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i THE PALM BEACH POST WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1992 5C American League Standings Tuesday's Boxes Orioles 9, Angels 1 Eckersley, A's fall to Red Sox List Streak 10 CALIFORNIA AB Bl BB SO Avg Poloniadh 4 0 0 0 0 0 299 Soio 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 28 Felix cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 iJi Salmon rf 4000002 Curtis If 2 1 1 0 1 0 248 Gaetti lb 3 0 0 0 0 0 222 DiSarcinass 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 Myers 3 0 1 0 0 0 231 Easley3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 263 TOTALS 30 1 4 1 1 5 BALTIMORE AB Bl BB SO Avg. Anderson If 3 3 1 0 2 0.. 783 Milligan lb 4 0 2 0 0 1 .249 Segui lb 1 0 1 2 0 0 247 Devereaux cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 274 Davis dh 4 0 1 2 0 0 785 C. Ripken ss 4 1 10 10.

.245 Ch Martinez rf 4 2 3 1 0 0 25? Gomez 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 274 Hoilesc 4 1 2 1 0 0 273 6 Ripken 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 TOTALS 36 9 14 I 3 2 east Team Won Lost Pet. GB Toronto 71 55 .563 Baltimore 69 57 .548 2 Milwaukee 67 58 .536 3V4 Detroit 61 66 .480 101? Cleveland 58 66 .468 12 New York 58 68 .460 13 Boston 57 69 .452 14 West Oakland 76 50 .603 Minnesota 69 57 .548 7 Chicago 67 57 .540 8 Texas 62 66 .484 15 California 58 69 .457 Kansas City 56 68 .452 19 Seattle 51 74 .408 24'2 Yankees 5, Brewers 1 MILWAUKEE AB Bl BB SO Avg. Listach ss Hamilton rf Vaughn If Stubbs ID Seitzer ph-lb Yountcf Surhoff Nilsson dh Jaha ph dh Fletcher 2b Gantner 3b Bichette ph TOTALS NEW YORK 294 .291 .201 223 264 251 .255 .190 .241 .281 .243 .297 AB Bl BB SO Avg. Williams cf R. Kelly If Tartabull dh Hall rf Nokes Velarde ss Maas lb CHayes 3b Stankiewicz 2b TOTALS MILWAUKEE NEW YORK .250 .279 261 .283 .208 .283 .252 .245 .270 010 000 000-1 7 0 000 100 40X-5 1 0 LOB-Milwaukee 9, New York 6.

2B-Hamilton 2 (18), Stubbs (10), Yount (31), Maas (12). HR-Wil-liams (4) off Plesac, Tartabull (17) off Wegman. RBI-Surhoff (49), Williams 2 (10), Tartabull (56), C. Hayes (55), Stankiewicz (21). SB-Hamilton (28), Stubbs (9), Nilsson (1), Velarde (5), Maas (3).

SF- C. Hayes. MILWAUKEE IP ER BB SO NP ERA Wegman 11-11 6' 7 4 4 1 6 97 3.22 Plesac 2 1 1 1 2 33 3 34 Austin "i 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 25 NEW YORK IP ER BB SO NP ERA Militello 3-0 7 7 1 1 3 4 109 2 20 Cadaret 2 0 0 0 1 3 28 4 57 Umpires Home, Cousins; First, Brinkman; Second, Cooney; Third, Reilly. T-248 A 15.561. Tigers 4, Twins 3 CALIFORNIA BALTIMORE 000 000 010-1 4 011 011 14X-9 14 2 1 E-Salmon (1), Easley (3), Gomez (11).

LOB California 3, Baltimore 8 2B Milligan (15), Hciles (7). HR-Devereaux 19) oft Blyleven, Ch. Martinez (5) off Blyleven. RBI-Easley (3), Segui 2 (16), Devereaux (85), G. Davis 2 (35), Ch.

Martinez (21), Holies (29), B. Ripken (33). SB-Salmon (1), Anffer son (42). SF-G. Davis, B.

