Rookie Nips Clemens; Triple Play Caps Sweep

American League

The Brewers turned their first triple play in 18 years and Matt Mieske homered Monday night as Milwaukee completed a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with a 9-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

In the first game, Steve Woodard pitched eight innings of one-hit ball in his major league debut to outduel Roger Clemens and lead the Brewers to a 1-0 victory.

Woodard, a 22-year-old right-hander, struck out two in each of the first four innings and finished with four more to tie the team season high of 12 set by Ben McDonald against St. Louis on June 16.

Woodard (1-0), who had a win in his only start with Triple-A Tucson after going 14-3 at Double-A El Paso, retired his final 17 batters and 24 of the 26 he faced.

Clemens struck out 10, walked one and retired 13 straight batters after Mieske’s hit. Clemens lowered his ERA to an A.L.-best 1.52 in his sixth complete game of the season.

In the second game, the Brewers turned the third triple play in club history and the first since May 15, 1979.

The first two batters in the fourth inning singled off Joel Adamson (3-1) before Alex Gonzalez hit the next pitch down the line to third baseman Jeff Cirillo, who stepped on third and threw to second baseman Mark Loretta for the second out. Loretta then fired a strike to first to get Gonzalez by a step.

Angels 2-10, Indians 0-7

Cleveland

Anaheim shut out the Indians in Cleveland for the first time in 15 years, then got a grand slam from Garret Anderson to win the nightcap.

Anderson hit a mammoth grand slam off Orel Hershiser in the fourth, leading to a 10-7 victory.

The Angels, who have won 16 of 21, took the opener 2-0 as knuckleballer Dennis Springer (6-4) outdueled Bartolo Colon.

Royals 10-5, Twins 3-2

Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City scored seven first-inning runs and collected a season-high 17 hits to win the opener 10-3.

The Royals won the second game 5-2 as Jim Pittsley (3-7), who was recalled from Triple-A Omaha between games, worked six innings, allowing two runs - one earned - on three hits.

Orioles 7, Rangers 2

Baltimore

Mike Mussina pitched seven strong innings and Rafael Palmeiro snapped a sixth-inning tie with a three-run homer for Baltimore.

Roberto Alomar went 4 for 5 with a two-run homer to help Baltimore to its sixth win in seven games. The four hits tied a career high, accomplished 19 times previously, including last week in Texas.

Yankees 4, Athletics 3

New York

Mark Whiten snapped an 0-for-16 slump with an RBI single in the ninth inning as New York rallied to win.

Whiten, who is awaiting word from the Milwaukee district attorney’s office on possible sexual assault charges filed against him by a 31-year-old woman, singled down the right-field line to score Luis Sojo as the Yankees snapped a three-game losing streak.

Clearing the bases

Milwaukee’s Dave Nilsson was chosen A.L. player of the week for batting .414 in seven games with five home runs, 10 RBIs, 12 hits and 28 total bases… . Matt Mieske of the Brewers, the former Spokane Indian, was 0 for 12 against Roger Clemens before hitting two singles… . Kansas City designated infielder Craig Paquette for assignment and activated infielder-outfielder Joe Vitiello from the 15-day disabled list.