European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday. September 1. 1989 my from Page 21 Jose Delcon first Lime in four marts since com ing of the disabled list following a shoulder problem. He allowed one run and Lour hits in six innings before being lifted after Chris Hayes led off the seventh with a Homer. Jeff Hran Ley. Craig Kcf forts and Steve Bedrosian each pitched a scoreless inning with Bedrosian getting the last three outs for his 18th save. Will Clark doubled in two runs and scored on Dickie Thon s error in san Francisco s three run fifth inning off former giant Terr Mulholland. 4-6. Reds 2. Cardinals 0,13 innings St. Louis Cincinnati held to one hit Over 12 innings snapped a scoreless tic in the 13th on Pinch hit Ter Dave col Lins rib sin Gle As the reds beat St. Louis despite Superb pitch ing by right hander Jose do Leon. Over 11 innings do Leon faced the mini mum 33 batters allowing one hit striking out eight and walking none. Delcon is the first Cardinal to go 11 innings since Joaquin an dujarin985. Delcon retired Cincinnati s first 10 batters before Luis qui nones hit a line drive single in the fourth extending his hitting Streak to eight games. A double play erased Quinones. And Delcon set Down the next 22 batters. The reds did not get another hit until Quinones doubled with one out in the i3lh off Odd Worrell. 2-5. Setting up Collins game win Ner. Expos 5, padres 1 san Diego Dennis Marti Nez pitched a six hitter for his 15th Victor and Montreal beat san Diego snapping the padres six game winning Streak. The loss dropped the padres seven games behind first place san Francisco in the National league West and the expos moved within three games of Chicago in the East. Mets 9, dodgers 3 los Angeles Kevin me Reynolds hit new York s first grand slam of the season and Sid Fernandez won for the sixth time in his last seven decisions As the mics beat los Angeles to Complete a three game sweep. Mcreynolds has nine homers and 23 Bis in August. Pirates 7. Braves 5 Pittsburgh Billy Hatcher s run scoring Pinch single snapped an eighth inning tic As Pittsburgh beat Atlanta. With the score tied 5-5. Mike Lavalli arc led off with a single off reliever Joe Boever 4-6. Pinch runner Gary Rcd us moved to Sec Ond on Jose Lind s sacrifice and scored on Hatcher s single to left. Hatcher who took second on the throw Home moved to third on an infield out and scored on a wild pitch. Abbott Blanks red sox by the associated press Boston after his teammates gave up 30 hits and 21 runs to the Boston red sox in a the night before. California s Jim Abbott gave Boston nothing but grief. There s not Loo much you can do about that Boston manager Joe Morgan said after Abbott pitched a four Hitler to key the Angels 4-0 Victory wednesday night. We were hogtied All the the Rookie left hander Horn without a right hand was Given a standing ovation by Fenway Park fans after his third com plete game and second shutout in 24 major league starts. The Triumph slopped the red sox nine game winning Streak. I be been struggling. But the team has been patient with me said Abbott. 11-9 Overall but Only 2-3 in the month of a gust. The main key for me is to throw strikes. When i do that. I m confident i can Svith the Victory. California moved to within two games of Oakland in the american league Wisl. In other games wednesday Yankees 8, athletics 5 new York Steve Balboni Hom ered and drove in four runs and Eric plunk beat the team that traded him ear Lier this summer As the new York Yan Kees ended a six game losing Streak. The Yankees avoided their worst month since losing a club record 24 games in july 1908. Still their 21 defeats in August were the most in one month i Al Roundup Jim Abbott. Tosses 4-Hitlcr since july 1919. Orioles 7, indians 4 Cleveland Phil Bradley Dou bled twice during a seven run first inning and Jeff Ballard won his fourth straight As Baltimore spoiled the return of Greg Swindell from the disabled list. The win was the fifth in six games and ninth in the last 11 for the Al East Lead ing orioles and kept them one game ahead of Toronto. Ballard. 