European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 10,19s6 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports astros nip mets 1 -0 As Scott fans record tying 14 Houston right hander Mike Scot held the Metslo five singles in 1-0 Victory error filled game ties series by Mike Tully Houston up the new York mels had no Choice but to complain about Mike Scott s pitches. After All they sure could t i them. Wilh chilling accuracy and scorching Speed Scott struck out a record tying 14 batters in Oul dueling Dwight Gooden wednesday night and Glenn Davis homered to help the Houston astros open the National league playoffs with a 1-0 Victory Over the new York acts. Scott brushed aside a first inning Chal Lenge by the mets who claimed he was doctoring his split fingered fastball. He then proceeded to him the league s Best hitting team hit until inc fourth in Ning and limited them to five singles Over the course of the game allowing nut one walk. The former Mel struck out Ray Knight Wilh Darryl Strawberry on third base in the ninth inning to join John Candelaria of the 1975 pirates As the Only Pitcher to fan 14 batters in an a playoff game. You have a Good Veteran Umpire be Hind Home Plale in Doug Harvey Houston manager Hal panic said. I pc probably never seen better pitching. Mike just had outstanding control of his pitches. I never thought of relieving , Houston s Home run Leader with 31, celebrated his first playoff Al Bat by lining a shot into the Center Field seals to Lead off the second inning. Before a crowd of 44,131, Bill Doran and Jose Cruz added sparkling defensive plays to give the astros a 1-0 Lead in the Besl of seven series. The second game was to be thursday night in the Astro dome. Gooden allowed seven bits and three walks Over seven innings in taking the loss. Scon went 18-10 this season with stuff so Good that critics began accusing him of throwing on illegal pitch. Apparently the mets were thinking that Way Loo. On his first at Bat acts Catcher Gary Carter asked Harvey to in Spect the baft for scuff Marks. Carter was talking to the wrong Guy. Fan interview earlier in the Day. Harvey flatly slated Mike Scott absolutely Ana positively does nothing illegal to the baseball on the a Cal Pilch Carter struck out and the Mel did virtually nothing until the eighth. With runners on first and Sec Ond and one oat. Scot fanned Wally Backman and Keith Hernandez for his Izland i3lh strikeouts. With the crowd holding signs pro claiming great Scott Ana urging their Pilcher to lie the strikeout record. Carterlee off the ninth by grounding to third the Only Lime All night he hit the  followed by lining a single to right and then stole second. Davis made a diving Stop of a bid Fata base hit by Moosic Wilson then threw to Scot covering first. Strawberry advanced to third but was stranded when Scott struck out Knight to end the game. Scott who came to the astros Fromich acts on dec. 10, 1982, in a Trade for Danny a top struck out Carter and Hernandez three limes apiece and fanned both Strawberry and Knight twice. An indication of Scott s effectiveness was reflected in the pitching count of inc 126 pitches he threw Only 37 were balls. In the first three innings he tossed Only 29 pitches with just one outside he strike , who pitched a no Hilter to Clinch the no West title for the astros dismissed talk that he doctors inc Ball. It does t make any difference to me if they think Fin doing things like thai see astros on Page 23 red sox Breeze past Angels 9-2 by Murray chass Boston not perhaps Doug Decinces Cali fornia s Veteran third baseman summed up the remarkably Sloppy game Best. Bow often Decinces said do you see a Pitcher lose a ground Ball in the Tunt the play Decinces referred to occurred Early and it the tone wednesday for the Sra Oad game of the american league Pennant playoff which the Boston red sox won 9-2. The game which sent the four of Kven series to California lied at one game each was punctuated by a dozen displays to miscues mistakes and Sun caused miseries. It was the toughest seeing game i be Ever played  id Bob boons the Ange Veteran you could Tel by All the problems people were having everybody a having  Bright late afternoon Sun did not cause Alt of the trouble that spiced the game but maybe it had the same effect a full Moon is said to have on people. Consider Moose Stubing the Angels ?5q-Pound third base coach. How else could one explain his fail ure to give Bobby Grich the Stop sign at turd base in the sixth inning with the red sox leading 3-2 i old him verbally Stubing explained later. To which Grich now Calm after an angry display of emotion at the time replied i cant read his lips. Grich was out trying to get Back to third on the play. And the red sox went on to add three runs to their Lead in the seventh with the hefty Aid of three errors the first by Grich the second baseman the second by Decinces and the third by Dick sub Ofield the Short Stop. Earlier in the film the red sox scored a run an broke a 2-2 tic when Grich Tost a routine two out pop up by Dwight Evans in the Sun. Asked about the defensive play of the Angeh who committed the second fewest number of errors in the league during the season their manager. Gene Mauch said "1 won t talk Aboul a lot that went on because 1 did t understand it lost somewhere in the muddle of what was one of the games thai will determine the league s world series representative was the pitching of Bruce Hurst the red sox left hander who continued to belie the Maxim that left handers can t win at Fenway , who has seven victories and one toss in his last nine starts at his Home Park gave up 11 hits but some How held the Angels to two runs. The first score resulted from an error by Wade Boggs the third baseman the red sox weren t immune from the weird Day either and a play on which Spike Owen could not get the Ball out of his Glove soon enough to gel a forceful. Wally Joyner the Angels sometimes wondrous Rookie produced theother run with the first Home run by a Rookie in a league championship series game. Aft a the Angels foul up at third bait in the sixth in Ning. Id St stymied the Western division champions on two singles while his Lead expanded. After the three error sled to the three run Boston seventh the red sox scored three More runs in the eighth. The last two on Jim Rice shome run on the first Pilch Doug Corbett threw after he became California s thud  Mccaskill was the first Pitcher and he was the one who Tost the ground Ball in the  the red sox ahead 1-0, on a first inning triple by Boggs and Marty Barrett s double he first of his three tuts Mccaskill gave up singles in the second inning to Rich Gernan and Owen. Boggs then hit the nigh bouncer that Mccain Len thought be would ton into a Force tit at second for the second out."1 saw the bait off the Pound Mccaskill said. I would be had a play but it got m the Sun. It hit me somewhere but i have no idea where. I Don t think that play was that  in loaded the bases and set up Barrett s run scor ing single and in did make everything that followed a Little More  California scored in the fourth and Joyner tied inc game with his Home run in the fifth. Bill Buck ergot a one out single in Boston s half of the inning. Don. Baylor who was to reach base on two singles and three walks then walked with two out and that brought up Evans who hit a routine Popup Over the grass behind see sox on Page 25