European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 23,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21sports parts Fly from the cars of Mario Andretti right and Dick Simon after their racers collided and hit the Wall High Speed collision in the 116th Lap at the Quaker state 500 in Long Pond pa., sunday. Bobby Rahal won the 200-Lap event ahead a photo of Al Unser or. And Roberto Guerrero. Andretti wound up 17th, Simon 19th. Results on Page 24. Padres beat slumping mets by the associated press new York manager Davey Johnson says hitting is a Case of either you do or you Don to and right now the Metsanen t. Andy Hawkins and Mark Davis combined on an eight hitter and carmelo Martinez drove in the game s Only run with a fourth in Ning single As Thesan Diego padres beat the struggling mets 1-0 sunday for their fifth straight Victory. For the mets it was their fourth consecutive los Sand eighth in their last 11 games. Newyork maintained undue its 3 /2-game Lead in Martinez the National league East Over second place Pittsburgh. The pirates lost in 14innings to Houston. The mets despite Many opportunities have scored just three runs in their four consecutive losses which have included two shutouts. To try to change their Luck the meted in t take any batting practice sunday. We tried that today and it carried Over into the Ball game Johnson said. It does t do any Good to look for a Lotof reasons. You either do it or you Don  Nero Hawkins allowed six hits in seven plus innings and Davis finished for his 22nd save. With one out in the ninth Gary Carter and Howard Johnson singled and Dav Magadan walked to Load the bases. But Davis got speedy cookie Wilson to end the game with a 6-4-3 double play. It s one of those things we re going through right now. I can t figure it out Carter  got in trouble in the eighth when he walked Wilson and Len Dykstr leading off. Davis came on and retired Wally Backman on a pop up while at tempting to bunt for the first out. Keith Hernandez then flied to Center an Davis struck out Darryl Strawberry to end the  know everybody is trying out there Backman said. It s just a serious drought we re in right now. We can t score any runs. The pitchers Are doing a great Job for usand we can t give them  mets starter Ron Darling 12-9, seven innings and allowed five  other no games sunday dodgers 4, expos 0los Angeles Tim Leary threw a six hitter struck out a career High 12 Bat ters and scored the winning run As los an Geles beat Montreal to sweep the expos and win its seventh straight game. It was the second straight series sweep for the dodgers 9-1 on their current Home stand. Leary 14-8, who blanked the expos for the second time this season leads the National league with six shutouts. He singled with two outs in the fifth and scored on Steve sax s double into the left Field Corner for a 1-0 Lead. Sax took third on Tim Raines error on the play then scored on a passed Ball. Neal Heaton 3-9, gave up five hits in five innings As the expos dropped their eighth straight game their longest skid since losing eight in a Row in july 1982. Astros 2, pirates 1 14 innings Pittsburgh Gerald Young s two out single in the 14th inning drove in Billy Hatcher with the winning run and Juan Agosto won his ninth straight decision As Houston beat Pittsburgh. Agosto 9-0, pitched two scoreless innings in Relief for the Victory As the astros won for the second time in the three game series. Cardinals 7, reds 1 St. Louis Scott Terry pitched a five hitter and Vince Coleman had a three run double As St. Louis Defeated Cincinnati. Terry 4-3, struck out three and walked two in Only his third Start since1986. In his last three appearances he has allowed Only one run in 18% innings. He also had the game winning rib with his first hit of the season. Terry s two out bases loaded infield single in the second a High chopper that third baseman Chris Sabo could t Han dle drove in the cardinals first run. Terry who has Only three hits in the majors despite playing his first 3 /2 minor league seasons As an outfielder again helped himself in St. Louis three run fourth. Pitcher Tim Birtsas 1-3, threw the Ball into right Field foul territory on Terry s sacrifice bunt allowing two runs to score. Braves 1, cubs 0 Chicago Rookie Pete Smith pitched a five hitter for his second shut out of the season and Gerald Perry drove in the game s Only run with a Sacri fice Fly in the first inning As Atlanta beat Chicago to snap a four game losing , 6-12, walked three and struck out six in route to his third Victory in his last four starts. Giants 6, Phillies 3 san Francisco Atlee Ham maker coming off a Rocky Start pitched seven Strong innings and Candy Maldo Nado drove in two runs As san Francisco completed a three game sweep with a Victory Over Philadelphia to Send the Phillies to their eighth straight  giants have won five straight and remained in a second place tie with Houston in the no West 5 Viz games be Hind los Angeles. Al Roundup Page 23