European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 11,19b7 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Ryan fans 16, tops giants mets Romp cards ripped App Ola fire Teller Nolan Ryu grab majors strikeout Lead. By the associated press Houston Houston s Nolan Ryan struck out 16 batters in eight innings As the astros Defeated Sanfrancisco 4-2 wednesday and moved within 4 a games of the National league West division leading  s 16 strikeouts the most he s Ever had in the no boosted his total to 226 for the season in Only 176innings. He surpassed Seattle s Mark Langston with 222 to take Over the major league Lead and also Over took teammate Mike Scott who started the game Lead ing the no with 214  Aldrete was Ryan s 13th strikeout victim to end the seventh inning giving Ryan 4,500 career strikeouts. Ryan who extended his major league record to 172games with 10 or More strikeouts fanned 10 of the last 12 batters he faced including the last five i was his highest strikeout total since he struck out 16 in 1979, when he was with the California  Smith pitched the ninth Tor Houston o gain his 23rd  astros took a 4-0 Lead on Ryan s second Treer game winning hit and a double by Gerald Young in the second inning and Kevin Boss two run Homer Over the left Field Lenic in inc third  other games wednesday. Expos 8, cardinals 3montreal Vance Law hit a two run Homer and Dave Engle added a two run Pinch double a Montreal Defeated St. Louis completing a three game sweep the Victory was Montreal s fifth straight and i oth in no Roundup 14 games against St. Louis this year. It moved the expos to two games behind the National league Easl leading cardinals. The cardinals Lead inc second Pla Cemela by 1 a games. Dennis Martinez 9-3, went 6vi innings Tor the  ii Phillies 5 new York Dairy Strawberry hit two Home runs to set a mels single season record for extra base hits with 62 As the Meu used a seven run sixth to club Phila Delphia reds4, Tom Browning held los Angeles to just two hits and Barry Larkin knocked in two runs a Cincinnati Defeated los Angeles. Browning started he game by pitching live perfect innings before Mike Dey Cureaux doubled Down the right held Fine to Lead off the sixth. Braves 3, padre 2atlanta David Painter yielded four hits in 6 a innings and Ozzie Virgil drove in the go ahead run witha sacrifice Fly in a three run sixth inning As Atlanta edged san Diego. Pirates 4, cats 3chicago Pitcher Jeff Robinson s two i ninth inning Homer his first in the major leagues boosted Pittsburgh Over Chicago and a sweep of their three game series with the  reliever Lee Smith 4-9, retired the first two batters on easy Groundnuts before Robinson lined the first Pilch into the left held bleachers. Detroit s Alexander shuts out Baltimore by Tik associated press Baltimore Doyle Alexanderson his fifth straight game for Detroit with a six hitter As the tigers Defeated the Baltimore orioles 6-0 in the second game to Complete a sweep of wednes Day s double header. The tigers who broke a virtual lie with Toronto in the american league East with the sweep won the opener 7-4as Bill Madlock and Rookie Matt Mokes hit two run homers helping Wall Terrell to a rare Road Victory. It was the second shutout for Alexan Der 5-0, since he was acquired in a Trade Al Roundup with Atlanta on aug. 12. Alexander who walked one and struck out six twice stranded runners at third base before de troit snapped a scoreless lie with live run in the fourth inning off Mike Bod Dicker 10-8. In the opener Detroit took a 4-0 Leadin inc first on Madlock s 13th Homer an rib triple by Trammel and a run scor ing double by John Grubb. In other games wednesday Brewers 6, Blue jays 4 Milwaukee by. Sur Hofts two out two run single capped a four run seventh inning wednesday night As Mil Waukee rallied Over Toronto the toss by the Blue jays gave the tigers a i to game Lead in the a East athletics ii ringers 7 Oakland Calif. Carney lans Ford drove in four runs with a triple and double leading Oakland Over  2, White sox 1 Minneapolis Tim Laudner led off the Bottom of the ninth inning with a 428-foot Homer giving Minnesota a Vic tory Over the Chicago while sox. Laudner s game winning Homer was Only the second hit of the game for the twins off three White