Okeechobee High School standout was scheduled to return to the team Wednesday night, but did not show up at the Kingdome. Tannenbaum said he had told Mariners president Gary Kaseff that Harris wanted to retire frok baseball. Harris, who played defensive back at Tulane, had been scheduled to make his first start of the season Friday night against Detroit.

He is 0-0 with a 7.00 ERA in eight relief appearances and nine innings this season. son. Sorrento walked and scored on Kenny Lofton's groundout in the fourth inning for a 3-2 lead. Sorrento hit his second home run of the season off reliever Terry Mathews. Lofton added an RBI single in the eighth.

Scott Scudder (2-3) allowed five hits in 6V3 innings. He struck out six and walked three. Ruben Sierra hit a two-run homer, his fourth, in the third inning for Texas. Royals 3, Brewers 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jim Ei-senreich hit Jaime Navarro's first pitch of the seventh inning for a tie-breaking home run, lifting Mark Gubicza and Kansas City over Milwaukee.

Navarro (2-3) had given up just three hits until Eisenreich's homer put the Royals in position for their second home victory in 10 games this season. Gubicza (2-2) gave up six hits and had three walks and three strikeouts in seven innings. Jeff Montgomery pitched two innings for his fourth save. Brent Mayne followed Eisenreich's homer with a single, then was out at second on Rico Rossy's force play. Keith Miller, who doubled home a run in the fifth, hit his second double, putting Rossy at third, and Brian McRae followed with a sacrifice fly.

lifts Expos start for the Expos and Dave Gil-berti (0-0) will start for the Miracle. WP Beach 4, Fort Myers 1 WEST PALM BEACH FORT MYERS Raabe 2b Evangelista ss Mola dh Buckley lb Nunez pr Grltol Rumsey cf Wiseman If Gumpf rf Urcloli 3b Totals brtlbl ab bl 30 10 40 10 4 0 0 0 3 00 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 33 1 1 Murray rf White If Reed cf Wilstead lb Daniel Campbell 3b Fltzpatrick dh Jenkins 2b Krause ss Totals 3 0 0 1 3 10 0 4 111 3 112 40 0 0 400 0 40 10 3 0 0 0 3 110 31 4 4 4 Mack Fori Myers 102 lit 000 -4 000 000 001 1 Gumpf, Evangelista. LOB-3 2B-Reed. 3B-Krause. HR-Whlte.

SF -Murray. IP West Palm Beacfi Alvarez 9 Fart Myers Misuraca 4 Upson 2 Kohl 1 HBP-Buckley a'by Alvarez). A-412. -Fort Myers 7, WPB Wilstead (2). SB- ER BB SO 6 1114 WP-Alvarez.

T- Baltimore's Ben McDonald gave up two in a complete-game victory over the Twins. TOUGH DAY Kevin Tapani gave up five runs and loss to Baltimore. Notebook Palm Beach Post Wire Services BALTIMORE ORIOLES First base-. man Sam Horn's triple. which popped out of outfielder Kevin Relmer's glove in left field in a loss to the Rangers Tuesday, was -tiis first in the major leagues in 878 at-bats.

BOSTON RED SOX Tuesday's win over the Twins ended a five-game losing streak against Minnesota at Fenway Park. The Red Sox ended their recent homestand with a 6-4 record. CALIFORNIA ANGELS Luis Po- lonla stnkeout in tne first inning Tuesday was his first in 99 plate appearances, dating to opening night April 7. It was the longest such streak of his career Gary Gaettl, whose nine-game hitting streak end-eci Monday night, had two hits Tuesday. He Is one strikeout away from 1 ,000 in his career.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX Have walked 49 times in the last six games. Dan Pasqua ended an 0-for-21 streak with an eighth-inning RBI single Tuesday. Chicago's 12 runs matched a season high scored against Texas Thursday. CLEVELAND INDIANS Steve Olln is 5-for-5 in save opportunities, and the team's bullpen is 8-for-8. Carlos Baerga is the team's only player among the league lead ers in any of the hitting categories with 34 hits.

DETROIT TIGERS The State is investigating the organization for possible child-labor law violations for letting bat boys work late hours. The state Labor Department's inves tigation into a 1 7-year-old student's complaint that he worked from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. on school nights earning only $35 a night should be com pleted by the end of the week, said Harold Lewis, the department's Detroit Review Investigator. State law forbids minors over 16 from working between 10:30 p.m.

and 6 a.m. on school days. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Wally Joyner had three hits and raised his average to .340 Tuesday. Catcher Mike Macfar-lane threw the ball away trying to pick Mark Whiten off second in the third inning, then let Whiten score on a passed ball. "I've never seen him play this bad," manager Hal McRae said.

"He's had a lot of ppssed balls." eight won stride Viola Sox NEW can said. Kelly. and just 907th Cy man Brown Jerry with and TEXAS on list. behind CLEVELAND AB Bl BB SO Avg. Cole If 3 1 0 0 2 1 .224 M.