Ripken. GIDP-B Rip ken. DP California 1 (SLewis, Soio and Gaetti. TP-B a 1 1 imore 1 (Gomez an dMHU cj a CALIFORNIA IP ER BB SO NP ERA Blyleven 7-6 5 8 4 4 1 2 95 4 85 Lewis 5 5 4 2 0 41 7 11 Bailes 0 1 0 0 0 0 1-7 34 Butcher Vs 0 0 0 0 0 1225 BALTIMORE IP ER BB SO NP ERA Sutcliffe 13-11 8 4 1 1 I 4 103 4 08 Olson 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 2.40 Blyleven pitched to 1 batter in the 6th, Bailes pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IBB-off S.

Lewis (Anderson) 1. Umpires Home, Shulock, First, Young; SeconU. O'Nora, Third, Denkinger. Red Sox 5, Athletics 4 Results Schedule Tuesday Monday Thursday N.Y. 5, Milwaukee 1 Detroit 6, Minnesota 2 Milw.

at Toronto, 7:35 Boston 5, Oakland 4 Oakland 9, Boston 3 N.Y. at 8:05 Baltimore 9, Calif. 1 New York 9, Milwaukee 8 K.C. at Texas, 8:35 Texas 6, Kansas City 2 Chicago 8, Toronto 4 Cleve. at 10:05 Detroit 4, Minnesota 3 California 5, Bait.

2 Only games scheduled Chicago 6, Toronto 3 Only games scheduled Cleveland at Seattle, late Today's SchedulePitchers DETROIT AB Bt BB SO Avg. Phillips dh 3 1 1 0 2 0 .276 Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 278 Fryman ss 4 2 2 1 0 1 .279 Fielder lb 3 0 0 1 0 1 .239 Tettletonc 4 0 2 1 0 1 .237 Gladden If 3 0 0 1 0 1 .273 Deerrf 4 0 1 0 0 2 221 Livingstone 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Pettis cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .188 TOTALS 33 4 I 4 2 11 MINNESOTA AB Bl BB SO Avg. Knoblauch 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 300 Larkin rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 245 Puckett cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .329 Hrbek lb 4 1 1 1 0 0 .249 C. Davis dh 4 0 3 0 0 1 .282 Harper 4 1 2 0 0 0 .307 Gagne pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 P. Munoz If 3 0 1 1 0 1 .278 Bush ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 231 Leius3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Rebouletss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .176 TOTALS 34 3 11 3 0 5 DETROIT 000 103 000 -4 8 1 MINNESOTA 010 101 000 -3 11 1 5V3 innings.

Mike Henneman, Detroit's fourth pitcher, got the final out for his 21st save. Kevin Tapani (13-9) gave up all four runs and seven hits in seven innings, struck out nine and walked two. Yankees 5, Brewers 1 NEW YORK Rookie Sam Militello won for the third time in four major league starts as New York, behind home runs from Danny Tartabull and Bernie Williams, defeated Milwaukee. Militello (3-0) allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings, struck out four and walked three as he sent Milwaukee to its third straight loss. He won his first two starts and left with a lead in his third, but the Yankees' bullpen blew it.

This time, Greg Cadaret pitched the final two innings. Militello became the first Yankees rookie to start his career with three straight victories since Ray Fon-tenot in 1983. Rangers 6, Royals 2 ARLINGTON, Texas Kevin Reimer hit a two-run homer that traveled 444 feet, and Ruben Sierra added a solo homer as Texas beat Kansas City to stop a seven-game home losing streak. George Brett went 2-for-4, including a solo homer in the sixth, and tied Willie Keeler for 20th place on the career hit list at 2,962. Brett, who has six homers this season, homered in consecutive games for the first time since July 24-25, 1990.

White Sox 6, Blue Jays 3 CHICAGO Charlie Hough won his 201st game, and Shawn Abner hit two RBI singles as Chicago beat Toronto in a game stopped for 19 minutes because of a power outage in the sixth inning. Toronto's lead in the AL East was cut to two games over the Baltimore Orioles, who beat California 9-1. Hough (6-10), the 44-year-old knuckleballer, allowed three runs and eight hits in five-plus innings, struck out three and walked none. Roberto Hernandez pitched three innings for his fourth save. David Wells (7-8) allowed six runs and six hits in iVs innings for the Blue Jays.

