AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees vs. Red Sox
New York: Randy Keisler is in good company after winning his major league debut with five innings of one-run ball. The last Yankees starter to win his debut at Fenway Park was Ralph Terry on Aug. 5, 1956. The last Yankees to win his debut as a starter was Orlando Hernandez on June 3, 1998. ... Scott Brosius is hitting .239 but homered in consecutive games. "He goes in streaks like this," Yankee manager Joe Torre said. ... Jose Canseco had an impressive series against his former team, going 5-for-11 with a double, a homer and three RBI. ... Clay Bellinger was hitless in his last 13 at bats as a replacement for center fielder Bernie Williams, who returned to the lineup after sitting out five games with a strained right rib cage. Bellinger had one at bat Sunday and struck out. Boston: The Red Sox had two runners caught stealing in a game they couldn't afford to lose any. They had seven hits but didn't get two in any inning. Darren Lewis was thrown out at third after he and Jose Offerman began the first with walks. Scott Hatteberg was nabbed at second in the fifth on a botched hit-and-run play with Donnie Sadler at the plate. ... The Red Sox obtained RHP Hector Carrasco from Minnesota for Class-A outfielder Lew Ford to bolster a bullpen that has three players sidelined: Bryce Florie, Rich Garces and Hipolito Pichardo. ... Nomar Garciaparra, 10-for-43 in his previous 10 games, went 3-for-3 with a single, double and triple. ... Jeff Fassero, bounced from the rotation to make room for Pete Schourek, relieved Schourek trailing 3-1 in the fifth and pitched two perfect innings.

White Sox vs. Indians
Chicago: The White Sox return home to play Detroit Monday in the second meeting between the teams since an ugly April brawl that resulted in numerous suspensions. "I'm sure it's not completely forgotten about. I don't think our primary concern is how many fights we can get into with the Tigers," pitcher Mike Sirotka said. "Our priorities are much higher than a brawl." The Sox played a series in Detroit one week after the brawl without incident. "It's 100 games ago," said manager Jerry Manuel. "I think what has happened and with the way things have been handled and the way Frank Robinson came down on people, it doesn't mean they're not going to pitch inside or we're not going to pitch inside." ... The White Sox will use Sirotka, Kip Wells and Jim Parque against Detroit, skipping spot starter Sean Lowe. ... Manuel said he's not counting on having James Baldwin, who got a cortisone injection Saturday for tendinitis in his right shoulder. "If he resurfaces, it's a bonus for us," Manuel said. Cleveland: OF Wil Cordero's greeted teammates with left-handed handshakes a day after his right hand was broken by a pitch from Chicago's Kevin Beirne. Indians manager Charlie Manuel was told by doctors that Cordero, acquired just before the trading deadline, would be out at least two weeks. But Manuel has his doubts. "He might be able to hit, but he's going to have some pain," Manuel said. "It's his throwing hand, so I'm not real confident. I'll have to hear him tell me he can go without pain." ... After Sunday's series finale against the first-place White Sox was postponed by rain, the Indians began thinking about facing Boston. "It will be another big series," said starter Jason Bere. "But right now they're all big but this one's against a team that's right behind us in the wild card." ... RHP Charles Nagy threw in the bullpen on Sunday and will start Thursday against the Red Sox. Nagy hasn't pitched since undergoing elbow surgery in May.

Tigers vs. Blue Jays
Detroit: OF Rich Becker has reached base in six consecutive plate appearances dating to a pinch-hit single on Saturday. Becker went 2-for-2 with three walks. ... Deivi Cruz has 14 doubles in his last 25 games. ... The Tigers are 49-54 against righties. ... Steve Sparks has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his last eight starts. Toronto: The Blue Jays have won five straight against the Tigers. Toronto finished the season series 9-3 against Detroit. ... Toronto has 40 come-from-behind wins this season ... Chris Carpenter had his second straight quality start. ... Brad Fullmer has homered in three straight games for the first time in his career. He's the sixth Toronto player to do it this season. ... Kelvim Escobar picked up his first save since Sept. 25, 1997.

Rangers vs. Royals
Texas: Darren Oliver (2-7) lost his career-high fourth straight decision. Oliver, winless in seven starts since beating Detroit on May 31, has allowed 34 earned runs in his last 31 innings, a 9.87 ERA. Kansas City: Every Royals starter scored at least once. ... Joe Randa also had five RBI last July 25 against Oakland. ... Johnny Damon, who was 7-for-10 the first two games, went hitless in three at-bats but scored his league-leading 122nd run.

Twins vs. Mariners
Minnesota: The Twins acquired OF Lew Ford from Boston in a trade for reliever Hector Carrasco early Sunday. The 24-year-old Ford batted .315 with 122 runs, 35 doubles, 11 triples, nine homers and 74 RBI with Class-A Augusta. The speedy Ford, who was Boston's 12th-round pick in the 1999 draft, was 52-for-56 in stolen base attempts. ... CF Torii Hunter wasn't in the starting lineup Sunday after injuring his groin when he made a leaping grab to rob Seattle's Dan Wilson of a home run in the second inning Saturday. Hunter is 10-for-24 in his last six games. Seattle: When Jay Buhner walked in the second inning, Seattle set a club record with 671 walks eclipsing the mark set in 1996. ... For the first time since Safeco Field opened on July 15, 1999, the retractable roof was closed for three consecutive games because of rain or the threat of rain. The roof was shut Sunday for the 12th time in 71 home games this season.

