European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 15,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 . Baseball squad knocks off Cuba 12-2 Charlotte . A to Griffin who started saturday night s game for the . Olympic baseball team batting .478, broke out of a self de scribed slump with four hits including a Home run and a double to Lead the Usa to a 12-2 Victory Over Cuba. I be been struggling a Little bit said Griffin a second baseman from Georgia tech who now has a .500 batting average with 48 hits in 96 at bats in 28 pre olympic games. Griffin said he began to tighten up As his average dropped from a High of about .547 to .478. I did t feel Good at Bat he said. I started thinking too much i tried to do too  Griffin led a 14-hit attack and right hander Ben Mcdonald hurled a six hitter to Pace the . Olympic team in the Carolinas invitational. Griffin s second inning two run Homer gave the americans a 3-1 Lead they never relinquished. The one sided Victory was Only the second for the americans in six games against Cuba which is not expected to play in the summer games in South Korea next month because of political reasons. The two teams were to conclude the seven game series sunday night. The . Team now 21-7, was aided by three errors As it scored in All but two innings against Cuba starter Jose Aleman and Omar Ajete. Meanwhile Mcdonald a 6-foot-7 Sophomore right hander who attends Louisiana state was quietly putting away the cuban batters. He did give up Home runs by Orestes Kindelan and Victor Mesa who had four of his team s hits. Mcdonald struck out eight and walked none in front of 3,500 fans at the University of North Caro Lina Charlotte. After beating Cuba 13-8 in the series opener the americans dropped four straight games before sat urday night s Victory. My from Page 21 Yankees Catcher Don Slaught awaits throw As Gene Larkin scores twins Lith run saturday at Minneapolis. Al from Page 21 two run Homer As Oakland downed California and won for the 13th time in 15 games. Jose Canseco drove in one run to give him 92 Bis for the season tying him with Boston s Mike Green Well who had knocked in three runs earlier at Boston for the major league Lead. Welch 14-6, allowed six hits walked two and struck out four to win his fourth straight decision. Honeycutt relieved with two outs in the seventh and held califor Nia witless the rest of the Way earning his fifth save. Stew Cliburn 4-1, was a last minute starter for califor Nia in place of Kirk Mccaskill who irritated a nerve of his right Arm while warming up in the bullpen. Rangers 12, indians 3 Cleveland Ruben Sierra drove in five runs and Oddie Mcdowell went 4-for-4 with three runs scored to Pace a season High 18-hit attack As Texas dealt Cleveland to its 12th loss in 14 games Jeff Russell 9-5, pitched seven innings and won for just the second time in his last seven decisions. Twins 12, Yankees 2 Minneapolis Gene Larkin homered and set career highs with four hits and four Bis and Tim Laudner hit a tie breaking Homer in the fourth As Minnesota crushed new York with an 18-hit attack. Roy Smith 1-0, who started the game in place of flu stricken Allan Anderson gave up six hits in seven innings and allowed Only three baserunners after new York s two run second inning. Blue jays 2, royals 0 Kansas City to. Jeff Musselman allowed two hits in seven innings and Jesse Barfield and Fred Mcgriff each had three hits As Toronto won its sixth straight. The Blue jays Defeated Bret Saberhagen 12 12, for the fourth time this season. Musselman 5-1, walked two struck out three and lowered his earned run average to 1.46. Duane Ward pitched two witless innings to earn his ninth save. Orioles 5, Brewers 0 Milwaukee Jeff Ballard 6-10, pitched a three hitter for his first Maior league shutout and left fielder Joe Orsulak hit a three run Homer and made three sparkling catches As Baltimore snapped an 11 game losing Streak at county stadium. White sox 7, mariners 4 Seattle Kelly Paris hit two homers that drove in five runs As Chicago beat Seattle for the sixth consecutive time. Melido Perez 11-7, gave up five hits in five innings striking out five. Ricky Horton pitched four perfect innings for his second save. Thin. Usually in August and september Good teams come to the front. It used to be that we put the pres sure on teams but not now. It s the Little things that