European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday september 3,1989 Al from Page 21 Middle of the game said. Al pitching coach Al Widmar set me Down after the fifth inning and said to go to the breaking Ball. I d been throwing mostly fat balts Early and they were starting to wait for the Blue jays have now won each of Stottle Marc s last six they re scoring runs for me Stottlemyre said. It seems even when i Don t have my Best stuff the hitters Are picking me up. By i guess it All evens out. The pitchers have been doing More than their share of picking up the team Mark Guthric. 1-1. Took the loss. Guthric allowed six runs on seven hits Over four innings. He struck out two and walked two. It was a fastball that did t move too much and stayed Over the plate Guth Ric said of Hill s Homer. I got him Chas ing bad balls in his first at Bat. Then he went after another one for the second strike before he hit it. I threw the pitch inthe Groove. His Bat s too Quick for me to do in other games Friday White sox 10, orioles i Chicago Baltimore fell out of first place in the East for the first time since May 26 As the second career grand slam by hot hitting Daryl Boston pow ered Chicago. The orioles who had been in firs place for 98 consecutive Days lost for the third time in four games to drop one game behind Toronto. Royals 5, rangers 3,12 innings Arlington Texas Willie Wil son broke a i-for-12 slump with a two out two run double in the 12th inning to give Kansas City the Victory. The Victory moved the royals within i i games of Oakland in the american league West. Rookie reliever Rick Lutcken pitched one inning to win his first career Deci Sion. Jeff Montgomery pitched the 12th for his 16th save. Kenny Rogers 2-3, took the loss. Brewers 6, athletics 5,10 innings Milwaukee Rookie Greg Vaughn singled Home the winning run in the 10th inning As Milwaukee Defeated Oakland after the Brewers had tied the game after being Down to their last out in Minnesota s Greg Gagne is lagged at second base by the Blue jays Manny Lee during second inning action in Toronto Friday. The ninth. Rookie Bill Spiers singled with two out in the ninth after Oakland Relief Ace Dennis eckersly had retired five straight batters in an attempt to save his29th game. Spiers stole second and scored when left fielder Rickey Hender son misplay cd a drive by . Surhoff into a game tying double. Robin Yount began the i oth with a single off reliever Todd Burns 6-3. Terr Francona singled to shortstop and both runners moved up on an infield out. Rob Deer was walked intentionally to Load the bases before Vaughn lined a single to left to score Yount and make a Winner of Chuck Crim 9-5. Mariners 7, red sox 2 Boston Jeffrey Leonard broke a tie with his career High 22nd Homer As Seattle played Long Ball to beat Boston. Leonard broke a 2-2 lie against Mike Smithson in the sixth inning and Dave Valle hit his seventh Homer in the seventh. Alvin Davis hit a two run Homer his 16th, in the first As the mariners getting four hits from Harold Reynolds won for the third time in four games since ending a 12-game losing Streak. Smithson 7-13, was reached for seven hits in 6vi innings including the 17th. I8lh homers and 19th homers he has allowed this season. The red sox lost for Only the second time in 12 games. Yankees 11, Angels 5 new York Mel Hall hit a two run Homer in a seven run second inning new York s biggest this season and Randy Velarde drove in three runs in a Victory Over California. Velarde doubled in the first two runs of the inning and scored the third on Steve sax s single of Terry Clark 0-2, As the Yankees won two games in a Row for the first time since july 29-30 and the first time under new manager Bucky Dent. The loss was California s fourth in its last five games. Rich Mont clone relieved Clark after the single by sax but gave up an rib double to Alvaro Espinoza an rib single to Don Mattingly Hall s 11th Homer andean infield single to Jesse Barfield. Mike Fetters made his major league debut begetting the final two outs of the inning. Velarde hit his first Homer in the third to Aid Walt Terrell 3-4, who allowed five runs and nine hits in six innings. Lee Gutterman provided three innings Ozone hit Relief for his 11 the save. Tigers 2, indians 1,12 innings Detroit the tigers snapped a 12-game losing Streak their longest in 14 years a lion Gary pct is hit a two out rib single in Detroit s 12-inning Vic tory Over Lynn started the rally with a one out walk off Doug Jones 6-8, and was pulled for Pinch runner Mike Brumley. Mike Heath singled to Short left moving Brumley to Pinch hitter Dave Bergman was intentionally walked to Load the bases Jones struck out Doug strange before Pettis hit a liner to right Center to make a Winner of Paul Gibson 4-8. Giamatti