Three-Hitter Brings Wells 100th Victory
American League
David Wells pitched a three-hitter for his 100th career victory and Paul O’Neill had four hits and drove in four runs, leading the New York Yankees over the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0 Saturday night at Milwaukee.
Wells (10-4) pitched his second career shutout, both of them against the Brewers. Wells’ previous low-hit complete game in his nine-year career was a four-hitter on Sept. 14, 1995, while pitching for Cincinnati.
Angels 5, Blue Jays 4 Anaheim, Calif.
Tony Phillips singled home the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning, and Anaheim beat Toronto for its 11th victory in 12 games.
Tigers 6, Rangers 5 Arlington, Texas
Brian Hunter singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and Detroit handed the Rangers their fifth loss in six games.
Texas fell to 8-21 in one-run games. The Rangers slipped three games under .500 for the first time since May 1995.
Orioles 8, White Sox 3 Baltimore
Baltimore’s Chris Hoiles entered the game as an emergency replacement and hit a tie-breaking homer in the sixth inning as the Orioles ended a three-game losing streak.
Hoiles’ two-out, two-run homer off Bill Simas (3-1) gave Baltimore a 5-3 lead.
Hoiles, who returned from a one-month stay on the disabled list Friday, came into the game in the fourth inning after catcher Lenny Webster was bruised on the left arm by a foul ball.
Red Sox 6, Indians 3 Cleveland
John Valentin, rumored to be on the trading block, hit two solo homers and turned a nifty double play at third base to help pace Boston over Cleveland. It was the Sox’s fourth consecutive victory, all against first-place clubs Cleveland and Baltimore.
Twins 7, Athletics 6 Oakland, Calif.
It didn’t take power for Minnesota to beat Oakland. It took pitching and placement.
Minnesota took the lead with a four-run seventh inning and maintained it despite Jose Canseco’s 470-foot home run.
The Twins capitalized on effective relief pitching from Greg Swindell (5-2) and closer Rick Aguilera.
Canseco’s home run, his 19th this season, was the longest at Oakland Coliseum since the A’s began measuring every home run in 1992.
Irabu on national TV
The “Irabu” hype comes to Miwaukee’s County Stadium in full force today.
That’s when New York Yankees’ pitcher and Japanese media darling Hideki Irabu makes his first nationally televised major league start.
The game between the Yankees and Brewers will be broadcast on TV on ESPN. CBS radio will also air the game.
Clearing the bases
A man complained to police that Boston first baseman Mo Vaughn punched him in the mouth in the doorway of a strip club early Saturday in Cleveland. Scott Bird, 24, of North Olmsted, Ind., alleged that Vaughn, the 1995 A.L. MVP, punched him during an argument over someone being burned with a cigarette. Vaughn told a reporter that he wasn’t in the bar. … Pitcher Ben McDonald was placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Brewers because of a sore right shoulder. Manager Phil Garner said McDonald, who has an 8-7 record and 4.06 ERA, will miss at least one start.