European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 4, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports dodgers wrap up division title Gooden stops cards mets Trail by 1 game by the associated press the los Angeles dodgers have a Date in the National league playoffs for the third time in the last five seasons. Now All that remains to be decided is with whom the St. Louis cardinals or the new York mils. That Issue was further clouded wednes Day night when Dwight Gooden whipped Joaquin Andujar in a Battle of 20-game winners As the mets beat the cardinals for the second straight night to move within a game of St. Louis in the no East. The mets who beat the cardinals 1-0 in 11 innings tuesday night Hung a 5-2 defeat on St. Louis. They were to meet again thursday night with new York sending Rick Aguilera 10-6, against Danny Cox 17-9. Both of us Are making it interesting cardinals manager Whitey Herzog said. It s Down now to where we be got to win or they be got to win and it Ain t Gonna rain. It s a hell of a  the dodgers clinched their fifth no West Crown in manager Tom Sajorda s National league nine years at the Helm when san Diego beat Cincinnati 5-4. That set off a mid game Celebration at dodger stadium where los Angeles was in the process of beating Atlanta 9-3. I can t find enough words to describe what a Job these players have done said Lasorda mindful of the dodgers disappointing fourth place finish in 1984. They proved a lot of people wrong. They re the  dodgers 9, braves 3 los Angeles it s just Fantas tic said Orel Hershiser who won for the Lith straight time. We wanted i. Win this game regardless of what happened in san Diego. I was standing on first base when they flashed up the padres had won. It was very intense. 1 love  Hershiser 19-3 and unbeaten since july 7, limited the braves to four hits and one run striking out seven in six innings. Hershiser also contributed three singles driving in los Angeles first run to tic the game in the second. He also started a four run rally in the fourth with a bunt single. Mike Marshall hit a two run Homer his 27th, off Atlanta starter Joe Johnson 4-4. Later in the inning. Marshall who had three of the dodgers 17 hits also had a run scoring double in the third. Mels 5, cardinals 2 St. Louis i thought i pitched an outstanding ballgame if you scratch that last inning Gooden said. We could t be in a better position especially since we be been playing behind St. Louis for the last month Gooden 24-4, took a 5-1 Lead into the ninth inning having allowed seven hits while the mets mauled Joaquin Andujar who fell to 21-11. With two out Gooden issued two of his four walks and gave up a run scoring single to Vince Coltman. Willie my acc then hit a ground single to Wally Backman behind the second base bag to fill the bases. Then Gooden retired Tom Herr on a hard liner directly at Dackman. I was t tired at All said Goodwn. He saw a string of 49 consecutive innings without giving up an earned run snapped in the second inning. After i Gol the two outs i found my self overthrowing. I was anxious to gel it Over  Gooden said of the ninth. "1 had to Calm myself  i m optimistic Herr said. Ill Wake up in the morning and Sec the cardinals in first place. If we win tomorrow 1 think it s our  George Foster had three hits for the mets including his 21st Homer leading off the seventh. Goodwn with 18 victories in his last 19 decisions struck out 10 in his league Lead ing 16th Complete game of the season. He has fanned 10 or More Bailers ii times this season and 26 times in his two year career. Padres 5. Reds 4 san Diego Cincinnati Manair Pete Rose was anything but downcast i see no on Page 23 Blue jays Yankees lose Black hurls . Past Angels of uphold royals Bud Black. Clutch 3-hitter by the associated press for the eighth time in two weeks the Kansas City royals and California Angels Are dead even in the american league West. Bud Black pulled out of a slump to throw a three hitter and George Brett beat out a three run in Ide the Park Homer wednesday night As the royals posted a 4-0 Victory Over the Angels and pulled Back into a tic for first place with one game left in their four game series at Kansas City. In the Al East the new York Yan Kees 1-0 loss to Milwaukee was t As costly As it could have been but they did miss out on an Opportunity to whittle away at the four games separating them from first place Toronto a 4-2 loser in Detroit wednesday night. Black 10-15, started the season As the team s Ace but was almost removed from the Kansas City rotation by mid season. He turned in his finest performance of the season wednesday night in