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C-6 Sunday, August 29, 1993THE COURIER-NEWS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE Pitcher Reynoso's homer helps Rockies club Mets Eastern Division GB L10 Streak Home Away Pel PHILLIES 80 48 .625 z-5-5 1 45-21 35-27 St. Louis 70 58 .547 10 z-4-6 1 41-25 29-33 Montreal 69 60 .535 HVa z-7-3 2 42-2227-38 Chicago 63 66 .488 17V2 z-4-6 1 35-33 28-33. Pittsburgh 60 69 .465 20V2 z-4-6 2 31-31 29-38, Florida 54 74 .422 26 3-7 2 30-3024-44 METS AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away Toronto 74 56 .569 z-5-5 2 41-2833-28 YANKEES 74 57 .565 Vi 5-5 2 43-23 31-34 Detroit 70 61 .534 4Vi z-9-1 7 39-28 31-33 Boston 68 60 .531 5 z-4-6 3 38-24 30-36 Baltimore 68 61 .527 512 5-5 1 41-2427-37 Cleveland 62 68 .477 12" z-7-3 2 39-2523-43 Milwaukee 56 75 .427 18'2 z-8-2 1 33-32 23-43 Western Division Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away Chicago 71 57 .555 6-4 1 37-29 34-28 Texas 67 61 .523 4 z-7-3 1 37-25 30-36 K. 67 63 .515 5 z-4-6 2 35-31 32-32 Seattle 63 64 .496 712 z-6-4 2 36-26 27-38 California 58 71 .450 1312 z-4-6 1 36-29 22-42 Minnesota 55 73 .430 16 3-7 1 27-34 28-39 Oakland 51 77 .398 20 z-1-9 9 32-32 19-45 45 84 .349 35 Vi z-4-6 1 21-43 24-41 vs. Colorado Rockies Game time: 3:10 p.m.

on WOR, Ch. 9 Pitchers: Frank Tanana (6-12) vs. Lance Painter (0-2) One out later, Clark grounded to Mets' first-baseman Eddie Murray, who threw the ball into left field trying to force Bichette at second. Galarraga and Bichette scored and, when Orsulak's throw went over catcher Todd Hundley's head, Clark moved to third. He scored on Sheaffer's ground out to make it 3-1.

New York tied it in the bottom of the inning on Bonilla 's one-out single and Jeff Kent's 16th home run of the season. After Colorado took a 7-3 lead, the Mets scored twice in the sixth. Jer-omy Burnitz doubled, went to third on an infield out and scored one out later on Kent's single. Steve Reed relieved Reynoso with a 2-0 count on Ryan Thompson, who wound up walking. Hundley singled to score Kent and pinch-hitter Jeff McKnight followed with a single to left, but Thompson was thrown out at the plate by Clark.

NOTES McKnight is 17-for-50 (.340) as a pinch hitter. Roberto Mejia, who started the game at second base, left in the bottom of the third with a strained right hamstring and remains day-to-day. Four-run sixth inning helps Colorado defeat the Mets, 7-5, and snap a four-game losing streak. NEW YORK (AP) Colorado starting pitcher Armando Reynoso helped himself with a three-run homer, his second of the season, in the four-run sixth inning as the Rockies defeated the New York Mets 7-5 Saturday night to snap a four-game losing streak. The win was the Rockies' first in five games at Shea Stadium.

Reynoso (9-9), who had lost three of his previous four decisions, allowed all five runs on six hits in 5Vs innings. He struck out three and walked one. Darren Holmes pitched the ninth for his 19th save, and 16th in a row. Bobby Jones (1-2) of the Mets allowed seven runs on seven hits in 5 innings while striking out two and walking one. With the game tied 3-3, Dante Bichette opened the Colorado sixth with a double but was thrown out at third on Charlie Hayes' grounder to short.

