European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 22,1937 the stars and stripes Page 21 Scott pitches astros to 3-2 win Over la. By the associated press Houston Mike Scott surrendered a first Pilch Homer to Dave Anderson saturday then allowed Only two hits the rest of the Way at the astros nipped the los Angeles dodgers 3-2 on homers by Kevin Bass and Billy Hatcher. Last year s National league by Young award win Ner struck out nine to regain the major league Lead in no Roundup strikeouts with 12 5, two More than Seattle s Mark Lang Sion As he endured another afternoon of having opposing hitters checking for scuffed baseballs. Lei them Check them � much As they want to Scoll 9-3, said "1 Don t know Why they do it and Idon t care. The Only thing in does is lengthen games. The hitlers see How the Ball reacts dodger Man Ager Tommy Lasorda said. They tee pitchers every Day and when they see the Hall react finny. They know something s wrong. They ask to see the Ball when it reacts in a different Way we think some of the balls Are scoffed raid Ander son but Asiar As i m concerned there b no use  in because they keep throwing them Back. Home plate Umpire Dana Der auth found no Evi Dence of  dodgers got their Otter run in the fourth when Steve sax angled to right stole second and scored on Mike Marshall s single to , breaking out of s slump provided the astros first run with a Homer in the third inning. In the sixth Bass followed a walk to Glenn a a with a smash Over the right Field Fence off loser Tun Leary. 1-3. The main thing was in Cam Al the right Lime a said scottly was in a Groove and it wait it the perfect time. We needed a lift. As Long As someone does it u does t matter  be struck out on enough breaking Baa the last few Days it was Nice to finally hit one Hatcher said. I dont rally Call in a slump. They were just throwing some Good pitches and i was swinging Al Tome Bod ones. Anderson said he went up to the plate m the first inning looking for a Pilch to drive against this Guy you be got to be aggressive he said. He likes to get ahead of you and i you get behind he s really Tough. Davis extended his Hilling Streak to a career High 10 games with an infield hit in the fourth inning. In other games saturday a Jooi 7, cardinals 5 St. Louis Andres Galarraga led off lie ninth sea no on Page 26 Watson on top by Bob Green san Francisco a Tom Walson who has nol won a major Golf tournament since 1983, saturday rolled in an 18-Fbol Birdie pull on the last Hole to Lake a one stroke Lead after three rounds of the . Open. Walson dramatic pull broke a three Way lie for the top and completed a round of 1-Over-Par 71. Walson wingless since capturing the Western open in 1984, has a 2-under-Par 208 after three trips around the increasingly difficult Lake course at olympic club. That Pul him one stroke ahead of Keith coca raw Ler and Scott Simpson Dearwater 27, whose first pea Victory came Al the colonial National invitation earlier this year lied the record on the Lake course Al the olympic dab with a 64. Simpson had a third round 70. I thought the Golf course played a Little easier today. The greens were softer and held Betler said Dearwater whose bogey free Witort lied the course record set by Rives Mcbee in the i96fi . Open Oca water who climbed from 56lh place and came from eight shots Back played about three boors in front of the other contenders and Bene fitted from playing before the Sun came out and to Hewitt made the course considerably tougher. The Sun dried out the greens and the fairways they kept getting harder and harder. And the course just kept getting tougher and tougher said Greg Norman who struggled 10 a 74 and dropped even shots Back with one round to go. West Germany s be hard Langer the 1985 mailers Champion was not As kind As Norman in Tab observations of the greens. They were worse than they be been said Langer who had a 73. They were spiked up. There were Many Spike Marks and footprints. They were not the some peed. They were very difficult. They were so difficult late in the Day. That none of the last 10 men on the course who led through the first two rounds could break Par. Lennie Clements who has Ylo win in seven Yeanns on the pea tour matched Par-70 and was fourth alone at 210.scvc Ballesttros of Spain and John Mab Afley both of whom also played Early in the Day shot 68 and 67, respectively and were in a group at 211 very much in the Hunt also Al 211 were Ben