Orioles Fall Again As Moyer Falters

American League

Pat Hentgen pitched eight strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays handed Jamie Moyer his first loss in nearly six weeks, chasing the Orioles’ left-hander in the sixth inning of a 6-3 victory Monday night in Baltimore.

Lance Parrish and Devon White each had two RBIs to help the Blue Jays to their fifth win in six games. Toronto led 3-2 before pulling away with a three-run sixth inning.

Cal Ripken homered twice and drove in three runs for the Orioles, who fell into third place in the A.L. East, a half-game behind the New York Yankees and five games back of Boston.

White Sox 6, Royals 4

Chicago

Ron Karkovice’s three-run homer highlighted a five-run sixth inning as Chicago beat Kansas City.

White Sox starter Alex Fernandez (5-7) allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked two.

Jason Jacome (0-1) gave up 10 hits and six runs in six innings in his second start for the Royals since being acquired from the New York Mets.

Player of the week

Seattle’s Mike Blowers, who had three homers and 11 RBIs last week, is the American League player of the week for the first time in his career.

Blowers hit .500 during the week with 11 hits in 22 at-bats. He had a .577 on-base percentage and a 1.045 slugging percentage.

Clearing the bases

Baltimore activated catcher Chris Hoiles from the disabled list… . Danny Darwin, who pitched for Texas from 1978-84, signed a minor league contract with the Rangers. … California purchased the contract of infielder Rene Gonzales from Triple-A Vancouver.