[clari.sports.baseball] Boston 10, Toronto 3

clarinews@clarinet.com (09/21/89)

	TORONTO (UPI) -- Dwight Evans homered and drove in three runs and
Wade Boggs and Jody Reed each contributed two RBI Wednesday night to
help the Boston Red Sox hand the Toronto Blue Jays a costly 10-3 loss.
	The AL East-leading Blue Jays, who took a two-game lead over
Baltimore into the night, lost for the fifth time in their last nine
games. Toronto goes on the road for six games against Milwaukee and
Detroit before returning home for a season-ending three-game set with
Baltimore.
	Roger Clemens 16-10, worked eight innings and yielded nine hits en
route to his fourth win in his last five decisions. He struck out five,
walked two and hit a batter.
	The Red Sox shelled Jimmy Key, 12-14, for six runs and 10 hits in
three innings. Key had a five-game winning streak end.
	Boston took a 3-0 leaD in the second. With one out, Kevin Romine
doubled and scored on Luis Rivera's two-out triple. Rick Cerone followed
with an RBI double and scored on a bloop single by Boggs.
	Toronto closed to 3-2 in its half of the second on Tony Fernandez's
sacrifice fly and Kelly Gruber's RBI single.
	Boston stretched its lead to 4-2 in the third on Evans' 19th homer
of the season.
	The Red Sox took a 6-2 lead and chased Key in the fourth. Cerone
led off with his second double and scored on a single by Boggs. Boggs
advanced to second when left fielder George Bell bobbled the ball for an
error, and Jody Reed greeted reliever Mauro Gozzo with a run-scoring
single.
	Bell departed in the fifth because of tenderness in his right
elbow. He'll  have the elbow X-rayed Thursday in Toronto.
	Toronto made it 6-3 in the fourth on Nelson Liriano's RBI single.
	The Red Sox extended their lead to 9-3 with three runs in the
fifth. Pitcher Frank Wills entered the game with the bases loaded and
walked Reed to force in a run, and surrendered a two-run single to
Evans.
	The Red Sox scored in the ninth when Rivera crossed the plate on a
wild pitch by Jose Nunez.
	Cerone left the game after the fourth inning with a sore left
hamstring muscle.