European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday june 17, 198b or ends Higuera s no hit try by the associated press Milwaukee Teddy Higuera had a no Hitler going into the eighth inning wednesday but a .148 hitter ended his Hopes. Steve Bilbo in homered to Lead Oil the a kith As Higuera joined the growing list of near miss no hitters this season in the Brewers 5-1 Victory Over Seattle. That s baseball said Higuera who allowed the one hit in eight innings he Al Roundup Tore he was removed because of a tender  were two More innings. 1 was relaxed. 1 tried 1 threw the fastball a ii Lyle High. He s a Strong Guy. It s a win. Everybody is Happy said Higuera. Higuera 6-4, joined he Many Pitcher who Nave flirted with no i piers including Tea male Odell Jones who Tost a no Hitler against Cleveland after g a inning last month. Higuera walked one and struck out four. My Arm was a Little tired said i Gurra who worked into the Lola inning m his last Outing a 1-0 loss in  by Back problems earlier in the season Higuera has Given up Only three earned runs in his last 33 Vij innings. After the seventh inning i started thinking about it said Brewers Catcher Bill Schmo Cdr. But it did t last Long. It s a shame he could t get it. The pitch was up and Balbo in was is klingon it and he hit it  Dalboni who later struck out with the bases loaded to end the game in the ninth said he was t worrying about breaking up a no hitter. I did t really care about what they were trying to do Balboni said. We re trying to win games which we Haven done very much of since i joined the team. I did t think he was throwing that wellor that hard. But he was making me. Type of pitches he had to when he needed to. The brew arc used three relievers in the ninth with Dan Plesac getting two outs for his 15lh save. Balboni hit his Home run on a 1-0 pitch his third Homer this year. He had been Seattle s Only previous base runner walking to open the fifth this was the second time Higuera took a no hitter into the eighth. He pitched no hit Ball for 7vj innings against Kansas City last sell. 1 before giving up a  could have Hung on to finish but he did t fed quite right so we made the change Brewers manager Tom try Belhorn  said he did t know Higuera s shoulder was bothering him until the top of the eighth was Over. Higuera retired the last three batters of the inning after Balboni s Homer. He said my shoulder is a Little sore.1 he knows better than anybody what he feels like tre Belhom  went ahead 1-0 in the first Gary Ward of the Yankees is out Al first after being tagged out by Boston s night Evans the red sox won 8-3 wednesday night. Against Mark Langston 5-7, As Paul to Lilor singled stole his 15th straight base for a team record and scored on Robin Young s single. Blue Joys 15, indians 3 Toronto Fred Mcgriff an Cecil fielder hit two Home runs each and Dave Stieb won his eighth straight game for  Fernandez drove in four runs with Anrce hits for the Blue jays who had 17 hits against three Cleveland , 9-3, has not lost in 0 starts since april 26. He allowed three hits i seven innings and struck out five. Mark. Eichhorn allowed three hits in the final two innings. Greg Swindell 10-4, lost his third straight and was knocked out after 2 to innings his shortest Outing this year. He allowed six hits and five runs. Red sox 8. Yankees 3 Boston Ellis Burks had four hits including his third career grand slam and Spike Owen added a Solo shot for Boston. After a 45-Minule pregame Power out age caused by an underground fire out Side Fenway Park the red sox jumped on new York Rookie Al Leiter 4-3, for five runs in the second  one out Jim Rice walked and scored on singles by Rick Cerone an Kevin rom inc. A single by Owen loaded the bases. Burks who had two bases loaded shots among his 20 homers As a Rookie last season hit a 2-2 Pilch Over the Wall in left Center for his fifth Homer. Bruce Hurst 8-3, tired in the 95-de Gree heat and needed help from Dennis lamp with two out in the sixth after Al lowing eight hits including Dave win Field s 14th Homer. Acc Smith pitched the last two innings. Tigers 1, orioles 0detroit Jeff Robinson pitched a five hitter to win his seventh straight game and Dave Bergman hit a sacrifice Fly to Lead , 8-2, struck out four walked one and allowed no one to reach third in pitching his second shutout and third Complete game. Mike Boddicker 3-9, Al Lowed Only two hits in seven innings walked five and struck out three As his winning Streak was snapped at three. It marked the sixth time Baltimore has won the first game of a three game series and lost the next two. The orioles Road record dropped to 6-28. Luis Salazar started the Detroit Sec Ond with a walk went to third on a single Down the right held line by Matt Nocks and scored one out later on Bergman s sacrifice Fly to left. Twins a White sox 1 Minneapolis Allan Anderson allowed Only an unearned run in 6vi innings and Greg Gagne had three hits including his seventh Homer As Minne Sota Defeated Chicago. Anderson 4-3, scattered nine hits. Walked one and struck out four for his third straight Victory. Keith Atherton re tired the fast seven batters in order to Cam his second save. Jack Mcdowell 2-6. Lost Nis fourth straight decision and is win less since May 4. The twins opened the game with four straight singles off Mcdowell but scored just one run. Kirby Tuckell the third Batter in the inning drove in Dan glad Den with a single to led for his 50th rib of the season. Royals 2. Athletics 0 Oakland Calif. Kansas City Scharlie Leibrandt pitched a two hitter a id snapped a personal three game losing Streak to beat Oakland and give the surging royals their 12th Victory in 13 games. The royals 13 games behind in the West when the month began pulled to 5tt games behind the first place a a who lost Tor the eighth time in 10 games. Kansas City is 5-0 against Oakland with three shutouts. Leibrandt 3-9, struck out four and walked one in his first shutout of the season. Rangers 6, Angels 3 Anaheim Calif. Larry Parrish s rib single snapped a loth inning lie and Jeff Ruwell scattered eight hits to win his sixth straight decision As Texas beat Cali  Incaviglia s two run Homer in the fourth his 14th, tied the game and snapped an eight game Streak in which he had gone without a Homer or rib. 76ers owner says he won t Trade Barkley Philadelphia a Forward Charles Barkley can expect to be Back in Philadelphia with the 76ers next season despite his nationally televised prediction that he will be traded 76ers owner Harold Kalz said wednesday. Barkley who has a reputation for a Quick temper and flippant remarks Cre ated his latest juror tuesday night when he said he did not expect to be with Phil Adelphia Al the Stait of next season. Charles is Charles and some things that Charles says should not be taken to seriously Kati said in a Telephone con Ference with reporters. I think when you have a Charles bar Kley you have to take what s on the court the owner said. We re going to have to live with what happens off the court. Somehow someday e think there s going to be maturity set in and these statements won t be  Kalz said he spoke with Barkley wednesday morning and told him there was no basis to rumours he would be traded. Short of a Michael Jordan Keenr Ola Juwon Larry Bird or magic Johnson we re not going to listen to anything Kal said extending that list of Aba elite to include Karl Malone. That s not going to happen and we re not interested in trading Charles  Barkley interviewed tuesday night at court Side of game 4 of the Aba championship series said i Don t trunk i Wolbe in Philadelphia next year. I think i will be traded before the season starts. They want me to be an All american boy. I Don t fit that  subsequent interviews with report ers Barkley said he did not fee appreciated in Philadelphia