Jerald Clark singled, sending Hayes to third. Danny Sheaffer was hit by a pitch to load the bases and Vinny Camilla's sacrifice fly scored Hayes. Reynoso jumped on Jones' 2-2 pitch to give the Rockies a 7-3 lead. Mets led early After Joe Orsulak's seventh home run with two outs in the third gave New York a 1-0 lead, the Rockies scored three unearned runs in the fourth on three Mets' errors. Andres Galarraga opened with a double, his second hit of the game.

Bobby Bonilla then threw Bichette's ground ball low to first for an error. ERIC YOUNG Friday's Games Chicago 7, Minnesota 3, 1st game Minnesota 7, Chicago 2, 10 innings, 2nd game Milwaukee 7, California 6, 1st game Milwaukee 4, California 3, 2nd game Cleveland 9, New York 2 Texas 5, Baltimore 4 Boston 5, Kansas City 0 Seattle 7, Toronto 6 Detroit 13, Oakland 4 Saturday's Games Late Games Not Included Boston 2, Kansas City 1,11 innings California 6, Milwaukee 2 Cleveland 8, New York 4 Detroit 5, Oakland 3 Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Baltimore at Texas, (n) Toronto at Seattle, (n) Sunday's Games New York (Abbott 9-11) at Cleveland (Kramer 6-3), 1:35 p.m. California (Langston 13-6) at Milwaukee (Novoa 0-2), 2:05 p.m. Boston (Darwin 13-9) at Kansas City (Cone 10-11), 2:35 p.m. Baltimore (Moyer 9-6) at Texas (Bohanon 4-2), 3:05 p.m.

Detroit (Doherty 11-9) at Oakland (Darling 5-6), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Stottlemyre 7-9) at Seattle (Hanson 10-10), 4:35 p.m. Former Rutgers star unfazed by new outfield assignment Minnesota (Guardado 3-6) at Chicago (McCaskill 3-7), 8:05 p.m. Monday's Games Texas at Boston, 7:35 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 10:05 p.m. Toronto at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Only games scheduled Yankees Indians Angels Brewers CLEVELAND MILWAUKEE abrhbi abrhbi Lofton cf 50 10 5 120 Hmllon cf 5 0 10 Lislach ss 3 10 1 CALIFORNIA abrhbi Polonia If 5 1 4 0 Curtis cf 4 0 10 Salmon rf 5 1 2 1 CDavis dh 5 0 2 1 Snow lb 4 10 0 EPerez 3b3 0 1 0 Lovullo 2b 4 2 2 0 Turner 4 1 2 2 Correia ss 4 0 2 2 Fermin ss Baerga 2b Belle If AAlligan lb Srrento lb Mldndo rf Kirby rf Jffrson dh Espnza 3b Ortiz NEW YORK abrhbi Gallego 3b 4 0 3 0 Velarde 3 0 0 0 James II 2 0 0 0 Mllngly 1b4 0 0 0 Trlbull dh 4 1 1 0 Stanley 3 1 0 0 BWIms cf 4 1 2 I Leyrllz rf 3 0 2 2 O'Neill rf 1 0 0 0 Owen ss 3 0 10 Boggs ph 10 0 0 Kelly 2b 3 0 0 0 Nokes ph 1 1 11 Totals 36 4 10 4 5 3 3 1 3 12 1 5 132 0 0 0 0 2 112 1100 5 0 2 1 5011 4010 Surhoff rf GVghn If Seitzer 3b Thon dh Jaha lb Nilsson JBell 2b Reimer rf Spiers If 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 40 10 4 110 30 10 3 0 0 0 1000 4 0 2 0 35 2 9 2 Totals 3D (Hi Totals Totals 40 16 8 California 010 211 100-6 Milwaukee 000 010 010-2 Nilsson (8). DP California 1, Mil waukee 1.

LOB California 8, Milwaukee v. ZB-Koionia is, salmon lovuiio (17), Turner (1). SB-Polonia (44), CDavis (4), Listach (17), seitzer (7), Thon (6), CS Correia (3). Curtis. Eric Young thinks he's done pretty well in his first big-league season.

