European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Pago 21 sports Minnesota slips past Detroit 54 from press dispatches Minneapolis Randy Bush was Only too Happy to turn the tables on the Minnesota twins we had to walk off the Field so Many times As losers the last it was great to let the other team feel Bush said after his base loaded single with two out in the Lith inning Defeated the Detroit tigers 54 wednesday the twins had lost four of their pre Vious five games on late inning Home two of which came off Rookie reliever Curt who was the winning the syndrome continued wednesday night when Kirk Gibson blasted a game tying two run Homer with two out in the ninth inning off Minnesota starter John Butch but replaced Butcher after 10 innings and prevented the tigers from amen can league doing any further although he walked the first Batter he faced and Alan Trammell followed with an infield Tough times that an under Wardle said of the game win Ning homers he yielded in Baltimore and new this is a big i got a lot of weight off my Kirby Puckett singled with one out in the Lith off Detroit reliever a Rev 01 and Mickey Hatcher hit a line drive off first baseman Barbara Garbes Glove for a two base Lopez walked Kent Hrbek to Load the bases and Tom Brunansky grounded into a Force out at the plate before Bush hit Down the Brightfield after Wardle walked the first Batter he twins manager Billy Gardner pro tested the bal four Call and was ejected by Umpire Marty Springstead after charging onto the kicking dirt onto Home plate and making a choke get a Pope on the Bench and maybe that will help you Gardner i get a Cane and a seeing Eye besides Gibsons ninth inning Home Butcher also served up a two run six thinning Homer to Darren who went 4for4 with two singles and a double before being lifted for a Pinch who scattered 12 came within one out of a 42 Lou Whitaker doubled with one out in the ninth and one out later Gibson Butcher allowed one hit in each of the first six he surrendered three hits in the eighth but the first one was followed Rick of tote a dire two Trinidad and Tobago players after losing control of Ball in goal by miss Peterson nips Trinidad wins world cup qualifier Louis a Mark who plays soccer indoors for a admits he was frustrated at times during his first outdoor game since last when he toured Africa with the Node Munct new York it was a Little frustrating Peterson said after he scored the game winning goal with less than two minutes left on the clock to give the National soccer team a 21 Victory Over Trinidad and Tobago in a world cup qualifying game at Busch stadium wednesday i am so used to playing indoors and it s Tough to adjust to the outdoor game m such a Short said a Forward with the Tacoma stars of the major indoor soccer Peterson took a pass from Erhardt Kapp in front of the goal with to play and let go with Low 15foot shot that beat Trinidad and Tobago goalie Michael i never thought that it would go Peterson i think he misjudged the just Happy to score a in a world cup soccer the Victory was the first for the National team in the second round of world cup qualifying the team will play Trinidad and Tobago again sunday afternoon in before meeting Costa Rica twice later this Mark told me about five minutes prior to his goal that he was making Good runs and we we rent finding Kapp said after the i saw that the open space was so i overlapped and gave him a Good Ball and he put it coach Alkis Panagoulias said he was impressed with the Effort put out by his which had Little time to pre pare for the it taken typically five to 10 years to make a Strong National world cup Panagoulias were expected to perform miracles in this coun try in five or six Adrian Fonrose opened the scoring for Trinidad and Tobago at of the first half on a pass from Julian Fon Rose faked defender Jeff Durgan off his feet and let go with 35foot shot that cleanly beat goalie David the tied the score on a three pass play that was started by Perry Van Der who sent a pass off to the Side to Hugo Perez then hit Chico who beat Maurice at so far in the second Costa Rica has beaten Trinidad and Tobago and their other game ended in a the Sec Ond round will end with matches Between the and Costa Rica on May 26 in Costa Rica and May 31 in the advanced to the second round by defeating Netherland Antilles 40 in of by Mike Lagas double play Evans Homer came after the twins built a 30 Lead off Detroit starter Walt Hrbek rib single followed watchers first inning double and gave the twins a 10 Minnesota made it 20 in the fourth when Brunansky tripled and scored on Bush sacrifice the twins scored again in the fifth on singles by Tim Teufel and Mark a sacrifice by Puckett and a run scoring grounder by Hrbek grounder in the seventh drove in Minnesota fourth in other Al games Angels Blue jays 6 Toronto shortstop Tony Fernan Dez s two out error prolonged a ninth in neg outburst and Jerry Narron capitalized with a Pinch hit grand giving see Al on Page 23 explosion7 by braves nips Phillies by the associated press Atlanta it had to seem like an offensive explosion for the Atlanta to score three runs in two innings after getting Only two in the previous hopefully we can come out of this and go on and blow somebody out for a Gerald Perry said wednesday night after smacking a two run Homer to give the braves a 22 tic and set the stage for Terry harpers Lead off Homer in the 10th that provided a 32 Triumph Over the Philadelphia we Haven been scoring any runs and that just picked us up and it led into Terry National league harpers Home Perry that Ball harpers Homer almost Tore Down the harpers shot off reliever Kent Tekulve carried into the left Field seats in at Lanta right into the door of the Teepee that Mascot chief Noca homa occupies during i would love to hit More Home runs but i just dont have the swing to get it up in the Harper said after his second of the season and Only the ninth of his up an Down major league career that began in it was a hanging and i got the Good part of the Bat on it also came on a mistake by Tekulve who says he cant recall having Ever done it Tekulve said he knew he missed his Landing spot in front of the rubber and that always before he just stopped his motion and didst let the pitch i dont know Why i did he i just ahead and made the that s happened to me maybe 25 times in my career and its the first time Ive Ever done Atlanta appeared headed for its fifth shutout in seven games when Perry forced the extra inning by belting his first Homer Over the right Field Fence off reliever Larry it followed a Pinch hit single by Ken the Victory was Only the second for at Lanta in eight games and the setback was the eighth in nine outings for the one of us had to Philadelphia Catcher Ozzie Virgil were both in exactly the same the Victory went to Bruce see no on Page 23