European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 26, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports up photo san Francisco quarterback Joe Montana. Passed for 255 Yards to beat raiders 49ers battling Back from loss to Vikings Redwood City Calif. A if the san Francisco 49ers return to the super bowl next january it May Well be with a rallying cry of remember Minne Sota coach Bill Walsh s defending nation Al football league champions seemed to be Back in super bowl form As they rolled to a 34-10 Victory Over the los Angeles raiders on sunday. But they needed the Victory to get Over .500, and they re running second in their division three weeks into the season. The los Angeles rams 3-0, Lead san Francisco 2-1, in the National Confer ence West. The difference so far is the 49crs season opening 28-21 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. The new Orleans saints 1-2, will come into candlestick Park on sunday with a rebuilt offensive line in front of quarterback David Wilson. Three Start ing linemen suffered serious injuries in last weekend s 20-13 Victory Over Tampa  said since the Minnesota experience we re not sure where we stand. This next game will be a Good test to see if we can play Good football week after  at Minnesota the 49ers led most of the Way against the team they slaughtered 51 7 late last year. The Vikings won by scoring after two late Fumble recoveries. You just can t waste a game lose a game you normally would win such As the Minnesota game Walsh said tuesday. When we re the Superior team we must  the 49ers rank first in  offence and second in passing among pfc teams. They re the no. 2 defensive team in the conference. New Orleans is sixth on offence and 13th defensively. Walsh cited quarterback Joe Montana who passed Lor 255 Yards and ran for 23, defensive end Dwaine Board and punter Max Runager As the 49crs top players against the raiders. It May have been the Best game of Dwaine Board s career Max Runager too Walsh said. Board had four of the 49crs nine quarterback sacks. Runager averaged 46 Yards on five punts. Niekro s pitch for 300 wins foiled by tigers by the associated press new York i basically stunk the Pitcher s Mound up if you want to be Hon est said Phil Nickroo. There really was t much More to say. The Detroit tigers pounded Nickroo for eight runs in less than five innings tues Day night und again denied him his 300th career Victory by routing the new York Yankees 9-1. Niekro s loss also further dented the Yankees Hopes of overtaking Toronto in the american league East. The first place Blue jays beat Boston 6-2 and opened a seven game Lead Over new York while lowering their magic number to six. John Grubb homered and drove in five runs and Lance Parrish hit a two run Homer As the Long Ball bats of the tigers proved to be Loo much for Nickroo. In his last Start six Days ago in Detroit three Home runs saddled the 46-year-old Knuck i caller with a 5-2 loss. This time it did t take so Long. I Don t know if i be Ever been hit any harder that Quick he said. It got to the Point where i did t know what to  Grubb hit a three run Homer Over the Center Field Fence in inc second inning and then hit a two run double in the third. Parrish s Homer knocked out Niekro with no outs in the fifth. It was just a terrible exhibition of pitching Nickroo said. The loss dropped Nickroo s record to 15 12 and against the tigers to 0-4 this sea son. I think i be had More trouble with that team than any other one in the last two years he said. Yankees manager Billy Martin and Grubb said Niekro was t As bad As he thought. I thought he made a Good pitch on the Ball that Grubb hit Tor the Home run Martin said. Said Grubb All i know is his knuckle Ball is still darting around and he can still get people out with his fastball. I wish him the Best of Luck in his next Start. 1 Hope he gets 300." Niekro s next Start is scheduled sunday at Home against Baltimore. Frank Tanana 10-14, pitched a five hitter for seven innings for the Victory. Randy o Neal gave up inc Yankees Only american league run in the eighth on Don Mattingly s 30th Homer. Blue jays 6, red sox 2 Toronto Dennis lamp pitched 4vj innings of shutout Relief to improve his record to 11-0 and Toronto scored two runs on wild throws to the plate to beat Boston. Al Nipper 9-12, who beat the jays  in his last Outing gave up just six hits and two earned runs in seven innings and was charged with the loss. Brewers 10. Orioles 6 Milwaukee Jim i Unnur collected three hits including i iwo run triple that keyed a five run fourth inning to Lead Milwaukee. Milwaukee batters reached i ivc Balti More pitchers for 14 hits. While sox 8. Angels i Anaheim Calif. Carlton Fisk drove in three runs two on his record tying 32nd Homer As a Catcher to Lead Chicago. Despite the loss California stayed in first place in the West when Kansas City lost at Seattle. Risk s Homer in the fifth his 36th of the season Overall equated Detroit Catcher Lance Parrish s Mark for american league catchers set in i9k2. Fisk later doubled Home a run to give him 100 Bis for the season. Mariners 5, royals 2 Seattle Phil Bradley cracked a Ihrcke run Homer off reliever Dan Quison Berry his second of the game and 23rd of the season with one out in the Bottom of the eighth inning As Seattle downed Kan Sas City. Rangers 5, twins 0 Arlington Texas Peic o Brien hit a two run Homer and drove in another run with a sacrifice Fly to Back malt Wil Liams Strong pitching extending Texas winning Streak to a season High five games. A s 10, indians 8 Oakland Calif. Mike Heath s squeeze bunt scored Jose Canseco from third base to break an 8-8 tic in the seventh inning As Oakland overcame an 8-3 deficit and Defeated Cleveland cardinals Edge pirates maintain 3-game Lead on abets by the associated press St. Louis Terry Pendleton singled Home two runs in the first inning and the St. Louis cardinals scored twice More on a third inning Pittsburgh error in route to their fifth straight Triumph a 5-4 decision i. Tuesday night Over the pirates. St. Louis Victory its 12th in 13 games kept the cards three games ahead of the new York acts As leaders in the National league East. Both have 11 games remain ing including three with each other oct. 1-3 in St. Louis. Pendleton s single his third game win Ning hit in five games was one of seven hits off Pittsburgh starter Lee Tunnell 4 10. It chased Home Willie Mcgee and Tommy Herr who had singled and Dou National league bled respectively with one out. Mike Brown singled Home a Pittsburgh run in the third to make it 2-1 before St. Louis capitalized on Pittsburgh Center fielder . Reynolds Fielding lapse. Reynolds Drifting near the warning track to gather in Mike Jorgenson s Long drive watched the Ball Bounce out of his Glove permitting Herr and Pendleton to score in the cards third. Mets 7, Phillies i Philadelphia left hander Sid Fernandez pitched a two hitter As new York beat Philadelphia. The mets took a 1-0 Lead in the first inning without a hit. Cookie Wilson walked stole second and reached third on an infield oui by Larry Buwa. Keith Hernandez drove in the run with a sacrifice Fly to right. It was Hernandez s 23rd game winning rib and erased the major league record of 22 that he shared with Harold Bains and set in. 1983. Expos 17, cubs 15 Chicago Andre Dawson hit three Home runs including two in a 12-run fifth inning and drove in a club record lying eight runs As Montreal held on to beat Chicago. Dodgers 7, astros 2 Houston Bob Welch pitched a six hitter and drove in two runs and Mike Marshall had four hits to Lead i of Angeles Over Houston eliminating the Asirosh from the race in the West. The Victory also kept the dodgers six games ahead of second place Cincinnati. Reds 7, brakes 5 Cincinnati Eddie Milnor s two run Homer helped Rookie left hander Tom Browning pitch his 10th Victory in a Row and i9lhof the season for Cincinnati. Padres 4, giants 3 san Diego Kurt Bevacqua hit a two run Homer to Cap a four run san Diego rally and Dave Dravecky combined with Roy Lee Jackson and Goose Gossage to beat san Francisco. Gossage struck out four for his 24th save