European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 2.1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports oilers take Stanley cup oilers1 Iran Captain Wayne Gretzky triumphantly holds of the Stanley cup. W photo by Ken Rappoport Edmonton Alberta a the Edmonton oilers have tailed Champagne from the Stanley cup before. But this time it had a Little More sparkle. We have won three Stanley cups but this was by far the swe Elcel Edmonton enter Wayne Gretzky said after the Oil ers Defeated the flyers 3-1 sunday night in the seventh and deciding game of the finals to win their third nil championship in four years. Last summer was the longest summer of my life added the oilers  summer is going to be the  for the oilers the Victory was redemption after their loss to Calgary in last year s playoffs broke their string of two straight championships. No question it was the biggest game i be Ever played in said Grezky. This past year was he longest of my life and Idin l want it to happen again. " was thinking about that All Day today How Tough the year has been. Our learn just dug Down deep tonight there was no Way we were going to lose this nil playoffs game. But the flyers Are a great learn and this was he hardest cup we be Ever  set up the winning goal by Jari Kerri in the second period Mark Messier and Glenn Anderson scored Llic other goals for the  Fuhr. The oilers no. I goal Lender in their Stanley cup winning sea sons of 1984 and 1985, played a Strong game in the nets for the oilers. He was helped by a Sterling defensive Effort from his defens Emen and forwards who limited the flyers to 20 shots Only two in the final  we got the second goal we checked them to a Send still said Fuhr who spent much of the third period alone in the Edmonton end of the , Loo Felt this Lime was a lithic More  is the Besl one he said. We lost it last year and now it s Back. It s ours. 1 Hope we act three or four  unlike the first six games the oilers see nil on Page 23 jays hand Angels 9th straight defeat from press dispatches Toronto George Bel capped a productive May with a Ingle and a two run Homer driving in three runs and scoring twice to Back the four hit pitching of John Crutti As the Toronto Blue jays hande California a 7-2 defeat before a Bat Day crowd of 40,315 sunday. It was the ninth straight loss for the Angels. Bell s Homer in the fifth off left hand or John Candelaria 4-2, was his 16lh of the season and his 11th in May a club record for Home runs in a month. His three Bis gave him 31 for May also a club record and 42 on the season. The jays left fielder Hil .352 for May but was o-for-9 before his triple in the fourth. Cerulli 2-2, pitching his first com plete game of the season after a briefs int in the bullpen struck out three and walked two. Al Roundup it was not my Best fastball or curve but 1 used All four of my pitches Well said Cerulli. To used my Forknall in goo situations and that was on their mind. They could t lit on any one  Cerulli was touched for so of homers by Brian Downing in the fourth an Doug Decinces in the ninth. The Only other hits Ott the Young left hander were a single by Devon while in the first and a double by Dick Schofield in the seventh. Downing Homer was his 14th of the season and his 154th with the Angels lying him with Bobby Grich As no. I on the club s All time list. Decinces s Home was his fifth of the season. We be lost it seems in every conceivable manner Downing said of the Angels slump. You be got to guard against sitting Back and waiting for something bad to happen. We be played poorly in half the games and Good enough to win in the other half. Today we just plainly got  be got to fight against sitting Back and waiting on the situation or you la gel buried As a player and buried As a  Candelaria struck Oul three and did talk a baiter but was touched for seven hits and left with two Oul in the fifth after Bell s Homer gave to nto a 6-1 Lead. In other games sunday Marinara 8, orioles 5 Baltimore Phil Bradley drove in three runs and Jim Presley had two Bis to enable Seattle to Complete a three game sweep of Baltimore. Presley led an ii hit attack with his 10th Home in of the season and third in the last la o games. John Moses Well 4 for 5 with a triple double and two sin Gles. He also scored four runs and stole two bases. Yankees 9, athletics s new York Willie Randolph and Henry Colo drove in three runs apiece to help Tommy John win his third straight Slan and Lead new York past , 5-1, Well six plus innings allow ing two runs on five hits. The Veteran Lethander walked one and struck out none in gaining his 269ih career Victor to move into 26th place on the All time win list ahead of Baltimore s Jim Palmer the game played on Yankee Beach Towel Day Drew 5s,034. The largest non opening Day figure in the major leagues this season. Dennis Eckersley 3-4, making his Sec Ond Start As an athletic lasted 5 i in sea Al on Paga 26 padres nip mets to end losing Streak by the associated press san Diego de Wilson and Goose Gossage combined on a four bit shutout sunday As the san Diego padres snapped a seven game losing Streak by defeating the new York mels 1-0. Wilson 5-6, allowed four hits in tvs innings before leaving with a runner on first and iwo Oul in the eighth inning. Manager Larry Bowa brought in gos Sage who recorded his second save by retiring All four batters he faced. Gossage who was disabled the first month of the season with a rib Cage in jury earned his first save 10 Days ago against the Montreal expos. Its an old Story but 1 keep having today my strength in t there yet Gossage said. Thra Goul my career i be never thrown Well until june. It lakes a Power Pitcher time to get going 1 anytime you have a Man of gos no Roundup Rookie John Mitchell 0-1, allowed sin hits in seven innings. He gave up the Sage s Caliper coming in after you nine limes of of 10 you can say you go it Wilson said that s what happened  Wilson who has five of san Diego s 12 victories said he was slowed by Tendi Nitis in his Elbow which occurred in his last Start. Bowa said he had expected Whitson to pitch Only six innings. The mels who had won five straight did not Advance a runner past first base after the second inning. Despite the loss manager Dave Johnson appeared unconcerned. I be never doubted this club s charac Ter Johnson said we be lost Pitcher to injuries and gone through Tough times. This club is going to prevail in Spile of  jul Jill Iutuk or thu Sihu Itu w Tut with a single to Center and moved to Sec Ond on Shane Mack s single. In other games sunday astros 8, cardinals 7 St. Louis Phil Garner delivered Atwo run double to Complete a four run sixth inning hat propelled Houston pasts. Louis Houston starter Jim Des Haiss 4-2,pitched Svi innings and needed the help of five relievers to earn the Victory. Dave Smith went two innings for his eighth . Louis starter Greg Mathews 2-4, lasted Svi innings in making his firs Start since being recalled saturday from the cardinals triple a affiliate Louis Ville of the american association. Phillies 3, dodgers i los Angeles Rick Schu drove in two runs with a Homer and sacrifice Fly and Shane Rawley scattered five hits Over seven innings for his fifth straight Victory to Lead Philadelphia by los an Geles. Rawley 6-2. Struck out five an walked one. The left hander is 7-0 in eight career starts against the  Shelby homered Wilh one Oul in the first for the Only run off Rawley. Steve Bedrosian pitched two inning for his 11th save. Bedrosian has 10 saves and a win in his last 11 appearances. The loss Well to Rick Honey Rull 2-4, who gave six hits and two runs in seven innings Honeycutt leads the National league Wilh a 1.82 era.cbuits8,