European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 30,1938 the stars and stripes Page to sox lose but Cut magic number by us associated press Boston the Boston red sox stumbled again wednesday night in their bid 10 Clinch the american league East As Jimmy key pitched a two Hitler and the Toronto Blue jays parlayed Catcher Rich Gudman s error into a 1-0 Victory and a three game sweep. Boston s magic number Tor winning the division however was Cut to two As Detroit and new York also lost and remained 3vi games Back. Milwaukee pot within i1 1 games or the Lead by beating California 4-3. Key outdo Clad Bruce Hurst who Al Lowed Only five hits but was victimized when gedman s throwing error in the eighth inning set up an unearned run the Blue jays eliminated sunday won All seven games at Fenway Park this sea son and went 11-2 against the red son Overall the red sox close the season with four games in Cleveland. New York plays three times in Detroit while Sec Ond place Milwaukee finishes with three games at Al West Champion Oakland. Hurst 18-6, walked Rob Ducky the ninth place Batter in the Toronto lineup on a 3-2 pitch to Start the eighth. With one out and Kelly in incr batting Ducky stole second and continued to third when Codman threw the Ball into Center Field. Gruber then hit a sacrifice y to Center. Key 12-5. Allowed Only a one out sin Gle by Marty Barrett in the first inning and a two out single by Larry Fairish in Al Roundup Jimmy key. Pitches 2-Hitlcr the eighth. Randy Kutcher Pinch run Ning for Parrish was picked off by key. Key walked one and struck out three in his second Complete game both shut outs. Hurst struck out eight and walked two. In other Al games wednesday Brewers 4, Angels 3 Milwaukee Bill Schmo Cdr hit a i rec no Homer and Jim gang nor singled Home the go ahead run As the Mil Waukee Brewers rallied in the seventh inning to beat California and move with in 2 i games of the american league East Lead. The Brewers sent California to us ninth straight toss. Milwaukee s deficit is its smallest since May 11. After Schroedor s fifth Home run finished Chuck Finley reliever Sherman Corbett 2-1. Walked . Surholt. Gary Sheffield s sacrifice and a ground Oul moved Surloff to third and Gantner then lined a 2-2 pitch to left Field for his third hit. Chuck Crim 7-6, got one out in the seventh for the Victory. Paul Mirabella pitched two perfect innings for his fourth save. Orioles 2, Yankees 0 Baltimore Rookie Bob Milacki pitched a three Hitler and struck out 10 As the last place Baltimore orioles beat new York frustrating the Yankees Hopes of climbing closer to the american league East Lead. The Yankees failed to take advantage of division leading Boston s 1-0 loss to Toronto. New York remained 3vj games behind the red sox. New York begins a three game series in Detroit on Friday night. The Yankees also have a makeup game remaining against Texas. Boston finishes the regu Lar season with four games in Cleveland. Milacki 2-0, has Given up Only two earned runs on nine hits in 25 innings in three starts since being recalled from the minors acc Gull Lorman 1-2. Look the loss. Indians 4, tigers 2 Cleveland Greg Swindell and Doug Jones combined on an eight hitter and Cleveland beat Detroit to leave the tigers on the verge of elimination in the american league East race. The tigers can now at Best tic for the division Lead although the first place Boston red sox were beaten earlier by Toronto. Swindell 18-14, allowed five hits in eight innings. Jones gave up three hits in the ninth including an rib single by Matt Nokes but earned his 35th save. Walt Terrell 7-16, lost for the sixth straight time. Athletic 5, twins 2 Minneapolis Rookie Todd bums pitched six hit bail for 7 Vij innings and Oakland beat Minnesota ending the twins five game winning Streak. Burns 8-2, struck out six and walked two. Dennis Eckersley the fourth Oak land Pitcher worked the ninth for his 4 5th save. White sox 3, Range 1 Chicago Sieve Lyons singled Home the lie breaking run in the fourth inning and Chicago heat Texas. Jerry Reuss 13-9, won for the seventh time in nine decisions. He gave up two runs on five hits in seven innings and Bobby Thigpun went one inning for his 34lh save. Charlie Hough 15-16, pitched a six hitter and had his four game win Ning Streak stopped. No from Page 21 longtime. But not Loo Many others will. Almost no one was there. There weren t but about 50 fans in the stadium so nobody will know the difference Thomas said after his run scoring single in the 17th inning gave the at Lanta braves a 4-3 Victory Over the Houston the time the game ended at 12 04 a.m., four hours. 22 minutes after it began fewer than 300 fans remained from the crowd of 2,822, Dion James doubled against Jeff Heathcock 0-5, with one out in the 17th. Thomas a Pinch hitter then lofted a Bloop single Down the right Field line. Tom Glavine pitched the first seven innings for the braves and gave up All three of Houston s runs. Glints 6, reds i san Francisco will Clark drove in four runs with his 29th Home run and a single raising his National league leading rib total to 109 As san Francis co beat Cincinnati and Danny Jackson. Alice Hammaker. 