Orioles vs. Angels
Baltimore: The current 13-game trip is the Orioles' longest in four years, since another 13-game trip in 1996. ... SS Melvin Mora returned to the starting lineup Sunday after missing seven games with a strained left hamstring. ... Cal Ripken's next hit will be career No. 3,053 to tie Rod Carew for 19th on the all-time list. Anaheim: A split of their last two games against Baltimore will clinch the Angels' first season-series win over the Orioles since 1988, when they won 7 of 12. ... Al Levine's start Sunday was only his third in 169 major-league appearances. ... Though Troy Percival is sharing closing duties with Shigetoshi Hasegawa, he did finish his 40th game of the season Friday night, automatically triggering his 2001 option at $3.4 million.

Devil Rays vs. Athletics
Tampa Bay: After losing to Barry Zito, Tampa Bay dropped to 31-72 (.301) against lefties in its history. ... When Tampa Bay pitchers gave up six home runs in Saturday's game against Oakland, it matched the total they had allowed in the previous 10 games. Oakland: The A's have five players with 20 or more home runs for the third time since the franchise moved to Oakland in 1968 -- Jason Giambi, Ben Grieve, Miguel Tejada, Matt Stairs and Eric Chavez. The A's also accomplished this in 1996 and 1999. ... All four AL West teams are under .500 since the All-Star break. Oakland's 27-28 mark was the best. ... There's been little in-between for Monday's scheduled starting pitcher, Kevin Appier. He has a 2.99 ERA in his 12 victories and a 7.38 ERA in his 11 losses. ... Reliever Mike Magnante has inherited 16 runners in his last 18 appearances and has not allowed any to score.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Reds vs. Pirates
Cincinnati: Danny Graves picked up his 27th save, matching the total he had last year. "That tells me I'm getting a little better every year, which is what I want to do," he said. ... Reds starters have gotten better even as the team has faded. Starting pitchers have worked at least six innings in 41 of 56 games since the All-Star break and have a record of 25-15. Pittsburgh: With their 81st loss on Sunday, the Pirates are assured of their eighth consecutive non-winning season. They haven't had a record over .500 since they won the 1992 NL East title with a 96-66 mark. Since their last winning season, the major leagues have added four franchises and one of those teams -- Florida -- has won a World Series. Pittsburgh had nine consecutive non-winning seasons from 1949-57. ... Brian Giles drew his 99th walk on Sunday. The last Pirates player to top 100 was Barry Bonds, who set the team record with 127 in 1992.

Diamondbacks vs. Marlins
Arizona: LHP Randy Johnson has four no-decisions in his last nine starts. He struck out a season-high 14 Sunday, including his 300th of the season and the 3,000th of his career, but he left with the game tied at 3 after the seventh inning. ... Armando Reynoso, who will start Monday against Los Angeles, is looking to snap a three-game losing streak. Florida: The three runs the Marlins scored off Randy Johnson in the fifth inning Sunday were one more than they scored in their previous 24 innings. ... OF Henry Rodriguez, suffering from tightness in his left hamstring, pinch-hit in the eighth inning Sunday. He struck out. ... Including Sunday's 1 hour, 7 minute delay, the Marlins have had eight rain delays at home this season, stopping play for 11 hours and 27 minutes.

Phillies vs. Mets
Philadelphia: Despite Sunday's loss, the Phillies are still 6-3 against the Mets this season. They play four more times later this month at Veterans Stadium. ... 1B Travis Lee went 0-for-4, leaving him in a 2-for-30 slump. ... 3B Scott Rolen flipped his bat and headed toward first base after taking a 3-2 pitch in the sixth, only to find out umpire Bill Miller had called it strike three. New York: Mets starters have an 0.91 ERA in the last four games at Shea Stadium. Al Leiter, Glendon Rusch, Mike Hampton and Rick Reed have allowed just three runs and 19 hits in 29 2/3 innings. ... The crowd of 53,775 was the Mets' sixth sellout at home. ... The Mets are 20-8 when Leiter starts. He won 3-0 Sunday in his second outing since being forced to leave a start against Houston with a strained muscle in his right buttock.

Expos vs. Braves
Montreal: 2B Jose Vidro sat out his fourth straight game after an MRI Friday of his left elbow revealed a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament. ... Vladimir Guerrero drew an intentional walk in Montreal's 7-5, 12-inning win Saturday night, giving him a major league best 20 on the season. Atlanta: The Braves lost five of seven at home against Montreal. It was the first time they've dropped the home season series to the Expos since 1992 when they were 1-5. ... OF Brian Jordan, who left Saturday night's game with a bruised right foot from a foul ball, was not in Sunday's starting lineup. He's listed as day to day.

