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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 12, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 12,1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 san Diego ends losing Streak with win Over astros from press dispatches Houston Sieve Garvey drove in two runs with a first inning double an Kevin Mcreynolds slammed a Home run As the san Diego padres snapped a rive game losing Streak sunday with a 5-3 Victory Over he Houston  we arc disappointed in the series san Diego manager Sieve Horn said. A loss today could have completely demoralized  pitchers have been doing the Job he said but we be had trouble scoring runs. It was Nice to Sec us get a Lead tar a  manager Hal Lanier agreed that the san Diego outburst in he first was the deciding actor in the game. We just gave them too Many Earl runs he said. It s Lough to sweep any body but we just have to forget about today and think about tomorrow night s game against los  Devecky 8-9. Walked two and struck out three in six innings to pick Aphis first Victory since june 30. Craig let Peru pitched two innings and goos Gossage finished the game to Cam his 19th  Knepper 14-8, yielded All of the padres runs in seven innings and suffered his first loss in his last six starts. The adits jumped on Knepper for three Rasa in the first. Tony Gwynn walked with one out and moved to Sec Ond on John Kruk j single. One out later. Garvey doubled to score Gwynn and Lark moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Garry temp Luton s Dou ble. Houston scored one run in the Bottorof the first As Billy Hatcher tripled and scored on a passed Ball by Catcher Terr Kennedy. King defeats Garner in sudden death High Point . Up Betsy King paired the second play off Hole to defeat Lyga Hall off Mer Joanne Garner sunday and claim the 134,500 first prize in the$230,000 Henredon classic. King and Garner finished at 11-under-Par 277 in regulation at the Willow Creek country club. Kin had a final round of 2-under-Par 70 while Garner shot a 69. Both players parred the first playoff Hole the Par-5 loth. King won on the next Hole thepar-4 17lh when Carner hit her second shot Over the Green and into a Bunker. Carner blasted from the Sand to within 20 feel but could t make the downhill pull and King on into two putted for Par. I was t really paying thai much attention to what Joanne Jid i saw her hit it in the banker but i was t going to hit my shot the same Way King said follow ing her first Victory in More than a year. I wanted to keep it below uie Hole and that s what 1 did. King a 10-year Veteran we Lover is million in career earnings with her sixth Lyga Victory. No round up Mcreynolds increased san Diego s Lead to 4-1 in the sixth with a Solo Pomerlo left his 15th of the season. In other games sunday dodgers 5, reds 0 Cincinnati Dennis Powell and Ken Howell combined on a three hitter and Greg Brock hit two Home runs to Lead los Angeles past Cincinnati. Powell 2-3, struck out six and wicked one in 7 i innings As the dodgers salvaged the finale of the four game series. Howell pitched the final in innings. Loser Mario Solo 4-10, pitched 6vi innings striking Oul four and walking one before being relieved by Carl Willis the dodgers took a 1-0 Lead in the first on a triple by Mike Scioscia and an rib single by Bill Madlock. Civito 4, brain 3 Atlanta Pinch Hilter Harry Spilman hit a two run single with two outs in the ninth off reliever Gene garb or lifting san Francisco Over Atlanta. It was the second straight game in which the braves tailed to hold a Lead in the  Brown singled off Garber 4-3, with one out in the ninth. After Joel Youngblood struck out Bob Brenly walked and Chili Davis hit an infield single to Load the  batted for winning Pitcher Juan Berenguer 2-2, and lined a single to right scoring Brown and Pinch runner it is  7, expo 1 Montreal Wally Backman drove in three runs including two with a seventh inning double As new York Defeated Montreal. App Floto Cincinnati s Dave Parker leaps High to Cut off i Ball hit by dodger Mike Sciolda. Sid Fernandez 13-4, worked the first six innings and allowed three hits while striking Oul seven and walking two. Rick Anderson threw the final three inning for his first major league save. The game Drew a crowd of 35,743, Thebes