Lewis SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 .278 Baerga 2b 5 12 10 0 .313 Belle dh 5 0 1 1 0 1 .243 Whiten rf 2 1 1 0 3 1 .269 Sorrento lb 4 2 13 12 .214 Jacoby3b 3 12 0 10 .292 Ortiz 3 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Lofton cf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .235 TOTALS 34 7 7 7 7 TEXAS AB Bl BB SO Avg. Huson2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .260 a-Fariss ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 278 Palmeiro lb 2 1 2 0 2 0 286 Sierra rf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .301 Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Relmerdh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .287 Palmer 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .219 Daughertylf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .151 Thonss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 Rodriguez 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297 TOTALS 33 2 6 2 4 10 CLEVELANO TEXAS 002 100 040- 7 0 002 000 000 -2 4 1 a-struck out tor Huson In the 7th. Dougherty (1). LOB-Cleveland 8, Texas 8. 2B-Jacoby (2), Palmeiro (6).

HR-Slerra (4) off Scudder, Sorrento (2) off Mathews. RBI-Baerga (14), Belle (21), Sorrento 3(11), Lofton 2 (5), Sierra 2 (18). SB-Cole (7). CS-Whiten (3). S-Ortiz.

Runners left In scoring positien Cleveland 4 (Cole, Belle, Whiten, Sorrento); Texas 5 (Fariss, Sierra, Gonzalez 3). TORONTO AB Bl BB SO Avg. White cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .216 R.Alomar 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .396 Carter rf 4 2 1 2 0 0 .279 Winfield dh 3 110 10 .358 Gruber3b 4 1 1 3 0 1 .247 Olerud lb 4 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Maldonadolf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .188 Borders 4 0 2 0 0 0 .289 Leess 4 0 2 0 0 0 .263 TOTALS 37 5 12 5 1 4 OAKLAND AB Bl BB SO R.Henderson If 5 0 1 0 0 1 .227 Henderson rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Balnesdh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .193 McGwire lb 4 0 0 0 0 3 .323 Stelnbachc 4 0 1 0 0 1 .237 Ready 3b 2 10 0 2 0 .333 W. Wilson cf 2 0 1 0 2 1 29T- Bordlckss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .355 a-Quirk ph 0 0 0 0 I 0 .240 1-Hemond pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Blankenship 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .286 TOTALS 31 1 5 1 7 10 CLEVELANO IP ER BB SO NP ERA Scudder 2-3 6'i 5 2 2 3 6 110 5 70 Wickander 1 TVs 1 0 0 1 4 51 TEXAS IP ER BB SO NP ERA Witt 3-3 7 6 4 4 5 6 115 4 03 Mathews 3 3 3 1 0 27 6 35 Bannister 1VS 0 0 0 1 1 22 3.75 Witt pitched to 1 batter In the 8th. Inherited runners-scored -Wickander 1-0, Mathews 1-1, Bannister 1-0.

IBB-off Bannister (Whiten) 1. Umpires Home, Tschida; First, Denklnger; Second, Shulock; Third, Young. A 17, 125. TORONTO OAKLAND 000 200 030-5 12 0 000 OOP 100-1 5 a-walked for Bordick In the 9th. I ran for Quirk In" the 9th.

LOB-Toronto 6, Oakland 10. 2B-Winfleld (6). 3B-' RAIomar (2), Borders (1). HR-Carter (5) off Slu'-' sarski, Gruber (4) off Gossage. RBI Carter 2 (18L.

Gruber 3 (14), Blankenship (10). SB-Ready Ul WWIIson (6), Blankenship (4). GIDP-Maldonado, Baines. Runners left in scoring position Toronto 2 (R. Alomar, Gruber); Oakland 7 (R.

Henderson 2, B. Henderson 2, Ready, Blankenship 2). Runners moved up White, Blankenship. DP Toronto 1 (Lee, R. Alomar and Olerud); Oakland 1 (Bordick, manxensnip and wcowire).

the AL strikeout list with 28. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Dave Wln- fleld's sixth-inning single Tuesday was the hit of his ca- ZJS reer, tying him with 7w.y Goose Goslln for 37th STOPPERS The Houston Astros' bullpen has saved eight games this season and Doug Jones has all of them. Jones, until this season, was Cleveland's relief ace. This year, Indians' relievers have converted all eight of their save chances. SLUMPS Danny Jackson has one victory in 20 starts with the Chicago Cubs.

SEASON SERIES The Pirates are 1 3-3 against the Reds the last two seasorts, and 9-1 at home with seven victories in a row. TORONTO IP ER BB SO NP ERA Ju. Guzman 4 1 1 4 8 1 22 1 74 D. Ward 5 1 0 0 3 2 46 3 07 OAKLAND IP ER BB SO NP EfA Slusarskl 2-1 1 11 tj i Honeycutt 1 1 1 1 0 0 16 Br Gossage Vt 1 2 2 1 1 17 4 09 Campbell 1 1 0 0 0 1 21 0 00 place on the all-time hit Juan Guzman upped his strikeout total to 47 this season, four AL kfader Roger Clemens. Inherited runners-scored-DWard 2-0, Honeycutt 3-0, Gossage 1-1 WPJJ.

Guzman. Umpires Home, Kaiser; First, McKean; Voltaggio; Third, Johnson. T-3: 17. 7:05 tonight. Steve Long (2-1) will.