European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 8,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports mets open up 6-game Lead by the associated press Pittsburgh Pittsburgh reliever Jim Gott s record tying three balks in an inning gave the new York mets two eighth inning runs and set up a third As they opened up a six game Lead in the National league East by beating the pirates 5-3. The mets have won five of six games Over the last two weekends against the second place pirates who have lost 11 of 15 and now Lead third place Montre Alby Only a half game. Gott 5-4, relieved in the eighth and immediately got into trouble walking Pinch hitter Tim Teufel and Balking him to second. Teufel moved to third on Dave Magadan s grounder and scored when he beat second baseman Jose Lind s throw to the plate on Darryl Strawberry s grounder. Kevin Mcreynolds followed with a ground Rule double to left. With runners on second and third and Gary Carter at Bat Home plate Umpire John Mcsherry called Gott s second balk of the inning scoring Straw Berry and moving Mcreynolds to third. Gott struck out Howard Johnson for the second out Canseco a s beat mariners by the associated press Oakland Calif. Jose Canseco the major league s Home run Leader became the 11th player in major league history to hit 30 Home runs and steal 30 bases in the the same year when he got his 30th stolen base saturday in Oakland s 5-4 Victory Over the Seattle mariners. Canseco who has 31 homers Hopes to al Roundup become the first player to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in the same season. It s very realistic hitting nine homers in the next two months Canseco said. If you see the Way he s hit his 30 Home runs and stolen his 30 bases the numbers have meant a lot Oakland manager Tony Larussa said. Eric Davis of the Cincinnati reds reached the 30-30 Mark last aug. 2 the first of four to join the club in 1987 and finished with 37 homers and 50 steals. That right there proves the homers Are going to be the toughest Canseco said. Canseco s steal saturday led to the winning run. After he reached first in the ninth on a fielder s Choice Canseco stole second went to third on a wild Pickoff throw by Mike Jackson 6-3, and scored on Mark Mcgwire s sacrifice Fly. Mcgwire who had three hits leads the majors with 16 game winning Bis. The Way he did it today was t just icing on the cake it May even make the whole cake Larussa said of Canseco. Winner Gene Nelson 7-3, pitched two perfect innings in Relief. In other al games saturday tigers 4, red sox 2 Detroit Matt Nokes hit a two run Homer and Doyle Alexander allowed seven hits As Detroit beat the red sox for the fourth straight time Matching Boston s longest losing Streak this season. Detroit leads Boston by four games in the al East. Alexander 11-6, struck out six and walked none. He is unbeaten in his last seven outings at Tiger stadium going 5 0. He is 7-2 in his 11 starts at Home this season and 12-2 in 17 lifetime starts for the tigers in Detroit. Royals 11, Blue jays 1toronto Mark Gubicza allowed three hits Over eight innings striking out no Roundup but was called for his third balk by second base Umpire Greg Bonin to score Mcreynolds and make it 5-3. Mets manager Davey Johnson said there was no question Gott was Balking. He said they were obvious very flagrant and i should know what a balk looks like As Many times As our pitchers got called for them in the first 2 a months of the  they obviously were the big plays he added. Gott had walked twice previously in 44 games both on May 7 against san Diego leading to two runs in a 3-2 pirates loss. If anybody has any questions about the balks the umpires room is Over there said pirates Catcher Mike Lavalliere. Gott had left the stadium and was not available to talk afterwards to reporters. I m a professional and i m not going to second guess the umpires decisions said pirates manager Jim Ley land. But it s frustrating to a manager at times when a Pitcher throws four pitches and gets called for a balk on the fifth. That s what i Don t  when he walked the first time with a runner on third he did t come close to stopping Mcsherry said. The other pitches sometimes he d Stop and the others he d go straight through  Mcsherry said Leyland argued that the balks should t have been called in that situation. It was a tight ballgame so we let him say his  All three balks were for failing to come to a Stop. Gott became the sixth major leaguer to balk three times in a inning the last being Don Heinkel of de troit on May 3 against Oakland. Leyland twice argued the Calls once with Mcsherry and the other time with Bonin. Leyland pulled gotta Ter the third balk. The mets trailing 3-1 after Pittsburgh s three run sixth inning got a run in the seventh on Pinch hitter Lee Mazzilli s rib single which chased starter Doug Drabek who was trying for his sixth consecutive win. Bob Mcclure 2-3, pitched a scoreless seventh in see no on Page 26 the a s Mark Mcgwire scores from second on Terry Steinbach s hit As mariners Catcher Scott Bradley s tag is late. A a season High 10, and four royals hit Solo homers Kurt still Well Jamie quirk Danny Tartabull and George Brett. Brett s Home run was the 2 50th of his career. Gubicza 14-6, allowed Only Fred Mcgriff s 27th Homer of the season in the second inning before Steve fair pitched a witless ninth. Yankees 5, twins 3new York Rickey Henderson hit a tie breaking sacrifice Fly in the seventh inning and stole three bases As new York stopped a four game losing Streak and ended Minnesota s four game win Ning  Yankees remained four games be Hind al East leading Detroit Matching new York s largest deficit this season. The Yankees Are in second one percent age Point ahead of Boston. With the score tied 3-3, Luis Aguay Drew a Lead off walk in the seventh from Mark Portugal 1-2. Randy Velarde bunted into a Force out but Rafael Santana singled and Henderson followed with along Fly to Center. Jack Clark hit his 21st Homer in the eighth. Steve Shields 2-3, pitched 2% scoreless innings for the Victory and Dave Righetti struck out Kent Hrbek for his 17th save. Indians 5, rangers 3 Arlington Texas Brook Jaco by hit a two run Homer off the top of the left Field Wall to snap a fourth inning tie As Cleveland ended a six game losing Streak and Texas lost for the fifth time in six games. John Farrell 12-7, allowed eight hits struck out three and walked two in seven plus innings. Doug Jones pitched two innings for his 25th save. Orioles 7, Brewers 2 Baltimore Oswald Peraza al Lowed one hit and struck out a career High 10 in seven innings and Brady an Derson and Eddie Murray homered As Baltimore won for the fifth time in six games. Peraza 5-4, retired 13 consecutive batters from the third inning to the seventh before Tom Niedenfuer relieved and allowed one hit in two innings strik ing out the Side in the ninth. The two runs allowed by the 25-year-old Rookie right hander were unearned. . Sur Hofts two out two run single in the Sec Ond followed a pair of Peraza errors. Anderson s Home run the first of his career tied the score 2-2 in the third against Tom Filer 5-5. Baltimore took a 3-2 Lead in the sixth on Jim Traber s rib double. Murray s three run Homer in the seventh his 20th, was his sixth in 13 games. Angels 7, White sox 5 Anaheim Calif. Terry Clark be came the first California Rookie in 26 years to win his first five decisions and the Angels scored six unearned runs in the fourth inning. Clark allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings Matching to Belinsky s 5 0 Start in 1962. Greg Minton pitched 2 la innings for his sixth  led 2-1 in the fourth when errors by shortstop Ozzie Guillen an third baseman Steve Lyons on consecutive two out grounders led to a six run inning off Melido Perez 10-7. Devon White hit a two run tie breaking single and Johnny Ray hit a three run Homer his fourth