Sport in Short: Baseball

BUD SELIG, owner of the Milwaukee Brewers, has been appointed baseball commissioner on a temporary basis following the resignation of Fay Vincent.

AMERICAN LEAGUE: Chicago White Sox 4 Detroit 3 (1st); Chicago 4 Detroit 3 (2nd); Minnesota 8 Seattle 4; Milwaukee 7 Cleveland 3; Toronto 5 Kansas City 0; Texas 6 Boston 1; New York Yankees 16 Baltimore 4; Oakland 14 California 2.

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Atlanta 7 Los Angeles 5; Montreal 6 St Louis 1; Philadelphia 2 New York Mets 1; Pittsburgh 5 Chicago Cubs 2; Houston 2 Cincinnati 0; San Francisco 6 San Diego 5 (16).