European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday july 7,1987 Johnson lays out Media rules for mets Cincinnati up new York my manager Davey Johnson idling it porters their Field Day has ended said sunday he tint is player to Slop registering their complaints in the newspaper. Johnson has been unhappy Over recent player personality conflicts and Trade re quests appearing in the Media. He said he believes such reports distract players during games. The mets suffered their third straight loss to Cincinnati sunday and fell eight games behind the St. Louis cardinals in the National league East. I had a meeting today to Clear the air Al from Page 21 their seventh straight when Hrbcek hit Ai-1 Pilch from Tom Niedenfuer 1-2, Over the right Field Wall it was Hrbek s 22nd Homer of the season Bert Blyleven 8-6, pitched his Fourt Complete game of the season allowing nine hits including Eddie Murray s 15thhomer. The twins scored their first three Runson a two run triple by Steve Lombardozzi and Sal Butera s first  4, Blue jays 3 Kansas City to. Kansas Cit stayed percentage Points ahead of Minnesota in first place in the Al West when George Brett singled Home the game winning run in the Boom of the to thinning against Toronto which lost its eighth consecutive game. Mark Eichom 8-4, walked Willie Wilson leading off the 10th and Gary Lavelle came in to give up singlet to Kevin Silzer and Brett scoring Wilson. Reliever pan Quisenberry 4-0, Reti Redall nine batters he faced for the Victory. White sox 17, indians 0 Cleveland Chicago routed Cleveland in the most one sided Al shutout since California beat Minnesota 17-0on april 23, 1980. Ken Williams and Harold Baines each drove in fan r runs and Ozzie g Willen and Greg Walker added three rib apiece pacing a 21 hit attack for the while sox. Scott Nielsen 2-2, pitched a six hitter and posted his first Complete game of the season. Hangers 10, Yankee new York Texas erased a 3-1 deficit with Cven consecutive hit and sin runs in the fourth inning against new York including two run homers by Larry Parrish and Mike Stanley. Parrish s game tying Homer off Rich Bordi 3-1, gave him 20 for the  Darren Porter singled Stanley nut the rangers ahead to stay with another two run shot. Jeff Russell 2-1, pitched 3 i innings for the Victory. Angel 4, Brewers 3 Anaheim Calif. California Defeated Milwaukee when Brian Downing singled with one out in the 12th inning driving in Gary Perlis from second base. Pellis led off the inning with a single off right hander Mark Clear 5-s, and advanced to second As left fielder Mike Felder bobbled the nil for an error. On out later Downing lined a 3-2 cur Mcball up the Middle. The first five runs in the game came on Home runs by Wally Joyner and Dick Schofield for California and Glenn Bra Gsand Felder for Milwaukee. Liim 7, Mariner t seat1le Detroit beat Seattle for the third straight Lime As Chei Lemon drove in three runs with a Homer and a two run single. The single highlighted a five run Sec Ond inning off Mark Langston. 10-7. Dan Perryr 6-4, allowed seven hits in seven innings before Mike Henneman pitched the final two innings for a save. And lighten things up around Here Johnson said. "1 want to Sec if we can concentrate on baseball Good hard nosed baseball. You reporters have had a Field Day the first half of he season. I want to keep player gripes out of the papers the Sec Ond half of the  Johnson said he mentioned several players names in the meeting As he de scribed the types of incidents about which hey should not talk to reporters. I went Over How things get started Johnson said. How writer will go to certain people and then to other people. That s How thing get stirred up. "1 named a few of the culprits. 1 told them that gumming is belter on the bus when writers Are not around to write about it. Ever since i be been Here it s been a Happy club and t Cipel it to slay that  Johnson said he conducted the meet ing in a Light hearted humorous Man  it was to break the tension really he said in the past week several mels criticized right fielder Dairy Strawberry for missing to games against the cardinals because of a virus. Strawberry and out fielder cookie Wilson also announced their desires to be traded. As for losing ground to the cardinals Johnson said the mets can t afford to drop any further Back than the current eight games. I d feel comfortable if we could pull to within five by the All Star break he said. Dwight Gooden who was the losing Pitcher in sunday s loss to the reds said if we fall 12 games behind that might be too  it s too Early to count us out said infield or Tim thu Fol who hit two Hom ers and two doubles sunday. We redoing logo for it. There s no Way the cardinals Are taunting us Oul. Whiley St. Louis manager Kerzog would t let that  reds bomb Gooden from press dispatches Cincinnati Dwight Gooden in Hie briefest appearance in two years was rocked for nine hits and six runs in three innings while Tom Browning just re called after a month in the minors scattered six hits Over seven innings to Lead the Cincinnati reds to 7-5 Victory Over the new York mets sunday. Cincinnati won the final three games of the four game series after losing the opening game. Gooden 5-2, struck out two of the first three batters he faced but was pounded Tor six hits and five runs in the second inning and lifted