BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Glenn Davis’ Field Day Gets Worse

Baltimore Oriole first baseman Glenn Davis, who committed three errors in Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers, was given a fourth Friday when an official scorer changed his ruling.

Davis already had two errors when he booted a ground ball in the ninth inning for No. 3. The ball deflected to second baseman Billy Ripken, who picked it up and threw it back to Davis at first. Ripken was originally given an error on the throw, but official scorer Wayne Franke later changed the ruling and gave the error to Davis for missing the ball.

The four errors tie an American League record for first basemen, set in 1939 by Jim Wasdell of the Washington Senators.

Bo Jackson, unveiled to the Chicago media for the first time, said he was run out of Kansas City because Royal co-owner Ewing Kauffman didn’t like his outspoken attitude.

“It was a personal vendetta of Mr. K to get me out of Kansas City,” Jackson said at a Comiskey Park news conference. “I had some high-ranking people in that city tell me it was coming. I smelled the rat long before it died.”

Royal spokesman Dean Vogelaar denied the allegation by Jackson, who is still using crutches because of a hip injury he suffered while playing for the Raiders in January. Vogelaar said the Royals released Jackson because they weren’t sure he could play baseball again.

New York Met shortstop Howard Johnson is listed as day to day after leaving Friday night’s game against the Montreal Expos with a mild sprain of his right thumb. . . . Chicago Cub pitcher Danny Jackson left Friday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third inning with a strained left groin muscle. The extent of the injury was not known, and the left-hander was to be re-evaluated today. . . . The Baltimore Orioles activated pitcher Ben McDonald off the disabled list and waived reliever Jose Bautista, who had a 20.77 ERA and an 0-1 record in four games.