European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday May 27,1989 in by spells Speed this year by Mike Harrisan motor sports writer Indianapolis lest there were any doubts thursday s final warm up for the Indianapolis 500 served notice that record practice and qualifying speeds May mean a record race. It s going to be a fast race from what i be Felt in practice and the kind of numbers i be seen from every body said Rick mean the defending Champion pole position starter and heavy favorite to win a re Cord tying fourth indy on sunday. Everybody realizes you can lean on the car pretty hard. Keeping that i mind you have to go slow enough to finish fast enough to  there was plenty of evidence to support that in the two hour carburetion Day test a modern Misnomer stemming an earlier Cru. First. Cars. The fastest qualifier in indy history the last two years was t the fastest Driver on the track. Al Unser a four time Winner and cars teammate for Mer Winner Mario Andretti and surprising Tco Fabi of Italy All were above 2i7 Mph. Cars Best was in the 2i6 Range. Second at least eight Drivers were faster than the 215-Pius by Andretti that was the top Speed in last year s final practice. All 33 cars that qualified for the fastest racing Field Ever averaging 216.588 Mph practice thurs Day. And despite the High speeds and the heavy traffic there were no accidents. Unser who will Start next to cars in the Middle of the first Row in sunday s race turned a fast Lap of217.407 Mph in a Chevrolet powered Pensec pc18. Andretti the 1969 Winner was next at 217.280 in a Lola Chevrolet followed by Fabi s porsche powered March at 217.233. Cars top Lap of 216.710 was almost 10 Mph slower than his unofficial track record set in practice two weeks ago. He then set official one and four Lap re cords of 224.254 and 223.885 in qualifications. The car Felt very Good  Mears said after his final appearance on the track before race Day. We really did t make any changes just leaned on it once or  top speeds thursday by other contenders included Scott Braylon at 2i6.65k Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil the other first Row starter at 216.450 Michael Andretti 216.206 1985 Winner Danny Sullivan Mears other teammate/215.982 Al Unser jr., 215.672 and Jim Crawford of Scotland. 214.745. Bobby Rahal. The 1986 Champion brought put one of several caution lights when the engine in his Lola co Worth went dead and he had to be towed to the pits. Sullivan wearing a specially designed Brace on his broken right forearm had the elder Unser get. Into his car late in the session to Check out what he thought might be a vibration. They were just checking the tire balance on Danny s  cars said. Danny just ran some tires that he Felt had a shake in pm and wanted to Sec what it  Sullivan broke his Arm in a crash during practice on May 11. An estimated 50,000 people sat through 79-Dcgrce temperatures and 82 percent humidity to watch the final practice and annual pit Stop contest. Slaught s 4 hits Lead yanks past Angels by the associated press new York Don Slaught had four hits including a tic breaking Dou ble in the seventh inning As the new York Yankees beat the California an gels 8-6 thursday night. Jesse Barfield Mike Pagliarulo and Don Mattingly homered for Newyork which had its first three Homer game this season and matched its sea son High with 14 hits. Bill Schmo Cdr hit two Solo homers for California. Tommy John made his 700th Ca reer Start and remained win less i five starts since april 17. He allowed six hits and five runs in 5 a innings and has Given up 42 hits in his last 28 i innings. Mike Witt made 72 pitches in 2vi innings giving up eight hits and five runs. With the score tied 6-6, Willie Fra scr 1-3, walked Ken Phelps with one out in the seventh. After Barfield popped up Pagliarulo singled and Slaught doubled just inside the right Field line. Slaught who had been i-for-16 against the Angels this season had the seventh four hit game of his eight year career. Bryan Harvey relieved and Alvaro Espinoza singled off the Pitcher s Glove to score Pagliarulo. Dale Mohorcic 1-1, gave up three hits and one run in i v innings Dave Righetti finished for his seventh save. With California leading 3-1 in the third Barfield hit a three run Homer his eighth Home run this season. It was Only his second hit in 15 Al bats for new York with runners in scoring position. Pagliarulo followed with his second Homer both off Witt. It was the first time the Yankees had hit consecutive homers since last sept. 20. Matting by s second Homer of the season and second in two nights made it 6-3 in the fourth. In other games thursday red sox 10, mariners 0 Boston Mike Smithson pitched his first shutout since 1986 and Mike arc Enwell had four hits and four Bis As Boston beat Seattle to Complete a three game sweep. Smithson 2-3, allowed Only two runners to reach third base. He gave up eight hits struck out six and walked two in his fifth career shutout and first Complete game in four starts this season. The shutout was preserved on the final play of the game when left fielder arc Enwell threw Edgar Martinez out at the plate As he tried to score on a single by David Cochrane. Brewers 4, athletics 1 Milwaukee Robin Yount doubled in the go ahead run in the fifth inning As Milwaukee Defeated Pitcher Dave Stewart for the first time Ever with