European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 10, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17 Gooden stops revamped bucs up photo mets pitching Ace Dwight Gooden. Hurls six hitter Hawks rip bulls As Wilkins stars Atlanta a Dominique Wilkins scored 37 Points 12 of them in the fourth Quarter to Lead the Atlanta Hawks to a 131-118 National Basket Ball association win Over the Chicago bulls tues Day night. Wilkins now leads All Aba scorers with a 29.93 average .15 Points ahead of Utah s Adrian Dantley and .23 Points ahead of Denver s Alex English. The loss Cut Chicago s Lead to one half game Over Cleveland for the last playoff spot in the Eastern no Roundup conference. The bulls have two games to play the Cavaliers have three. Michael Jordan led the bulls with 30 Points playing Only 33 minutes. The Hawks led by 14 Points after three quarters later stretching it to 22, and the bulls could come no closer than eight Points in the final Quarter. Randy Wittman had 23 Points for the Hawks. Spud Webb had 19 and tree Rollins and Kevin Willis had 11 each. Wilkins led All Rebo unders with 13. Orlando Woolridge had 18 Points for the bulls and Charles Oakley contributed 16. The 131 Points matches Atlanta s season High. The Hawks snapped a three game Chicago winning Streak. In other Aba games tuesday night celtics 126, Bucks 114 Milwaukee Larry Bird had 26 Points and Bill Walton added 22 As Boston completed a sweep of five regular season games against Milwaukee. Boston outscored the Bucks 8-2 for a 111-103 Lead with 4 28 left. The celtics then held off a late Milwaukee rally. Pacers 111, bullets 104 Landover my. Vern Fleming scored 18 see Aba on Page 19 Pittsburgh a Dwight Gooden did t have his Best stuff but he had enough to get the new York mets 25th season off on the right foot. Gooden last year s National league by Young award Winner survived a Lead off Home run by . Reynolds in the Pittsburgh first and Keith Hernandez drove in two runs As the mets won 4-2 tuesday night spoiling the pirates 100th National league opener. It. Feels Good to get the first one in said Gooden. I was t nervous. I tried to be nervous because this was the opener but it was just like a Middle of the season  Gooden known As doctor a for his strikeout prowess fanned six and walked one. He was in trouble in the ninth after Joe Kruslak walked Johnny Ray singled and Sid Bream Laid Down a sacrifice bunt. But he struck out Steve Kemp for the third time in the game and got Tony Pena to Bounce into a game ending Rounder. Dwight has that Little bit extra that he keeps in Reserve for special occasions said mets manager Davey Johnson. I promised the fans that we re going to play hard and we did. We battled one of the Best pitchers in baseball and a lot of us myself included through we were going to win it in the ninth inning pirates manager Jim Leyland said. I Don t think we were intimidated but if you Don t re Spect Gooden you re an  i think the fans enjoyed the Way we played said Reynolds. It s going to continue that Way. A lot of us weren t Here for most of last season. This is a new  the mets took a 2-0 Lead in the first inning before the opening Day crowd of 48,953 on Len Dykstra s Lead off walk Hernandez s rib double and Gary Carter s sacrifice Fly the mets made it 3-1 in the sixth on consecutive Dou Bles by Darryl Strawberry and George Foster who was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a triple. Howard Johnson followed with the mets third consecutive double off loser Rick Reuschel. Reynolds doubled in the sixth and scored on Johnny Ray s groundnut before Dykstra walked to Lead off the mets seventh and came Home on Hernandez s one out rib single off reliever Pat Clements. No Roundup in other no openers tuesday cardinals 2, cubs 1 St. Louis John Tudor took up where he left off a year ago with a five hitter As the St. Louis cardinals opened defense of their National league title. Tudor s Triumph was his 22nd in his last 23 pitching decisions for the cards dating to May 29, 1985. The St. Louis hurler overcame a two hit performance by Chicago s Rick Sutcliffe who lasted seven innings. Both hits off Sutcliffe came in the fourth inning after Tommy Herr Drew a Lead off walk on a 3-2 count. Herr made it to third As Jack Clark dropped a single in front of Bob Dernier in Center Field. Andy Van Slyke after falling behind on the