Tim Belcher

Quote: "If he's elected, I'll have shaken hands with the last four presidents. No matter what your politics are, that's pretty cool." -- Angels pitcher Tim Belcher on meeting Al Gore before a game in Detroit It's a fact: The Tigers' Juan Gonzalez has missed a career-high 36 games this season. With 22 games left, Gonzalez has 62 RBIs. In each of the past four seasons, he has had at least 128 RBIs. Who's hot: David Justice has 48 RBIs in 57 games since the Yankees acquired him from the Indians June 29. Who's not: The Rangers have not won a series since late July.

Angels: Before getting swept by the A's in Anaheim on July 3-5 and losing both games this week, the Angels had won 14 of 15 against Oakland. Garret Anderson, who doubled twice, extended his hitting streak to 12 games.Athletics: Center fielder Ryan Christenson made his first start since the All-Star break. He had been sidelined by a strained left hamstring. Right-hander Tim Worrell, obtained by the A's on Sunday in a trade with Cleveland, made his Oakland debut in the eighth inning.Royals: Tim Belcher has allowed 22 homers, second in the AL to Charles Nagy's 26.Tigers: Detroit plays its next 13 games against the Yankees, Red Sox and Indians, against whom they are a combined 2-12.

BASEBALL National League * Chicago Cubs -- Named Tom Trebelhorn third base coach.* Colorado Rockies -- Named Joe Niekro pitching coach of Class A affiliate.* Los Angeles Dodgers -- Traded Tim Belcher and John Wetteland (pitchers) to the Cincinnati Reds for Eric Davis (outfielder) and Kip Gross (pitcher).* New York Mets -- Agreed to terms with Eddie Murray (first baseman) on a two-year contract.* San Diego Padres -- Named Keith Champion manager of the Waterloo team in the Midwest League.BASKETBALL (NBA)

The Cincinnati Reds traded outfielder Eric Davis to the Los Angeles Dodgers last night as part of a four-player deal that sent right-hander Tim Belcher to the Reds. Cincinnati also got reliever John Wetteland and sent reliever Kip Gross to the Dodgers.Davis fell out of favor with Reds manager Lou Piniella when he decided to sit out most of the second half of the season because of what Davis called chronic fatigue resulting from his kidney injury in the 1990 World Series.* PIRATES: Pittsburgh have increased their offer to Bobby Bonilla to $22.5 million for five years, and the outfielder's agent asked the New York Mets to make another offer.

At Oriole Park at Camden YardsDay ... ... Time ... ... TV ... ... StartersTonight ... 7:35 ... ... 13 ... ... John Doherty (6-3, 5.17)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... vs. Jamie Moyer (2-3, 5.97)Tomorrow .. 7:35 .. ... HTS ... ... Mike Moore (4-4, 5.85)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... vs. Mike Oquist (1-0, 0.69)Wednesday .. 7:35 .. .. HTS ... ... Tim Belcher (2-8, 7.14)... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... vs. Mike Mussina (7-2, 2.58)Thursday .. 12:35 .. .. HTS ... ... Bill Krueger (0-1, 8.66)

On the field: The Orioles' best threat in the first eight innings against Kansas City's Tim Belcher came in the first, when Brady Anderson led off with a double, his 17th of the season and his 43rd extra-base hit of the year. However, the Orioles failed to advance Anderson -- Luis Polonia popped to short, Roberto Alomar flied to center and Rafael Palmeiro flied to right -- and the Orioles' offense sputtered.In the dugout: So dominant was Orioles' right-hander Scott Erickson that if the game had gone into extra innings, Johnson planned on pitching Erickson in the top of the 10th.

The pace was so brisk that plate umpire Jim McKean never had to concern himself with baseball's new speed-up rules yesterday.Umpires have been mandated to make pitchers throw within 12 seconds after a batter is set."Today, they were being implemented by the pitchers," McKean said after the Kansas City Royals' 4-1 victory over the Orioles in a snappy 2 hours, 38 minutes."All this starts on the mound, and if they are throwing strikes like they were today, you don't have any problems," McKean said.

Baseball Angels: Placed C Matt Walbeck on 15-day DL with patella tendinitis. Purchased contract of C Shawn Wooten from Triple-A Edmonton. Transferred P Tim Belcher from 15-day to 60-day DL . Astros: Activated OF Roger Cedeno and C Mitch Meluskey. Waived OF Matt Mieske. Blue Jays: Transferred OF Raul Mondesi from 15-day to 60-day DL. Brewers: Activated IF Mark Loretta from 15-day DL. Optioned IF Santiago Perez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Cardinals: Recalled P Britt Reames from Triple-A Memphis.