European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 17,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Graf advances Appolo top settled Steffi Graf of West Germany returns b shot in Katrinn Milo emf bul carib in route to a 6-2, 6-0 Victory i quarterfinal motion in the Baruch it lomb Tennis Al Amelia Island. Kul fee Sparta wire on p. 17. Clark yanks rout Brewers by the a netted press Milwaukee Jack Clark s first american league hit ignited a five run first inning fonday As the new Vort Yan Kees continued their Early season tear by routing Milwaukee 7-1 and sending the Brewers to their seventh straight loss. New York s ninth win in 10 games and fourth straight to spoil the Brewers Home opener before 55,887 Ai county stadium Milwaukee s largest regular season crowd Ever and the biggest open ing Day crowd in the majors this season. The Yankees off to their Best Start Ever have scored a combined is runs in the first inning of their last five games. Tommy John. 1-0, picked up the win for new York. The 44-year-old Pitcher gave up four hits including a Solo Homer of Glenn Braggs in the second before being Rupla Cudihy Cecilio Guantt in the seventh inning. Clark activated Friday after opening the season on the disabled hit with a Lorn Tendon in his Irful tall singled id Center in the first to drive in the first run Cut Milwaukee loser Mike Birkbeck 0-1. Birkbeck. Who had not pitched since March 31 in Spring training Cottrn ruled three balks walked three and gave up five hits in his 1 i innings on a Windy Losk Gree Day. In other games Friday night indians 3, orioles i Baltimore the Baltimore of Oln lost their both straight game As Joe Carter homered and Brook Jacoby hit an rib single in the eighth inning and Cleveland no had for the Victory. To orioles tied the third longest sea son opening losing Streak in history. The 1904 Washington senators and the 1920 Detroit tigers lost their first 13 games Al Roundup and the 1968 Chicago while son Izbi their first in. Cleveland off to its Best Start in 22 Yean is 9-2. Last season the indians opened at 1-9. Rich yell. 2-0. Beat Baltimore for inc second Lime in five Days. He pave up two runs on lever hits in even innings of a game delayed at Pic Start by rain for i hour 16 minutes. Doug Jones pitched two perfect innings for his first save. Scott Mcgregor who has not won since May 16. 1987. Fell to 0-2. Lie Al Lowed Ihrck fun on seven hits in to innings. Range a 3, red sox 2 Boston Sieve Buechle Hil a Solo Home run in the 10th inning his second of the game and Charlie Hough pitched a three hitter to lift Texas Over human. Angels 5. Murl Nurs 3 Seattle Brian Downing ended an 0-for-ib slump with a Solo Home run that broke an eighth inning tie As Cali fornia beat Seattle. White soul i athletics 3 Oakland. Calif. Ivan Calderon and Ken Williams each hit three run homers sending Kicky Norton and Chi Cago to a rout of Oakland. The White Soi ended a four game los ing Streak Horton 2-1. Gave up two runs neither of them earned and seven hits. Two tames postponed two american league games Kan Sas City at Detroit and Minnesota at to Ronto were postponed Friday night because of cold weather Dawson Sutcliffe Pace cubs by sues by the a Resi Andre Dawson and Rick Sutcliffe. A winning team for the Chicago cubs last season Friday got things started right at Wrigley Field in i98s. Dim son hit a two run Homer and Shawon Dunston drove in two runs with a Homer and a single to Back the six hit pitching of Sut Cuilte As i he cubs won their Home opener 6-0 Over the Pittsburgh pirates. It was the 14th shutout of Sutcliffe s career and his first since april 1987. The Victory also ended his per Sonal sin game losing Streak against the pirates. In the first couple of games they gave me three run leads and 1 let the other team Back Sui Clifty said. "1 did t want to do that Sutcliffe 1-0, walked one and struck out four. Starter John Smiley. 0-1, look inc loss for Pittsburgh which had its four tame winning Streak snapped. Dawson who got his map award before the game left in the Sinh inning with a slight Groin pull. Manager Don Zimmer said we did t want to take any chances out there with him in that cold nothing serious the ice is Fine Daysun said. It just started to tighten a bit in other games Friday a Post. Phillies 4 Montreal Luis Rivera s first major league Homer snapped a sixth inning tie and Montreal Kul Philadelphia sending inc Phillies to i hair fifth straight defeat. Rivera who broke a 0-for-Lo slump with a run scor ing single in the second homered off reliever Todd Frohwirth 0-1, to snap a
