European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 2b no from Pago 21 started the scoring with his seventh Home run of she season. Mcgee had to singles his second capping the scoring. Other key hits in the inning were Sieve Laic s triple and Forudi s rib double. Dodgers 6, Kirtles 3 los Angeles Rick Honeycutt allowed eight hits in s i innings and struck out a career High 10 Butters As los Angeles beat Pittsburgh for its third straight Victory. Honey Cut la who has made 36 starts since his last Complete game on sept. 10, 1985, also drove in a run with a squeeze bunt. Mickey Hatcher had three hits including a Solo Homer and run scoring single. Hatcher opened the scoring when he led off tic second against Bob Kipper 2 3, with his first Home ran since he re joined the dodgers As a tree agent last month. He hit one Home run for the dodgers in 979 and another in 1980 before spending the last six seasons with the Minnesota twins. Mariano Duncan hit his third Home run of t he season in the third inning for a 2-0 Lead. The dodgers increased heir Lead to 5 0 in the fourth on a bases loaded two run single by Reggie Williams he was hit less in eight previous at bats this sea son and Honey cull s squeeze bunt against Hipolilo Pena. Pedro Guerrero and Hatcher started the inning with sin Gles and one out later Alex Trevino walked to Load the bases. Giants 11. Cute 1 san Francisco Rob Wilfong hit a two run Homer in his second a Lionel league at bal to open the scoring and san Francisco went on to rout Chi Cago. Mike Lacoss 3-1, allowed seven hits in 6vj innings and struck Oul a career High nine batters in his first Start since april 12. Jeff Robinson finished Tor his sixth save. The cubs Only run came on Ryne Sandberg s fourth Homer in the fifth in Ning. It Cut the giants Lead to 3-1. Wilfong the fifth player to Start at Sec Ond base for the giants this season homered off de Lynch 1-2, in the third inning after Lacoss was Safe on third baseman Keith Moreland s throwing error. Wilfong who hit 36 homers in 0 american league seasons was signed As a free agent tuesday and called up after playing two games for the giants Phoe Nix farm club in the class aaa Pacific coast league. The giants made it 3-0 on Matt Wil Liams rib double in the fourth. Bob Melvin drove in two runs with a fifth inning double and doubled Home another run in san Francisco s three run seventh. Jeffrey Leonard and Candy Maldo Nado hit consecutive Home Nins off Frank Dipino in the giants three run eighth inning. It was the sixth for each. The Victory moved the giants into a virtual tie with Cincinnati for first place in the West though the reds Lead by 12 percentage Points. Saturday May 9,1987 .v-.l, Home sweat Home App Colo Minnesota s a Newman Beau the lag by score during the twant 5-2 Triumph in Tea win shot the twins to a half game Baltimore Catcher Terry Kennedy to l her Day a Only american Inge game behind California in the West. Gooden tuning up tuesday new York a Dwight Gooden will make his return to competitive pitching tuesday night for the new York acts class aaa Tidewater team. Goodwn s first Outing since his 28-Day slay at the in tillers alcoholism and treatment Center will come in the inter National league game at Tidewater against Richmond. The 1985 National league by Young Winner will work either three innings or 50 pitches whichever comes first. Gooden discharged from Smi hers a week ago wednesday pitched Balling practice thursday at Shea stadium prior to the mets exhibition against the bos ton red sox. He has been throwing every other Day in closed workouts at Shea. It Felt Good to be Home again. I had Good command of my breaking Ball Gooden tied in a statement released by the mels. It s Only the first Lime i be thrown from the Mound Hen and i know there s a Long Way to  the mets plan to have Gooden throw Friday saturday and sunday mornings at Shea under the supervision of Greg Pavlick the mels roving minor league pitching coach. He s come along faster than i anticipated mets pitching coach Mel Slot elem arc said after watching Gooden pitch to Wally Backman Barry Lyons and Al Pedrique on thursday. It s been a Long time waiting for this  Backman said Gooden threw very Well and very  he had Good movement on the Ball. I was impressed Backman said. Mels general manager Frank Cashen emphasized the team will net Rush its 22 year old Ace Back to pitching despite the sluggish Start by the world series Cham pions this season. Cashen said it is hoped Gooden could pitch again in the major leagues during the first week in june 6ul added those plans Are very  he looked like someone who is Start ing to make a comeback Cashen said following thursday s session. Mefs beat red sox 2-0 in exhibition new York a Rookie David Cone pitch cd three hit Ball for seven innings and Rafael Santana drove in both runs thursday night As the new York mets beat the Boston red sox 2-0 in an exhibition game Between 1936 world series rivals. Cone acquired in a preseason Trade with Kansas City struck Oul eight and walked two. Cone is 0-2 in limited action. Rookie Randy Myers followed Cone and gave up one hit in the last two innings for a save. Santana drove Home Lee Mazzilli twice. In the second Tom Bollon Bor rowed from the red sox s class aaa team in Pawtucket walked Mazzilli and wild pitched him to second. Mazzilli stole third and scored on Santana s ground Oul. Mazzilli reached on a Force out in the fifth and scored on Santana s single. A crowd of 32,247 watched the game played to Benefit the new York City Amateur baseball foundation and the Jimmy fund a Boston based Charity. There were no incidents a Bench Clearing incident erupted during the teams first meeting in Spring training bul neither protagonist Boston Pitcher Al Nipper nor new York outfielder Darryl Strawberry saw action this Lime. Bloodied Becker reaches quarters Barb Becker ponders next More a. Honda de la Pena. New York a top seeded Boris Becker pulled off the shot of the tournament thursday night in route to a 6-4, 7-6 Victory Over Argentina s Horacio de la Fena and a berth in the quarterfinals of the $615,000 tournament of champions with the 19-year-old West German leading 5-4 in the second set tiebreak do la Pena hit a shot that Becker could Only return with a defensive lob thai landed near the Baseline. De la Pena seeded 16lh in the 64-player tournament at the West Side Tennis club then hit a smash from beyond the Baseline that looked like a sure Winner. Becker somehow responded with a diving forehand half Volley that plopped Over the net into the wide open court for a Winner. The two time Wimbledon Champion his Tennis shirt and shorts covered with Green Clay and his knee bloodied from numerous diving volleys closed Oul the match with a booming service Winner. It was one of the Best Points i be every played Becker said. At 5-4 in a tiebreak you need to have a bit of Luck  Nav Raiton wins in Rome Rome in a display of Power Tennis no. 1 seed Martina Navratilova overcame Claudia Kohide Kilsch of West Germany 6-2, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the italian open. Argentina s Gabriela Sabatini 16, the fourth seed outclassed unseeded Arantha Sanchez of Spain 64. 6-0 in another quarterfinal that lasted Only 49 minutes. Navratilova played far from flawless Tennis. The fifth seeded Kohide Kilsch broke Navratilova twice in the match and frequently put her in difficulty with careful volleying and Well placed slams. But in the end Navratilova s Superior serve and Power prevailed. Sabatini who celebrates her 17th birthday next sat urday said she thought she had a Good Chance against Navratilova. Who has not won a tournament this year. Now everyone has Marc of a Chance. She s not playing very Well Sabatini said