Lead to big innings. In the first inning Dave Magadan made the tag the wrong Way when Hudler stole third. That led to the big in Ning. Bobby Ojeda was wild and More than that he threw a lot of bad  the expos have won five straight against new York and Are 18-4 in their last 22 Road games. Tim Wallach hit his Lith Homer and drove in three runs. Tracy Jones went 3 for 4 with two Bis. Pascual Perez 9-6, allowed five hits in seven innings in beating the mets for the second time in three Deci Sions this season. Joe Hesketh allowed sacrifice flies to Darryl Strawberry in the eighth and Howard Johnson in the ninth. Andy Mcgaffigan got the final out. Ojeda 8-11, has lost three straight and four of his last five. Astros 1, padres 0 Houston Mike Scott pitched a four hitter in creasing his career record against san Diego to 12-0 in the Astrodome and Terry Puhl hit a seventh inning sacrifice Fly to Lead Houston past the padres. Scott 13-3, has won four consecutive decisions and seven of his last eight. He struck out nine and walked one in his seventh Complete game and fifth shutout of the season. He is tied for the league Lead in shutouts with Tim Leary of the los Angeles dodgers. Scott has allowed 18 earned runs in his last 107 h innings against san Diego in the Astrodome a 1.51 earned run average Over the 13 starts. De Whitson 10-8, gave up three hits in seven innings. Cubs 5, cardinals 1 Chicago Jamie Moyer broke a personal seven game losing Streak at Wrigley Field by pitching a six hitter and Ryne Sandberg drove in three runs with a two run Homer and a triple As Chicago beat St. Louis. Moyer 6-11, had not won at Home since june 22, 1987. He walked three and struck out four for his second Complete game of the season. Bob Forsch 6-4, gave up three runs in the fourth inning. Mitch Webster led off the fourth with a triple and Sandberg followed with his 12th Home run into the Center Field bleachers. After Sandberg homered Mark Grace singled went to second on an infield out and scored on a single to right by Damon Berryhill. Reds 3, braves 1 Cincinnati Danny Jackson pitched a four hit Ter to become the National league s third 16-game Winner and Chris Sabo hit a tie breaking single in the seventh inning to lift Cincinnati Over Atlanta. Jackson 16-5, has won six straight and is tied for the league Victory Lead with Orel Hershiser and Greg Maddux. The left hander walked none struck out five and retired the last 10 batters he faced in pitching his league leading 10th Complete game. He is 3-0 this sea son against Atlanta with an earned run average of 0.76. Dodgers 2, giants 1 los Angeles Tim Leary Pinch hitting for the first time in his major league career singled with two outs and the bases loaded in the 11 thinning to give los Angeles a Victory Over san Francisco. Pedro Guerrero singled to open the inning off Joe Price 1-5. On Bob Brenly s passed Ball Guerrero went to second and then started arguing with second base Umpire Joe West. Guerrero was ejected and dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda came out argued and was ejected too. Mike Davis who was in the los Angeles dugout also was ejected. Franklin Stubbs then ran for Guerrero Mike mar shall walked and John Shelby flied out advancing Stubbs to third. Tracy Woodson flied out to shallow Center Alfredo Griffin was intentionally walked to Load the bases and Leary batting 15-for-49 this season Pinch hit for ale Jando Pena. Leary who had a game winning sacrifice Fly Friday singled to Center on a 3-2 pitch. Pena 5-5, pitched two innings of one hit Relief. Ramon Martinez allowed four hits Over 7% innings in his major league debut striking out five and walk ing three. The 20-year-old right hander from the dominican Republic who had pitched in dodger stadium during the 1984 olympics was 13-6 this season at san Antonio of the class a Texas league and Albuquerque of the class aaa Pacific coast league. Mike Krukow activated earlier saturday from the disabled list gave up five hits in 5% innings striking out four and walking four. He had not pitched since june 29 because of inflammation in his right shoulder. Pirates 10, Phillies 4 Philadelphia Barry Bonds homered twice singled twice and drove in a career High five runs. Jeff Robinson 9-2, pitched five innings of shutout three hit Relief for the pirates who pulled to within 4 /2 games of the first place acts