European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 25 the stars and stripes Friday june 3.19b8 a s nip yanks 4-3, win series by the associated press Oakland Calif Mark Mcgwire does t mind being a singles Hiller. Mcgwire has not hit a Home run in 13games, but his rib single in the eighth inning gave the Oakland athletics a 4-3 Victory wednesday Over the new York Yankees. The athletics won two out of three games in the Battle of the division leaders. Dave Parker fed off the eighth with a double off Charles Hudson 4-2. Mag wire then lined a single to right Field off Richard Dotson. Who had started the so Ries opener for his eighth game winning Rui. I Arker Slid under the tag attempt of Catcher Joel Skinner who fielded Strong throw from Dave Winfield. I just wanted to hit the Ball to the right Side and move Parker to third base Mcgwire said. We leased him later said Oakland manager Tony la Russa. He was sup posed to just hit a weak ground Ball to the second  Mcgwire led the major leagues in 1987 with 49 Home runs. "1 Don t think about the homers. I know people arc going to talk about it because of what 1 did last year. But i m paid More for driving in runs than for hitting homers Mcgwire said. An rib single is just As exciting As a Home run Tome the Victory raised Oakland s record to 36-15, the Best in the major leagues. The Yankees arc ,13-17. The a s got their hits at the right time. We lost but we battled. We lost two of the games by one run Hudson said. Well meet again Down the  Gene Nelson 4-2, the second of three Oakland pitchers allowed no hits in two innings. Dennis Eckersley earned his major league leading i7lh save in 18 opportunities by pitching the ninth. "1 think this game showed a lot about Al Roundup pulp Iffla Mark Mcgwire. Knocks Home Winner the Quality of pitching on both sides be cause it was the first Lime All year that the Ball was really carrying Here la Russa said. If the pitching had been slightly off there would have been a lol More  Dave Henderson who won the series opener with a Mcadoff Homer in the i4lh inning made the score 3-3 by leading off the Bottom of the seventh with a Homer his seventh of the year. Oakland starter Curt Young allowed Only four singles through live innings but in the sixth gave up Rookie Jay Buhner s first major league Home run. Jack Clark followed with his i oth Homer of the season and the Yankees had a 3-2 Lead. Jose Canseco drove in the athletics first two runs. In the first he lined single to Center to score Carney lans Ford who Drew a Lead off walk and went to second base on Stan Javier s ground out. Lansford the major leagues leading hitter finished q-for-2 to end a 17-game hitting Streak and drop his average to .393. New York tied the score in the third on Rickey Henderson s rib single but Canseco made it 2-1 by leading off the Bottom of the fourth with his 13th Homer. In of her games wednesday mariners 4, Oriole 3 Seattle Rey Quinonis hit a two run Homer and Henry Colto tripled and doubled and scored twice As Seattle Defeated Baltimore. Quinonis homered off Jeff Bastard 1 2, after Dave Vallec singled with one out in the seventh. It was Quinonis third Homer of the season. The orioles record dropped to 11-40. Mike Jackson 2-1, got the Victory and Rod Scurry earned his second save. Twins 7, rangers 1 Minneapolis Frank Viola won his ninth straight decision and Kirby Puckett drove in three runs with three hits As Minnesota beat Texas. Viola 9-1, tied a twins record for consecutive victories set by Stan Wil Liams in 1970. Viola gave up five hits walked one and struck out two in his third Complete game. The twins have won 10 of their last 1 games. Jose Guzman 5-4, allowed seven runs in 5�i innings. Indiana 5, royals 4 Cleveland Julio Franco extended his hitting Streak to 20 games with a Home run and Cory Snyder also homered leading the Cleveland indians Over Kansas City. Franco led off with the first inning with his fifth Home run. His Hilling Streak is the longest in the majors this season. Snyder opened the second with his 11 in Homer. Scott Bailes. 5t, gave up eight hits in 7vj innings. Doug Jones finished for his 12th save including eight straight appearances. Jones has been scored upon in just one of his 17 games. Floyd Bannis Ter 6-5, allowed four runs in 4 / innings. Tiger 9, White sox 3 Detroit Lou who Laker homered and drove in three runs backing the four hit pitching of. Jack Morris and Guil Mcnno Hernandez As Detroit snapped a four game losing Streak by beating Chicago. Morris 5-6, won for the first Lime in five starts Al Tiger stadium this season a Span of three losses. He has won Only four of his last 17 starts Al Home. Morris held the while sox i Hess until Steve Lyons singled with two of s in the sixth. Morris gave up four hits and struck out five in 6ft innings. Hernandez struck out six of the eight batters he faced an got his third save. Jeff bit Liger 0-2, was the loser. Blue jays 7, Brewers 2 Toronto George Bell sparked a five run first inning with an rib single and later made two shoestring catches in Ciff Field As Toronto Defeated Milwaukee. Mike Flanagan $-3, escaped constant trouble for six innings allowing just one run despite eight hits and one walk. The Blue jays made double plays in the Sec Ond third and fourth innings and Bell nude his two catches in the sixth. Duane Ward pitched three innings for his third save. The Blue jays balled around As the first five batters reached base against Mike Birkbeck 2-5. Cubs so Odberg spoil Rose s return by the associated press Chicago the headlines belonged to Pete Rose wednesday but the game