9-9, pitched a Complete game six hitter to win san Francisco s final Home game of the season. Jackson 23-8, allowed 10 hits and six runs in 5 i innings. Cincinnati clinched second place in the no West for the fourth straight year As the astros lost to Atlanta. Clark s three run Homer in the sixth finished the scoring. Cardinals 2, pirates 1 Pittsburgh Joe Magrane lowered his nation Al league leading earned run average to 2.18 and Pedro Guerrero homered As St. Louis beat Pittsburgh. Magrane 5-9, allowed eight hits walked none and struck out six. The left hander is bidding to become the first no Leader in Era with a losing record since san Francisco s Stu Miller was 6-9 with a 2.47 Era in 1958. Doug Drabick 15-7, allowed eight hits in seven innings. Phillies 9. Mets 3 Philadelphia Ricky Jordan and Ron Jones each had three Bis and Philadelphia pounded Dwight Gooden for seven runs in beating new York. Gooden 18-9, pitching his final game of the regular season gave up 10 hits in five innings As the Phillies won their last Home game of the season. He is scheduled to Start tuesday s playoff opener against the dodgers. Kevin Gross 2-i4, allowed six hits in 6vi innings to snap a personal six game losing Streak. Cubs 3, expos 1 Montreal Greg Maddux 18-8, pitched a seven hitter to win for Only the third time since the ajl Star break and Chicago beat Montreal. Olympics from Page 21 heptathlon but told herself not to dwell on it. "1 said believe in yourself. You can do it " she said. Mary Decker Slaney worried about tripping but determined to win an olympic medal kept her Hopes alive by qualifying easily for the finals of the women s 1,500-meter run. Slaney said she was hesitant and scared of falling understandable for someone who stumbled and fell in her last olympics and stumbled in both the qualifying heat and final of tie 3,000 in Seoul. I know that As a seasoned athlete i should t be worrying about i Host things Slaney said but i Don t know it s something about the Teresa Edwards Anne Donovan Cindy Brown Cynthia Cooper Suzie Mcconnell katrina Mcclain. Teresa Weatherspoon and the other basketball players who beat Yugoslavia 77-70 for the Gold left no doubt about who is no. 1. Women s basketball became part of the games in 1976, and the first Gold was won easily by a bigger much More experienced soviet team that had not Tost in five years. Edwards and Donovan the Only two holdovers from the 1984 team whose Gold medal was devalued by the soviet Boycott led the 1988 team to a i-0 record. There s no question that this one s More special than "84," Donovan said. Everyone was Here and there s no doubt that we played the Best this time to the performances by american women Al these games reflect in Large part changes in . Sports programs thai developed out of the passage in 1971 of title in a Federal Law requiring equal treatment for women in All school sports. In the 1972 games . Women won Only a Silver and two bronzes in track and Field. In 1976, they won two silvers and a Bronze. This year they already have won four golds a Silver and a Bronze with several More medals expected. In freestyle wrestling american John Smith shut out Stephan Sarkissian of the soviet Union 4-0 to win the Gold medal at 136.5 pounds. In the boxing Arena super heavyweight Riddick bowl Light heavyweight Andrew Maynard Light middleweight Roy Jones Light flyweight Michael Carbajal and Bantam weight Kennedy Mckinney joined heavy weight Mercer in reaching the finals on thursday. Bowl bail cd Back from a first round Knockdown to beat soviet Alexandra Miro Hnatchenko who who took two 8-counts in the second round and lost a 5-0 decision. Maynard also had to survive a first round Knock Down to Stop Poland s Hnryk Petrich with punishing body punches Petrich failed to come out of his Corner As the Bell sounded for the third round and the fight was declared Over 1 second into the round. Jones scored a 5-0 decision Over Richard Woodhall of Britain. Mercer a 27-year-old Soldier stationed in Baum Holder. West Germany unleashed a thundering left to Knock out Arnold Vanderlinde of the Netherlands in the second round of a 201 Pound semifinal bout. Mercer forced Vanderlinde to take a standing s count with a right to the head and two More rights sent the dutchman into the ropes for another count Vander Liode was sent backward by a left right Mercer than ran across the ring and knocked Down Vander Liode with a left Hook. The bout was stopped at 2 15 of the second round. He really did t have any heart said Mercer whose Home is Jacksonville Fla. Romallis Ellis of Ellinwood ga., lost in the 132 Pound class and Kenneth Gould of Rockport iii., was beaten Al 147 pounds. Roth will Settle for the Bronze medals thai go to losing semifinalists Carbajal of Phoenix sometimes counter punching sometimes attacking scored a 4-1 decision Over Ron in Isa Szwgi of Hungary in the 105-Pound semifinals Mckinney of kill Cen Texas overwhelmed Pohjol Molsan of Thailand clubbing him with right hands to the head and stopping him Al 2 32 of the first round in the 119-Pound division. In the decathlon Schynk won the Gold with a total of 8,488 Points teammate Torso in Voss won the Silver with 8,399 Points and Canadian Dave Stycn moved up from eighth on the final event the 1,500, to win the Bronze with 8,328 Points. Daley Thompson of Britain. Trying for his third consecutive olympic decathlon Gold was in third place going into his final event the 1500 meters. But an injury hampered his performance and he finished fourth with 8,306. Thompson s pole snapped during an approach on the pole vault but he continued in the Competition. American Tim Bright of tall calif., set a world record for the decathlon pole vault with 18 feet s i inches but had a poor 1.500 run and Tell from fourth place after nine events to a seventh place finish. In Tennis Steffi Graf of West Germany going for the first Golden slam moved into the women s singles final with a 6-2,6-0 Victory Over american Zina Garrison. In the final Sec will meet Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina who lost to Graf in the is. Open final. Sabatini beat Manuela Mareeva of Bulgaria 6-1,6-1. Americans Ken Flach and Robert Seguso. The no. I seeds Defeated czechoslovakian Milan Sraj bar and Miloslaw Mecir 6-2,6-4,6-1 to reach the doubles final against Emilio Sanchez and Sergio Casal of Spain. The spaniards beat Stefan Edburg and Anders Jarryd of Sweden 6-4,1 -6. 6-3,6-2
