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Alomar Shifts Area Of Interest

Associated Press

Roberto Alomar finally gave baseball fans a lot more to talk about than spit, sprains and slumps.

Alomar hit three home runs, his first extra-base hits of the season, and went 4 for 4 with a career-high six RBIs as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 14-5 Saturday at Baltimore.

Alomar came into the game in a 2-for-21 funk that dropped his batting average to .205. He is the third player in two days to hit three homers in a game, joining Ken Griffey Jr. and Matt Williams.

In his final at-bat in the seventh inning, Alomar missed tying a major league record with four homers in a game by hitting a sacrifice fly to the warning track in front of the 25-foot scoreboard in right field.

Alomar started the season by serving a five-game suspension for spitting at umpire John Hirschbeck, and he has been bothered by a sprained left ankle. “To get ready, it takes time,” he said. “This is the first time that I had a good game this season and I feel real good about it.”

Yankees 10, White Sox 2

New York

Cecil Fielder finally hit his first home run of the season, driving in five runs with the first five-hit game of his career to lead New York over Chicago.

Fielder ended the longest homerless streak of his career at 98 at-bats and also doubled twice.

Tino Martinez homered and drove in two runs to set a Yankees record for RBIs in April with 30.

Rangers 6, Twins 1

Minneapolis

Bobby Witt beat Minnesota for the sixth straight time, and Texas defeated the Twins for its fourth consecutive victory.

Witt (4-0) took a two-hit shutout into the sixth, but Rich Becker spoiled it with an inside-the-park home run that center fielder Damon Buford lost in the lights.

Athletics 7, Royals 6 (11)

Oakland, Calif.

Mitch Williams was trying to waste a pitch when he threw a bases-loaded wild pitch to Jose Canseco with two outs in the 11th inning, capping Oakland’s four-run rally that gave the Athletics a victory over Kansas City.

The Royals had taken a 6-3 lead in the top of the 11th on Bip Roberts’ RBI double and Jay Bell’s two-run homer.

Brewers 9, Indians 8

Milwaukee

Matt Williams homered twice to match a major league record with five homers in two games, but Milwaukee rallied for three runs in the ninth off Jose Mesa for a win over Cleveland.

Jeff Huson’s RBI single off Mesa (0-1) capped Milwaukee’s rally and spoiled Williams’ second straight multi-homer game.

Tigers 2, Angels 0

Anaheim, Calif.

Rookie Brian Moehler pitched a two-hitter for his first shutout and complete game, leading Detroit past Anaheim.

Moehler (2-1) surrendered only Luis Alicea’s double in the first and another double to Jim Edmonds in the fourth to win his second consecutive start. The right-hander struck out two, didn’t allow a walk and got 14 groundouts.

Clearing the bases

In the first shakeup of the New York Yankees bullpen this season, David Weathers was cut loose and replaced by Jim Mecir. New York designated the 27-year-old right-hander for assignment, meaning the team has 10 days to trade him, attempt to assign him outright to the minors or request unconditional release waivers.

Texas’ Dean Palmer has started 20 games this year at third and has no errors in 49 chances, best in the A.L. …The Orioles denied Aaron Sele (3-1) his first four-game winning streak since 1993. … Mark McGwire of Oakland was intentionally walked three times, which ties a major league record. McGwire’s five walks were one short of the modern major league record; two players have walked six times.