Boston Stirs To Life By Clipping Orioles

American League

The Boston Red Sox (3-12) ended their seven-game losing streak on Thursday, beating Mike Mussina and the Baltimore Orioles 10-7 at Baltimore as Mo Vaughn and Mike Stanley homered.

The last time Boston opened 3-12 was 1932.

The Red Sox tagged Mussina (3-1) for six runs - five earned - and 10 hits in six innings. Stanley, who came in batting .121, went 3 for 4 as the Red Sox reached season highs in runs and hits (14).

Angels 9, Blue Jays 6

Anaheim, Calif.

Rookie George Arias hit his first major league homer, a three-run shot to cap a five-run first, and California held on to beat Toronto.

Brewers 8, Royals 2

Kansas City, Mo.

Milwaukee won as Kevin Seitzer homered and drove in four runs, helping Steve Sparks (1-2) avenge last week’s one-hit loss to Kansas City.

A’s return to Oakland

Oakland Athletics general manager Sandy Alderson wore a hard hat to the team’s practice.

Construction crews took a break to watch the team’s noontime workout from new theater-style seats, some of them installed just a few hours earlier.

Shortstop Mike Bordick was just happy to be home, and along with his teammates, taking advantage of their first chance to get an extensive look at the reconstructed Oakland Coliseum. It will host its first major league game tonight when the A’s play the Chicago White Sox.

Oakland played its first six road games at Las Vegas’ Cashman Field.

Clearing the bases

Jose Canseco of Boston has hit in six consecutive games to raise his batting average from .206 to .254. … New York second baseman Pat Kelly, sidelined since the start of the season, will undergo exploratory surgery today on his ailing right shoulder. … David Howard of Kansas City started his fourth consecutive game at shortstop in place of Jose Offerman, who leads the team with four errors.