The Associated Press BOSTON Dennis Eckersley blew his second save chance in 42 tries this season when he gave up Billy Hatcher's two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Tuesday night. Eckersley (6-1) relieved Jeff Parrett with two outs and a runner on second, and intentionally walked pinch-hitter Wade Boggs. Hatcher Eckersley doubled for his third hit of the game. In the seventh inning, Hatcher hit his first home run for Boston, bringing the Red Sox within 4-3. Palm Beach Gardens' Jeff Reardon, baseball's career save leader, relieved with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning.

He got Terry Steinbach on a grounder for his 27th save in 35 chances. Orioles 9, Angels 1 BALTIMORE Rick Sutcliffe scattered four hits in eight innings as the Baltimore, aided by a triple play, beat California to stop a three-game losing streak. Mike Devereaux and Chito Martinez homered for the Orioles, who turned the third triple play in the majors this season, and the second at Camden Yards. Baltimore hit into one against Cleveland Aug. 7.

Sutcliffe had a perfect game until the fifth, when Tim Salmon reached on an error by third baseman Leo Gomez, stole second and took third on a single by Chad Curtis. Gary Gaetti hit a line drive at Gomez, who caught it inches from the ground and stepped on the base to double up Salmon. Gomez then threw to first to retire Curtis, who was running on the play. Sutcliffe (13-11), pitching just two days after his mother died following a prolonged illness, struck out four and walked one. He is 3-0 in August after an 0-5 July.

Tigers 4, Twins 3 MINNEAPOLIS Cecil Fielder hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the sixth inning as Detroit handed Minnesota its eighth loss in 10 games. David Haas (3-1) won despite allowing three runs and 10 hits in PAH OAKLAND AB Bl BB SO Avg. R. Henderson If 2 1 1 1 1 0 .291 1 Quirk ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Browne cf 3 0 0 0 2 0 278 Canseco dh 5 1 2 0 0 0 250 Bainesrf 3 0 2 0 1 0 253 Ready ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 196 Steinbach 5 1 1 1 0 2 291 Lansford3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 269 Brosius lb 4 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Weiss ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 237 Blankenship2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242 TOTALS 35 4 8 3 5 6 BOSTON AB Bl BB SO Avg. 1 Hatcher If 5 2 3 3 0 0 .271 Winninghamcf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .231 Zupclc rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 279 M.

Vaughn lb 3 0 0 1 1 1 .227 'i Wedge dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 308 'i J. Reed 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .260 i Cooper 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .245 Pena 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Valentin ss 3 0 2 0 0 0' .244 i Boggs ph 0 0 0 0 I 0 263 ,1 Rivera pr-ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .218 TOTALS 33 5 12 5 5 5 OAKLAND 000 021 100 4 8 0 BOSTON 200 OOP 12-5 12 2 Away Probable Time 1992 Team 1992 Vs. Opp. Last 3 Outings TV Home Pitcher Line W-L ERA Rec IP ERA IP ERA OAK Downs (R) 3-4 4.21 4-6 NR 0-1 151 4Ti BOS Viola (L) 10-10 3.23 12-15 0-1 11.2 6.94 0-3 21.2 3 74 MIL Rutfin(L) 1-5 6.38 1-4 0-1 5.2 7.94 0-3 8.1 11.88 -NY Kamienicki (R) Pick 3-10 4.68 7-13 0-1 14.2 3.07 1-2 22.0 4.50 -CAL Valeta(R) (Ji 383 9-13 rji 111 617 K) 19! 166 BALT Mussina(R) 9-11 12-5 2.83 14-10 1-0 5.0 3.60 1-1 20.0 5.85 TOM Slolllmyre (R) 7-9 5.13 11-10 NR 57i 5M ESPN McCaskill(R) 6-7 9-9 4.18 15-11 1-0 15.2 0.57 1-1 20.2 2 61 DET Doherty (R) 1 379 zT 2.1 15.43 "Tl 172 4j5i MINN Smiley (L) 9-11 13-6 3.41 16-10 0-1 6.0 9.00 2 0 23.0 2.74 KC Aquino (R il 395 43 NR (Tj iTTl ili TEX Pavlik (R) 1-1 5.40 3-2 NR 1-1 9.1 771 CLE Nichols (R) 2-3 4.44 4-2 0-0 0.1 0.00 0 1 lil 594 SEAT Johnson (L) VA-Vk 10-12 3.95 10-13 1-0 8.1 1.08 3-0 25.0 1.08 E-Fryman (14), Leius (14). LOB-Detroit 6, Minnesota 4.