of this season at olympic stadium. Cubs 4, Phillies 0 Chicago Gary Matthews hit a three run Homer and de Lynch recorded his first shutout in More than a year Sun Day As Chicago downed Philadelphia. Lynch 3-1. Allowed six hits and walked none As he recorded his tint shutout since May 8,1985, while a Mem Ber of the new York acts. It was his first Compline game since he beat the cubs last aug. Ii. Cardinals 5, pirates 4 St. Louis Bob Forsch hit a grand slam the ninth Homer of his career and won his sixth straight game leading St. Louis Over Pittsburgh. The slam was the first for the Cardi nals this year and their first Home run in 12 games. Forsch 12-6. Pitched 7 a innings and was charged with All of Pittsburgh s  left during the eighth inning when the pirates scored three runs. Lend tops Becker in Volvo final Stratton Mountain it. A Ivan Lendl reversing the result in the final at Wimbledon Defeated West Ger Man teen Ager Boris Becker 6-4, 7-6 Sun Day to capture the $311,000 Volvo inter National Tennis tournament. The Victory Worth $40,000 to Lendl. Gave the czechoslovak right hander a 5-2 Edge in career meetings with the 18-year old West German redhead who had beaten him in their two previous meet Ings including the Wimbledon final. Becker collected $20,000 for finishing second in the 64-Playcr Nabisco grand prix event. Lendl broke Becker in the third game of the opening Sci As he rushed to a 3-1lead. But when the popular Becker broke Back in the sixth game the match was All even. Playing on the same dec turf ii sur face the . Open will be played on Lendl More than matched Becker s booming serve and was dominant from the Baseline in their rallies. Aided by a double fault Lendl broke Becker again in the ninth game then held at love. The first Point was his sixth Ace of the Day and the last a booming service win Ner to close out the opening set. It was More of the same in the second set As Becker again lost his serve in the third game this Lime when at break Point he tried a backhand drop Volley that ended up in the Bottom of the net. With the capacity crowd cheering for him Becker found an opening when Lendl double faulted two consecutive times to begin the sixth game. Lendl fell behind love-40 and eventually saved seven break Points. But there were eight break Points and on the last one Becker converted for the service break. When Lendl netted a Back hand it ended a 20-minute game and levelled the Sci at 3-3. The two then held serve in the hot muggy weather forcing a tiebreak. Lendl was perfect sweeping All seven Points to close Oul the match. When the two hour match was Over Lendl had eight aces for the Day and Becker six. Lendl also led in double faults with four against iwo by Becker. Sutkova defeats Shriver 6-2, 7-5 Montreal up Helena Suko a of Czechoslovakia used Bullet serves and accurate lobs sunday to beat Pam Shriver 6-2, 7-5 in the final of the $280,000 player s Challenge. Shriver repeatedly hit Short backhands and forehand into the net and. Failed on numerous grounds Rokes during the 64 minute  re volleying like a pig Shriver veiled at herself after hitting a forehand wide in the first game of the second set. Sutkova the no. 2 seed ranked no. 7 in the world won $45,000. Shaver the top seed from Lutherville md., ranked no. I earned s20.000. Sutkova had five aces to one for Shriver. Shriver committed 14 unforced errors to seven for her opponent. Sutkova broke Shriver in the third and seventh games of the first set. They exchanged service Breaks in the seventh and eighth games of the second set but Sutkova broke in the i Ith game to make the set 7-5. Sutkova shut Shriver Oul in the last game in which she scored two of her five aces. It s a great feeling for me because the last time 1 won a tournament was two years ago Sutkova said. I be been serv ing much better the last two weeks. 1 Felt it was coming  Sutkova said her conditioning helped her overcome fatigue stemming from her three matches saturday that were re scheduled because of rain earlier in the week. Shriver had not lost a set in four pre Vious matches. My first serve percentage was poor she said. My second serve effectiveness was not Good. My placement was bad. I was Hilling a lot in the net which usually Means i m a Little bit   
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