count lashed a 1-2 pitch for a single into right Field to score Herr and Clark. Sutcliffe struck out seven and walked four one of them intentionally setting Down seven straight St. Louis hitters before losing Herr at the Start of the cardinals fourth. Chicago meanwhile had Only two baserunners through the first five innings before finally breaking through in the seventh when Keith Moreland was Safe on a fielder s Choice advanced to third on a single by Leon Durham and scored on a sacrifice Fly by Jody Davis. A Busch stadium turnout of 48,672 was the largest eve for a cardinals Home opener. Braves 6, expos 0 Atlanta right hander Rick Mahler pitched a five hitter and Dale Murphy hit a two run Homer to Lea Atlanta past Montreal. It was the second consecutive opening Day shutout for Mahler who blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 Las season. Murphy hit his Homer Over the right Field Fence off loser Bryn Smith in the seventh inning following a single by Claudell Washington who also had an rib with a Sacri fice Fly in the eighth. The braves managed Only one hit a first inning Dou ble by Murphy before breaking a scoreless tie in the sixth inning and giving Chuck Tanner a Victory in his see no on Page 19 Rookie Guzman leads rangers Over Blue jays 6-3 in opener Arlington Texas a Jose Guzman became the first Rookie to record a win in a major league opener in five years tuesday night. It was t easy. The right hander from puerto Rico had to survive a sixth inning scare to take the Texas rangers to a 6-3 Victory Over the Toronto Blue jays before a record opening crowd of 40,206. Guzman got his Chance because Veteran knuckle Bailer Charlie Hough broke a Finger shaking hands in training Camp. This is my present to my fans in puerto Rico he said. Fernando Valenzuela of the los Angeles dodgers was the last Rookie to win an opener in 1981. Guz Man allowed eight hits in eight innings. Texas manager Bobby Valentine stayed with the Rookie until Greg Harris relieved him in the ninth. Larry Parrish Don Slaught hit a two run Homer and Larry Parrish drilled a three run opposite Field Homer to give Guzman All the backing he needed. Toronto s Dave Stieb the Al earned run King last year lasted Only 4/3 innings in taking the loss in the managerial debut of the Blue jays Jimy Williams. The Blue jays struck for three runs in the sixth. Dama so Garcia singled and moved to third on Lloyd Moseby s double. Ranee Mulliniks doubled both runners Home. George Bell scored Mulliniks with a single to Cut the deficit to 6-3. In other Al openers tuesday Yankees 4, royals 2 new York Butch Wynegar hit a three run Home to Lead Ron Guidry and new York past world series a Roundup Champion Kansas City. The Victory before a crowd of 55,602, was new York s first on opening Day since 1981 and marked a successful debut for Lou Piniella As the Yankees manager. The outcome continued the royals poor Luck on the Road in season openers. Kansas City has lost seven of its last 10road openers. Guidry 22-6 last year and making his seventh opening Day Start for the Yankees allowed two runs both on Hal Mcrae s fourth inning Homer and two hits while striking out five and walking one. Wynegar who had Only five homers last season hit his three run shot in the second inning off Bud Black who made his third straight opening Day Start for the royals. The Yankees added a fourth run off Black 10-15 last year in the fifth inning when Bobby Meacham singled stole his second base of the game and scored on a Bloop hit to left by Willie Randolph. Twins 3, a s 2 Oakland Calif. Winning Pitcher Frank Viola pitched out of a bases loaded Jam in the first inning and a bases loaded double play ended the game As Minnesota escaped with a Victory Over Oakland. Minnesota scored three unearned runs off a s starter Chris Codiroli including two in the first inning following an error by first baseman Dave Kingman and an rib single by Mark Salas. Codiroli allowed just six hits before leaving m the sixth inning. The a s scored once in the second on Tony Phillips rib double and again in the seventh on Dwayne Murphy s re single. Mariners 8, Angels 4 Seattle Jim Presley whose two run Homer tie the game in the ninth inning connected for a grand slam in the 10th to lift Seattle past  Pete Ladd claimed the Victory. Reggie Jackson hit a two run Homer and Bobby Gric belted a Solo shot for the Angels