15-6. Gave up six hits in seven innings including a pair of two run Hom ers by Rookie Joey Belle. Gregg Olson pitched the final two innings for his 22nd save. Blue jays 2, while sox i Toronto Nelson Liriano s two out run scoring single in the sixth lifted Toronto to its eighth win in nine games. The Victory was Toronto s 19ih in a gust a club record. Twins 7, rangers 3 Minneapolis Kirby Puckett singled Home two runs and Pinch hitter John Moses doubled Home two More in the eighth inning As Minnesota rallied for six runs to defeat Texas. Royals 6, tigers 1 Kansas City Jim Eis Curcich doubled twice and had three hits and Mark Gubicza pitched a four hitter Over seven innings As Kansas City handed de troit its 11th loss in a Row. Gubicza 13-10, had a Streak of 17 scoreless innings snapped when Detroit scored in the first. He then slopped the tigers until Terry Leach came on to Fin ish up. Mariners 7, Brewers 3 Milwaukee Ken Griffey or. Drove in three runs Wilh a Homer and a single and Randy Johnson and Mike Jackson combined on a six Hitler Lead ing Seattle Over Milwaukee. If Yankee fans had their Way he d be gone by George Nyji Odonaghy new York a there is a fan revolt going on at Yankee stadium. For three straight games the chant was loud and Clear George must go on tuesday night the cry was heard during Oakland s 10-run fifth inning on the Way to a 19-5 destruction of the Yankees. The Yankees were not Only embarrassed by what they saw on the scoreboard but also by what they heard in the stands. George must go in 1973, George Steinbrenner and a group of partners purchased the Yankees for $10 million. The learn is now Worth More than s200 million. There were Good deals and Steinbrun Ner spent big Bucks for free agents. In1976, the Yankees won the american league Pennant then series title in 1977 and 1978. Steinbrenner not Only owned the Yan Kees he owned new York. But now after a decade of fired managers and broken promises those same fans arc trying to run the Cleveland shipbuilder out of town. The fans pay for the ticket and have a right to express their Stcin Bren nor said. I m frustrated too. I thought we had a team thai could compete. But you have to look at the record. We did t win a world series this dec Ade but we had the Best record of the 1980s of any learn in the major that did t seem to impress the 27,751 at Yankee stadium on tuesday night All icy know is that this is the first Yankees team since 1910-1919 to go an entire decade without winning a world series title. They also knew thai after tuesday s loss and before wednesday s 8-5 win the Yankees were 58-76. Before even playing tuesday s game against Oakland the Yankees had traded away John Candelaria in the morning and had Syd Thrift their vice president of base Ball operations resign in the afternoon. Just another Day in the Bronx. On aug. 18, slain Brenner fired Dallas Green As manager and Bucky Dent lost 11 of the next 13 games As the new skip per before wednesday s Victory. I was with Oakland last year and we were outfielder Luis Polonia said. This All seems like a bad Dent a Yankee hero of the late 1970s, was the manager Al class aaa Colum bus before Laking Over for Green. I May have rushed Bucky Slein Brenner said tuesday. This is a difficult Steinbrenner did t realize Al the time just How difficult it would be As the athletics routed his learn. After the a s scored 10 runs in the fifth to take a 13-3 Lead Den could Only hold his head in his hands. His office door was closed after the game and a Security guard notified the Media Dent would have nothing to say i remember being on the other Side of thai Lype of game Oakland manager Tony la Russa said afterwards. It is Jusi about worse than he slopped playing in was dem s dream to manage the Yankees. Bui Given Steinbrunner s assessment after 13 games it seems dem will be gone at the end of the season. It s a season thai could be among the worst in Yankees history. The Yankees were last 18 games under .500 after 134 games on sept. 12. 1925. The yanks finished 69-85 that season but at least they knew babe Ruth Lou Gehrig and Earl Combs were coming Back in 1926. The Yankees finished i0th in 1966 Al 70-89 and ninth the next season with a 72-90 67 learn had. Aging stars such As Mickey Mamie Tom trash and Elston Howard. The upcoming players to George Steinbrenner. Says he s frustrated Loo. Race Clarke Sieve who Laker and Jake Gibbs never Gol very can Only go out and do the Best you can first baseman Don haltingly said. But the last couple of weeks have been Lough. We have Good players but somehow it slipped away and now it s s an uneasy feeling Al Yankee stadium right now and it s More than just Aboul s about managers fired in april an Nual Froni office changes and a icam no body knows s something you get used to re Liever Dave Rightm said. But it does t seem to be
