European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday May 22,1988 Diaz Sparks bucs past braves by the associated press Pittsburgh he had gone the whole season without a Hil and the Pitts Burgh pirates had gone five games with out a Victory but Mike Diaz says he was never worried. Diaz drove in three runs with his first two hits of the season As the pirate ended their longest losing Streak of the year with a 10-3 Victory Over the atlant braves on Friday night. Junior Ortiz also drove in three runs for the pirates who scored three runs no Roundup each in the first third and fourth innings off braves starter Tom Glavine. Glavic 1-6, has allowed 24 runs in his last nine innings. I was t worried about being o-for-9because i was 100 percent physically and 100 percent mentally and 1 knew the hits would come said Diaz who spent the first month of the season on the disabled list with a torn thumb ligament. Some people started saying bad things about us when we lost five in arow but we did t feel any pressure he added. We re a Young club that s tight knit and we just go out there to have a Good old  the pirates who hit .160 during their losing Streak roughed up Glavic for nine runs and seven hits in 3 h innings while improving their Home record to 15-5. We weren t swinging the bats real Well but you be got to remember we faced three pretty Good pitchers in Houston in Jim dish pics Nolan Ryan and Mike Scott pirates manager Jim Leyland said. A Lotof clubs have to scratch and claw against them. I knew we d get it  Mike Dunne 2-2, picked up his first win since opening Day. He allowed nine hits and three runs Over 7vi innings struck out four and walked three. Dunne a 13-game Winner last seasons a Rookie was on the disabled list from april 6 through april 28 with a muscle Strain in his left Side. Mike Dunne s a mentally Tough kid and i was t worried about him. Ley land said. He s getting Back to where he was last season. He just needs to  the braves arc 1-8 in Glavic s nine Pittsburgh s Barry Bonds slides safely into second beating the lag of Atlanta s Ron cant starts and have allowed 47 runs or nearly eight a game in his last six starts. In other games Friday astros 5, cardinals 3 St. Louis Billy Hatcher went 5-for 5, including a tie breaking rib single in the ninth inning and unbeaten Bob Knapp or won his sixth game As Houston beat St. Louis for its fourth straight Victory. Loser Scott Terry 2-2, walked Pinch hitter Terry Puhl to open the ninth with the score lied 2-2. After Gerald Young s sacrifice moved Puhl to second Tod Worrell relieved Terry and gave up a run scoring single to Hatcher on his first Pilch. Kevin Bass and Rafael Ramirez added two out rib singles to make the score 5-2. The cardinals who had a four game winning Streak snapped scored a run with two outs in the ninth on Tom Brunansky s double. But with men on Sec Ond and third Dave Smith got Bob Homer on a Fly to right to end the game picking up his ninth save of the season. Hatcher had five singles and two Bis scored one run and stole a base. Red 7, cute 2 Cincinnati Paul o Neill drove in three runs and Mario Solo won the 100th game of his career As Cincinnati Defeated Chicago. Solo 3-2, allowed five hits three of them by first baseman Mark Grace struck out six and walked one in his third Complete game of the season. Reds Rookie Jeff Treadway had three hits extending his hitting Streak to 13 games. O Neill had two hits including a Homer and scored three runs. The reds scored four runs on five hits in the second inning. Buddy Bell singled and scored on o Neill s second Homer of the  reds then loaded the bases on sin Gles by Treadway and Terry Mcgrif tand a walk to Kal Daniels his league leading 30th of the season. Barry Lark drove in two More runs with a ground Rule Dou ble. Padres 4, Phillies 3 san Diego Roberto Alomar drove in the winning run with a two out single in the Bottom of the ninth As san Diego snapped a four game losing Streak with a win Over Philadelphia. Mike Schmidt hit his 535th career Homer for the Phillies moving him past Jimonie Foxx into the no. 8 spot on the All time lost. Meu 5, dodgers 2 los Angeles Howard Johnson homered and Moosic Wilson singled in two runs As new York extended its win Ning Streak to five games with a Victory Over los Angeles. Sid Fernandez 2-3, allowed six hits struck out six and walked one Over 6 a innings before leaving with stiffness in his Elbow. Giants ii expos 2 san Francisco Chris up Cir s sixth inning grand slam one of four san Francisco Home runs led the giants past  Maldonado and will dark homered earlier in support