European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 28,1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports jays again top tigers in 9th front press dispatches Toronto Pinch Hiller Juan Beniquez lined a bases loaded triple Inlo left Center Field with no one out saturday to spark the Toronto Blue jays to a 10-9 Victory and their second straight ninth inning comeback against the Detroit tigers Toronto s seventh straight Victory gave the Blue jays a 3vi-Gamc Lead Over the tigers in the american league East. Jesse bail iced Ltd off the jays ninth with a Bloop double off reliever Mike Hunneman 9-3. Willie up Shaw moved Barfield to third with an infield single and Rick Leach was hit by a pitch to Load the bases. Dickie moles replaced Henneman to face Beni quiz who was batting Lor Manny acc Beniquez took three balls and then lined a 3-2 pitch Over shortstop Alan Trammel. The Ball shul through the Gap and went to the Wall to make a Winner of Jose Nunez 5-1, who pitched to two Bailers and stranded runners on second and third in the lop of the ninth. Hunneman who had la Bat Tor himself in the ninth because designated hitter Darrell Evans had moved to first base in the eighth inning came up with runners on lint and second and one out. On the first pitch from David Wells Kirk Gibson and Trammel pulled off a double steal. Nunez relieved and struck Hynne Man out for the second out and chel Lemon popped out to first to end the inning. Malt Nocks had helped Detroit to a 9-7 Lead with a two run Homer and a grand slam in his first two at Al Roundup Bat. Dave stick gave up nates join Home run in the first inning and loaded the bases in the third setting up Nokes grand slam on a 3-2 pitch from John can into give the tigers a 7-3 Lead. Detroit built up a 9-4 Lead in the fifth before its but pen began giving the game away. Evans led off she fifth with his 32nd Home run and Pinch hitter Jim Morrison drove in a run when he grounded out to first with the bases loaded. A Freak play prevented Detroit from getting More runs in the inning As Nokes ran into shortstop acc on Lemon s grounder. Second base Umpire Ken Kaiser ruled interference and then ruled that Lemon Wouldhave been out at first for a double play. Henneman gave up Leach s Solo Homer in the seventh to bring Toronto within 9-7. In other games saturday royals 7, twins 4 Minneapolis Dann Tartabul hit a three run Homer in the ninth inning to break a 4-4 tic and carry Kansas City to its second straight Victory Over first place Minnesota. Kansas cily hanging on to faint Hopes of overtaking the twins chopped Minnesota s Lead in the american league West to five games with seven games remain ing. The twins magic number for clinching the Divi Sion is three. Tartabull s 31st Homer came after a single by Kevin soil scr and a double by George Brett. The blast by Tanaquil came olt twins reliever Jeff Cardon 8-8. Royals reliever John Davis 5-2, worked three scoreless innings local the Victory. Twins starter Steve Carlton went 5v innings giving up three runs on four hits. Royals Slaner Bret Saberhagen allowed four runs on seven hits and six walks in six innings. White sox 3, athletics 2 Oakland Calif. Greg Walker lined a two out single to right to Cap a two run ninth inning rally thai lifted Chicago Over Oakland. Brewers 3, red sox 1 Milwaukee Mike fold or belled a two run Homer and Dave Stapleton pitched 5 i scoreless innings of Relief to lift Milwaukee Over Boston. Yurkew 2, orioles 0 Baltimore my. Don Mattingly s sixth in Ning ground Ruie double broke a score fuss tic and Dave Winfield added a Solo Homer in the ninth As new York Defeated Baltimore indians i a and tvs 10 Cleveland Brett Butler scored the winning run on an error by third baseman Jack Howell with two out in the 10th inning giving Cleveland a Victory Over California. Mariners 2, hungers 1 Seattle Mike Moore scattered seven hits in7? i innings to avoid his 20th loss and Mickey Bramley hit a two run Homer As Seattle beat Texas. Nil talks stalled until end of week Washington up nil owners say heir negotiators cannot resume talks with striking player until at least the end of this week. Enhancing the possibility that the 28 clubs will Field teams of non Union personnel next weekend. This past weekend s slate of games was called off. The earliest management s negotiating team could meet with the Union s negotiating learn is Laic next week nil management Council spokesman John Jones said saturday in new York. Jones said the chief Nego Gatior. Jack estonian has meetings scheduled with members of the manage ment Council and with team own ers making him unavailable for bargaining sessions with the of players association. Three Days of negotiations broke off Friday without significant Progress and negotiating teams for both sides regrouped i separate