European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday May 6,1989 Farrell loses no hit bid in indians win by the associated press Cleveland John Farrell came within three outs of a no hitter and then needed help from Doug Jones in the ninth inning As the Cleveland indians beat the Kansas City royals 3-1 thursday. Willie Wilson started the royals ninth with a grounder that skipped Over first baseman Pete o Brien s Glove for a two base error. Kevin suit scr then broke up the no hit bid with an opposite Field Fly Al Roundup Ball that fell inside the right Field line for a  went to third on suit scr s hit and scored when Jones got Jim Eis Curcich to hit into a double play. Loser Bret Sabur Hagen allowed three runs on five hits. Cleveland broke a scoreless lie with three runs in the Bottom of the eighth on a two out rib single by Jerry Browne and a two run Homer by Joe Carter his third. Farrell struck out four and walked two. Kansas City managed two base runners through the first five innings both because of errors one by Farrell. It s a real Good feeling because everything seems to stand out so much Farrell said of his near no hitter. You remember every pitch and the strike zone seems to be three or four times bigger than it  in other games thursday Angels 3, Blue jays 2,10 innings Toronto California s Lance Parrish led off the 10th inning with a double and eventually scored the winning on Dante Bichette s sacrifice Fly. Toron to s Junior Felix became the 53rd player in major league history to hit a Home run in his first at Bat with a third inning shot off Kirk Mccaskill. Brewers 3, twins 2 Minneapolis win less Frank Viola suffered his fifth consecutive setback As Milwaukee beat slump ing Minnesota on rib singles by Gary Sheffield and Robin Yount and Don August s Strong pitching. August allowed one run and six hits in seven plus innings. Dan Plesac got his fifth save although he yielded a Home run to Brian Harper with two out in the ninth. Yankees 11, rangers 7 Arlington Texas two run singles by Rickey Henderson and Don Mattingly highlighted Light hitting new York s largest outburst of the year a five run third inning. While sox 5, red sox 4 Chicago Ron Kittle drove in three runs with a double and a sacrifice Fly As Chicago withstood a late rally and ended Boston s three game winning Streak. Kiltie s fifth inning double keyed a three run inning that gave Chicago a 4-0 Lead. Lendl Agassi Advance new York a top seeded Ivan Lindl warmed to the weather and defending Champion Andre Agassi heated up after a slow Start thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the tournament of champions. Lindl used a powerful serve to beat Jordi Arrow of Spain 6-3. 6-2. While Agassi rallied to eliminate fellow teen Ager Jim courier 3-6,6-3, 7-5. After several Days of Chilly Windy weather the Sun came out at the West Side Tennis club in for est Hills. The conditions were much easier today Lendl said. It was t Windy and it was fairly  Agassi the third seed overcame an 0-3 Start in the first set and a tender ankle to win his second three setter in 16 hours. He courier is stronger than me and that makes it Tough Agassi said. I have to beat him with my head and my ability to vary my  three other american seeds advanced to the quarterfinals no. 6 Aaron Krick slain no. 7 Brad Gilbert and no. 8 Michael Chang. Krickstein beat 1 Ith Sec did Lui. Malar of Brazil 6-4. 7-6 7 4gilbert Defeated no. 10 Slobodan Zivojin Novecov Yugoslavia 7-6 9-76-3 and Chang ousted no. 9 Andres Gomez of Ecuador 6-3, 7-6 8-6. Fourth seeded Tim Mayotte was eliminated by Diego Perez of Uruguay 4-6. 6-4, 6-2 in a night match Agassi accidentally hit himself in the left ankle with his Racket while serving at 3-4 in the final set forcing him to favor the leg for a few minutes. But he went on to hold serve and break courier in the next game for a 5-4 Lead. Courier an 18-year-old floridian who turned pro last february broke right Back to even the set but Agassi ended the two hour match by taking the final two games. The ankle bothered me for a while but then it loosened up and i was of Agassi said. Agassi said he was angered by courier s failure to Side with him on a close line Call in the second game of the match. I hit a serve that was clearly out and he hit Back a Winner Agassi said. "1 could t believe he would t say it was out. That really distracted me. From that Point on i really wanted to  courier ranked 55th in the world was disheartened by the loss. I d rather get blown out than lose a Hearlby Cakir like that he said. I m tired of losing big matches to big players. It s time for me to win those match  Lindl had nine aces and 10 service winners against Arr Csc ranked 67th in the world. I served Well today and i was hitting my shots much deeper than yesterday Lindl said. Except  champions defending Champ Andre Agassi. Beats Jim courier 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 