of Mike la Coss 3-3, who pitched seven hit Ball for seven innings. Bob Melvin hit his fifth Homer of the season in the seventh. A s trounce Yankees in first meeting by the associated press new York Dave Parker Hom ered Ron Hascy drove in three runs and Carney Lansford got four hits As the Oakland athletics Iron cd the Newyork Yankees 11-3 Friday night in the year s first meeting of the american league s division leaders. Dave Henderson who had two Dou Bles and Glenn Hubbard each contributed three of Oakland s 14 hits an Pitcher Bob Welch improved his record to 7-2. Good things happen if you put the Ball in play said Lansford the top Bat Ter in the majors at .396, after his fourth four hit game this season. The athletics top Power hitters Mark Mcgwire and Jose Canseco failed to get the Ball out of the infield and were a combined o-for-9. Jose and i stunk tonight said mag wire hit less in four at bats. But you can t just key in on one or two players in this lineup. They arc nine players and that s what it takes to be a Good  the athletics who Are batting .321 with runners in scoring position led 5-1 after four innings As they won for the 14th time in their last 16 Road games. They Are 17-4 against Al East teams. Oakland with the Best record in base Ball at 29-11 and eight games ahead of Texas in the West also became the top scoring team in majors overtaking the Al Roundup Yankees 237-236, although both teams remain on a Pace to become the first clubs since the 1950 Boston red sox to score 1,000 runs in a season. I Don t think there s too much of difference Between our team and theirs Don Mattingly of the Yankees said. They re dangerous up and Down the lineup. They be got some old players and some new Guys. It s just which team plays better in a  both sides had been anxious for this first look at each other. To me it s just an exciting series Mattingly said. R i Don t think Nghil now it s too dig a  the athletics however clearly impressed 43,251 fans and losing Pitcher Tommy John. If he does t win Over there John said motioning toward Oakland manager Tony Larussa he should be sued for  Welch gave up seven hits struck out six and walked three times in seven innings. He walked Home a run in the third inning and leading 7-1, gave up two run sin the seventh. Welch had faced the Yankees four pre Vious times in the 1978 and 1981 world series when he was with los Angeles and was 0-1 with a 10.39 Era. The athletics got singles by Hender son and Hubbard to set up Hascy s Dou ble in the second inning off John 2-1. In other games Friday Angels 4, red sox 2 10 innings Boston Butch Wyngar lined Atic breaking double after failing to Sacri fice in the 10th inning lifting California Over Boston and Roger Clemens. Chico Walker led off the i oth with walk the second issued by Clemens 6 2. Wyngar fouled off a bunt attempt and then lined a double to right As Walker scored easily. Mark Mclymore s run scoring single made it 4-2. Clemens who threw three hit shutouts at Kansas City and Seattle last week and had not allowed a run for 19 innings allowed eight hits and struck out nine. Clemens 6-2, walked Only two while raising his major league leading strike out total to 102. Mariners 3, orioles 2 Baltimore Alvin Davis singled Home Harold Reynolds in the eighth in Ning for the winning run. Reynolds reached first on an error by second base Man Bill Ripken to open the inning and advanced on a sacrifice bunt and an in Field out before Davis single. Mark Langston 4-3, worked into the eighth inning leaving after a Lendolt walk to Fred Lynn. Mike Jackson pitched two scoreless innings for his first save of the season. Royals 4, indians 3kansas City to. To Jackson s two out double in the eighth inning scored Bill pc cola with the winning run As Kansas City prevented Clevelan from moving into first place in the american league  Buckner s infield single in the eighth was followed by Jackson s double off the left Field Wall off John Farrell 4 3. Steve Farr then pitched the ninth for his second save. Blue jays 3, Brewers 1 Milwaukee Jim Clancy got his first Victory in a month and Lloyd mow by homered to Lead Toronto Over Mil Waukee. Tigers j4, White sox 6 Chicago Alan Trammel hit an upper deck Homer a double and two sin Gles in a 20-hit attack to Lead Detroit Over  was Detroit s third straight Victory and Chicago s fifth loss in a Row the White sox s longest losing Streak of the year. Rain in Texas Arlington Texas the game Between the Minnesota twins and Texas rangers was postponed Friday night be cause of rain. The teams will make up the game witha double header on sunday