European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes pane 21 sports Gossage saves win for padres by the associated press Pittsburgh the Goose nearly Laid an egg made of something other than but san Diego Rich missing some of the heat he has used to Cook the opposition Over the last 14 years As one of baseballs Premier Relief proved he can use his head As Well As his with the game on the line in the ninth inning wednesday a struggling Gossage outsmarted Pittsburgh George National league Hendrick with the bases loaded to pre serve the padres 64 Victory and keep the defending National league champions percentage Points ahead of the los an Geles dodgers in the tight no West Hendricks a Good a darn Good hitter and i dropped a Slider on gos Sage said after inducing a pop Fly that earned him his sixth save of the that a Good pitch for me because the hitter in that situation is sitting on the when in at my ill Challenge the throw them the but i want at my Best the 33yearold who has 237 career put Down an eighth in Ning uprising in the conventional fanning Pinch hitter Doug Frobel with a fastball to strand two that Why Hes the Best in the Busi Pittsburgh manager Chuck Tanner said of a former pirate whom Tanner also managed with the Chicago White he comes in there and Chal Lenges Tim Flannery two run double keyed a decisive three run fourth inning that put lefty key Breaks losing string of Polo Ronn replacing injured Gary Carter As the mets tags out Houston Jerry Mumphrey at the plate the padres ahead Eric withstood a three run pirate highlighted by Jason Thompsons third to earn the Vic he got help from Tim who retired Tony Pena on a Popup with two on to end the elsewhere in the no braves reds 9 Cincinnati the base hits fell 38 of them to be exact nearly As fast As the rain in where Dale Mur Phy continued to tear no pitching to pieces with three including his 10th and three Murphy who leads the major leagues in hitting at in and in Bis with paced a 25hit Atlanta attack against loser John Stuper and five other Cincinnati the braves scored six runs in each of the first two put Ting together eight consecutive hits in the first and six in the it was Good to see us All hit like said first baseman Chris who went 4 for6 As every Atlanta starter drove in and scored at least one Murphy so cd four times to up his league leading total 10 Claudell Washington and Ken Oberk full drove in three runs apiece in support of Rick Cincinnati player manager Pele see no on Page 23 Blue jays end angels7 Streak from press dispatches for the first time in five Toronto starting Rota Tion has something Jimmy key became the first lefthand de starter to win a game for Toronto since helping the Blue jays extend their winning Streak to six games with a 63 Victory wednesday night Over the califor Nia it really didst bother said referring to the it was getting that the Guys kept teasing me about now that Over who has never completed a major league worked 7 innings and gave up a Homer to Reggie Jackson in the Jacksons 425foot shot to right Field was the 507th Homer of his 13th on the Al time list behind the 511 of Mel the Blue jays had gone 614 consecutive games since Southpaw Paul Mirabella Defeated Boston 31 on october during that Span Toronto had sent Only 18 left handers to the Mound As starters be fore key broke the its a Relief to get a win As a said i just want to get established As a if i can win 10 games As the fifth starter i know we can get Over the in halting californian six game Ning Toronto scored five runs in the seventh inning to snap a la California american league starter Kirk in his major league surrendered two hits and an unearned run through the first six George Bell doubled and took third on a passed Len Matuszek beat out an infield hit with Bell remaining at with one Rookie Lou Thornton singled for his first major league hit and Tony Fernandez drilled a 10 pitch into the Brightfield his first Homer of the that made that score Damaso Garcia followed with a single that chased and stole Ranee Mulliniks greeted reliever Urbano Lugo with a single to drive in in other Al games Yankees rangers 1 Texas do Ron Hassey went 4for4 and drove in four runs for Billy Martins first Victory in his fourth tenure As new York Dave normally used As a Short threw four innings of one hit re Lief to get his sixth save of the year and preserve the Victory for de twins tigers 3 Detroit Kent Hrbek three run Homer highlighted a six run fifth that lifted Minnesota to its 10th straight Frank gave up seven pits and survived five walks before leaving in the de traits Jack Morris dropped to orioles White sox 1 Baltimore Cal Ripken slammed a two run Homer and Rich Dauer added a Solo shot to help the Ken the Victory with Relief help from Don Aase Over the last three Dixon is the american leagues Era Leader at Britt was the indians royals 5 Kansas Brett Butler knocked in two and the indians capitalized on three two wild pitches and a passed Ball by the royals for the Cleveland managed to win despite making four errors and stranding 18 base Brewers As 4 Oakland Charlie Moores single through a drawn in infield drove in two runs and Jim Gantner followed with an rib double in a three run eighth to Lead the Milwaukee snapped a five game losing Streak and extended Oak lands losing Streak to seven mariners red sox 0 Seattle right hander Jim beat tie threw a four hitter and Jim Presley drove in three runs with a Home run and leading the the Triumph was Seattle third straight while Boston lost its fifth in a Row and sixth in its last seven Reed resigns As Creighton Cage coach a Willis Reed resigned wednesday As coach of the Creighton University Basket Ball saying he would be unable to build a competitive program with out violating Mcaa recruiting rules that other schools if youre going to stay in College basketball and be youll have to do some things i Cani i wont Reed said at a news con Reed would not name any players or schools he thinks Are guilty of recruiting but i know weve lost kids consistently because of i find put Down the line they have been offered played for the new York kicks for 10 years and is a member of the National basketball association Hall of he also coached the kicks during the 1977 78 season and for part of the 197879 1 would like to get Back into professional basketball at some but i have no immediate Reed he compiled a 5265 record at his 198485 team was 2012 but lost us last six