belonged to sync Sandburg and Greg Maddux of the Chicago cubs. Sandburg hit two Home runs and mad Dux became the National league s first nine game Winner in leading the cubs to a 6-3 Victory Over the Cincinnati reds. It was the first game Back for Rose the reds manager who completed his 30-Day suspension for bumping Umpire Dave Pallone. Rose also was fined 110,000. Rose came out of the dugout for the first time in the Bottom of the seventh to discuss a lineup change with Umpire Bruce Fromming. Rose sent out the lineup cards with Catcher Lloyd Mcclun Dpn a duly he usually relegates to one of his coaches. I m Happy to be Back but not Happy with another loss said Rose As the reds went Down to a fifth straight defeat including the three game sweep by the cubs. We be got to Start winning games said Rose. The atmosphere on the Bench was Good and the Guys were pull ing for each other but there s not much to pull for when you Don t  the 22-year old Maddux 9-3, had a two hit shutout going into the eighth inning and departed in the ninth when Mcclendon hit a two run Homer his second. Sandberg has hit three homers since being put in the cleanup spot last Friday and has eight for the season. A makes a difference where you hit in the lineup said Sandberg. You change your mental approach. Leading off you re not As aggressive and you re trying for singles and walks. Baiting no Roundup squeezed Home the go ahead run later inthe inning As the giants Defeated the fourth you become More  Maddux allowed five hits before Leav ing but walked six and struck out Only two. I be gotten a lot of Breaks said Maddux. You re not going to have your Best stuff All the Lime. 1 had decent stuff but i was t getting it Over the  manager Don Zimmer did t care. The Guy has been a life Saver for this club said Zimmer. They did t get a run off him until the eighth and that came on a double play. He was outstand ing but not As Sharp As he has  Tom Browning 2-3, fell behind in the first inning when Rafael Palmeiro tripled and scored on a groundnut by Andre Dawson. Palmeiro the league s leading hitter went 3-for-4 and raised his aver age to 3ji. Dawson singled in the fourth and scored ahead of Sandburg s Homer Mammoth drive to left Field thai made the score 34. Sandburg homered again in the eighth off pal Pacific the cubs added two runs in the seventh when Shawon Dunston hit an rib single and scored after right fielder Eric Davis booted Palmeiro s single for a error Cincinnati made it 5-1 in the eighth when Kal Daniels scored from third on Paul o Neill s double play grounder. In other games wednesday giants 2, expos 1 Montreal san Francisco s will Clark ended a to jail bid by Montreal Floyd Youmans with a Lead off Home run in the seventh inning and Mike Aldrete  giants had Only three baserunners All on walks off Youmans 1-4, until Clark slammed a lowering Home run Over the right Field Fence tying the score 1-1. The Homer which came on a3-2 pitch was Clark s 12th. One out later Jeffrey Leonard hit a sinking Tine drive to Center Field that popped out of Center fielder Mitch Webster s Glove As he tried for a sliding catch. When Webster had difficulty pick ing up the Boll As it rolled away Leonard reached third on the error. On a 1-1 Pilch Leonard broke for the plate and Aldrete bunted the Ball perfectly Between third base and the Mound. Third baseman Craig Nettles fell As he tried to Field the Ball enabling Aldrete to reach first with a single. Cardinals 3, astros 1houston Luis Alices doubled with two out in the 13th and scored on Steve Lake s Pinch single giving St. Louis a Victory Over Houston the hits came off Jeff Heathcock 0-3. Steve Peters 2-2, got the Victory wit two innings of scoreless Relief. Todd Worrell pitched the Bottom of the 13thfor his 15th save. The astros got Only one hit after the fifth a Mcadoff single by Glenn Davis in the i2lh. Braves 14, pirates 2 Atlanta Rick Mahler equated his career High with his seventh Consic live Victory All in a 24-Day stretch and Gerald Perry and Ron cant hit two run homers in a six run fifth inning As Atlanta beat Pittsburgh. Ozzie Virgil hit a Solo Homer his sixth 10 Start Atlanta s five run seventh which also included a two run single by Dale Murphy who drove in four runs. Mahler 7-4. Scale cred ii hits. His other seven game winning Streak came Between april 9-May 5,1985. Besides his fourth Home run of the season Perry also had four singles the first five hit game of his career to Lead Atlanta s season High 19-hit attack. The braves had 17 hits in defeating the pirates 11-1 tuesday night. Dodgers 4, mete 3 new York relievers Brian hoi ton Jesse Orosco and Jay Howell pitched seven Strong innings after Tim Belcher was ejected for hitting a Batter and los Angeles beat new York for the first time in six tries. The dodgers played the game under protest after Belcher and manage Tommy Lasorda were ejected by plate Umpire Steve Rippey when Belcher hit mets shortstop Kevin Elster with a 1-2 Pilch to Start the Bottom of the third. The dodgers look advantage of two balks by new York s Sid Fernandez 2-5, to push across two runs in the fourth and Pinch hitter Jeff Hamilton drove into More with a seventh inning single for a 4-1 Lead. Hollon 2-0, allowed three hits and Arun in four innings. Sex met Orosco was charged with two runs in the ninth including Kevin Mcreynolds fifth Homer before Howell got the last three outs for his fourth save. Phillies 9, padres 7 Philadelphia Pinch hitter Luis Aguayo s tic breaking two run single keyed a five run rally in a rain delayed eighth that gave Philadelphia a Victory Over san Diego