European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 14,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports botox rip tigers for Al record by the associated press Boston the Boston red sox set an american league record with their 23rd straight Home Victory beating the Detroit tigers 9-4 Friday night in Fen Way Park in a showdown Between Amer ican league East leaders. There s no place like Home. And there s definitely no place like Home for Al Roundup us this year said Mike Greenwell who drove Home two runs in the sox s 11-hit  Rice s two run Homer capped a six run third inning and Dwight Evans had three hits in four at bats including two of Boston s four doubles. It s Nice to be part of the record. Hopefully we can win 30 in a Row Here Greenwell said. The fans Haven t seen us lose in Over a month and we keep hitting Here. I d like to say it s magic but i Don t know what it  the red sox Are batting .335 with 23 homers during their Streak and have out scored opponents 151-73. They just finished a 2-7 Road trip in which they hit Only .229. They lost four of five games in Detroit and fell out of a first place tie with the tigers. The All time record for consecutive victories at Home is 26, set by the new York giants in 1916. The second longest see Al on Page 26 Detroit s Mike Heath prepares to retrieve wild pitch As Boston s Spike Owen Waves Wade Boggs to third. Boggs scored on Owens single. Azinger takes 1 shot pea Lead a pea pacesetter Paul Azinger. Lining up second round putt by Gordon s. White or. Edmond okla. Not Paul Azinger who could t swing a club seven Days ago because of Back pain Sank an 8-foot Par putt on the final Hole Friday to preserve a one shot Lead Halfway through the 70th pea championship. Azinger who took the Lead with a Birdie at the 16lh Hole said he was getting fatigued about that time. I be had a Little trouble sleeping because of my Back the last few nights he said. I Don t have any Back problem on the Golf course  Jay Overton a 37-year-old club professional from Florida was a shot behind Azinger after 36 holes on the Oak tree Golf club. Azinger runner up in the British open last year when he won three tournaments came in with 5 under Par 66 that gave him a 9-under 133. Overton the director of Golf at Innsbrook resort and country club in Tarpon Springs fla., also shot a 66 following a 68 in the first round. Then came Ray Floyd a two time Winner of the pea championship who bogeyed the final Hole and finished at 136. Overton who opted years ago to work As a club pro instead of trying to make it on the pea tour was not Only a Surprise for spectators but also for some of the competing tour pros. Bob Gilder who led the first round with 66, had said the 40 club pros in the tournament make for a weaker Field. We have 20 or 30 Guys on tour better than these 40 club  but Gilder fell out of the Lead Friday with a 75 for a two round total of 141, while Overton came within a shot of it. I thought As i walked up 17 and 18 that this was vindication Overton said. The pea of America which conducts this championship is the organization of club pros. The pea tour is the organization that runs the big time Ameri can Golf circuit. Seve Ballesteros of Spain one of the pre tournament favourites after winning the British open for a third time failed to make the  Norman bogeyed the 14th and 15th holes while shooting a 71 for a two round total of 139 to remain in Contention in his first tournament since a wrist injury forced him out of the . Open in june. David Rummells who has never finished better than fourth in three years on the pea tour led the assault Friday on the easier than expected course with a record 7-under-Par 64 that included five consecutive birdies on the front nine and was at 137 for 36 holes. The greens Are so soft you can throw the Ball in there Rummells said. I Felt i could shoot in the 50s." David Edwards got the second Hole in one of this championship when he Sank a 149-Yard, 9-Iron tee shot on the 13th Hole. Gene Sauers aced the eighth Hole in the first round thursday. There Are nine pea tour golfers who play out of Oak tree Golf club and six 9f them including Edwards Are in this championship. The others Are Bob Tway Doug Tewell Scott Verplank Andrew Magee and Gil  Nicklaus who had lost Only one Ball in Competition since joining the tour in 1962, lost two on the Par-5 16th Hole Friday on successive swings. He drove his first Ball into the water Hazard along the right Side of the Fairway. The Ball lodged somewhere in the Grassy Bank and was not found in the maximum search time of five  dropping away from the Hazard Nicklaus hit his third shot to the right of the Green and the Ball struck a tree and dropped. Fans told him approximately where his Ball landed but again he could not find it within five  Back to the spot of his third shot he hit his fifth shot left of the Green chipped up to the Green and three putted for a quadruple bogey 9. He finished with 79 for the Day and 151 for two rounds and failed to make the Cut. When your gallery gets smaller you lose More balls Nicklaus said with a  Only other lost Ball was at the 10th Hole during the first round of the 1986 . Open at Shinn Ecock Hills