European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. June 14, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Blue jays win 1 oth straight by the associated press Baltimore the Toronto blur jays and the Baltimore orioles continued in opposite directions Friday night with tic Blue jays setting a club Moid for consecutive wins with an b-5 Victory. The Blue jays who have streaked to the top of the american league East won their i oth straight game and 13lh in the last 14. The orioles have similar num Bers in the same Span but different results. Baltimore Lent its ninth straight and 13th in 14 games. The Blue Kyj wasted a five run seventh inning Lead but stormed Back for the Victory. Tony Fernandez eighth in Ning Fly Bah to left Field dropped Between three players fora run scoring double breaking a 5-5 lie. Garth Lorg singled off Baltimore starter Mike Bod Dicker. 5-1 with two outs then Fernandez lofted a High pop to shallow left Field. The Ball Feu Between left fielder Alan Wiggins third baseman Ray Knight and shortstop Cal Ripken. We almost let this one get away Toronto s Willie Upshaw Sah. We Are playing hard and we just keep battling. We had some late inning wins earlier that really gave us a lilt now we feel like we can always do it in the late innings. We really Aren t thinking about the Streak. I did t even know about the record. Baltimore manager Cal Ripken. Or. Can t help but be reminded of his team s Streak. You Are Damn right we re going to keep plugging Ripken said. That s what i told the bal Klub after thursday night i loss and Damn if they did t Battle Back tonight. Mark Eichom 8-2, who entered in the sixth earned the Victory the most by a Relief Pitcher in the major leagues this season. Jeff Mussulman pitched the Gehrig s record for durability broken in Japan Hiroshima Japan a Sachio Kim Tagasa of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp broke Lou Gehrig s record As the most durable Man in baseball when replayed in his 2,13 lit consecutive game saturday when it became official in the fifth inning the game was stopped and a taped message of  from prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasoto was played for the 25,000 people in attendance. Nakasonc was out of the country attending the Venice Italy sir nut and visiting with european leaders. Nakasone told Kinugasa he d done treat Job and called his achievement an example not Only for sportsmen but Aho for All members of the  filed onto the Field to present the 40 year old third baseman with Flowers in the sixth inning Kinugasa hit a Home run hit eighth of the season and 495th of Hii career. After the game i nuns went onto a Field tit tired with multicoloured streamers to a Tiye a Wreath from japanese baseball  Juhei  before the crowd his voice choked with emotion Kinugasa said first of All i thank god who gave me a Chance to play baseball. I thank baseball fans throughout Japan. I would also like to thank very much the managers players and the baseball world. I never dreamed 1 would receive such a gala Blessing. I will try my Best for my beloved baseball in the future despite Kinugasa s Effort his team lost to the Gnu Mcfair dragons 8-3. Apply to sack Iniga a hits Bomer on record Day 2,131 straight games nearly killed in april Lemond May race this summer Boulder Colo. A nearly killed in a shoot ing Accident two months ago America s first Ever tour de France Champion Greg Lemond says he is confident he will compete in this summer s Coors International classic. I am sure i will be Able to race. To win the Coors i Don t know. I think i could be fairly competitive Lemond said in a Telephone interview from his Cali fornia Home this week. The fact he is even considering getting on a Bike is surprising. Lomond was on a Turkey Hunt with his Uncle and brother in Law last april when he was accidentally shot with a Shotgun. The blast broke two ribs. Pellets lodged in his intes line liver diaphragm Back leg foot and hand. During the hour be Lay on the ground waiting for a Rescue helicopter to arrive Lemond lost an estimated three quarters of his blood Supply. Doctors told him thai another half hour delay in arrival at the Hospital would have been fatal. Now Lemond thinks be i on his Way Back to regain ing his old form. He Hopes to do a couple of Warmup events in Ore gon and California before tackling the Long Coors series. I would hate to race the Coors As the first race. 1 would like to run in one or two stage races if possible. I would like to come to the Coors in pretty Good shape he said. Still he said it would be about 3 year before he returns to the level of conditioning that led him 10 the tour do France Victory and second place in the Coors last year. Although bicycle racing appears to still be a part of Lemond s future Hunting apparently is not. Lemond said he harbours no ill Wilt toward his brother in Law and said the trigger Man feel a lot worse about the Accident than the victim. As Lemond put it it Only hurts when i  final two innings for his second  took a 5-0 Lead in the first six innings for starter Jim Clancy but Baltimore rallied to tie the game with five runs in the seventh. Clancy worked the first six innings facing Jutt two batters Over the minimum. A two run double by Fred Lynn snapped a string of 27 straight innings in which Clancy had not allowed a run in Baltimore. Following Lead Oft singles by Ripken and Larry Sheds. Lynn doubled past diving mos by in censer  Laval la making his second appearance of the season relieved Clancy and one out later Terry Ken Nedy hit a two run Homer his 10th. Lavelle walked Mike Young and was relieved one out later by Eichom. After a walk to Lee Lacy Rick Burlison doubled Down the left Field line scoring Young with the lying run. Ripken grounded to third to end the  gave Toronto its first run with his seventh see Al on Page 26 Mahler pitches Atlanta Over Cincinnati 4-3 by the associated press Cincinnati Rick Mahler considered it Noth ing More than coincidence that his first Victory in nearly two months came against the last team he Defeated the Cincinnati reds. Mahler 3-7, had failed to win in 12 consecutive starts before limiting the reds to four hits in seven innings Friday night As the Atlanta braves Defeated no Roundup Cincinnati 4-3. Mahler s last previous Victory came when he beat the reds also 4-3, on april 1s in Atlan  now it s Good to win against anybody. I Don t have any reason against them Mahler said of the reds. They re one Orthe Best teams in the league. It s been a really Tough Streak for me said Mahler. Hopefully i la put things together and Start winning  starter Jerry Reuss 0-5, allowed four runs on eight hits in five  was trying to do the same thing i be been trying to do since i got Here win Reuss  manager pole Rose was Short tempered when asked if he is ready to give up on Reuss. What kind of question is that i Don t give up on anybody Rose said. If you go out there and ask him that question what s he going to do quit the braves took a 4-2 Lead by scoring twice on three consecutive hits in the fifth inning off Reuss. The reds have lost All seven games tames that Reuss has started since he was signed May 12 As a free agent. Reuss retired the first two Batten in the fifth before Dale Murphy singled Ted Simmons hit a ground rde double and Andres Thomas scored both runners with a single to Center Field. Gudlmh4,. Louis Willie Mcgee drove in three runs with a triple and double and Bob Forsch and three relievers combined on a us hitter leading St. Loui past , 5-2, struck out four and walked one while allowing three hits in six innings. The 37-year-old right hander left at he Start of the seventh with jammed ankle he suffered while beating out an infield single in the fifth. Bill Dawley Ricky Horlon an Todd Worrell finished for St. Louis with Worrell going the final i i innings for his 1 sch  13, Phillies 6 Montreal Hubie Brooks went s-for-5 with a Home run and six Rols and Tim Wallach scored four runs to  Montreal by Philadelphia. Wallach Mitch Webster and Tim Raines had three hits apiece As the expos collected 19 hits in snapping the six game winning speak of starter Shane Rawley 7-3. Metslo pirates 1 Pittsburgh Tim Tufel hit a grand slam and Howard Johnson added a two run Homer to support see m. On Page 26