Path: utzoo!telly!ddsw1!lll-winken!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!looking!clarinews From: clarinews@clarinet.com (JOE ILLUZZI, UPI Sports Writer) Newsgroups: clari.sports.baseball,biz.clarinet.sample Subject: American League Roundup Keywords: baseball, men's professional Message-ID: Date: 21 Sep 89 06:44:39 GMT Followup-To: biz.clarinet.sample Lines: 73 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com ACategory: sports Slugword: bba-alrup Priority: regular Format: summary ANPA: Wc: 775; Id: s0445; Sel: ns--s; Adate: 9-21-250aed; Ver: sked Codes: ysbpmxx. The X-rays taken Thursday on George Bell and Mark Gubicza could help determine the outcome of the two American League races. Bell, Toronto's RBI leader, and Gubicza, Kansas City's No. 2 pitcher, both left their respective games Wednesday night because of injuries while the Blue Jays and the Royals were going down to costly defeats. Bell injured his right elbow making a throw from the outfield as Toronto lost to Boston 10-3 and had its lead over Baltimore in the AL East cut to one game. Gubicza, who had won his previous five decisions, left in the second inning with a posterior muscle strain of his right shoulder. The White Sox went on to post a six-run second to beat the Royals 7-2 and drop Kansas City 4 1-2 games behind Oakland and two behind Calfifornia in the AL West. The Blue Jays are off Thursday and embark on a six-game road trip that will take them to Milwaukee and Detroit. Bell refused to confirm he would be available to hit. ``Hurt is hurt, man,'' he said. But he quickly added, ``If I get up tomorrow and feel like playing a game of golf, I'll go play golf. You guys worry too much. You guys worry more than I worry.'' Gubicza, 15-11, leads the AL in innings pitched and he has been carrying the Royals over the last month. The right-hander recently signed a three-year contract worth $7.4 million. If he becomes unavailable, the Royals' chances of winning the AL West will be slim. ``Gubicza will have X-rays taken and then we'll know more about it,'' Royals Manager John Wathan said. ``You could tell something was bothering him. I think it even goes back to his start in Baltimore (last Saturday) by the way he threw there. ``It keeps piling up all year. I don't know what else can happen. We've had a long list of injuries.'' In other games, Baltimore pounded Detroit 9-2, Oakland outslugged Cleveland 8-6, California crushed Minnesota 9-1 and Texas shaded Seattle 3-2. The double-header between Milwaukee and New York was rained out. In the National League, it was: Philadelphia 9, Chicago 8; Pittsburgh 9, Montreal 1; San Diego 3, Cincinnati 1 in 10 innings; Houston 7, Atlanta 6 in 14 innings; St. Louis 5, New York 3; and San Francisco 8, Los Angeles 7. _B_o_s_t_o_n_ _1_0_,_ _T_o_r_o_n_t_o_ _3 At Toronto, Dwight Evans homered and drove in three runs and Wade Boggs and Jody Reed each contributed two RBI as the Blue Jays fell for the fifth time in nine games. Roger Clemens 16-10, worked eight innings for the victory. The Red Sox shelled Jimmy Key, 12-14, for six runs and 10 hits in three innings. _W_h_i_t_e_ _S_o_x_ _7_,_ _R_o_y_a_l_s_ _2 At Kansas City, Mo., Melido Perez pitched six-hitter to foil the Royals. Perez, 11-13, struck out nine and walked two. After Gubicza issued a bases-loaded walk in the second, he was removed and reliever Steve Crawford yielded two-run singles to Ozzie Guillen and Ivan Calderon. _O_r_i_o_l_e_s_ _9_,_ _T_i_g_e_r_s_ _2 At Baltimore, Mickey Tettleton drove in four runs and Jeff Ballard combined with two relievers on a six-hitter. Ballard, 18-7, scattered five hits over seven innings. Frank Tanana, 9-14, was battered for four runs and 10 hits in 3 1-3 innings. Tettleton had an RBI single, smashed his 25th home run and added a two-run single. _A_'_s_ _8_,_ _I_n_d_i_a_n_s_ _6 At Cleveland, Tony Phillips hit a bases-loaded triple to highlight a five-run sixth that propelled Oakland to its third straight victory. The A's swept the series with the Indians after losing all three games in Boston last weekend. Storm Davis, 18-7, was the winner and Dennis Eckerlsey notched his 30th save. Greg Swindell, 13-6, has not won since July 20. _A_n_g_e_l_s_ _9_,_ _T_w_i_n_s_ _1 At Minneapolis, Tony Armas had three hits and two RBI to help California keep pace in the AL West with its fourth straight victory. Jim Abbott, 12-11, notched his fourth complete game and first victory since Aug. 30. Mark Guthrie, 2-2, was the loser. _R_a_n_g_e_r_s_ _3_,_ _M_a_r_i_n_e_r_s_ _2 At Arlington, Texas, Ruben Sierra delivered the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning for his league-leading 113th RBI. Texas won its fourth straight, something the Rangers had not done for two months.