European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday july 20,1988 reds nip mets on bad relay by the associated press Cincinnati Tim Teufel got an unpleasant Surprise and it Cost the new York mets a game. Teufel was startled to see Eric Davis tagging from second base on Nick Esasky s game tying sacrifice Fly monday no Roundup night. As a result he let Loose with a Hasty off target relay that allowed Davis to continue on Home and give the Cincinnati reds a 2-1 Victory. The sixth inning throwing error turned out to be the game s decisive play. You just hate to lose a ballgame like that the Way we lost it mets manager Dave Johnson said. Mets left hander Sid Fernandez 5-7, held the reds witless through the first five innings then fell victim to his wild Ness and Teufel s error. Kal Daniels started the reds sixth with a clean single to right Cincinnati s first hit. Fernandez then walked Davis on four pitches the sixth walk by the left hander and the runners executed a double steal with Esasky at Bat. After twice failing to bunt Esasky hit a 1-2 pitch that cookie Wilson caught against the Wall in Center Field for a game tying sacrifice Fly. Davis also tagged on the play and rounded third forcing Teufel to make a Quick relay throw. The off target throw eluded Catcher Barry Lyons up the third base line letting Davis continue Home uncontested. Teufel said he had expected Davis to go Halfway to third on the Fly Ball instead of tagging. He was ready to throw to third on the relay and was startled to see Davis already sprinting into third. I saw Davis no. 44 hit third base hard and that surprised me Teufel said. I was in Between. I threw Halfway Between Home and third. The throw was Lousy. It should have been nowhere near where i threw the Danny Jackson 11-5, made the error braves Catcher Bruce Benedict shows the Ball to Umpire Jerry Crawford after tagging out phils Juan Samuel in monday s game. Aided Lead stand up As he got his sixth Victory in seven games. In other no games dodgers 1, cardinals 0 St. Louis Tim Leary pitched a five hitter and Mike Marshall homered in the ninth inning As los Angeles beat St. Louis for the dodgers sixth straight Victory. Leary 9-6, pitched his fourth shutout of the season and sixth Complete game. He struck out four and walked one. Todd Worrell 4-7, relieved to Start the ninth and Marshall hit the second pitch for his 12th Home run. Braves 9-1, Phillies 8-4 Philadelphia Rookie Ricky Jor Dan hit a two run Homer for the second straight Day and David Palmer pitched four hit Ball for seven innings As Phila Delphia beat Atlanta 4-1 in the second game for a split of their doubleheader. Palmer 5-6, also hit an rib single in the sixth for the game s first run. Steve Bedrosian pitched the final two innings for his 16th save. German Jimenez 0-3, was the loser. In the first game Andres Thomas scored from second base on an error by first baseman Greg Gross in the Lith inning and Atlanta won 9-8. Charlie Puleo 2-3, pitched two scoreless innings for the Victory. Bruce Ruffin 6-8, took the loss. Cubs 8, giants 3 Chicago Vance Law hit a two run go ahead single in a six run eighth inning monday As Chicago rallied to de feat san Francisco ending a five game losing Streak. The giants who have lost five consecutive games led 3-2 before Rafael Palmeiro opened the eighth with a single off Craig Lefferts 2-6. Mark Grace walked and Scott Garrelts relieved. Andre Dawson singled to Load the bases and Law put Chicago ahead 4-3. Shawon Dunson added an rib single Mitch Webster a two run single and Gar belts walked in a run. Pat Perry 4-2, pitched an inning for the Victory. Astros 6, expos 1 Montreal Joaquin Andujar won his first game in More than a year supported by Kevin Bass three run Homer and buddy Bell s Solo shot As Houston beat Montreal. Andujar 1-4, won for the first time since july 2, 1987, with Oakland. He gave up one run on six hits in six innings. Danny Darwin finished with one hit re Lief for his second save. Bryn Smith 6-6, gave up five runs four of them unearned on five hits in five innings. Bell hit his third Homer in the fourth inning. The astros scored in the seventh against Tim Barrett who was making his major league debut on a double by Rafael Ramirez and an error. Padres pirates rained out Pittsburgh the san Diego Pittsburgh game was rained out monday night the pirates first Home rainout this season. The two teams were to play a doubleheader