2B-Whitaker (20), Tettleton 2 (21), Deer (10), Davis (24). 3B-P. Munoz (1). HR-Puckett (18) off Haas, Hrbek (15) off Haas. RBI-Fryman (80), Fielder (106), Tettleton (65), Gladden (36), Puckett (91), Hrbek (57), PMunoz (56).

SB-Phillips (9). CS-Pettis (1), Knoblauch (10). SF-Fielder, Gladden. GIDP Puckett, Harper, Leius. DP Detroit 3 (Fryman, Whitaker and Fielder), (Fryman and neider), twnitaker, Fryman and Fielder).

Tuesday's Stars top hitter Boston's Bill Hatcher went 3-for-5 with a double, homer and three RBI as the Red Sox beat Oakland 5-4. Hatcher's two-run double in the eighth inning off Dennis Eckersley gave Boston the lead. TOP PITCHER New York rookie Sam Militello allowed seven hits and one run in seven innings as the Yankees beat Milwaukee 5-1 Militello (3-0) improved his ERA to 2.20. DETROIT IP ER BB SO NP ERA Haas 3-1 5' 10 3 3 0 4 79 3 86 Leiter Vl 0 0 0 0 0 24 4.42 M. Munoz V3 0 0 0 0 1 7 2.95 Henneman 21 Mi 1 0-0 0 0 9 3.96 MINNESOTA IP ER BB SO NP ERA Tapani 13-9 7 7 4 4 2 9 115 3.94 Willis 2 1 0 0 0 2 29 3 30 Umpires-Home, Ford; First, Clark; Second, Bar-nett; Third, KOSC.

Rangers 6, Royals 2 KANSAS CITY AB Bl BB SO Avg. Jefferies 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 299 Miller 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 300 Brett dh 4 12 10 1 .277 Macfarlanec 4 0 1 0 0 2 .228 Joyner lb 4 0 0 0 0 0 276 Samuel rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 260 Conine If 4 0 2 0 0 1 .286 McRaecf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .224 Howard ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 270 TOTALS 33 2 6 2 I 7 TEXAS AB Bl BB SO Avg. Downing dh 4 1 2 1 0 2 276 Reimer If 4 I 1 2. 0 1 .286 Hulsecf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Sierra rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .284 Ju. Gonzalez cf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Palmeiro lb 3 0 0 0 1 2 .256 Palmer 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .239 Rodriguez 4 1 1 0 0 1 .274 Newman 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Huson ss 2 1 1 2 1 0 .263 TOTALS 32 6 10 6 2 9 KANSAS CITY 100 001 000-2 8 0 TEXAS 002 210 10x-6 10 0 LOB-Kansas City 6, Texas 4.

2B-Sierra (30), Huson (14). 3B-Conine (2). HR-Reimer (15) off Appier, Sierra (14) off Appier, Miller (4) off Js. Guzman, Brett (6) off Js. Guzman.

RBI-Miller (28), Brett (48), Downing (34), Reimer 2 (52), Sierra (68), Huson 2 (22). SB-Huson (17). GIDP-Jefferies, Joyner, Rodriguez. DP Kansas City 1 (Howard, Miller and Joyner); Texas 2 (Huson, Newman and Palmeiro), (Newman, Huson and Palmeiro). KANSAS CITY IP ER BB SO NP ERA Appier 14-6 5 9 5 5 0 6 101 2 44 Boddicker 2 1 1 1 1 2 33 4.61 Montgomery 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 2.15 TEXAS IP ER BB SO NP ERA Js Guzman 11-10 7 7 2 2 2 5 108 3.63 Nunez 2 1 0 0 0 2 21 3.67 Tuesday Lost to Chicago 6-3 Lost 3 3-7 Beat California 9-1 Won 1 3-7 Lost to New York 5-1 Lost 3 5-5 Beat Minnesota 4-3 Won 3 6-4 Played at Seattle Lost 1 6-4 Beat Milwaukee 5-1 Won 2 5-5 Beat Oakland 5-4 Won 1 4-6 Lost to Boston 5-4 Lost 1 6-4 Lost to Detroit 4-3 Lost 2 2-8 Beat Toronto 6-3 Won 4 8-2 Beat Kansas City 6-2 Won 2 3-7 Lost to Baltimore 9-1 Lost 1 5-5 Lost to Texas 6-2 Lost 3 5-5 Played Cleveland Won 1 7-3 MILWAUKEE BREWERS Frank lin Stubbs, who had batted only 13 times in the last 21 games and was hitting .214, hit a two-run pinch double in Monday's loss to the Yankees.