By JOHN BELIS Courier-News Staff Writer NEW YORK Eric Young was on top of the world the last time he visited Shea Stadium. That was back on Opening Day and Young, a former Rutgers University star who lives in New Brunswick, was playing in front of his family and friends as he became the first batter in Colorado Rockies history. He also had a hit off Dwight Goo-den that day and stole the first base in franchise history. Four days later, Young led off the Rockies' home opener against the Expos with a home run, becoming the first major-leaguer to homer at Mile High Stadium. Everything was falling into place.

Young was the Rockies' everyday second baseman and leadoff hitter. He started Colorado's first 27 games and was successful on his first nine stolen-base attempts. Yet, when Young returned Thursday night to Shea Stadium, he was there under very different circumstances. This time, he was sitting on the bench. He didn't get into the game until the eighth inning when he pinch hit and popped up.

Young's circumstances changed dramatically at the All-Star break when the Rockies promoted rookie second-baseman Roberto Mejia and gave him Young's job. "Young was not taken off second base because he failed," said Manager Don Baylor. "He was taken off to make room for Mejia. We still feel Eric can make a contribution to the organization." Baylor sees Young as a center fielder. But, until now, he's started just two games in center field.

Baylor feels that he needs to go to the Instructional League at the end of this season to work on his outfield skills. Left field crowded So far, Young has started 21 games BASEBALL ROUNDUP IP RER BB SO California Finley W.14-10 71-3 9 2 2 2 New York 010 002 001-4 Cleveland 203 100 llx-8 DP Cleveland 1. LOB-New York 7, Cleveland 12. 2B Tartabull (28), Levrltz (11), Milligan 2 (4). 3B Gallego (1).

HR-Nokes (10), Baerga (20), Belle (34), Mal-donado (1). IP RER BB SO New York Key L.15-5 31-3 10 6 6 1 5 Jean 3 3 113 0 Howe 12-3 3 1 1 0 1 Cleveland Mulis 6 7 3 3 2 2 JHernandez 3 3 110 1 Umpires Home, Craft; First, Hlckox; Second, Hendry; Third, Evans. 2:45. A 36,436. Associated Press photo Colorado's Eric Young, who starred at Rutgers, attempts to bunt.

Butcher 5,8 12-3 0 0 0 1 3 Milwaukee Bones L.9-9 6 14 6 6 1 1 Maldonado 3 2 0 0 1 2 Bones pitched to batter the 7 th. Western Division Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away San Fran 83 45 .648 1 4 44-22 39-23 Atlanta 80 50 .615 4 z-7-3 1 36-2644-24: Houston 68 60 .531 15 z-7-3 2 37-31 31-29: LA 65 62 .512 17V2 6-4 2 34-2831-34: Cincinnati 64 66 .492 20 55 2 36-29 28-37; San Diego 51 78 .395 3212 5-5 5 28-38 23-40; Colorado 49 81 .377 35 z-6-4 1 26-3623-45; z-denotes first game was a win i Friday's Games Florida 7, San Francisco 4 I Montreal 3, Houston 1 1 Cincinnati 8, Philadelphia 5 San Diego 10, Pittsburgh 6 Chicago 9, Atlanta 7 i New York 3, Colorado 2 St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 2, 10 innings Saturday's Games Late Games Not Included i i Atlanta 5, Chicago 1 San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati at Philadelphia, (n) Colorado 7, New York 5 Houston at Montreal, (n) St. Louis at Los Angeles, (n) Only games scheduled Sunday's Games San Diego (Ashby 2-7 and Brocail 2-1 0) at Pittsburgh (Walk 1 12 and Hope 0-0), 2, 1:05 p.m. Chicago (Hibbard 10-10) at Atlanta (Glavine 15-5), 1:10 p.m; Houston (Swindell 10-9) at Montreal (Hill 7-5), 1:35 p.m.

Cincinnati (Pugh 8-12) at Philadelphia (Jackson 10-9), 1:35 p.m. Colorado (Painter 0-2) at New York (Tanana 6-12), 3:10 p.m! St. Louis (Watson 6-1) at Los Angeles (Hershiser 9-12), 4:05 p.m. i San Francisco (Torres 0-0) at Florida (Hammond 10-8), 6:05 p.m. Monday's Games 1 San Francisco at Florida, 7:35 p.m.