the royals biggest game to Date allowing Only one american league Man As far As second base. What More can you ask of a Man said Kansas City manager Dick How scr. That was a redeemer. Thai s what that was. He looked like the buddy Black of last year when he won 17 games and was in my opinion the dominant left hander in the  Angels manager Gene Mauch was any thing but pleased. He picked a bad time to pitch one of his better games Mauch said. We just did t hit. He broke up our bats. When he s Sharp he can run that Quick Little Slider in on everybody s hands. The Way that kid was pitching we might have played a couple More hours before scoring a  California which went to Kansas City with a one game Lead was to pit Don Sut ton 15-9, against Danny Jackson 13-12, thursday night. If the two teams arc still lied sunday night Afler the Angels play three games in Texas and the royals three against the a a they la have a one game playoff in Kansas City monday night. Tigers 4. Blue jays 2 Detroit the Only Good thing to happen to the Blue jays wednesday night was the Yankees loss Toronto manager Bobby con said. The shame of it All is that we could have had the magic number Down to  As it is inc magic number is two. And Toronto still could Clinch the division championship As Early As thursday night if the jays win and new York loses. Darrell Evans led off the sixth with his 40th Homer and Kirk Gibson followed with an inside the Park Home run to Back the five hit pitching of Jack Morris and Chuck Cary. The jays lost their second straight. We swung at too Many bad pitches Cox fumed. We wasted five hit pitching. You can t do that. We just did t get any see Al on Page 26 sold will remain in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh a the Pittsburgh pirates will have new owners a new general manager plenty of new players and Ruybe even a new Field manager next Spring. But they will remain in the City they be called Home since 1887. President Dan Galbreath ended months of speculation about the future of the Strug gling National league team when he announced  that he will sell the pirates for $22 million to a Public private partnership headed by Pittsburgh mayor Richard Caliguiri. The Pittsburgh pirates Are going to keep the name Pittsburgh. Thai s great news said manager Chuck Tanner who probably will not return despite a contract that does t expire until 1987. We re glad we Vegol this behind us and can Start concentrating on playing baseball again said pirates player representative Jim Morrison. The partnership will include about is private or corporate investors including Westinghouse electric corp. And . Steel corp. It will raise $50 million to own and operate the team for at least five years and also will assume $7 million in Long term debts to pay off deferred contracts Given some players. Galbreath called it a sad Day for his family which since 1946 has owned what once was one of major league baseball s most successful franchises. I would have loved to have stayed in baseball said Galbreath the pirates chief during their i960. 1971 and ,1979 world championship seasons. But we decided that what the Organiza Tion needs is a whole new look and if we were to remain in some role that would i be the Case. Sadly i believe this is Best for All he said. The pirates although never a big draw in a cily that has supported the football steel cars with 14 consecutive sellout seasons won six National league East championships during the 1970s. The learn has struggled nol Only at the Box office but on the playing Field during the 1980s and is completing its second straight last place season. The pirates Are Likely to have not Only the worst record bul the worst attendance 735,900 in the major leagues this season. The pirates played this season under a Cloud according to Tanner because of a Federal drug investigation and subsequent trials in which several former pirate players testified about the apparent widespread use of cocaine. It is sad that the pirates got wrapped up with that. It could have happened any  Galbreath said. But the pirates have been Down before and have come Back. The pirates have produced More major league players than any other organi  Malcolm Prine chairman of Ryan Homes inc., will become the pirates presi Dent and chief executive officer if the Deal is comp cled. He said his lop priority would be to hire a general manager. Prine said he asked Joe l. Brown the interim general manager to Lake the Job full Lime but Brown declined. Brown. 66, has agreed to take a significant role in the selection of his successor. I am resigning for the simple reason see pirates on Page 26