MINNESOTA TWINS Have made 17 errors in their last 21 games. Shortstop Greg ftana hart a 53-eame mfinS errorless streak from ii luna tn And 11 hilt has made seven errors in his last 12 games. Also, second baseman Chuck Knoblauch had his 22-game errorless streak snapped in the seventh inning Monday. NEW YORK YANKEES Bob Wick- man, who pitched six innings Monday, became the first Yankees starter to not walk a batter in his major league debut since Brad Amsberg, who pitched five innings Sept. 15, 1986.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS Fitness instructor Mack Newton said Monday first baseman Mark McGwire likely would miss at least three weeks because of a strain in his right side that forced him onto the disabled list. SEATTLE MARINERS Milwau kee's Pat Listach may not be a clear runaway choice for AL Rookie of the Year. Pitcher Dave Fleming is 14-5 (for the worst team in baseball) with a 3.28 ERA. TEXAS RANGERS Have little chance to make a run at division-leading Oak land or overtake second place Minnesota in the AL West with six weeks left in the season. The Rangers have three games remaining vs.

the A's and two vs. the Twins. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Pitcher Juan Guzman, on the disabled list since Aug. 5 with a strained right lat muscle, threw three pain-free innings Monday for Class AAA LONT0 7 yx vr Syracuse. Guzman threw 64 pitches and gave up two runs on six hits, walking one and striking out three.

He will throw today in Toronto and the Blue Jays plan to activate him in time to start Saturday's home game against Milwaukee. TRIPLES STOLEN BASES Listach, Mil. 43 Lofton, Cle. 42 Polonia, Cal. 42 Anderson, Bait.

41 R.Hndrsn, Oak. 41 ERA Appier, KC .2.27 Clmns. Bos .2.30 Guzman, Tor 2.35 Nagy, Clev .2.52 Abbott, Cal .2.82 SAVES Devereaux, Bait 10 Anderson, Bait. 8 Lofton, Cle. 7 Uohnson, Chi.

7 J.Gzmn, Tor. J.Mrris, Tor. Flming, Sea. 14-5 Appier, K.C. McDwII, Chi.

17-7 STRIKEOUTS Clmns, Bos. .171 Perez, N.Y. 165 R.Jhnsn, Sea. 158 J.Gzmn, Tor. 137 4 tied with 1 32 Eckrsly, Oak.

Aglra, Min. Mntgmry, K.C. Olson, Bait. J.Rssll, Tex. 40 32 31 28 27 Homestead officials insist new complex will be ready E-J.

Reed (9), Cooper (5). Oakland 10, Boston 9. 2B-Canseco (11), Hatcher (12), Cooper (12), Pena (16), Valentin (6). HR-Hahrher (1) off Parrett, Steinbach (12) off Darwin. RBI- R.Henderson (40), Steinbach (46), Lansford (6T), Hatcher 3 (16), M.

Vaughn (39), J. Reed (36). SB-R. Henderson 2 (43). CS-Hatcher (2).

GIDP-Cafl- seco, Pena. DP-Oakland 1 (Darling, Weiss artd Brosius); Boston 1 (Cooper, J. Reed ajid M. Vaughn). OAKLAND IP ER BB SO NP ERA Darling 6 9 2 2 2 3 84 3.85 Parrett Wl 2 2 2 2 1 30 3 09 Eckersley 6-1 'ft 1 1 1 1 1 9 192 BOSTON Darwin Quantrill 2-2 Fossas Reardon 27 IP ER BB SO NP ERA 7 7 4 2 3 5 123 4 18 Wi 1 0 0 1 1 19 2.49 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.49 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 25 Fossas pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

IBB-off Parrett (MVaughn) 1, off Eckersley (Boggs) 1, off Darwin (Baines) 1, off Fossas (Ready) 1. HPB by Darwin (RHenderson). WP Darling. Umpires Home, Roe; First, Joyce; Second, Craft; Third, Phillips. T-3; 15.

