Mike Moore limited California to three singles over eightinnings and Dave Henderson delivered a home run in the first inningThursday to lift the visiting Oakland Athletics to a 5-0 victory overthe California Angels.
Henderson had three of Oakland's 13 hits, including a homer offJim Abbott (0-2) in the first innning. Dave Parker drove in a pairof runs with a single and a groundout and Mike Gallego doubled in twomore runs. Playing without the injured Jose Canseco and MarkMcGwire, Oakland had managed just one run in the last 20 innningsbefore Henderson's homer.
"The win is good, but everyone contributing is better," Oaklandmanager Tony LaRussa said. "We have a lot of tough outs in ourlineup. We should score runs."
Abbott fielded his first major-league grounder - and made hisfirst error - on a sharply hit ball by Carney Lansford in the second.Abbott, who was born without a right hand and switches his glove onand off his left, hadn't made the switch on the grounder, but he didknock the ball down and retrieve it in time to throw to first - butthe throw was high. Abbott did field Stan Javier's grounder to themound in the third inning and threw out the lead runner at second.In the fourth, he snared Felix Jose's comebacker to start a doubleplay. Abbott's first major-league strikeout was Parker swinging inthe second inning.
Red Sox 9, Indians 1: Wade Boggs had three hits and a sacrificefly for three RBI to lead a 15-hit Boston attack against Cleveland atFenway Park. Roger Clemens (1-0) picked up his first decision aftertwo outings without one. He went seven innings and struck out eight- including the side in the seventh. In his 1989 Fenway pitchingdebut, Clemens allowed only three singles. He received a standingovation in the Cleveland second when he recorded his 1,000th careerstrikeout. While throwing 112 pitches, Clemens became the fourthBoston pitcher to reach 1,000 strikeouts. With 1,005 strikeouts, hetrails only Cy Young, who had 1,341 early in the century, Luis Tiant(1,075) and former teammate Bruce Hurst (1,043). Clemens extendedhis lifetime record against Cleveland to 10-1, including 7-0 inFenway Park.
Tigers 3, Twins 0: Jeff Robinson (1-0) tossed a four-hitter andLou Whitaker hit a home run to help Detroit defeat Minnesota at TigerStadium. Minnesota had beaten Detroit 12 times in a row dating totheir first meeting last season, May 14, which also was a shutout.Robinson did not allow a hit between John Moses' single leading offthe third and Wally Backman's leadoff double in the eighth.Whitaker homered on an 0-2 pitch by reliever Juan Berenguer with twoout in the seventh. Detroit's Kenny Williams singled off ShaneRawley (1-1) to start the first, stole second before Torey Lovullowalked and had to stop at third on Whitaker's topped ground single tofirst. Alan Trammell hit an easy double-play grounder to short thatwent between Greg Gagne's legs for an error, allowing two runs toscore. Minnesota loaded the bases on a pair of 3-1 walks after aone-out single in the first. But Robinson struck out Gary Gaetti andRandy Bush.
Rangers 6, Brewers 1: Julio Franco drove in four runs for thesecond straight game and Bobby Witt (1-0) scattered seven hits ineight innings as Texas won at Milwaukee for its fifth straightvictory.
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