Sport in Short: Baseball

TEXAS RANGERS, concerned about recent form, have fired their manager, Bobby Valentine, who was in his 25th season in the game, and his eighth with the Rangers.

AMERICAN LEAGUE: N Y Yankees 7 Seattle 6; Baltimore 4 Minnesota 2; Chicago 10 Boston Sox 3; Kansas 3 Milwaukee 2; Detroit 5 California 4; Toronto 4 Oakland 3; Texas 14 Cleveland 4.

NATIONAL LEAGUE: San Diego 3 Philadelphia 1; Montreal 6 San Francisco 5 (12); Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 2; LA Dodgers 2 St Louis1; Atlanta 2 Chicago 0; Houston 4 NY Mets 0.