White Sox 6, Blue Jays 3 TORONTO AB Bl BB SO Avg. I D. Bell cf Gruber3b Carter dh Maldonado If Tabler rf Sprague lb Kent 2b Borders Lee ss TOTALS .224 .223 .263 I .278 .246 .429 .240 i .247 .258 35 3 10 CHICAGO AB Bl BB SO Avg. Sax 2b Raines If Thomas lb G. Bell dh Ventura 3b Abner rf L.

Johnson cf Karkovice Beltre ss TOTALS 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 33 .235 .286 .322 .268 .283 .291 .284 i .214 i .206 'i TORONTO CHICAGO 010 101 000-3 10 030 030 00X-6 9 E-Wells (1), Ventura (19). Toronto 9, Chicago 8. 2B-Tabler (4), Sprague (1), Ventura (28). RBI- Sprague (1), Kent (35), Lee (35), Sax (39), Raines (39), Abner 2 (13), L. Johnson (35).

SB-L Johnson (36). S-Beltre. SF-Kent, Lee. GIDP-Borders. DP Chicago 1 (Ventura, Sax and Thomas).

TORONTO IP ER BB SO NP ERA Wells 7-8 4''j 6 6 3 3 1 79 5 40 Eichhorn 1 2 0 0 1 0 25 2 55 Henke 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .21 'i D. Ward 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 36 CHICAGO IP ER BB SO NP ERA Hough 6-10 5 8 3 2 0 3 85 3 Leach 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 "1.73 R. Hernandez 4 3 2 0 0 0 3 47 1.57 Hough pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. 'i IBB-off Wells (GBell) 1. HPB-by Hough (Gruber), by RHernandez (Kent).

WP-Eichhorn. i Umpires-Home, Meriwether; First, Hlckox; Sec- ond, Hendry; Third, Tschida. I Streaks THROUGH MONDAY BATTING Longest current batting streak 13, T. Martinez, Aug. 6 to Aug.

22. Longest batting streak, season 25, John-' son, July 16 to Aug. 11. I PITCHING Longest current winning streak 6, Eckers- ley. April 20 to Aug.

16. Longest current losing streak 9, Gardiner. May 24 to July 16. Longest winning streak, season 9, Ap-: pier. K.C, May 30 to July 29; Fleming, April 15 to June 9.

Longest losing streak, season 9, Gardi- ner, May 24 to July 16 (current). i TEAM Umpires-Home, Voltaggio; First, McCoy; Second, Johnson; Third, Kaiser. FSL Standings EAST Pet. G6 St. Lucie 32 24 .571 y-West Palm Beach 32 27 542 lVa Fort Lauderdale 23 35 .397 10 Vero Beach 21 36 368 HVa CENTRAL Lakeland 33 23 589 Baseball City 27 26 509 4Vj y-Osceola 25 31 .446 8 Winter Haven 25 34 .424 t'i WEST Dunedin 37 22 627 y-Sarasota 33 23 589 Clearwater 32 25 56 1 4 Charlotte 3 1 28 525 6 St.

Petersburg 26 30 464 9V3 Fort Myers 21 34 382 14 By CRAIG DOLCH Palm Beach Post Staff Writer A Homestead city official promised the Cleveland Indians will be able to use their new $18 million spring training complex next spring, even though the stadium sustained major damage Monday from Hurricane Andrew. "We're going to have that facility open for the spring season," City Manager Alex Muxo said. "Getting people sheltered and fed is the first thing. But (rebuilding) is the kind of thing that can bring a community together." The complex sustained heavy damage to the skyboxes, scoreboard, training building and roof. The Indians are moving to Homestead, one of the hardest-hit areas by Andrew, after holding spring training in Tucscon, the past 46 years.