Crenshaw Langer Jim Thorpe and Larry Mize. The current masters Cham Pion. Crenshaw and Mize each had 72.Thorpe shot a 73, which included a bizarre Chi Tode on the 18th Hole where a Spectator caught his errant drive then threw it Back to the Fairway. After a drop Thorpe saved  Nakajima Japan s leading player also a photo ton Wabun after taking Lead in is. Open. Had an adventure on the 18th one that was much More costly than Thorpe s. Nakajima who Al one time had Hie Lead to him self put a shot in a tree. Spectators up in the limb for a belter Vantage Point attempted to shake the Ball out bul it did t work instead it was a lost Ball and led to a double bogey that finished off a round of 74 and dropped Nal Casimi to 3.12, four strokes behind Walson. Thai s Golf said Nakajima. Jack Nicklaus one stroke off the Lead going into the Day i play Hurt his chances for a record fifth see Watson on Page 36 rangers outlast Oakland for 7-6 Victory by the associated press Oakland Calif. The Texas rangers roughed up Oakland left hander curl Young for seven runs in five innings the held on for a 7-6 Victory Over the athletic saturday. Bobby will 2-3, making his first Start for Texas since May 20, lasted five innings allowing three rum on two hits and six walk. Jeff Russel and Mitch Williams pitched the final four innings with Williams earning his first save. Trailing 2-0 in the fourth the rangers tied the score with two Oul on Pete inca Viglia i 16ta Homer of the season scoring Ruben Sierra who had singled. Pete o Brien followed Wilh a single and Don Slaught walked setting up of Dibie Mcdowell s two run double Steve Buechele doubled to drive in Mcdowell giving the rangers a 5-2 Lead. Homers by Scon Fletcher and Sierra to Lead off the fifth gave the rangers a 7-2 Lead and knocked Young 8-4, out of the game. In was important for us to gel All of those runs Early lol Young out of the Al Roundup game said Texas manager Bobby Valentine i was surprised to get hit hard like that said Young whose three game winning tweak was snapped. I was just catching too much of the plate with most of my  curl s a Good Nidier but we just Osome pitchers to hit Fletcher said. Fortunately the ones we tit fell in the  get big hits with two outs is going to win you a lol of  Luis Polonia scored the athletics first three runs by walking three limes and stealing a base in the first second and fifth innings. Reggie Jackson was nil by a pitch with the bases loaded to drive in the first run. Mike Davis singled for the second inning run and Carney Lansford drove in Polonia in the fifth with a Dou ble. The athletics rallied to pull within 7-6 and had the potential tying and go ahead runs in scoring position in the seventh bul Williams relieved Russell and retired Pinch hitter Ron cry who is hit less in his last 15 Al Bals on a Fout pop. Jackson drove in another run with a single and Alfredo Griffin had a two run  defeat was Oakland s third straighten other games saturday Brewers 3, blur jays 2 Toronto Bill Wegman allowed seven hits in 7 i innings and Milwaukee scored two unearned runs in the seventh As Milwaukee beat Toronto. Jimmy key 8-i, took the toss despite pitching three hitter. In the seventh inning Jim Paciorek and Glenn Braggs reached base on consecutive errors by third baseman Kelly  Schroeder 10 for 15 during a four game titling Streak drove in Pacio Rek with a single to Center and Jim Galner followed Wilh a sacrifice Fly to drive in the winning run. Toronto manager Jimy Williams was thrown out of the game by second base Umpire Rich Garcia for arguing a play at second base during the inning. Wegman evened his record at 6-6. Dan Plesac pitched the final 1ft innings for his american league leading 16th  Fernandez playing m his club record 393rd consecutive game singled in the third. Lloyd Moseby followed Wiki his 10th Homer of the season off the right Field foul pole. The Brewers scored in the first when Mike Felder led off Wilh a Fly Ball thai left fielder George Bell misjudged into a double. Felder moved to third on Robin Yount s grounder to second and scored on Paul Molitor s squeeze bunt. Red sox 9, Yankees 4 Boston Wade Boggs extended his Hilling Streak to 21 games and keyed a decisive four run fifth inning with Arbi double As the red sox ended the Yankees five game winning Streak. Boston s Al Nipper allowed three runs on two hits three walks and a sacrifice Fly in the first inning bul settled Down to see Al on Page 26