Houston at New York, 7:40 p.m. I Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:05 p.m. Cincinnati at St. Louis, 8:35 p.m. Montreal at Colorado, 9:05 p.m.

Only games scheduled 1 Rockies-Mets N.L. leaders COLORADO NEW YORK NATIONAL LEAGUE abrhbi abrhbi AB Pet, ACole cl 4 0 10 Orsulak If 4 111 Gwynn SD 115 464 65 167 .360 Bnvdes ss 4 0 0 0 Brntz rf 4 110 Jelferles StL Ill 426 72 148 .346 Glrrga lb 4 1 2 0 Murray lb 4 0 0 0 Kruk Phi 122 423 84 1 43 .338 Bchetle rf 4 1 1 0 Bonilla 3b 4 110 Bonds SF 125 429 102 145 338 Hayes 3b 4 10 0 Kent 2b 4 2 3 3 RoThompson SF 102 399 75 134 .336 JeCIrk If 42 10 RyTpsn cf 3 0 0 0 Merced Pit 113 379 64 123 .325 Shaffer 3 1 0 1 Hndley 4 0 11 Grace Chi 125 481 67 156 .324 Meiia 2b 1 0 0 0 Baez ss 2 0 0 0 JBell Pit 126 506 84 163 .322 Caslilla ss 2 0 1 1 McKnl ss 2 0 10 Bagwell Hou ....128 490 70 157 .320 Rynoso 3 1 I 3 Jones 2 0 0 0 McGee SF 101 374 44 119 .318. SReed 0 0 0 0 Telghdr 0 0 0 0 Home Runs Ruffin 0 0 0 0 Lndrm ph 1 0 0 0 Bonds, San Francisco, 38; Boston ph 1 0 0 0 Mnznllo 0 0 0 0 Atlanta, 33; Gant, Atlanta, 31; McGritf; Holmes 0 0 0 0 Atlanta, 31; Sosa, Chicago, 29; Totals 34 7 7 5 Totals 34 5 8 5 New York, 29; Planller, San Diego, 27; MaWilliams, San Francisco, 27. ZTZ7Zn Runs tm ln Colorado 000 304 000-7 Bonds, San Francisco, 99; Justice, New- 5S Atlanta, 89; Daullon, Philadelphia, 88; urr5X Gant, Atlanta, 87; MaWilliams, San Fran-' 15). DP-New York 1.

LOB-Colorado 3, cisco, 85; Bagwell, Houston, 82; Piazza: New York 3. 2B-Galarraga (27), Bichette us Angeles, 81; King, Pittsburgh, 81. (40), Burnitz (7). HR-Reynoso (2), Orsu- Pitching (14 Decisions) lak (7), Kent (16). SB-ACole (26).

SF- TGreene, Philadelphia, 12-3, .800 Caslilla. Avery, Atlanta, 15-4, Kile, Houston IP ER BB SO 14.4, Portugal, Houston, 13-4, Colorado Glavine, Atlanta, 15-5, Burkelt, Salt Reynoso Francisco, 18-6, Swill, San Francis-, 52-3 6 5 5 1 3 co, 17-6, .739. SReed 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 Ruffin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Holmes 1 0 0 0 0 1 Jones 52-3 77412 Baseball today Telgheder 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Manzanillo 2 0 0 0 0 1 i HBP-by Jones (Sheaffer). Umpires-Home, DeMuth; First, Layne; Second, Runge; Third, Reliford. Chicago at Atlanta (1:10 p.m.

t-i lk Tom Glavine pitches for the Braves In. 1 (hejr las) game Wofe three- game series at home against NL West1 leader San Francisco. STATS I c.u.. Paul Molltor was 7-for-7 lifetime- PraveS-UUOS against Seattle's Dave Fleming before-making an oul Friday night. The Mari- CHICAGO ATLANTA ners nave on 9ames against' abrhbi abrhbi Toronto in the last week.