a Victory Over Oakland. The Brewers had been the Only american league team to never beat Stewart who owned a 9-0 record against Milwaukee. Stewart 8-2, was removed in the eighth inning after giving up nine hits including five doubles and All four runs. Milwaukee right hander Bryan Clutterbuck 2-1, allowed a first in Ning Homer to Dave Parker but Al Lowed just three other hits before his shoulder stiffened after six innings. Dan Plesac got the final four outs Tor his ninth save. The Brewers picked up single runs in the third and fifth innings against Stewart. Rookie Bill Spiers singled in the third moved up on a wild pitch and scored on Paul Mollor s single to lie the game. In the fifth Spiers drive Down the left Field line appeared to be a Home run but the Ball was touched by a fan and he was Given a ground Rule Dou ble. Yount then doubled off the Fence in right Center for the winning run. Tigers 9, indians 5 Detroit a Lead off triple by Gary pct is triggered a three run de troit first inning As the tigers rapped a season High nine extra base hits to beat Cleveland. The tigers hit six doubles and two Home runs after pct is triple in win Ning their third consecutive game from the indians. Frank Tanana 4-4, pitched the first six innings for Detroit giving up four runs on nine hits while striking out seven. Frank Williams took Over and pitched into the ninth with Guil Lermo Hernandez getting the last out for his ninth save. John Farrell 2-5, the first of three Cleveland pitchers was tagged for seven runs on six hits before leaving in the second inning. Padres beat mets on Gwynn double by the associated press san Diego de Wilson combined with Mark Davis on a eight hitter for his fifth straight Victor and Tony Gwynn doubled in the game winning run As the san Diego padres beat the punch less new York mets 2-1 thursday. Whitson worked 7a innings in upping his record to 7-2 and lowering his Era to 2.27, striking out four and walking one. Mark Davis who fanned Darryl Strawberry to end the eighth inning worked the ninth inning for his National league leading 15th save. New York outfielder Kevin Mcreynolds was thrown out trying to steal third in the ninth inning before Pinch hitter Barry Lyons delivered a single which could have tied the game. The mets stranded two runners in the ninth. The mets who lost two of three games in san Diego managed just six runs in the series against the padres. Strawberry led off the second inning with his 11th Home run for the Only run against Wilson. The right hander escaped further Trou ble in the second when he got Len Dykstra to Fly out with the bases loaded and two outs snuffing the last new York threat. David Cone 3-3, took the loss for the mets. As a Rookie last year Cone lost Only three games while winning 20. The padres scored both their runs in the third inning. After Marvell Wynne homered to right Center Roberto Alo mar singled to Center and scored on Gwynn s double. Gwynn had six hits in the 14 Al Bals in the series and took the league Lead with his 19th stolen base in the first inning. In other games thursday dodgers 7. Phillies 6 los Angeles Eddie Murray Trig gered los Angeles seven run first in Ning its biggest inning since 1985, with a three run double and the dodgers needed every one of them to beat Phila Delphia. Tim Belcher 4-4, yielded All six runs and nine hits in Jwj innings and won for the first time this season without pitch ing a shutout. Jay Howell the third Pitcher in the eight inning put Down a Philadelphia rally and earned his eighth save. The dodgers 7-0 at Home this season against left handed starters chased Don Carman 1-7, after Only 29 pitches in route to their most productive inning i four seasons. The dodgers parlayed live singles including two successful hit and runs two walks a balk and Mur Wilson Gwynn Ray s double As Carman s Era Rose from 4.08to5.l5. The seven runs were the most in one inning by the dodgers since sept. 7. 1985, at san Francisco. Pirates 7, braves 3 Atlanta Doug Drabick allowed two runs and six hits in six innings to snap a personal five game losing Streak and Pittsburgh extended its longest win Ning Streak of the season to four games. Loser Pete Smith yielded four runs and seven hits in six innings. The braves have lost five straight and 10 of their last 12 games and have scored Only 13 runs in their last nine games. Expos 2, giants 0 san Francisco Tim Wallach snapped an o-for-16 slump with a two run Homer and Dennis Martinez allowed four hits through eight innings As Mon Treal shut out san Francisco. Giants Pitcher Mike Krukow had a one hitter with one out in the seventh when he gave up a second single to cd team Mac Mike Ald Etc and Wallach followed with his third Homer. Those were the first earned runs for Montreal in 16 innings. The giants Haven t scored in 19 innings and the loss dropped them two games behind the Idle first place Cincinnati reds in the National league West. Martinez 4-1, struck out eight walked one and did t allow a runner past Sec Ond. After Martinez allowed his fifth hit in the ninth inning Tim Burke came in to get the last out for his ninth save. Krukow 3-2, gave up Only three hits but walked five and struck out none. He was never in trouble until the seventh and left the game for a Pinch hitter in the eighth. Giants Catcher Terry Kennedy caught three runners stealing to assist Krukow