European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday july 31,1988 botox sweep pair from Brewers by the associated press Boston Todd Benzinger hit a two run Homer in the third inning an then broke a tie with an rib single in the eighth Friday night As the Boston Redfox Defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 to sweep a double header and win for the 18th straight time at Home. The red sox improved their record to15-1 under new manager Joe Morgan and moved to within 1 Viz games of the first place Detroit tigers who split a double header with the Texas rangers Friday night. Boston s Home winning Streak at Home is the team s second longest Ever. The Al Roundup red sox won 21 straight at Fenway Park in 1949. Jody Reed who had four hits and walk in Boston s 6-4 Victory in the first game scored the tie breaking run after beating out an infield single his third hit and advancing to second on Paul Molitor s throwing error. Reliever Dennis lamp 5-3, blanked the Brewers on three hits for 3vs innings. Bob Stanley earned his third save by pitching the ninth. Chris Bosio 6-13, making his first appearance of the seasons a reliever lost his 10th straight game to tie Danny Darwin s club record. Molitor triggered a three run first in Ning in the Nightcap by hitting Mike Smithson s first pitch of the game for his fifth Homer. The Brewers added two More runs on rib singles by . Surhoff who had four hits and Joey Meyer. Boston picked up a run on wad Boggs sacrifice Fly in its half of the first and then tied the score in the third Obenzinger s seventh Homer a two run drive into the red sox bullpen in right Center. Milwaukee went ahead 4-3 on a Dou ble by Dale Sveum and a single by Juan Castillo in the fourth but the red so bounced Back to tie the score on an rib single by Reed. In the opener Bruce Hurst 11-4, won for the eighth time in nine decisions at Home this season. The left hander Al Lowed Only three hits through the first six innings. He was relieved by Stanley after Rob Deer walked and Greg Brock Dou bled to open the seventh. Deer scored on Meyer s grounder to Short and Brock came around when Stan Ley dropped a throw on a two out grounder to first baseman Larry Parrish. Lee Smith struck out the Side in the ninth to earn his17th save one More than the entire Boston staff had last season. Mike Greenwell who leads the major leagues with 83 Bis hit a two run Homer his 17th, off Bill Wegman 10-8,in the first. The red sox added another run on a walk to Ellis Burks and Ben Zinger s double. A Jody Reed of the red sox scores in the first inning despite the attempt of Milwaukee Catcher b. J. Surhoff to Block the plate. In other games Friday mariners 5, athletics 3 Seattle Steve Balboni hit a three run Homer off Oakland Relief Ace Denni Eckersley with two outs in the 10th inning As Seattle Defeated the athletics and snapped a five game losing Streak. Harold Reynolds led off the 10th with single and advanced to third two outs later on a single by Alvin Davis. Balboni Fol Lowed with his 13th Homer of the season. Tigers 3-1, rangers 2-2 Detroit Bobby Witt pitched a four hitter and Steve Buechele went 3 for4 As Texas Defeated Detroit to snap the tigers four game winning Streak and Gam a split in their double header. In the first game Alan Trammel s two run Homer with one out in the ninth inning lifted Detroit to a 3-2 Victory. Witt 3-6, struck out seven and walked five for his fifth Complete game. In the first game Texas starter Pau Kilgus had a three hitter through eight innings but was relieved by Craig Mcmurtry 2-1, after Tom Brookens opened the ninth with a bunt single. Luis Salazar s sacrifice bunt moved Brookens to second and Trammell Fol Lowed with his 11th Homer. Indians 7, twins 0 Cleveland Greg Swindell pitched a five hitter retiring 19 straight batters during one Span and Ron Kittle and Joe Carter each hit two run homers As Cleveland beat Minnesota. Blue jays 7, Yankees 1 Toronto Jeff Musselman scattered six hits in 7% innings and fre Mcgriff had three Bis with a two run Homer and a sacrifice Fly As Toronto Defeated new York. Musselman 3-0, won for the third straight time since being activated july14 after recuperating from of season shoulder surgery. He walked two an struck out seven in lowering his earned run average to 0.87. Duane Ward closed. Royals 6, orioles 2baltimore Bret Saberhagen Al Lowed three hits in seven innings to Winfor the first time in six starts and George Brett and to jacks9n homered As Kansa City Defeated Baltimore and snapped a four game losing Streak. Angels 4, White sox 2chicago Thad Bosley went 3 for 3 and drove in a pair of runs with a Dou ble and a tie breaking sacrifice Fly As California reached the .500 Mark for the first time since april 18 by defeating  third place Angels Are 27-11 since june 15, when they were last in the american league West. Bosley entered the game batting. 167. My from Page 21 21-Day disabled list on july 14, gave up Arun in the fourth on consecutive singles by Steve sax and Kirk Gibson and a run scoring groundnut by Mike Marshall. Shawn Hillegas 3-3, allowed eight hits in 7 a innings failing to win for the fifth time in his last six starts. Giants 5, braves 3 san Francisco Rick Reuschel pitched a six hitter retiring 1 5 of thelast 17 Atlanta batters As san Francisco Defeated Atlanta. Reuschel 14-5, struck out four an walked none in his second consecutive Complete game. He had none this year before pitching a seven hit shutout at St. Louis sunday. Padres 5, reds 3 san Diego Tony Gwynn hit a inside the Park Home run and Gary Tern Pleton hit a two run Homer leading san Diego past Cincinnati. Andy Hawkins 10-8, became san die go s first 10-game Winner allowing seven its in 6% innings. Mark Davis got the final seven outs for his 18th save. Jack Armstrong 2-4, gave up three runs and five hits in four innings. Keith Moreland s first inning sacrifice Fly gave san Diego the Lead. Gwyn made it 2-0 in the third on his sixth Homer circling the bases when right fielder Paul o Neill slipped on the warn ing track chasing the Ball. Eric Davis Cut the Lead to 2-1 in the fourth with his 18th Homer but John Kruk hit a sacrifice Fly in the fourth an Templeton hit a two run Homer in the sixth off reliever Randy St. Claire. Botox get Boddicker for 2 minor leagues Boston a the Boston red sox moved to bolster their pitching staff Friday by acquiring Veteran right hander Mike Boddicker from the Baltimore Ori Oles for two minor league players out fielder Brady Anderson and right handed Pitcher Curt Schilling general manager Lou Gorman announced Friday. Gorman said Boddicker would report saturday and probably will Start against Milwaukee on sunday. Boddicker is a competitor he s aggressive Gorman said. We think hell add depth to our pitching staff to make room on the roster for Bod Dicker the red sox put right hander Dennis Oil can Boyd on the 15-Day disabled list because of tendinitis in his right shoulder. Before completing the Deal the red sox signed Boddicker to a two year con tract through 1990. Boddicker would have been eligible to become a free agent at the end of this season. Boddicker who will be 31 on aug. 23, has a 6-12 record and a 3.86 earned run average in 21 starts this year. He lost his first eight decisions this season. He has a 79-73 lifetime record including a 20-11 record in 1984