Snchez ss 4 1 0 0 Nixon cf 4 110 "RE AKS Sndbrg2b40 10 Blauser ss 3 13 1 CDn5uke.u l3'15' Grace lb 4 0 11 Gant If 3 0 0 0 ERA ffl 1,15 lasl He Olven- Bechele 3b4 0 0 0 AAcGrff lb 4 110 up 28 hils in 13 innings. Doug Drabek of Sosa cf 3 0 10 Justice rf 3111 the Astros has lost seven straight May If 30 10 Pndllon 3b 3 0 0 1 decisions. Robrsn rf 3 0 1 0 Brryhll 4 0 0 0 SLUMPS Lake 2 0 0 0 Lemke 2b 4 13 1 Philadelphia's Darren Daullon has GHIII ph 1 0 0 0 Avery 3 0 10 driven in run nis lasl 12 9rm. Wilkins 0 0 0 0 Despite being among the NL RBI leaders, Gzman 2 0 1 0 ne ls 0lllv runners In Vzcaino phi 0 0 0 scoring position. Don Mallingly is 4-for- McElry 0 0 0 0 29 In his lasl seven games.

Scanlan 0 0 0 0 SLUGGERS Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 31 5 10 4 Dave Winfield hil his 451st home run and later singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th Inning Friday night as Minnesola- Chicago 000 000 001-1 salvaged a doubleheader split with Chica-i Atlanta 002 001 02x-5 go. He has 2,988 hils and moved past Sam E-Sosa (6), Guzman (5), Blauser Rice into 19th place on the career lisl. '-(17). DP-Chicago 1, Atlanta 2. LOB SWINGS Chicago 3, Atlanta 7.

SB-Grace (8). S- Dennis Martinez of Ihe Expos has won Avery. SF Pendleton. two straight decisions after going 0-3 In IP ER BB SO seven previous decisions. Chicago STARTERS Guzman Roger Clemens slopped a five-week 7 7 3 2 3 5 slump by hold Kansas City to three singles McElrov 0 2 2 2 0 0 in seven innings Friday night in Boston's 5-' Scanlan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 victory.

He had been 0-4 with an 8.00 Atlanta ERA in five starts since his previous- Avery 15-4 victory July 21. Kenny Rogers is 5-0 for 9 6 1 0 0 3 Texas this month. McElrov pitched to 2 batters in Ihe 8th. STOPPERS WP-McElroy. Mike Stanton of Ihe Braves gave up Umpires-Home, Vanover; First, Her- first-pilch grand slam to Derrick May In nandez; Second, Marsh; Third, Rapuano.

the seventh inning Friday night as Chicago 2:27. A 48,940. beat Atlanta 9-7. SIDELINED Will Clark, on Ihe 15-day disabled lisl, missed his first game Friday since injuring his knee on Wednesday against Atlanta Padro-Pirat0 STATUS ragre8 riraies Texas shortstop Mario Diaz did not' play Friday because of Ihe chicken pox SAN DIEGO PITTSBURGH He will be re-evaluated Sunday. abrhbi abrhbi STARS Brown cf 5 0 2 1 Garcia 2b 4 110 Friday Gulierz ss 3 I 0 0 JBell ss 4 0 3 1 Orestes Deslrade drove in six runs and Gwvnn rf 5 1 1 0 Merced rf 2 0 0 0 homered twice in Florida's 7-4 win over 1 DBell 3b 4 111 King 3b 4 0 0 0 San Francisco.