tuesday. Hungry pirates devouring National league by Alan Robinson Pittsburgh a the bucs Haven t stopped Here. Or in los Angeles or san Diego or san Francisco. In fact the rallying cry around the National league these Days in t just can the mets and dodgers be caught but who s going to Stop the bucs the Pittsburgh pirates who lost 98 games just two years ago have been As hot As the weather lately winning an no season High nine in a Row. The Only hotter Streak hereabouts has been a record setting Streak of 13 consecutive 90-degree Days. That team is hot. That team is to to san Francis co manager Roger Craig said after the pirates swept a four game weekend series from the giants who had won five in a Row before the All Star break. Everything they do is right and it s Tough to beat a club like that. They re hitting in the clutch and getting Good the pirates winning Streak is their longest since june 1983 and has kept them within 2vi games of no East leading new York. The mets keep winning they took three of four in Atlanta before losing Mon Day night in Cincinnati but still can t pull away tuesday s baseball Chicago a Rick Reuschel allowed five hits in eight innings and doubled to trigger a two run inning As the san Francisco giants broken five game losing Streak with a 3-1 Victory Over the Chicago cubs tuesday. From the pirates who despite a monday rain out have remained legitimate contenders a lot longer than Many baseball experts thought they would including some of the mets. Only last week manager Davey Johnson said Mon Treal not Pittsburgh was the team he feared most Down the stretch. There s probably 10 teams in the National league who take us seriously said Catcher Mike Lavalliere. It does t make any difference. We take ourselves people think Well collapse said first baseman Sid Bream. Let them keep thinking that. If we Don to it s going to be fun to see them eat their right fielder Darnell Coles said the mets Are going to keep saying what they re going to say. J Hope they keep worrying about everybody else but us. Everybody thinks we re a Fluke just Lucky. We re Content to stay in the shadows but the beginning of october will speak for the pirates Haven t lost since the fourth of july when they lost in san Diego to briefly fall into third place 7 /2 games behind the mets. The pirates have been so hot that they were the Banner headline across the top of monday s Pittsburgh Post Gazette sports Page. The opening of Steeles training Camp normally something Akin to a religious Holiday locally got a one column headline at the Bottom of the manager Jim Leyland has come up a Winner lately even when he s gambled with the Odds. He rested four regulars sunday against the giants including his two hottest hitters Barry Bonds and Andy Van Slyke yet came up a 5-4 Winner when Bonds hit a two run Pinch hit Home run in the eighth pirates have continued to get consistent pitching from buddies Bob walk and John Smiley who have combined for 19 wins after beginning the season As the no. 4 and 5 starters. Mike Dunne and Doug Drabek who began the season 1-2 in the rotation have also started to bullpen has been consistent All year behind former giants Jim Gott 13 saves and Jeff Robinson 7-2 record eight saves and has allowed Only one run in 26 has shrugged off a Cranky left knee that still May require arthroscopic surgery to hit in eight consecutive games 14-for-29, .483 with six doubles three homers and eight runs batted Slyke followed up his diving catch in last tues Day s All Star game with two better catches against the giants. He s batted .370 during the winning Streak and has 46 Bis in his last 50 pirates also have been winning big at the Box of fice. They went Over one million in attendance sunday the earliest Calendar Date in their 101 year history that they be surpassed the million Mark. With 35 Home dates left they could threaten the franchise attendance record of 1,705,828 set in 1960. Are these the same pirates who lost 104 games in 1985 while drawing Only 735,900 spectators no almost had to abandon Pittsburgh because of dwindling attendance and a major drug scandal no Way Leyland winning 27 of their last 38 last season the pirates Are 80-48, .625, and Leyland said that s championship be got a lot of hungry ballplayers and a manager likes to see that he said. We re hungry and that is what this team is All an sports baseball wednesday. Radi Cleveland at Oakland 9 12