Indians President Rick Bay said he and other team officials will travel to Homestead later this week to assess the damage. Bay said the Indians will try to remain in Homestead for spring training, if Notebook Palm Beach Post Wire Services BALTIMORE ORIOLES Shortstop Cal Ripken, who signed a five-year, $30.5 million contract with the Orioles before Monday's game, heard boos after going 0-for-4 and don't take it pay their money. 'nm ing an error, al," he said Booing is just a reaction to something that's not good." BOSTON RED SOX Monday's loss dropped the Red Sox to 56-69 and left them alone in last place in the AL East this late in the season for the first time in 26 years. CALIFORNIA ANGELS Jim Ab botts two-game winning streak matches his longest of the season. Monday's game was only the third time the Angels have scored five or more runs in a game he's pitched.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX George Bell's sixth-inning homer Monday against Toronto was his first in 24 at-bats against his former club. CLEVELAND INDIANS After com pleting a 9-4 home-stand their best since 1984 the Indians play 19 of their next 22 games on the road. It began with a nine- game West Coast trip Tuesday night in Seattle. DETROIT TIGERS Rob Deer, who went l-for-4 with two strikeouts Tuesday, has struck out 92 times in only 263 at-bats. Catcher Mickey Tettle-ton is 0-for-5 in stolen base attempts.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS Since being claimed on waivers from the Dodgers, Juan Samuel is hitting .260 (13-for-50) with one double and four RBI for the Royals. He's also made four errors in the infield and the outfield. League Leaders Through Monday' games BATTING HOME RUNS McGwire, Oak. J.GnzIz, Tex. Fielder, Det.

Carter, Tor. 2 tied with 25 RUNS Phillips, Det. E.Mrtnz, Sea. Knblch, Min. Puckett, Mm.

2 tied with 79 E.Mrtnz, Sea. .341 Puckett, Min. .329 Mack, Min. ..325 Thomas, Chi. .322 2 tied at .314 38 34 28 27 RBI Fielder, Det.

105 G.Bell, Chi. 94 McGwire, Oak. 93 Puckett, Min. 90 2 tied with 88 91 85 83 82 HITS DOUBLES Puckett, Min. E.Mrtnz, Sea.

Baerga, Cle. Mack, Mm. Mttnly, N.Y. 165 157 155 155 146 E.Mrtnz, Sea. Mattingly, N.Y.

Griffey, Sea. Jefferies, K.C. Hall, N.Y. 40 33 32 31 31 at all possible. "They have worked awfully hard to bring this ballpark to reality," Bay said.

"We're going to make every effort to see them through this tragedy." Officials in Tuscon said Tuesday they will approach Indians officials about the possibility of Cleveland returning for another spring training if the Homestead facility's opening is delayed. "We definitely will be in contact with Cleveland and offer whatever assistance we can," said Craig Kimmell, president of a group in Sun City, Ariz. Despite those overtures, Bay said the Indians are concentrating their efforts on rebuilding the Homestead facility for next spring. "To be honest, we haven't looked into any alternatives," Bay said. "We've been working for the Homestead dream for so long, we're reluctant to give up on it." The Indians are scheduled to open the complex March 6 with a Grapefruit League game against the expansion Florida Marlins.

hit shutout, the seventh one-hitter in St. Lucie history and the first since John Johnstone pitched two one-hitters in 1990. Castillo (11-8) was one pitch away from a perfect game, allowing Miguel Cairo a single with one out in the fourth. Castillo faced 22 batters on only 67 pitches, striking out seven. "It was a fastball right down the middle," Castillo said of Cairo's single.

"I was trying to throw it in the corner. I was really concentrating, trying to get a complete game in because of the doubleheaders." "Juan threw a great ballgame, just outstanding," Mets manager John Tamargo said. "That's the best fastball he's had in six weeks. With all the doubleheaders, we don't want to get into our bullpen this early." The Mets scored three runs in the fourth on an RBI single by Jay Davis and an RBI fielder's choice by James Harris. Aaron Ledesma scored on 4 wild pitch by losing pitcher Jason Brosnan (2-4).

St. Lucie splits with Vero in first of 4 doubleheaders y-Won first half title Tuesday's results Fort Lauderdale 5, West Palm Beach 1, 1st game West Palm Beach 3, Fort Lauderdale 2, 2nd game St. Lucie 3, Vero Beach 0, 1st game Vero Beach 2, St. Lucie 1, 2nd game Baseball City 5, Charlotte 0 Winter Haven 2, Clearwater 1 Dunedin 6, Lakeland 5 Fort Myers 9, St. Petersburg 0 Sarasota 15.