He had three hits PCIark If 3 0 10 DCIark If 3 0 0 0 SCOUTING Bean If 10 12 Martin cf 3 111 The first-year Ottawa Lynx drew a Vlsquez lbl 0 0 0 KYng lb 2 0 0 0 sellout crowd of 10,332 Friday night as GeHrrs 0 0 0 0 Jhnston 0 0 0 0 they clinched a berth in the International 1 Cnfrcco lb3 1 0 0 VnSlyk ph 1 0 0 0 League playoffs with a 7-0 victory over Teufel 2b 3 0 2 1 Neagle 0 0 0 0 Syracuse. The Lynx Is expected to break Asmus 4 1 1 0 Prince 3 0 0 0 the league's attendance record, set 47 1 SSndrs 4 0 0 0 ZSmith 1 0 0 0 years ago by the Baltimore Orioles, on MDavis 0 0 0 0 Foley lb 2 110 Sunday. Shipley 3b 0 0 0 0 SPEAKING Totals 36 5 9 5 Totah 3 i 2 "We knew we needed the game. It was 1 iust one we didn't pull off. I don't think ll'j 1 P'mEb-tierrez PcRfl.

,0 San Diego 3. LOB-San Diego 9, Pitts- Auo 29 WhtfS Foley (9). 3B-Teufel (2). HR DBell (18) CincS Reds SSSSd' ol- SBBean csJBe" (7)' TFltI. Vm IP RFR rb so Schoolboy Rowe's 16-game winning streak 1 San Dim 'P "ER BB ow lh Detroit SSanders W.2-0 1965 Willie Mays broke Ralph' Mnk 1 5 i Kiner's NL record with his 17th heme run zsw, 5' msssm' Sston1'3'7 Neagle 1 0 0 0 0 2 oevS Umpires-Home, Darling; First, Bell; 1971 Hank' Aurnn ih.

Second WIIHams; Third, Pulll. Br lnX 2.26. season, him an NL record of 11 seasons with 100 or more RBIs. Umpires Home, Morrison; First, uam; becono, barneit; iniro, nose. 3:14.

A 21,511. White Sox-Twins Red Sox-Royals BOSTON KANSAS CITY abrhbi abrhbi Fltcher 2b 5 0 1 0 Jose rf 5 0 10 Grnwll If 5 12 0 McRae cf 2 0 0 0 Dawson dh4 0 1 0 Brett dh 2 10 0 MVghn lb 4 0 1 0 Mcfrlne 5 0 10 Htcher pr 0 0 0 0 Joyner lb 4 0 11 Qinlana lbl 0 0 0 Gaelll 3b 5 0 10 CHICAGO abrhbi Raines If Cora 2b Thmas lb Vntura 3b Burks cf Pasqua rf Newson dh Krkvce Guillen ss 3 0 10 4 110 4 0 11 4 110 4 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 111 3 0 0 0 MINNESOTA abrhbi Knblch 2b 2 0 1 1 McCrty If 4 0 0 0 Puckett cf 4 0 2 0 Hrbek lb 10 0 0 Wnfield dh4 0 0 0 Harper 4 0 0 0 PMunz rf 4 0 1 0 Jrgnsn 3b 4 0 1 0 Meares ss 3 0 0 0 Hale ph 1110 Totals 31 1 6 1 Deer rf 5 0 11 McRnls If 3 0 0 0 Cooper 3b 4 1 1 0 Gagne ss 5 0 0 0 Vlentin ss 5 0 0 0 Lind 2b 4 0 10 in left field but that's a pretty crowded place with Jerald Clark, Daryl Boston and Chris Jones. "I played the outfield in college so it's not a difficult transition at all," Young said. "They mentioned going to the Instructional League but they haven't really talked to me about it. "I've heard talk about center field but I don't know what's going on.

I really don't have a preference as far as which position I play. I just want to play. My only goal this year was to establish myself as a major-leaguer and I think I've done that." Young's numbers aren't bad. He's batting .250 with 12 doubles, seven triples, 29 RBI and 47 walks and he leads the team with 33 stolen bases. He's also scored 63 runs and that's the most important statistic as far as he's concerned.

"At the beginning of the year, when I was playing every day, I thought I could score 100 runs," he recalled. "I worked on improving my on-base percentage and getting more walks. It's just a matter of learning the strike zone. "When I was with the Dodgers last year, Brett Butler told me I should try to get a walk every game. I've tried to incorporate that in my game.

