European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday april 8,1989 pistons win 8th straight from bulls by the a a i la pres Auburn Hills  Detroit pistons continued their Mastery of the Chicago bulls thursday night. Joe Dumars scored 20 Points and nil Laimbeer grabbed 22 re Bounds As the visions beat the Aba Roundup bulls for the eighth straight Lime 115-108. Chicago. 0-5 against the Piston this year has not beaten Detroit since last year s playoffs. They re the Best defensive team in the Aba bulls coach Doug Collins said. They got upon us and forced us to shoot. They gave us no second shots and got second shots of their  the pistons overcame Michael Jordan s seventh straight triple double to win their 15th straight at Home and 18lh in their last 20 games. The Victory improved de troit s record to 54-18, Matching inc club record for victories in a season and moving the pistons 1 it emacs ahead of Cleveland for the Best record in inc  s imperative that we try and keep the Best record Dumars Saidi we be been playing Well fora Long Lime now. Thai and keeping the Best record Are the two main things that we be got to concen trate  scored eight of his Points during a 15-0 third Quarter run that put Detroit in  finished with 31 Points 13 rebounds and 10 assists in. Either games thursday warriors i3i celtics 118oakland, Calif. Chris mul tin scored 41 Points and Terry Tea Gle had 19 in Golden stale s 48-Point fourth Quarter As the warriors beat Boston snapping an 11  celtics knocks 112, Bucks 99 Milwaukee Patrick Ewing scored 12 of his 21 Poi Liin a third car tar spurt As new. York beat  Wilkins added 21 Points and Charles Oakley 17 for the kicks. Spurs 122. Kings 116 san Antonio Mcmo Maxwell scored 28 Points and Alvin Robertson had 27 As san Anionio Cal Sacramento Kings. Bulluisl01,lleal93 Miami John Williams scored 23 Points including six straight free throws Down the stretch to help Washington Dow Miami for its fourth consecutive Victory. Bernard King also scored 23 Points for Washington which i chasing Boston for the final East Ern conference playoff berth. Sunsets 132, pacers 118 Denver Michael Adams scored 26 Points including four 3 Pointon. To Lead Denver Over Indi Ana. Clippers 133,Trull Blu hrs 123 los Angeles Ken nor Man scored 3-1 Points and be Noil Benjamin added 29 As the los an-1 Geles clippers beat Portland. Sunvl26,suptrsonicsli9 Seattle Tom chamber scored 4 2- Points and Eddie John son had 12 of his 30 Points in the found flu Arter As Phoenix handed Seattle its seventh straight loss. Oakland sweeps Seattle by the associated press Oakland Calif. Glenn Hub Bard s three run Homer capped a sin run third inning As the Oakland Athl clips beat the Seattle mariners 11-3 thursday to sweep their season opening series. Mark Mcgwire Carney Lansford and Dave Parker each drove in iwo runs for Oakland which has won its first three games after taking ils final seven in exhibition play. The defending Al champions dominated the lowly mariners in the series getting 34 hits and six Home runs and outscoring them 25-6. Storm Davis 1-0. Allowed seven hits and three runs in five plus innings. He Lef in the sixth with a bruised right knee after being hit by Jeff. Bradley s Lin drive. Todd Burns pitched inc final four innings for his first save. The a s scored twice on a hit and two walks in the first. Mcgwire s checked swing dribbler to first drove in the first run and Lansford drove in sheol her witha liner that ricocheted off third baseman Edgar Martinez into Center Field Jeffrey Leonard hit his first Homer As Mariner in the second sending Davis first Pilch Over the 375-foot sign in left Center. Seattle took a 3-2 Lead in the third after Rookie Omar Viz Hucl led off Wilchis first major league hit. Darnell Coles doubled in one run and Jeff Brantl Cheal out a chop Pemo Short to score an other. The a s chased Mike Campbell. Last season Cand Cloria walked Only one of 162  he faced. Carter hit a 2-0 pitch deep to left Cen Ter that Center fielder Roberto Kelly ran Down. Bui upon Impact with the Fence the Ball popped Oul of Kelly s Glove Andover he 399-foot sign for a three run Homer. A v Candelaria who missed 16 Days in Spring training with a sore knee then settled Down and left after seven plus innings in which he allowed eight hits and struck out 10.-. Yen 9-6 last season and 17-18 life Lime walked Ken Phelps with one out inthe ninth. After Mel hair doubled he was relieved by Jesse Orosco. Orosco struck out Tom drop kens but Pinch hitter Don Laughl doubted to left scoring Phelps and Hall. Doug Jones relieved Orosco and gave up an infield sin Gle to Pinch hitter Steve Balboni before getting Kelly to ground into a for Coul. The indians had made it 4-0 in the eighth on Brook Jacoby s sacrifice Fly off reliever Lance Mccullers. I the total number of tickets sold for the game was 55,655, the second largest attendance Al the refurbished Yankee stadium. Last year s opening Day had a. Paid crowd of 5 5,802. Smoltz bats hurls braves Post by the associated press Houston Pitcher John Smoltz drove in a run Wilh a triple and allowed six hits in eight plus innings leading the Atlanta braves to a 3-2 Victory Over the Houston astros thursday night. Smoltz 21 years old struck out seven and walked three before leaving with non out in the ninth and a runner on second. Kevin Bass led off the ninth with a single and Bill Doran followed with a run scoring double to Chas-1 smolt Joe Soever came on to retire the Side for his second save in As Many nights. Last sea son the braves failed to have consecutive saves. Wilh the scored tied 1-1, the braves scored two runs off Jim Deshaies 0-1,Wilh two outs in the fifth. Geronimo Berroa walked and Smoltz lined a triple to right Smoltz scored on a wild pitch. Houston took a 1-0 Lead in the first no Roundup when Gerald Young walked moved to second on a throwing error by Smoltz and scored on Rafael Ramirez s single. Atlanta tied the score 1-1 in the third As Andres Thomas led off with a single moved to. Second on a Stollz s sacrifice and scored when Lonnie Smith tripled into the right Field Corner. In other games thursday phillies8, cubs 3 Chicago Chris James drove in four runs and Sieve Ontiveros won his first a game As Philadelphia deflated Chicago. Ortii Veros. Who was signed As a free agent feb. 16 after being released by Oakland allowed five hits in eight innings including Jerome Walton s first major league Homer. Steve Bedrosian pitched the ninth James had a sacrifice Fly a two run Homer and a run scoring  Kilgus making this first no Start after. Being acquired in. & Trade from Texas yielded four runs in the first in Ning Alt unearned. Expos 3, pintle 2 Montreal Otis Nixon doubled in two runs and Tim Wallach followed with a run scoring single to Cap a three Nin rally in the eighth inning that earned Montreal past Pittsburg Montreal s Pascual Perez making his first Start following a two month stay at drug treatment Center pitched seven in  held the pirates to three hits and two runs one on Barry Bonds fourth in Ning Homer and another on Bobby boil la s run scoring single in the seventh. Dodi Tonj 4, reds 1cincinnati Tim scary pitched a five hitter As the world series Champion los Angeles dodgers beat Cincinnati for their first Victory of the season