American League Roundup : Stieb Extends His Win Streak At Chicago to Six

Toronto right-hander Dave Stieb continued his mastery of the Chicago White Sox and Pat Borders and Kelly Gruber homered as the Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory Monday night at Chicago.

Stieb (5-3) boosted his record to 15-4 lifetime against the White Sox, including 9-1 at Comiskey Park, where he has won 6 straight since last losing in May of 1982. Monday, he allowed only 4 hits in posting his first complete game of the season.

“Complete games are not important,” Stieb said. “It was only important tonight because it gave our bullpen a rest. I had good stuff tonight and everything I threw was for strikes.”

Borders hit his second home run of the season in a three-run fifth inning, after Gruber drew a walk from loser Rick Horton. Two-out doubles by Tony Fernandez and Lloyd Moseby made it 3-0.

Gruber’s fifth home run, in the eighth inning, was an inside-the-park drive. Center fielder Daryl Boston missed a diving catch in right-center.

Oakland 3, Boston 0--The Athletics increased their lead in the West to 8 games as Storm Davis and 3 relievers combined on a 7-hit shutout and Dave Parker hit a 2-run home run at Boston.

The Red Sox, who stranded at least 1 runner in each of the first 8 innings, left 14 runners on base in the game. The major league record for the most men left on base by a team that has been shut out is 15, accomplished four times.

Davis (4-1) escaped 2 bases-loaded jams unscathed and survived control problems to pitch six innings. He allowed 6 hits, walked 5 and threw 3 wild pitches. Greg Cadaret pitched 1 innings of one-hit relief, Eric Plunk recorded one out and Dennis Eckersley worked the ninth for his 14th save.

Jeff Sellers (0-4) took the loss for Boston despite allowing only 7 hits in 8 innings. The Red Sox have scored just 3 runs and been shut out 3 times in Sellers’ 5 starts. He has not received any runs in his last 29 innings.

Oakland’s Carney Lansford went 4 for 5 and has a major-league high 19 multiple-hit games this season.

Kansas City 7, Texas 6--Bo Jackson and Kevin Seitzer homered and Floyd Bannister raised his record to 18-4 since the 1987 All-Star game as the Royals held on to win at Arlington, Tex.

Bannister (6-2) allowed 2 runs and 5 hits in 8 innings and left with a 7-2 lead as the Rangers lost their second straight after equaling the club record with 8 consecutive wins.

Jackson’s seventh home run traveled 426 feet into the left-field stands, scoring Frank White, who had singled. Seitzer hit his second home run of the season in the ninth off Dewayne Vaughn, and that proved to be the decisive run because Texas scored 4 times in the bottom of the ninth.

New York 3, Seattle 1--Former Angel pitcher John Candelaria improved his record to 5-2 with some offensive support from Jack Clark at New York.

Clark’s two-run home run in the first inning, his seventh of the season, put the Yankees ahead for good. Candelaria allowed eight hits over 7 innings, with the only Mariner run coming on Alvin Davis’ 100th career home run.

“I didn’t get out of the first inning though,” said Seattle loser Mike Moore, who allowed only four hits in 7 innings, but all three runs with two out in the first inning. “Candy pitched a terrific game. We just didn’t get any runs. I just pitched against the wrong guy on the wrong night.”

Dave Righetti, the third Yankee pitcher, pitched 1 innings and notched his sixth save of season.

Milwaukee 3, Detroit 1--Robin Yount became the Brewers’ career RBI leader with a seventh-inning double and Chris Bosio improved his record to 6-3 to lead the way at Milwaukee.

Bosio scattered 9 hits in seven-plus innings, and has allowed only 1 earned run in his last 24 innings.

Yount’s double off Walt Terrell enabled him to pass Cecil Cooper as the Brewers’ career RBI leader with 945. The hit scored Jim Gantner, who walked and moved around to third on two infield outs, and gave the Brewers a 3-1 lead.

Terrell, who had won 9 straight decisions, suffered his first loss since last Aug. 14.