Guys appreciate it when you bust your butt and get that RBI for them." The Rockies want to see Young hit the ball on the ground more often so that he can take advantage of his speed. "I think I've had a pretty good year for somebody in his first full big-league season," Young said. "I think my numbers are pretty good. "Just because I'm not playing every day there's nothing I can do about that. There's no disappointment at all.

I'm in the big leagues. How could I be disappointed?" Totals 30 4 7 4 Melvin 3 0 2 1 Riles ph 10 0 0 Pena 0 0 0 0 Zupcic cf 4 0 0 0 Totals 41 2 9 2 Totals 35 1 5 1 Boston 010 000 000 01-2 Kansas City 000 000 100 00-1 Lind 4 DP-Boston LOB- Boston 8, Kansas City 10. 2B-Greenwell (2), 'McRae (19), McReynolds (2). CS- breenwen 3 5 McRae, McReynolds. Minnesota 000 000 001-1 Chicago 010 110 01x-4 DP-Minnesofa 1, Chicago 1.

LOB-Minnesola 9, Chicago 4, 2B Knoblauch (23), Thomas (29), Ventura (19), Burks (21). HR Burks (16), Karkovice (17). SB-Raines 2 (12), Cora (13). IP RER BB SO Minnesota Tapani 7 5 3 3 2 8 Agullera 1 2 110 0 Chicago Bere W.6-5 8 4 0 0 6 7 RHernandez 1 2 110 0 WP-Bere. Umpires Home, Cedersfrom; First, Denkinger; Second, Shulock; Third, Tschlda.

2:30. A 42,567. IP RER BB SO Boston Sele 7 4 1 1 3 10 Harris 2-3 0 0 0 1 1 Fossas 1-300001 KRyan 1 1-3 1 0 0 2 2 Kusseil 12-3 0 0 0 0 1 Kansas City Appier 8 7 1116 Belinda 2 0 0 0 0 2 Mnlgm 1 2 1111 Sele pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Tigers-Athletics HBP-bv Sele (McReynolds). WP- APPier.

Umpires Home, Scott; First, Phillips; OAKLAND abrhbi Detroit claws Oakland, 5-3, earns seventh straight win oeujiia. rcemy; mira, Koe. 3:30. A 25,638. Bordick ss 4 0 2 0 DETROIT abrhbi Phillips If 3 1 1 0 Whtker 2b 4 0 1 0 Frymn 3b 5 1 2 1 Fielder lb 4 0 1 0 Gibson dh 5 0 1 1 Tttlelon rf 4 2 2 1 Trmmll ss 4 1 1 1 Gldden cf 2 0 0 0 Kreuler 4 0 1 1 Thrmn rf 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 5 10 5 DHdsn cf Neel dh Paqlte 3b Sierra rf Gates 2b Aldrete lb Lydy If Browne ph Hmond Totals 40 10 3 111 4010 4 0 10 3 0 2 0 4 12 0 3 0 0 0 1000 4 112 34 3 11 3 A.L.

leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE AB Pet. Olerud Tor 127 445 B7 174 .391 Molilor Tor 129 507 101 168 .331 Loflon Cle 122 464 93 149 .321 RAIomar Tor ...125 489 93 156 .319 Thomas Chi 124 447 85 142 .318 Harper Min 117 422 44 134 .318 Hamilton Mil ....110 435 64 138 .317 Griffey Jr Sea .121 457 93 144 .315 LJohnson Chi ...122 4S9 66 144 .314 Baerga Cle 129 518 95 162 .313 Home Runs Griffey Jr, Seattle, 39; Gonzalez, 36; Thomas, Chicago, 35; Belle, Cleve Detroit 000 011 111-5 Oakland 002 000 010-3 DP Detroit 2, Oakland 1. LOB-De-troit 11, Oakland 6. 2B Phillips (23), Bordick (17). HR Teltleton (30), Tram-meil (7), Neel (15), Hemond (4).