Dodgers vs. Rockies
Los Angeles: The home run by Todd Hundley gave the Dodgers 193 for the season and within reach of the franchise record of 208 set in Brooklyn in 1953. ... Matt Herges worked four scoreless innings for his first major league save. ... Los Angeles is 17-11 in Darren Dreifort's starts. ... Manager Davey Johnson had no concern about Chan Ho Park's ineffective outing on Saturday when he was roughed up for seven runs in five innings. "Everybody has a bad outing at Coors Field," Johnson said. "He wasn't comfortable with his curve ball, but who isn't in this ballpark. ... The Dodgers were errorless after committing four errors in the first two games of the series. ... Eric Karros is 10-for-55 in his past 14 games. ... Los Angeles avoided a season-high six-game losing streak. ... Tom Goodwin has an 11-game hitting and is 15-for-44 over that stretch. Colorado: Buddy Bell's fifth inning ejection for arguing a play at the plate was his eighth this season. "There had been no dialogue between us (home plate umpire Ian Lamplugh) for a long time," Bell said. "I hadn't said much." ... By earning his 10th victory on Saturday, LHP Gabe White (10-2) set an individual franchise record for wins in a season by a reliever. Steve Reed won nine games in 1993. ... The Rockies bullpen tied a franchise record on Saturday when it posted its 33rd win, The 1996 bullpen was 33-27. ... OF Juan Pierre has hit safely in 23 of 26 games since being called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs. ... RHP Pete Walker made his first major league appearance since Sept. 7, 1996 when he was a member of San Diego.

Padres vs. Giants
San Diego: 3B Dave Magadan is 5-for-9 with three runs scored and two RBI since taking over for the injured Phil Nevin. "I know he's not the prototype clean-up hitter, but he's probably not going to strike out," said Padres' manager Bruce Bochy. "He's going to make you throw strikes and he's a tough out." ... SS Desi Relaford is 10-for-10 on stolen base attempts this season. ... San Diego's scheduled off day on Thursday will be its first since Aug. 24. San Francisco: Despite their first-place standing in the NL West, the Giants are 18-18 against division foes. "We weren't playing good early, and I always said I thought our division was the toughest," Giants manager Dusty Baker said. "Every team is at .500 or better except the Padres, and they're close. We're not disregarding anybody." ... OF Armando Rios is expected to join the team in Houston on Monday after flying to Puerto Rico on Friday following the death of his grandmother. ... C Scott Servais got his first start with the Giants on Sunday. "You have to use him in case something happens to the other catchers," said Baker. "He knows Woody (Kirt Rueter) pretty good too."

Astros vs. Cubs
Houston: The Astros have won eight of their last nine series. ... According to the Society of American Baseball Research, Houston has established a major league record by hitting six or more home runs in a game five times this season. The 1977 Red Sox logged four six-homer games in a single season. ... The Astros also set club record Saturday with 11 extra-base hits and 44 total bases. In the three-game series, Houston totaled 49 hits and 12 homers. ... RHP Jose Lima will start Monday against the Giants. He is 6-2 with four no decisions in his last 12 starts. Chicago: RHP Kyle Farnsworth will take over closer duties now that RHP Rick Aguilera is done for the season. Farnsworth was successful in nine of 10 save opportunities at Triple-A Iowa. "He has the stuff to do it," manager Don Baylor said. ... RHP Kevin Tapani will miss the road trip to Cincinnati and have his right knee examined this week in Chicago. Tapani also is bothered by a sore left Achilles and his back. "One (injury) kind of led to the next," he said. ... RHP Jamie Arnold is a candidate to take Tapani's spot in the rotation Wednesday. ... Julio Zuleta started in LF, Augie Ojeda at SS and Jose Nieves at 3B Sunday as Baylor tried to shake up the punch-less Cubs. ... When Double-A West Tenn finishes the playoffs and OF Corey Patterson is called up, Baylor said he'll be in center field. "I'll let him sit and watch the first day and get the atmosphere knowing he's going to play the next day," Baylor said.

Cardinals vs. Brewers
St. Louis: After missing 70 games this season with injury, Mark McGwire will fail to hit 50 home runs for the first time since 1995, when he had 39. In the last four seasons he slugged his way into baseball history with 52, 58, 70 and 65. Going into Sunday's game, "Big Mac" had only 30 homers. ... The Cardinals, who Sunday played their final game at Milwaukee County Stadium, go on to Pittsburgh, where they will play their final three at Three Rivers Stadium. Both cities are getting new ballparks next season. Milwaukee: Marquis Grissom needs just one more steal for 400 in his career. ... Brewers C Henry Blanco has throw out 37 of 65 runners this season to plug a defensive hole that has long plagued the team. ... The Brewers begin a seven-game road trip Monday, returning Sept. 18 to begin their final homestand (10 games) at venerable Milwaukee County Stadium.