from Page 21 where an autopsy was performed. We talked about baseball about food. I told him he had to lose some weight give up smoking said los Angeles manager Tommy Lasorda who visited with Gia Matti two weeks ago. It did t Giamatti was found unconscious in hissed and in full cardiac arrest when officers responding to a Call from the son arrived at3 . At his vacation Home in a secluded rustic area. Car was administered in route to the Hospital where doctors struggled More than an hour to revive the commissioner. He had no pulse and he was t breath ing so biologically he was dead at that Point Deputy police chief Stephan Mac Kinnon said. Thus did Giamatti have one last tragic thing in common with his role Model Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The Only two commissioners to permanently suspend anyone for Oflahe Field activity were the Only two to die in office. Landis established that betting on base Ball meant being banned from baseball. Giamatti re established it. Rose was deeply saddened by the news of Giamatti s death his attorney Robert a. Pitcairn said in a statement is sued in Cincinnati. In spite of their dispute Pete had great personal respect for the commissioner the statement said. He extends his deepest sympathy to commissioner Giamatti s can apply for reinstatement after a year and it Willic up to Giamatti s Succes Sor to Rule on it. Baseball s executive Council composed of the two league presidents and seven club owners will Rule the game until a new com missioner is became baseball s seventh commissioner on april 1, succeeding Peter Ueberroth after serving As National league president since december 1986. His 154 Day tenure was the shortest of any commissioner Well behind the three cars and three months of William Eckert from 1965 1969."it was a tremendous Shock said Dep Uty commissioner Francis t. Vincent jr., who has a Home at nearby Cape cod. I dropped him off at noon on Martha s Vine Yard and he seemed of. He had great friends and admirers. Baseball his family his friends the country suffered a big loss. This was a uniquely talented Man. It s a very sad event a tragedy for a lot of peo Giamatti born in Boston on Panl 4, 1938, came to baseball from Academia after being president of Yale from 1978-85. He was 40 when he took office Yale s youngest president in 200 is survived by his wife the former Toni Smith and three children Marcus Bartlett Paul Edward Valentine and Elena Walton Giamatti. No from Page 21 Tim Belcher recorded his second in arow with a five hitter and Mickey Hatcher and Mike Marshall had run scoring hits As los Angeles ended a three game losing Streak with a Victory Over Mon Treal. Belcher 11-12, extended his scoreless inning string to 24 As he went the Dis Tance for the seventh time in route to his sixth shutout and seventh of his career. The right hander struck out three walked two and allowed Only a seventh inning bad hop single by Andres Galar Raga Over the final 6% innings to stretch his winning Streak to three. The expos have now gone 33 consecutive innings without a run against the dodgers who dealt them a 22-mning 1-0 defeat aug. 23 at Montreal in the longest game in expos history. Losing Pitcher Mark Langston 10-6, allowed five hits Over seven innings and suffered his third straight loss. Astros 6, cardinals 3 St. Louis Craig Reynolds Pinch hit Homer in the seventh broke a tic and sparked Houston to a Victory Over St. scored in the fourth on third baseman Terry Pendleton s error and in the sixth when reliever John costello 3 3, hit Craig Biggio with the bases loaded. Reynolds second Homer leading off the seventh was the astros first Pinch Home run this season. The astros added a run in the inning when Kevin Bass tripled and scored on Glenn Davis single. Rib singles by Bass and Ken Caminiti gave the astros two insurance runs in the ninth. Braves a cubs 1 Atlanta Lonnie Smith Dale Murphy and Darrell Evans drove in first inning runs As Atlanta took an Early Lead and went on to Down Chicago. Cubs starter Steve Wilson 5-3, faced Only four batters before being chased in the first yielded walks to Oddie Mcdowell and Jeff Blauser before Smith s rib single. Murphy then chased Wilson with his rib hit one of his four singles in the game and Evans greeted reliever Paul Kilgus with a run scoring double. Reds 11, pirates s Pittsburgh Todd Benzinger homered and drove in four runs As Cincinnati collected 15 hits to beat Pitts Quinonis and Eric Davis each had two Rols As the reds gave plenty of sup port to Ron Robinson 4-1. Who won his fourth straight decision Robinson pitched five innings giving up seven hits. Benzinger hit his 15th Homer in the third off Bob Patterson. 0-1, a two run shot. Benzinger also had a two run Dou ble in the fourth when the reds took a 7-1 Lead
