European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday May 10, 1989 revived expos halt astros b the associated press Houston the Montreal expos held a players Only pregame meeting monday night and it made a difference in their play according to Tim Raines. Some Guys had some things to say and it helped our intently said Raines whose two run first inning Homer sparked the expos to 4-1 Victory Over the hous ton astros breaking a four game losing Streak. The intensity was there and it had t been there. We be been struggling on the Road. It was  get Good pitching and timely  the expos arc 4-12 on the Road and dropped three straight games in Atlanta Over the weekend. Kevin Gross. 4-2. Pitched a five hitter the first Complete game of the season by a Montreal Pitcher. The expos were the last team in the majors to pitch a Complete game. "1 fell Good out there. I just battled and went right a them Gross said. I threw Down the Middle a lot but the Ball was moving just enough to Jam them  Gross earned the respect of Bill Duran. Who accounted for Houston s run with a found inning Homer his  personally feel that Kevin Gross does t have to take a Back scat to anyone. He does t make Many  Doran said. In the on other game monday reds x my 0 Cincinnati Jose Rijo allowed two hits in seven inning and Todd Bunn Ngor hit a pair of Sacri fice Flics As Cincinnati stole a season High five bases and handed the new York mets their second straight shutout loss. Rijo. 3-0. Struck out nine most by a reds Pitcher this season and lowered his Era to 1.43 with his third consecutive Victory after opening the season with four no decisions. The last Lime the mets suffered consecutive shutouts was on May 3-5, 1985 they were blanked on five hit sunday by Houston s Jim dish pics and have gone 23 innings without scoring. They have managed Only 17 hits in their last four games. Houston s Kevin Bass runs out Montreal s Rex loud mfr As he steals second in astros 4-1 loss monday. Rangers explode rip yanks 13-2 from wire reports new York the bombers re turned to the Bronx on monday night but they weren t unleashed by the base Ball team that bears no resemblance to its ancestors. Led by Jeff Stone a last minute lineup substitution the Texas rangers erupted in the Middle three innings for 13 runs against Andy Hawkins and Dale Mohorcic and crushed the new York Yankees 13-2. Almost overlooked in the offensive onslaught was another Strong pitching performance by Kevin Brown the Rookie right hander who last wednesday pitched a two hitter against the Yankees. The Yankees this time had seven hits in seven innings against Brown. The rangers had nearly that Many hit batters. Mohorcic hit three of them in the space of seven batters in the sixth and seventh innings after Hawkins hit one in the fifth. Stone lashed a bases loaded triple in the rangers seven run outburst in the fifth inning and scored two pitches later when Pete Incaviglia hit a lowering Home run Over the Lefi can tar Field Fence. In the next inning. Stone lined a double to right Field for another run and scored on Gino Petralli s two run single. Stone had not been in the lineup Origi Nally made out by manager Bobby Val Entine. Rick Leach was supposed to be the designated hitter but Leach did not show in at Yankee stadium. The rang ers said they did not know where he was and asked the police to look for him. Valentine said that Leach had asked some of the players what time they were going to the stadium and what time the team bus left the team s Midtown hotel. No one saw him or talked to him after that. Two years ago when he played for Toronto Leach failed to show up for a game in Seattle. That disappearance later Al Roundup Pete Incaviglia. Hits 2-run Homer in rout was attributed to a Domestic dispute. The rangers said they contacted Leach s wife monday but she told them Shedin t know his whereabouts adding that there was no problem at Home. Hawkins recent effectiveness also Dis appeared monday night. He reverted tothe Type of pitching that ruined his first two starts in which he gave up 15 run sin nine innings. In his last four starts he had allowed six runs in 30 innings. The rangers however emerged from their four game losing Streak and battered the right hander for nine runs in a innings. Among the nine hits they collected against Hawkins were six extra base hits Incaviglia s Home run triples by Stone and Ruben Sierra and doubles by Incaviglia Sierra and Scott Fletcher All in the fourth and fifth innings. Entering the game Stone had one run batted in and four hits Only one for extra bases in 19 at bats since the rangers recalled him from Oklahoma City on april ii. He tripled to right Center Field in the fifth inning after Hawkins loaded the bases by intentionally walking Julio Franco who leads the american league with 30 Bis. Stone s triple increased the rangers Lead to 6-0 and Incaviglia made it 8-0 with his fifth Home run. One out later. Fletcher doubled to left an Mohorcic replaced Hawkins. Singles by Cecil esp and pc Ralli produced the seventh and fast run of the inning. In other games monday athletics 6, orioles 1 Baltimore Mike Moore Al Lowed four hits in seven innings and Terry Steinbach extended his hitting Streak to 15 games longest in the majors this season As Oakland handed Balti More its fifth straight loss. Moore 4-2. Has allowed More than two runs Only once in seven starts but does not have a Complete game. Crai Worthington spoiled his shutout bid with a Home run in the seventh inning his second of the season. Steinbach and Walt Weiss each had three hits with Weiss driving in two of Oakland s four runs in the eighth inning with a single. Twins 4. Red sox 2 Boston Kirby i uck etl ended an 0-Lbr-15 slump with a run scoring double and Shane Rawley scattered eight hits in 7% innings leading Minnesota Over Boston. Rawley 2-4, worked out of a bases loaded Jam in the second inning and ended a four game losing Streak with his Fust Vic tory since his Minnesota debut on april 6. Al Newman began the game against Mike Boddicker 2-3, with a walk and stole second As Dan Gladden struck out. Puckett whose 1,062 hits in his first five seasons fell two shy of Joe Mcd Iwick s major league record on sunday then snapped his slump with an rib double off the Wall in left Center. The twins added two unearned runs without a hit As Boston s defense col lapsed in the fifth. Gene Larkin Drew a Lead off walk and took second As third baseman Wade Boggs hobbled Tim Launcr s grounder for an error. Greg Ganc bunted Back to Boddicker. Who threw wildly to third with Larkin scoring and Launcr taking third. Launcr scored As Newman grounded out. Blue jays 10, mariners 1 Toronto Dave stick scattered six hits Over eight innings and Tony Fernandez and Junior Felix drove in three runs apiece As Toronto snapped a three game losing Streak and ended Seattle s six game winning Streak. Loser Mike Dunne yielded six runs an six hits in 3 winnings while walking six. Angels 9, tigers 2 Detroit streaking California scored All nine of their runs in the fourth inning which included a double and triple by Wally Joyner and Brian Down Ings bases loaded triple and beat Strug gling Detroit. Chuck Finley 4-2, scattered seven hits in pitching the Angels to their fifth consecutive Victory and 10th in their last 11games. The Angels Are 20-11 on the sea son. Last year they did t win their 20th game until june 5.Detroit s Doyle Alexander 3-3, failing to go seven innings for the first time allowed eight runs on four hits in 3 a innings. White  postponed Milwaukee monday night s game Between the Chicago White sox and Mil Waukee was postponed by rain and wet grounds. A makeup Date was not set