Moyer Is More Than Enough in Mariner Rout

Jamie Moyer beat his former teammates for the third time this season and Paul Sorrento hit a grand slam as the Seattle Mariners pounded the Orioles, 10-3, Thursday night at Baltimore.

Moyer (10-2) took a two-hit shutout into the ninth inning before Mike Devereaux led off with a solo homer and Brady Anderson added a two-run homer, his 38th. Norm Charlton got the final three outs for Seattle.

Ken Griffey Jr. had three hits for the Mariners, who scored only six runs in losing the first two games of the three-game series. Seattle topped that in the fifth inning alone, scoring seven times in an uprising highlighted by Sorrento’s third grand slam this year--Seattle’s major league-leading ninth.

Moyer struck out two and walked none in improving to 3-1 in five starts since being traded from Boston on July 30. The left-hander, who was released by the Orioles after the 1995 season, is 3-0 with a 2.95 earned-run average against Baltimore this season.

The Orioles played without Manager Davey Johnson, who was hospitalized because of an irregular heartbeat. His condition was not serious, and he is expected to rejoin the team today.

Texas 11, Minnesota 2--Ken Hill pitched his sixth complete game of the season and the Rangers took advantage of 11 walks by Twin pitchers at Minneapolis.

Hill (14-7) gave up 10 hits, including a solo homer by Roberto Kelly, and struck out six. He won for the third time in four starts.

Ivan Rodriguez of Texas hit his 43rd double, setting a major league record for most doubles by a catcher. He broke the mark shared by Mickey Cochrane (Philadelphia Athletics, 1930), Terry Kennedy (San Diego, 1982) and Brian Harper (Minnesota, 1990).

Rusty Greer hit a two-run homer, his 16th. He was three for five, making him nine for 14 with six RBIs in his last three games.

Toronto 1, Chicago 0--Erik Hanson pitched a three-hitter at Chicago and the Blue Jays won their fifth in a row when the game was called in the seventh inning because of rain.

The game was stopped in the top of the seventh and halted after a delay of 1 hour 59 minutes.

Jacob Brumfield hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth as Toronto matched its longest winning streak of the season.

Hanson (11-15) walked three and struck out four. He was credited with his first shutout since May 16, 1995, while with Boston, and the fifth of his career.

Otis Nixon bunted for a single with one out in the Toronto sixth and took third on Shawn Green’s single. Brumfield followed with a sacrifice fly to left field.

Boston 2, Oakland 1--Troy O’Leary hit a solo homer off the right-field foul pole with one out in the bottom of the ninth, giving Roger Clemens and the surging Red Sox a victory at Boston.

The Red Sox won for the 17th time in 22 games. At 64-64, they reached the .500 mark for the first time this year.

Clemens (7-11) extended his shutout streak to 27 1/3 innings before the A’s scored with two outs in the ninth on a triple by Matt Stairs and a bloop single by pinch-hitter Terry Steinbach.

But Clemens, who struck out 11, wound up with the win when O’Leary connected off Mark Acre (0-1) for his 13th home run.

Detroit 10, Kansas City 3--Injury-plagued Justin Thompson got his first major league win and the Tigers ended a seven-game road losing streak at Kansas City.

Melvin Nieves and Damion Easley both hit two-run homers for the Tigers, who won their third in a row. The Royals lost their fifth in a row.

Thompson (1-2), who faced Tim Belcher in his major league debut last May 27 in Kansas City, pitched five innings. He gave up three runs and seven hits, walked three and struck out none.

The left-hander, the Tigers’ No. 1 choice in the June 1991 draft, sat out the 1994 season with a nerve injury in his left shoulder. He was sidelined for almost 11 weeks this season because of an inflamed left shoulder.

Belcher (12-8), who got the victory in his previous matchup against Thompson, lost for only the third time in eight starts. He went eight innings, giving up nine hits and six runs.