after the third inning. In was his shortest stint since he lasted Only 2vi innings on july 4, 19b5, against Atlanta. Browning 5-6, yielded two runs struck out six and walked one in notch ing his first Victory since May is. He had been demoted to the reds Nashville farm team on june 9 and recalled sat urday. Rob Murphy relieved Browning and pitched i i innings. John Franco got the last out for his 17th save. New York s Tim Teufel hit Solo Home runs in the first and fifth innings his fifth and sixth homers of the year. He also doubted twice for four hits in five Al Bals. Buddy Bell opened the reds second inning with a single look second on a single by to Diaz who had four hit sin five at bats and scored on a single by Ron Osier. A single by Barry Larkin drove in Diaz and gave Cincinnati a 2-1 Lead. With runners Al first and third Brown ing bunted and when Catcher Barry Lyons threw to Firtl to get him Osier scored from third and Larkin went to second. Larkin scored on a double to Center by Kal Daniels who injured his left knee run Ning to second and was replaced by Dave coffins. Terry Francona singled Collins Lothard and Collins scored on a passed Ball by strange from Page 23 with birdies on the 16th and i7lh and lied for fifth Al 281 with Mark Mccumber who moved up with the Best round of the Day a 67. Mccullough shot a 74. Richard Zokol the other member of the Trio who led after 54 holes simply could t get anything going. Zokol attempting to become the firs Canadian to win this National championship since 1954, did not make t Birdie and had a 73 that dropped him Back Imo agn upofxal2g2. I just did t give myself Many opportunities for birdies. 1 was playing catch up All Day. And you can t win doing thai Zokol said. I Roundup to Diaz. 4-for-5 Day at the plate Lyons to make the score 5-1. The reds added single runs in the third on dial s rib double and in the seventh on a bases loaded walk to Nick Esasky. In other games sunday cniiiujt4.bntel Atlanta Greg Mathews allowed three hits in Svi innings and Ozzie Smith had four hits in five at bats including Atwo run single in the seventh inning As St. Louis swept a three game series from Atlanta. It was the braves 10th Losi in 13 games while the cardinals improved the major leagues Best Road record to 28-13. A�tra8, Philadelphia Billy Hatcher had four singlet drove in one run and scored twice As Houston Defeated Phila Delphia. Winning Pitcher Mike Scott 10-4, Al Lowed six hits and struck out six but walked a career High seven in six innings. Larry Andersen pitched the final three innings for his second save. Philadelphia starter Kevin Cross 8-6, allowed four runs Woof them unearned. Maitre 3, expos 2 Montreal John Knik homered with two out in the top of the ninth in Ning to lift san Diego Over Montreal. With the score tied 2-2, Kruk hit a w pitch off reliever Jeff Parrel 1-3, for his eighth Homer of the season. Rich Gossage 1-1, pitched two innings to get the Victory. Gossage was the losing Pitcher saturday night when Hubie Brooks homered in he Bottom of the ninth to beat san Diego 4-3. Dodgers 6, pm rate 1 Pittsburgh Orel Hershiser blanked Pittsburgh on one nil Over five innings and Dan keep drove in to runs with a pair of doubles As los Angeles beat the pirates. Hershiser 10-7, winning for the fit time in his last seven decisions had to leave the game after five innings because of stiffness in h is lower Back. Hershiser whose earned run averages 0.75 Over his last six starts faced the minimum 1s batters allowing Only Andy Van Slyke s one Oul single in the fourth inning he struck out three and walked none and threw Only 46 pitches. Club to cub 5 Chicago newly acquired Kevin Mitchell hit a pair of two run homers and Pinch hitter Chris Speier bit a tie breaking double in the eighth inning Usan Francisco Defeated Chicago. Mitchell who was acquired saturday in a Trade with Sun Diego started at third base and homered in the secondhand sixth innings. Chili Davit had three hits and scored on both of Mitchell s homers. Longer wins by 10 Frolces por Marnock Ireland up West Germany s be hard Langer completed an All the Way win in the 1320,000 Irish open by a record 10 strokes with a final round 4-under-par68 on the por Mamock Golf club course sunday. The 29-year-old Langer who won this Lille in j 984. Look the 554,000 first prize with a tournament record 19-Undcr-Parscore of 269. Bri air s Sandy Lyle who also had a final round 6b, was second with a 279. Australia s Rodger Davit runner up in the Monte Carlo open the previous weekend had a closing 72 to share third place at 282, with Britain s Ian woos Nam who had six birdies and an Eagle for 3 final round 67. Britain s Howard Clark had four Bir Dies and an Eagle to counter two bogeys for a 68 to take fifth place at 283 one stroke ahead of John Bland of South Africa. Bland for the second successive Day holed a second shot this time at the ninth for an Eagle 2. He Hud two birdies in a flawless 34 Over the Back nine. Langer who started the Day nine shot ahead of Davis was never under pres sure although Lyle opened with three successive birdies. It made me think a  Langer said. "1 did t want to do anything fool ish and 1 decided it was the Day for a careful solid round in fact he Usu not commit a i indic error. Oui in 35, Wilh a Birdie on the Par 3 7th Hole he had three More birdies coming Home