SB-Gladden (7), Thurman (6). S-Trammell, Gales. IP RER BB SO Detroit Moore W.ll-6 7 8 2 2 1 6 Wells 1 3 110 0 Henneman 1 0 0 0 0 2 Oakland Karsav 7 3 5 6 Nunez 1-3 2 1 12 0 Horsman 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Eckerslev 11-3 1 11 0 3 WP Karsav. PB-Hemond. Umpires Home, Young; First, Meriwether; Second, Garcia; Third, Ford.

2:59. A 35,633. land, J4; Palmeiro, lexas, lettieton, Detroit, 30; Fielder, Detroit, 29. Runs Batted In Belle, Cleveland. 106; Thomas.

Chica go, 105; Fielder, Detroit, 105; Carter, Toronto, 99; Olerud, Toronto, 97; Teltle ton, Detroit, Baerga, Cleveland, it. OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Mickey Tettleton and Alan Trammell hit home runs to back eight strong innings from Mike Moore as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-3 Saturday for their seventh straight victory. The Tigers have not won seven games in a row since August 1991. The A's losing streak reached nine games, their longest since June 1986.

Tettleton hit a solo homer in the ninth off Dennis Eckersley to pass teammate Cecil Fielder and become the first Tiger to reach 30 homers this season. Trammell extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a leadoff home run in the fifth, his seventh, cutting Oakland's lead to 2-1. White Sox 4, Twins 1 CHICAGO Rookie Jason Bere pitched eight scoreless innings, limiting Minnesota to four hits and leading the Chicago White Sox over the Twins. Ellis Burks homered and drove in two runs as Chicago beat the Twins for the eighth time in 11 games. NATIONAL LEAGUE Padres 5, Pirates 3 PITTSBURGH Scott Sanders pitched six-hit ball for 8Vs innings in his third major-league start as the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates for their fifth straight victory.

Sanders (2-0) gave up three runs, walked two and struck out six. Mark Davis got one out in the ninth and Gene Harris finished for his 20th save. Sanders was the Padres' first-round draft pick in 1990. Braves 5, Cubs 1 ATLANTA Steve Avery helped Atlanta rebound from a tough loss with a six-hitter for his 15th victory as the Braves beat the Chicago Cubs. The win moved Atlanta within four games of first-place San Francisco in the NL West.

It's the closest the Braves have been to the Giants since May 29 when they were also four games behind. The Giants were idle Saturday because of a preseason NFL game at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami. Red Sox 2, Royals 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. Rob Deer's run-scoring double with two outs in the 11th inning gave the Boston Red Sox a victory over the Kansas City Royals. It was Boston's third straight win.

Mike Greenwell led off the 11th with a double and took third on Andre Dawson's fly ball to the warning track in left field. After Carlos Quin-tana bounced out to first base, Deer lined a double down the left-field line off reliever Jeff Montgomery (3-5). Jeff Russell (1-4) pitched 1 innings for the victory. Angels 6, Brewers 2 MILWAUKEE Chris Turner singled and doubled home his first major league RBIs and Luis Polonia had four hits as the California Angels snapped the Milwaukee Brewers' seven-game winning streak. The Angels used a 16-hit attack to end a three-game losing streak.

Turner, whose contract was purchased Friday from Triple-A Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League, singled home California's first run in the second inning. pircning (14 uecisionsi Key, New York, 15-5, McDowell, Chicago. 20-7. Wickman. New York 10-4, Fernandez, Chicago, 15-6, Mussina, Baltimore, 12-5, Appier, Kansas city, 14-6, Langston, nia, u-6, ,64.

Nolan Ryan's still hurting ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Nolan Ryan's return to the Texas Rangers' rotation remains on hold after he threw for five minutes Saturday. Ryan said the pulled muscle in his left ribcage gave him discomfort after only a few pitches and he stopped throwing to avoid further damage. "I knew if I continued to throw I was going to have more problems, so I quit," Ryan said. Ryan was tentatively scheduled to start Tuesday in Boston but the Rangers will continue with a four-man Friday night's late baseball boxscoresC-2 rotation until he is healthy enough to return. 1.