Osceola 2 Today's games Fort Lauderdale at West Palm Beach St. Lucie at Vero Beach, 6 p.m. (conclusion of suspended game followed by regularly-scheduled game) Baseball City at Charlotte Winter Haven at Clearwater Lakeland at Dunedin St Petersburg at Fort Myers Osceola at Sarasota St. Lucie 3, Vero Beach 0 First game ST. LUCIE ab bi 3 0 0 0 Otero cf 3 0 10 King 2b 3 0 0 0 Ledesma ss 3 0 0 0 Huskey 3b 2 0 0 0 Harris lb 2 0 0 0 Jacobs dh 2 0 0 0 Davis If 2 0 0 0 Fully rf 2 0 0 0 Beals 22 0 1 0 Totals VERO BEACH McKamie 2b Cairo ss Kirkpatrick lb Gonzalez If Lott rf Boyzvick 3b Huckaby Nagashima dh Farrish cf Totals Vero Beach St.

Lucie ab bi 2 0 0 0 3 110 3 12 0 2 0 0 0 3 10 1 3 0 10 20 11 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 3 5 2 000 000 X- 3 LOB-Vero Beach 1, St. Lucie 3. 2B-Ledesma. IP ER BB SO VERO BEACH Brosnan L.2 4 6 5 3 3 2 3 ST. LUCIE Castillo W.ll-8 7 1 0 0 0 7 WP-Brosnan.

1:23. Vero Beach 2, St. Lucie 1 Longest current winning streak 3, Chi, Aug. 22 to Aug. 24; Aug.

22 to Aug. 24. Longest current home-win streak 3, CaL. 'i Aug. 1 0 to Aug.

1 Chi, Aug. 22 to Aug. 24. Longest current road-win streak 3, Aug. 22 to Aug.

24. i Longest current losing streak 3, Aug. 22 to Aug. 24. Longest current home-loss streak 7, Tex- as.

Aug. 3 to Aug. 16. Longest current road-loss streak 7, i July 31 to Aug. 24.

Longest winning streak, season 8, July 1 to July 9. Longest home-win streak, season Apr. 9 to May 4. i Longest road-win streak, season 7, June 26 to July 6. i Longest losing streak, season 11, 28 to July 9.

Longest home-loss streak, season Apr. 6 to Apr. 26. Longest road-loss streak, season 9, June 14 to July 3. SEASONS 1916 Philadelphia's "Bullet" Joe Bush pitched a no-hitter to lead the Athletics to a 5-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

1934 Detroit's Schoolboy Rowe won his 16th consecutive game, 4-2 over the 't, Washington Senators. Rowe singled in the winning run in the ninth inning. 1939 The first major league baseball game was televised as NBC-TV brought their cameras to Brooklyn's Ebbets Field for a doubleheader between the Reds and the Dodgers. 1947 Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead homered in his first major-league plate ap-pearance, but fared poorly on the mound. In 3 1 -3 innings of relief, he gave up 10 hits and six earned runs to'JJie Pirates.

Pittsbuigh wooJ 16-3. By MIKE MELTON Special to The Palm Beach Post PORT ST. LUCIE The St. Lucie Mets split the first of four consecutive doubleheaders with the Vero Beach Dodgers Tuesday night, winning the first game 3-0 before losing the second 2-1 at Thomas J. White Stadium.

The Mets have yet to sweep a double-header. Tonight, the teams play at Hol-man Stadium in Vero Beach, resuming a suspended game in which St. Lucie leads 5-2 in the top of the fifth before playing the regularly scheduled game. Thursday's dou-bleheader is at White Stadium. They return to Vero Beach for Friday's doubleheader.

St. Lucie (32-24) remains in first place in the Eastern Division, leading the West Palm Beach Expos by IV2 games with 11 games left on the Mets' schedule. Vero Beach (21-36) is last in the division and 3-9 against St. Lucie. In the first game, Mets starting pitcher Juan Castillo threw a one- Second game VERO BEACH ST.

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