for a Little lapse in the second set i was pleased with the Way i played. Arrese is a typical Clay court player. He made me run Down a lot of balls but i got most of  like a lot of players Lindl was puzzled by the sudden downfall of Mats Wilander who was beaten in straight sets wednesday by Francesco canc Lolli of Italy. Wilander has won Only one of 10 tournaments since beating Lindl in the . Open final last september to take Over the no. I ranking in the world. If he cannot explain it obviously i cannot Lindl said. Still Lindl considers Wilander a threat in the upcoming French open a tournament each of them has won three times. You should t underestimate anyone especially a Guy who s won it three times Lendl said. He could win a few matches and get hot  a Ancillotti did t have much time to enjoy his Victory Over Wilander. He was beaten thursday by i5th-Scedcd Marcclo Filippini of Uruguay 6-1, 6-7 6-8. 6-2. Giants beat pirates Mitchell hits no. 10 by the associated press Kevin Mitchell hit his major league Cading 10th Home run of the season thursday leading the san Francisco giants past the Pittsburgh pirates 6-3. Mitchell who also leads the majors with 32 runs batted in hit a two run Homer in the Bottom of the third inning off Randy Kramer 0-1, to snap a 1-1 tic. It was Mitchell s fourth Home run in his last three  m relaxed and feel Good Al the plate Mitchell said. I m just trying to hit the Ball hard where it s pitched. I m seeing it Well and hitting  Mitchell hit a career High 19 Home runs last season for the giants in 505 at bats. He entered the season with 53 Hom ers in 1,311 career at bats. Mike Krukow 1-0, pitched the first five innings for his first Victory since aug. 18. He allowed Home runs to Bobby Bonilla and Glenn Wilson. In other games thursday cubs 4, padres 0 san Diego Mike  a five hitter and Andre Dawson went 4-Fpr-4, including two triples to Lead Chicago Over san Diego and a sweep of their two game series. No Roundup the shutout was the first in the 29 year old right hander s major league Ca reer which began with Pittsburgh in 1984. By Ciccki 2-1, walked one and struck out four in recording his first Complete game since sept. 15, 1987, and Only the third of his major league career. Padres starter Walt Terrell 3-3, gave up eight hits walked one and struck out four in six innings. Mets 3, reds 2,10 innings new York Howard Johnson homered off reliever Rob Dibble with one out in the 10th inning leading new York past Cincinnati for the mels ninth Victory in their last 11 games. Dibble 3-1, replaced Norm Charlton to Start the 10th, struck out Moosic Wil son and then allowed Johnson s fifth Home run of the season a drive Over the right Field Wall. It was the first loss for the reds in five extra inning games and the first Victory for new York in three this season. Randy Myers 2-1, got the Victory with 1 i innings of hit less Relief. Acts starter Ron Darling pitched 8 i innings and allowed six hits and two runs. He left the game with a slight mus Cle pull in his left leg. Astros 5, expos 4,10 innings Montreal Bill Doran hit a Home run with one out in the i0th in Ning to give Houston a Victory Over Montreal. Reliever Joe Husk ctr 3-1, struck out Rafael Ramirez to Start the 10th, but Doran hit a 3-2 pitch into the left Field bleachers. It continued a rough week for Hes Kolh who allowed nine runs in in innings in his previous Outing against the reds monday night. Danny Darwin 3-1, who pitched a scoreless ninth got the Victory and Dave Smith retired the Side in the 10th for his fifth save. The astros battled Back Froni a 4-0 deficit to tie the score in the eighth in Ning. Rafael Ramirez singled moved to third on Doran s single and scored on Glenn Davis sacrifice Fly. Braves 3, Phillies 0 Atlanta Tom Glavine pitched a two hitter for his second shutout of the season As Atlanta beat Philadelphia. Glavine 4-0, walked none and struck out two. He retired the last 13 batters he faced to record his third Complete game of the season. The braves took a 1-0 Lead in the first inning when Ron Gant homered against Mike Maddux. 1-1. The Phillies Only threat came with two outs in the fifth when Darren Daulton tripled to right Field but Glavine escaped by getting Steve Jeltz to ground out. Cardinals 12, dodgers 0 los Angeles struggling Fernan do Valenzuela allowed six runs in Ivi innings in his worst Outing of the season and St. Louis went on to rout los an Geles As Rookie Ken Hill pitched a three hitter for his first major league shutout. The cardinals had 21 hits their most since july i 1983, when they had 23 hits against Pittsburgh. Valenzuela 0-3, allowed five hits and walked one. The left hander who is try ing to recover from a sore shoulder Las season entered the game with a 3.58 earned run average. Utility Man Mickey Hatcher pitched the ninth inning for los Angeles and Al Lowed a run. He walked three hit a Bat Ter and walked