sox  Victory maintained Minnesota s three game Lead in the Al West red so a Yankee 3 Boston Jim Rice and Todd Ben Zinger homered on consecutive pitches in the fourth inning and Roger Clemens pitched a six hitter and struck out 12 As Boston beat new York. Mariners 9, indians 4cleveland Mike Moore sur Vived a shaky Start to pitch his i2ihcom-plete game and Seattle used five singles and an error to score four runs in the seventh inning of their Victory Over Cleveland. Edberg gains open Semi berth by Barry Wilner new York a second seeded Stefan Edber overpowered unseeded Ramesh Krishnan 6-2,6-2,6-2 thursday and gained a berth in the . Open semifinals for the second straight year. Edberg who lost to Ivan undo in last year s semifinals will meet the Winner of thursday night s Miloslav Mccier Mats Wilander match  s serve my Volley attack was too much for Krishnan s finesse , i 21-year-old swede needed live sets to beat Krishnan in the third round at last year s open. The 26-year-old Indian has beaten Edberg once in five matches. In the other men s semifinal saturday top seeded Lendl meets no. 6 Jimmy Connors. Meanwhile Chris even did t have it. John Mcenroe did t want it two of the most dominant players in . Ope history Evert has won six titles Mcenroe four were eliminated from the tournament wednesday Evert the no. 3 seed was sluggish and out of control As she lost to no. 11 Lori Mcneil 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Twas the first time in her 17 appearances at the Ameri can championships that she did not at least make the semifinals. The defeat also shattered her siring of 13 straight years with a grand slam , admittedly lacking the desire of his oppo nent was blitzed by lend 6-3,6-3,6-4 in a night match before 21,016, a record for an evening session at the open. The losses just might have come in the last open for both stars. Evert 32, has hinted she might retire soon although she has never said she won t be Back next year. Mcenroe whose wife actress Tatum o Neal is expected to give birth to the couple s second child any Day has been a pan time player for the last two Yean and read ily admits he has Little zest for the game. Mcenroe needed a lot More against Len whose pow Erful passing shots and lethal serve were unstoppable. Connors beat no. 13 Brad Gilbert a 6-3.6-4, 6-0wednesday. Also advancing to the semifinals were the top two women s seeds. No i Steffi Graf of West Germany downed no. 5 Pam Shriver 6-4, 6-3, and will met Mcneil in Friday s semis. No. 2 Martina a Avnilova took Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina. 7-5,6-3, and will meet Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia on Friday. On wednesday Edberg completed his rain delayed Victory Over countryman Jonas Svensson 6-2,7-6,6-3. Wilander beat Ken Flach 6-3,6-3, 7-6, and Mecir ousted Mark Woodforde of Australia 6-4,3-6,6-2,6-2. Mcneil scored the biggest Victory of her career. The23-year-old from Houston had beaten no. 7 Zina Gar Rison her Best Friend in the fount round and was Tsure How she would react against Evert. It was Only the second time in 50 grand slam events that Evert failed to get to the final four Kathy Jordan beat her in the third round at Wimbledon in 1983.Mcenroe had t even been getting past the first round in the majors. But he survived Nis own temper and several conduct warnings and penalties in earner matches  Lendl he had no Chance. While Mcenroe faces yet another Layoff if his Appeal Ofa two month suspension for detrimental conduct is de nied.connors1 game does t seem to have sult ered from a sore foot. And he also was anxious to get on with the semifinal match and Over his personal stumbling  s a xxi obstacle is Mecir who seems to have a mental Edge on All swedes his collective record against the nine swedes ranked in the top so is 28-17, including 5-2 against  and Navratilova struggled in the first set then eased to  was Down 5-3 in the first set against Sabatini the eighth seed and had to save a set  she stormed Back in a match Sabatini could have con  makes a habit of final round appear ances at the grand slam tournaments. She s been inthe last six winning half of them. The Way i am feeling and playing now Navratilova said i will be surprised if i Don t win lie