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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 26 the stars and stripes wednesday june 4, 19bb Hough hurls Texas Back into Al Lead from press dispatches Chicago Charlie Hough would have liked to have had d Complete game shutout but pitching the Texas rangers Back Inlo firs place in inc american league West was Good enough Hough threw a three hit 1-0 Victory Over the Chicago White sox monday night but did t have the pleasure of finishing the game As manager Bobby Valentine went Inlo Hii bullpen in the ninth inning. If i Lud my Choice i d have told Robby to let me stay in  said Hough. Gut those other two Guys bailed me  Hough retired Carlton Fisk to open the ninth but after Harold saints i 8 cd Valentine called in left hander Mitch Williams to lace left handed swinger Greg Walker who lined out to third. When Williams walked Jerry main Lon to put the cad run on base. Valentine called on Greg Harris who retired Ron Kiltie on a pop foul to end the game and notch his eighth save. Charlie had the Best Knuck Leball he s had All season said Valentine but i had a left hander who gels people out and n right hander who gets people out. It turned out All  coupled with Kansas City s 7-2 loss to Milwaukee the rangers took Over first pm acc one game ahead of the royals. Pete o Brien doubled in the game s Only run in the first after Oddie Mcdowell had walked and advanced to Sec Al Roundup Ond on a sacrifice by Scott Fletcher. It was a two strike breaking pitch said o Brien of his Hil. I was fooled a Little but i got most of the but. It. I hit it pretty  the first Hil off Hough 4-2, was a Mcadoff single by Wayne Tolleson in inc third haitian doubted us the seventh and Bains single in he ninth. Chicago starter Joe Cowley 1-1, allowed six hits and struck out id. The close so the White so came to scoring came when Hairston doubled with one out in the seventh and went to third on a wid pitch. Hough then retired Kittle on a Short Fly to Center and Tim Huiel on an inning ending ground Ball. The Victory ended a three game losing Streak for the rang ers while the Sra suffered their eighth loss in the last nine games. In other american league games monday Blue jays 3, twins i Toronto Jim Clancy pitched sit no hit innings a red George Bell hit a two run Homer to Lead Toronto Over Minnesota Clancy. 6-3, had a no hitter going when Kent Hrbek led off the seventh with a Sharp Jine drive to right Field. Brew 7, royals 2 Milwaukee Rick Manning came off the bar a to Hil a two run Homer and Ted Higuera scattered nine hits As the Brewers snapped Kansas City s four game win Ning Streak. Red sox 3, indians i Boston reliever Steve Crawford rescued Dunn ii Oil can Boyd from a seventh inning Jam and Jim Rice drove in two runs in helping Boston Over Cleveland. Boyd 7-3. While earning a career Best fifth consecutive Victory allowed nine hits and to walks. A s 7, tight is i Oakland. Calif. Dave Kingman s two run double opened the scoring for Oakland in a seven run first inning when Detroit pitchers issued seven walks As Oakland Defeated Llic tigers. Aflee 8, Yankees 7 Anaheim Calif. Brian Downing singled to score Pinch runner Doug Decinces from third base with one out in the Bottom of the ninth inning us California squeezed by new York. After the Yankees went ahead 7-fi with two runs in the the ninth. Dick Schofield walked leading off the Angels ninth against reliever Dave Righetti 4-3. Bob Boone bit a grounder that second baseman Willie Randolph threw away for a two base error sending Schofield to third. Pinch Hitler Curge Hendrick was intentionally walked to Load the bases and Schofield scored the tying run on Pinch Hitler Rick Burlison s sacrifice Fly to left. Wally Joyner walked to reload the bases before Down ing scored dec incas. Mantle honors Jackson for Homer Mark Anaheim Calif. A three weeks after Reggie Jackson passed Mickey Mantle on the All Lime Home run list Mantle caught up with Jack son at Anaheim stadium to present him with a memento. Mantle was on hand monday night for the Yankees game against Jackson s California Angels before he presented Jackson with a Glass enclosed bronzed baseball. Mantle said "537 Home runs is a lot of Home runs when you Don t make Contact any More than me and Reg  Mantle held the All time record for strikeouts until Jackson broke it. It feels Good to get this at 40 years old Jackson Laid. I can identify with the seven year Olds in the stands. When 1 was in the backyard playing baseball whenever i did something Good i was Mickey  Mantle 54. Led the american league in Home runs four times and his s36 career homers put him third on inc All time list when he retired in Roenicke lashes 4 hits Phillies Pound dodgers 73-2 from press dispatches Philadelphia Ron Roenicke s role with the Philadelphia Phillies could Boon be changing. Roenicke was purchased from Tacoma of the Pacific coast league on May 9, and the Phillies planned to use the switch Hitler in a Utility Rale. They May have to find him More playing Lime however. Monday night Roenicke had the first four hit game of his career including his first Homer of the season As the Phillies pounded the lot Angeles dodgers 13-2 for heir seventh straight Victory. They had 21 hits in handing the dodgers their third straight loss and sixth in seven games. It s a great feeling when you have a game like  mid Roenicke Olio raised his average to .340. La i been a Long while since i be hit a Home run. I m not a Home run hitter so when i get one it s a  Roenicke Tell that dodgers starter Jerry Reuis was not having one of Bis better games. Reuss was a Little off so you be got to take advantage of opportunities like that he Aid. Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda was extremely unhappy with his team which now has a Road record of 6-18. Los Angeles is 1 6 on its current trip it s something i m having trouble be no Roundup Lieving said Lasorda who kept his club House door closed for 15 minute while he admonished his team. We had our prob lems last year and straightened them out and Well straighten them out this  the dodgers committed four errors in the game and now have a league leading latafofo2. Lasorda ordered a special practice for several of the dodgers tuesday but would not disclose which players would be present. Share Rawley 7-4, allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings and Tun a career record of up against the dodgers. Rawley struck out six and walked two. Reuss 2-5, lost his seventh straight to the Phillies. The Phillies took a 3-0 Lead in the first. One run scored on a throwing error by Steve sax and Schmidt s ninth Home run of the season brought the other two. The dodgers scored two in be second. One crossed on Catcher John Russell s throwing error and Reggie Williams singled in the other. In the. Bottom half of the inning Jeff Stone and Roenicke hit consecutive homers to make the scored 5-2, and the Phillies scored six More times in lie fourth. Raw Fey and Roenicke singled and Juan Samuel s double scored Rawley von Hayes singled in two More Glenn Wilson hit an rib sin Gle and Russell s two run double capped the rally. In the sixth Hayes singled in one run and scored on Russell s second double of the game in other National league games Moo Day a Mutt 9, Astra 2 Houston left hander John Tudor pitched a four hitter and Ozzie Smith equalled his career High with four hits to Lead St. Louis Over the astros. Every starting player on the cards including Tudor scored a run. Meb ii. Padres 2 new York George Foster hit two homers and Dwight Goodwn pitched a four killer to Lead new York in a Romp Over san Diego. Cub 8, red 6 Cincinnati a three run Home by Ryne Sandberg helped right hander Rick Sutcliffe hang on for his second Victory Over Cincinnati in a Wick pirates 9, drives 1 Atlanta right hander Rick Cut chel surrendered Only three hits in 5h innings and drove in two runs with one of a two hits As Pittsburgh beat Atlanta. Kriek Lendl Navratilova Sutkova in semis by Larry Siddons Paris a top seeds Ivan Lendl and Manilla Navratilova. Along with sur prising american Johan Kriek advanced to the semifinals at the French open tuesday where the dreams of a grand slam championship for 14-Ysar-old Mary Joe Fernandez came to an abrupt end. Helena Sutkova the women s Smith seed beat the Miami Leen Ager 6-1 5-4, in a match that took just i hour and b minutes. Lendl from Czechoslovakia Leal his first set of the match before rebounding to beat no. 9 Andres Gomez of Ecuador 6-7, 7-6, 6-0,6x1. Navratilova and Kriek Are both naturalized american citizens Navratilova from Czechoslovakia Kriek from South Africa but there the paths to the tout Nab end. While Navratilova had been expected to reach the round Kriek s presence is a major sur prise. Navratilova struggled before beating an other american Kathy Rinaldi 7-5, 6-4. She will meet Sutkova in the next round on thursday. Kriek playing Only his second French open and first in seven years beat Clay court specialist Guillermo Vilas 3-6. 7-6, 7 6,7-6, and faces Lendl next on Friday. In a match played on a Blu itry afternoon before Only about 200 people on court 1, Sutkova used a steady Baseline game and occasional trip to the Nel to beat Fernandez. She breezed through the first set and was on the verge of breaking for the match when Fernandez showed some of the strength that helped her to earlier upsets of Helen Kelesi. Anne Hobbs and four seeded Claudia Kohide Kilsch. Fernandez held off the break Point then fought through four set Points before win Ning when Sutkova sent a forehand Long. But Sutkova quickly moved to match Point on her own serve and won it when Fernandez sent a forehand past the end tint. Nav Milova reaching the semifinals in Paris for the than straight year and the fourth in the last five came from behind in win the first set and Hen struggled in the second. She was one Point away from holding serve to make it 4-1 in the second set but needed five tries to close out the game. And As Navratilova a serving for the match Rumaldi broke her at love Navra ii Lova then broke Back for the Victory. Kriek has played the French open Only be Frei 1jla in the few round ""1979. And had been Idle for almost two months before Paris. Kriek. A South Africa born naturalized citizen living in Naples Fla. Squandered three match Points in the ninth game of lie fourth set. As Vilas the 33-year-old Argen Tine who won this championship in 1977, displayed his steadiness. But in the end. Kriek the i3lh seed. Used Power to help win the final tiebreaker tying it 3-3 on a service Winner and latin the Lead 4-3 on a Volley launched in full charge to the net. Vilas seeded 12th, then sent a of Nicod Long and double faulted. Kriek put the match away with another powerful Youey. Coming in behind a Strong serve to end inc 3-hour, 49-Minuie match. But Kriek who advanced to the Quarter finals when fourth seeded Yannick not of France withdrew sunday because of injury was steady enough in the tiebreakers win Ning them 1-6, 7-5 and 7-3 and running Vilas unmercifully. In the end that May have been to key. Vila showed his Calm in coming Back from  
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