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Another Royal rookie leads way to win

By The Associated Press Kevin Seitzer might not have a Heisman Trophy at home but he’s battling Bo Jackson for the title ol Kansas City’s outstanding rookie. The first baseman drove in both runs Wednesday night as the Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 and Seit zer raised his average to .452, th< same mark as Jackson. “I loved it last night when Bo hit the two home runs and everybody was over there talking to him and 1 could just go on and do my thing anc not worry about it,” Seitzer said. “Ii I don’t have to do any talking, that’s just more time I have to relax and concentrate on the game.” Jackson, the running back who was the NFL’s No. 1 draft choice in 1986, drove in seven runs Tuesday against the Tigers, but Wednesday was Seitzer’s turn at glory. ‘‘Seitzer did it again,” Royals Manager Billy Gardner said. “He sure has been swinging the bat good. He knows what to do with the bat in any situation.” Kansas City also has to be happy with the 1987 start of Bret Saberhagen, 2-0, who went 7-12 last year. Saberhagen allowed six hits and struck out two in eight innings and Bud Black pitched the ninth. In other AL games Wednesday, Juan Nieves pitched the first nohitter in Milwaukee history as the Brewers beat Baltimore 7-0; Boston beat Texas 5-4; Minnesota defeated Oakland 5-2; California blanked

Seattle 4-0; New York edged Cleveland 4-3; and Chicago beat Toronto 5-0. Red Sox 5, Rangers 4 Dwight Evans’ sixth-inning grand slam erased a 4-1 deficit and reliever Wes Gardner struck out seven of the 10 batters he faced as the Red Sox dealt the Rangers their sixth straight loss. The Rangers, 1-7 this season, took their lead with a four-run fifth off Bruce Hurst, 2-0. Gardner relieved with two men on base in the seventh, and struck out Pete Incaviglia, Larry Parrish and Don Slaught on 14 pitches. Evans’ homer came off Dale Mohorcic, 1-1, who relieved starter Charlie Hough with the bases loaded and a 2-0 count. Twins 5, Athletics 2 Mike Smithson had a no-hitter for six innings and the Twins remained atop the AL West with a 7-2 record. Smithson, 2-0, wound up with a four-hitter. The no-hitter was broken up by Carney Lansford leading off the seventh inning with a double to extend his hitting streak to nine games. Reardon earned his third save by getting the final out. Lansford scored on Dwayne Murphy’s two-out double and Oakland added a run in the eighth on an RBI double by Mike Davis. The Twins scored their first run off Dave Stewart, 0-2, in the third on the first of two RBI singles by Kirby

Puckett. Tom Nieto also had two RBI for Minnesota. Angels 4, Mariners 0 Kirk McCaskill, 2-0, faced 29 batters, struck out nine and walked one and allowed four single. Brian Downing led off the game with a home run for the third time this season and second consecutive game. Yankees 4, Indians 3 Dave Winfield’s two-run single capped a three-run seventh for the Yankees as the Indians lost their sixth straight. Cleveland starter Scott Bailes took a four-hitter and a 3-1 lead into the seventh. He walked Joel Skinner, and one out later, Bailes went 2-0 on Rickey Henderson before reliever Tom Waddell, 0-1, took over and

Scott, Downs dominant as Astros, Giants win

By The Associated Press Mike Scott and Kelly Downs were almost as dominant as a pitcher can be, yet the spotlight eluded them. Scott threw a one-hitter and Downs had a three-hitter Wednesday night, but the masterpiece of the evening was thrown in the American League where Milwaukee’s Juan Nieves pitched a no-hitter against Baltimore. Still, Scott’s 4-0 win at Los Angeles and Downs’ 1-8 victory in San Diego were not exactly weak efforts. Both were dominant. Scott, of course, has been that way for nearly a year. After a poor start last season, Scott made his splitfinger fastball dance and he rode it to an 18-10 record and the National League Cy Young Award. Against the Dodgers, he was virtually unhittable, yielding only a third-inning single to Mariano Duncan and striking out 10. “I don’t know how he could have been any better unless, of course, he had pitched a no-hitter,” Astros Manager Hal Lanier said. “He looked pretty overpowerinng to me. He gave up one hit, retired 15 in a row, was in complete command of all of his pitches.” The Dodgers wondered if Scott had a little help in holding such command. Like the New York Mets in last year’s playoffs, the Dodgers accused Scott of scuffing the baseball. “The scuff marks (on the balls) were all identical,” Dodgers pitcher Rick Honeycutt said. “I don’t know what grade of sandpaper he (Scott) was using, but it was a finer grade.” Also Wednesday, it was New York 4, Philadelphia 1; Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 1, and Atlanta 4, Cincinnati 3. Astros 4, Dodgers 0 Scott threw a no-hitter last September in the Astros’ divisionclinching win. He beat the Dodgers 43 on opening day for his other 1987 victory. Biliy Hatcher, who’s hit in all nine of the Astros’ games, homered, doubled and singled to account for half the Houston runs. His solo homer in the fourth off Alejandro Pena, 0-1, gave Scott the lead. The Astros upped their record to 7-2, equalling the best starts in the club’s history in 1972 and 1980. Giants 1, Padres 0 While San Francisco continued its

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completed the walk. A single by Willie Randolph loaded the bases and brought in Greg Swindell. Don Mattingly lined out to shortstop Julio Franco, but Franco overthrew second baseman Tony Bernazard trying for a double play and the error allowed Skinner to score. White Sox 5, Blue Jays 0 Jose DeLeon extended his scoreless streak to 14 1-3 innings as he and Ray Searage combined on a four-hitter to snap the White Sox’ four-game losing streak. DeLeon, 2-0, allowed three hits and struck out nine in 7 2-3 innings, while Tim Hulett got three hita and drove in four runs, two in the fourth with a double and two in the sixth with a single.

torrid start behind the three-hit pitching of Kelly Downs and a home run by Candy Malonado, the Padres continued to falter. San Diego, 1-8, is off to the worst start in the 19-year history of the franchise. Counting spring training games, the Padres have won only once since March 27 and have lost 16 of 17 since then. The Giants improved their record to 8-2, their best start since 1979, and moved into first place in the NL West. Downs, 1-0, outlasted Padres starter Storm Davis, 0-1, who allowed only four hits in eight innings. Downs struck out seven and walked one. Mets 4, Phillies 1 The Mets used the long ball and stingy pitching by Sid Fernandez, David Cone and Doug Sisk. Gary Carter and Darryl Strawberry hit consecutive home runs in the seventh inning off Kent Tekulve to break open a tight game. Strawberry has hit in all seven Mets game, including four home runs and 11 RBI. Fernandez, 2-0, worked six innings, giving up two hits, walking five and striking out five. Pirates 3, Cubs 1 After Chicago’s Jody Davis homered in the ninth inning to tie the game, the visiting Pirates came right back with two runs in the 10th to win it. Andy Van Slyke led off the 10th with a single, went to third on a single by Johnny Ray and scored on Jim Morrison’s single to center. A balk by reliever Les Lancaster scored Ray with the third Pirates run. Pittsburgh starter Rick Reuschel had a three-hit shutout when Manager Jim Leyland pinch hit for him in the ninth. Reliever Don Robinson, 2-0, gave up the gametying home run to Davis. Braves 4, Reds 3 Braves shortstop Andres Thomas, hit a three-run homer and started four double plays. Thomas connected for his first home run of the season in the third inning off Reds starter Tom Browning, 1-1, following a walk to Glenn Hubbard and a single by Dion James. The decisive run came in the sixth when Hubbard scored Ted Simmons from third on a squeeze bunt.