European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 4. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17sports flipping but not out . Washington of he pirates and Umpire Paul Range Witter As reds third baseman buddy Bell tumbles aver a railing and into the Pittsburgh dugout while chasing a foul Bat off he Bill of Sid Bream in the sixth inning tuesday night in Cincinnati. He Hdldn l make the catch the reds trounced the pirates 9-1. See the National league Roundup Page 22. Mecir knocks out no. 2 Wilander in open upset b Bob Greene new York a Miloslav Mecir is called the big cat because of his quickness the Way he covers the court running Down opponents shots he also is Quick to spot a weakness and even quicker to take advantage of it. Sweden s Mats Wilander knows in Only on Well. When he s playing very Good i think he s just playing Loo Good for me i Lander the second seed said after falling to no. 16 Mecir 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6- tues Day in the fourth round of he . Open Tennis championships. Then Wilander s eyes opened a Little u incr m he said i just realized  Mecir might not be a big name to thenh in. Hut he players know at Aboul him for me. It s not a big upset because i knew. To play him was going to Bevery Lough Wilander said. The 6-Fooi-3 czechoslovak making Only his second appearance at inc National Tennis Center is As quiet about his Success As he is Quick. He s Quile goad and he docs l miss Many balls Mecir said of Wilander. Bui his shots Are not so dangerous to me. 1 can gel to i Host balls and Hii them  asked Why he has an 18-8 career re Cord against Sweden s six lop ranked players he said i think they have Simi Lar games. That s  Mecir will face another swede seventh seeded Joakim Nystrom who ear Lier tuesday Defeated Matt anger 7-6, a 2, 6-2 on the hard courts of the National Tennis  Champion Boris Becker of West Germany the no. 3 seed also moved into the quarterfinals ousting qualifier Gary Donnelly 6-4,6-3,6-7,6-4. Becker s quarterfinal opponent will be Czechoslovakia Milan Srajber. Who Defeated unseeded american Tod Witsken 7-6 4-77-6 7-36-1. 6-4 in a 3 hour 13 minute night match. Two Lime women s Champion Martina Navratilova moved another step closer to her fourth straight trip to the single final by defeating her doubles partner Pam Shriver. 6-2,6-4. Navratilova. The women s no. I seed will next face third seeded Steffi Graf of West Germany who crushed no. 8 Bon Nie Gadusek 6-3,6-1 in just 47 minutes. Graf never had a problem with Gadu sek taking a 3-0 Lead in the first set and increasing her margin to 5-1 before drop Ping her own service in he seventh game. Gadusek could hold serve just once in the second set. That coming in the fifth game. Last year Navratill a Defeated Grafin the semifinals. Mecir was steadier than Wilander who is known Tor his steady though in spectacular play. The bearded 22-year of from Prev idea also found inc Angleson his Cross court passing shots and Strong volleys. Mecir is the Leader of Czechoslovakia a s Davis cup team now that Ivan Lendl the top seed Here no longer plays for his native country. For Wilander it was yet another Dis appointing appearance in America s pre Mier Tennis event. The swede has won four grand slam titles two on Clay atthe French open and two on grass at the australian open. Bui he has always come up Short in the open. Last year he lost to John Mcenroe in the semifinals after leading 2-1 insets. Normally 1 hit from the Baseline. But see open on Page 19 leads Al East by 4vz Boston beats Texas in 8-6 comeback front press dispatches Boston the Boston red sox forging ahead in the american league East extended their Lead to 4w games tuesday night with an 8-6 Victory Over the Texas rangers. Marty Barrett drove in iwo runs with a bases loaded single to snap a 5-5 tic in the seventh inning As Boston won its fourth straight game coming from be Hind for the third Lime in a Row and 31sl Lime this season. It was a big win for us because we needed to come Back again said bar  red sox picked up a game on second place Toronto As the flue jays had their nine game winning Streak snapped wish a 9-i loss to Cleveland. The rangers seeking to overtake the California Angels in the Al West lost their third consecutive game. Reliever Sammy. Stewart. 4-1, earned he Victory allowing two mis and no run Over 3w innings. Calvin Schiraloi picked up his seventh save hurling the final two innings allowing one run. Boston s bullpen is 9-0 at Home and Al Roundup has 19 saves. The red sox relievers Lead the majors Wilh just six losses his year. Everybody s done their jobs out of the bullpen and hopefully in will keep up for  said Schiraldi a Rookie. Sammy came in and held them until we could get going and get some runs  Boston trailed 5-3 entering the sixth. Bill Buckner stroked a okie cd single but was thrown out Al third on Jim Rice s single to right. Don Baylor followed with his 27th Home run to tic the game. With the score 5-5 in the seventh Rich gedman singled but was out on Dave hendersons fielder s Choice. Mitch Williams came in and gave up walks to Pinch Hitler Dwight Evans and Wade Boggs. Dale Mohorcic replaced Williams and Barrett bounced his single up the Middle his sixth game winning hit of the year Texas starter Jose Guzman 9-j3, who has not won on the Road since june 28, tout fhe loss surrendering Dine Hiu and six runs three earned Over 6w innings. These Are becoming missed opportunities to pick up ground on California said Texas Oddie Mcdowell. We hit alot of balls hard tonight and should have had some More runs. Texas left 10 men on base Henderson added an rib single in the eighth for an 8-5 Boston Lead Texas Larry Parrish completed the scoring Wilh his 23rd Home a Solo shot in the ninth Texas look a 1-0 Lead in the first on Ruben Sierra s rib single. The red sox responded with three unearned runs in he third due 10 two errors by shortstop Scott Fletcher. Henderson reached on Fletcher s Fielding error and Spike Owen followed with is bunt Tingle. Boggs followed Wilh a line drive a Fletcher which had both runners caught off base Bat the Ball glanced off Fletcher s Glove to Load the bases. Buckner drove in two runs with a single and Rice followed with a sacrifice Fly to right Boggs scoring before Buckner was Dou bled off first by Sierra s throw. The rangers grabbed a 5-3 Lead wit four runs in the fourth when they baited around. Pete Incaviglia led off with a double and Sieve Buechele stroked an rib single. After Fletcher doubled Mcdowell tied the game Al 3-3 on a sacrifice Fly that scored Buechele. Want singled to Center to bring Home Fletcher and bring in Stewart in place of starter Al Nipper. Ward moved to second on a balk took third on a wild Pilch and scored on Sierra s infield hit for a 5-3 score. In other Al games in Laiu 9, Blue jays Toronto Ken Schora gained his first Victory since july 23 As Cleve land turned Back Toronto and stopped the Blue jays winning Streak at  Thornton Hau three Bis and Brett Butler two As the indians snapped Athree game losing Streak and won for just the second Lime in their last eight , 12-6, a former Blue Jay snapped a personal tour game losing Streak. He scattered six hits through six innings before being relieved by Bria Noelker. Frank wills got Thermal seven outs Tor Hii second save. Whltesox3, City to. Save Canton see Al on Page 22