cities saturday. Donlan and the owners put on a show. They refused to negotiate Mart Murphy assistant executive director of the a Flea in Washington said of the meeting sin Philadelphia. Their purpose in leaving was hoping that ii would cause player to  san Francisco quarterback Joe Montana who is not a member of the players association but has honoured the picket line said in Aradio interview Friday that he might Cross thai line and join the 49ere non Union team. There is possibility i la play he said Al East four prominent players Randy while of the Dallas cow boys Mark Gallineau of the new York jets Marc Wilson of the los Angeles raiders and Gary Koge Boom of the Indianapolis Colts have already crossed picket lines. Mets lose fall 3vz Back cardinals beat cubs 5-3 by the associated press Chicago Ken Dayley finished the game for St. Louis saturday and just maybe finished the new York mets Hopes of catching the cardinals too. Dan tic sea i a two run Homer inthe first inning and Ken Dayley struck out Leon Durham with runners on Sec Ond and third to end the game As the cardinals Defeated the Chicago cubs s 3, to take a 3/i-game Lead Over new York in the no East. The mets lost 8-2to Pittsburgh. The Victory reduced the cardinals magic number for clinching the Divisi Onlo five games. St. Louis has eight games left including the final three with themes at Busch stadium sure it was a windblown Homer thai got us off and running but in the end twas a Gutsy performance by a kid Day Ley who had to Battle his Way Back from serious surgery manager Whitey her zog said. The cubs loaded the bases on two walks and an infield single with one out in the ninth against reliever Todd Wor Rell. Worrell gave up an rib grounder Loandrew Dawson and then Ken Dayley came on to strike out Leon Durham Fortis fourth save. Datey s been a Blessing and if we had not gotten him Back from nerve transplant surgery we would not be where we Are now Herzog said. Driessen hit a 3-2 pitch from Rick Sutcliffe 18-9, Over the left Field Wall for his final Homer to score Ozzie Smith who had singled and moved to third on Asteal and an error. In other games saturday pirates 8, mets 2 new York Doug Drabick pitched six hit Ball for eight plus innings and drove in two runs with singles As Pitts Burgh beat new York. Barry Bonds hit a two run Homer his 24lh of the season to Cap a four run Sec Ond inning against Dwight Gooden 15 7, and Bobby Bonilla went three for five with two runs batted in. Gooden who lasted Only three innings entered the game with a 7-0 career record no Roundup n  Ken Dilcy. Guliy performance against Pittsburgh. He allowed five runs on seven hits while striking out tour. Braves 10, gun i s Atlanta Dion James started six run sixth inning with a single and capped it with a two run single As Atlanta Defeated san Francisco preventing the giants from clinching a tie for he National league West title. The giants magic number for Clinch ing the no West title was reduced to two games when Houston beat second place Cincinnati 5-3 in an afternoon  giants could win heir first Divisio Nal title since 1971 if they beat the braves sunday and the astros downed the reds Dale Murphy hit his 43rd Homer to Lithe score 3-3, and the braves scored sin limes in the sixth. Astros 5, a Nisi Cincinnati Terry Puhl hit a three run Homer to Cap a five run fourth inning that carried Houston Over Cincin Nati in a fight marred game. Danny Darwin 9-10, allowed five hits in 7 a innings to help the astros snap a Streak of four consecutive losses and seven straight on the Road. Larry Ander sen finished the game for his fifth save. The game was delayed several minutes in the fourth inning when Darwin threw an inside Pilch to Dave Parker and the 6 foot-5 outfielder charged the Mound. Parker threw a punch at Darwin As the benches emptied and Parker was ejected from the game. Dodgers 3, padres i los Angeles san Diego s Beni to Santiago hit safely in his 28th consecutive game to set an All time major league record for rookies but Glenn Hoffman hit a tie breaking two run sin Gle in the sixth inning to lift los Angeles Over the padres. Santiago scored the game s first run on Garry Temple Lon s double off the right Field Fence moments after Hilling an 0-2 pitch from right hander Bob Welch to left denier Field leading off the fifth inning Santiago s hit extended the National league s longest batting Streak of the sea son and broke the Mark previously held by James Williams of the 1899 Pitts Burgh pirates. On Friday the 22-year-old Catcher broke the Modem record set by Guy cur right of the 1943 Chicago while sox. Expos 7, Phillies 4 Philadelphia Hubie Brooks hit his fourth career grand slam to break seventh inning tie and lift Montreal Over Philadelphia keeping the expos four games behind no East leading St. Louis