European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. September 4, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 the Pennant races Williams giants rip mets by the associated press san Francisco Matt Williams on a tear since his recall from the minors hit a three run Homer in the sixth inning and drove in tour runs to Lead the san Francisco giants to a 6-2 Victory saturday Over the new York acts Williams tie breaking Homer off Frank Viola 2-4. Was his 14th for the giants and his 40lh Overall. He hit 26 for no Roundup class aaa Phoenix prior to his recall july 23. In his last 22 games Williams has 10 Home runs and 24 Bis. Rick Reuschl 16-6, allowed tour hits Over eight innings and continued the giants pitching Mastery Over the acts. San Francisco has woo four straight games against new York yielding three runs and is now 8-3 against the mets with one game remaining. In other games saturday cardinals 13, astros 5 St. Louis Jose Quendo and Terry Pendleton drove in three runs apiece As St. Louis broke out of a hitting slump with a Victory Over Houston. Oquindo singled in the second Dou bled in the third and hit a three run triple in the fourth before manager Whitey Herzog gave him a rest. Pindle ton tied his career High with his 12th Home run and league leading eighth at Busch stadium in the second inning had a run scoring single in the third and a sacrifice Fly in the fifth. Dodgers 4, expos 3 los Angeles Alfredo Griffin mired in a s-for-40 slump hit a run scor ing single in the ninth inning to lift Losangeles to a come from behind Victory Over Montreal. The win went to reliever Jay Howell,4-3, who pitched two innings of two hit Relief. Howell making his first appear Ance since his two inning stint in the dodgers 22-inning, 1-0 Victory Over the expos aug. 23, came in after starter for the giants Kevin Mitchell slides into second with a double after his Flynall was lost in the Sun. The met is Greg Jeffries. Nando Valc Nucla was lifted for a Pinch hitter in the seventh inning. Cubs 10, braves 3 Atlanta Greg Maddux won his 16th game and Rookie Rick Wrona s first career Homer a three run shot capped a six run first inning for Chicago. Andre Dawson added a two run Dou ble in the fourth inning As the cubs snapped a two game losing Streak. All six first inning runs off Marty Clary 4-3, were unearned after the braves made Throe errors. Maddux 16-10, allowed six hits and no walks and fanned two in seven innings to lift his lifetime record Over the braves to 4-0. Padres 3, Phillies 2 san Diego Bip Roberts hit a two run double and Roberto Alomar Fol Lowed with a run scoring single As san Diego struck for three runs in the eighth inning to beat Philadelphia. Phillies starter Ken Howell 11-10, limited the padres to one hit through seven innings before the padres began their comeback. Bruce Hurst 13-9, was the Winner. Reds 6, pirates 2 Pittsburgh Tom Browning won his eighth consecutive Start to re main unbeaten Over the last five weeks a Cincinnati Defeated Pittsburgh. Browning 15-10, has a 1.75 earned run average during his Streak. He has not been beaten since july 25. Stewart notches 19th As a s beat Brewers by the associated press Milwaukee Dave Stewart won his major league leading 19th game and Mark Mcgwire and Jose Canseco each hit two run homers As the american league West leading Oakland athletics Defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 saturday night. Stewart 19-8, allowed five hits while pitching his sixth Complete game. He struck out eight and walked one while beating the Brewers for the both time in 11 career starts. Stewart retired the last 18 batters after giving up a Lead off single to Glenn Braggs in the  was Stewart s 60th win in the past three seasons More than any other Pitcher in  other games saturday Yankees 2, Angels new York Mel Hall led off the ninth inning with a Home run to give new York and Greg Cadaret a 2-1 Victory Over California. Cadaret 5-4, won a Battle of six hitters Over the Angels Mike Witt 8-12, recording a career High nine strikeouts and issuing Only three walks. Hall s Homer his 11th, came on Witt s first pitch of the ninth sailing into the right Field bleachers. It gave the Yankees three straight victories for the first time since july 4-6, and dealt the Angels their fifth loss in the last six games. Orioles 2, White sox 1chicago Gregg Olson tied an american league record for saves toy a Rookie As Baltimore used five pitchers to beat Chicago and remain a game be Al Roundup Hind Toronto in the East. Olson came on in the eighth inning to record his 23rd save lying Doug Corbett s Rookie record with inc Minnesota twins in 1980. Pete Hamisch Brian Holton Mark Thurmond and Mark Williamson paraded to the Mound before Olson came on to shut the door on the White sox following a triple by Darryl Boston and an rib single by Carlos Martinez in the eighth. The five pitchers combined on a six hitter. Holton 5-6, gained the decision pitching two innings. Tigers 10, indians 4 Detroit Detroit with baseball s worst record dealt another crippling blow to the slim Hopes of Cleve land in the american Lague East scoring six runs in the fourth inning As Jeff Robinson evened his record at 4-4. The last place tigers 40 games under .500 and 26 behind Toronto in the american league East beat the indians 2-1 in 12 innings Friday night. The loss sat urday left the indians lot games behind the bluejays. Prior to the arrival of Cleveland Detroit had dropped 12 straight games its longest losing Streak in 14 years. Blue jays 4, twins 2toronto Kelly Gruber and Ernie Whitt hit two run homers and Toronto won its fifth straight game beating Minnesota to hand Roy Smith ins first loss in seven decisions. John Crutti 10-8, allowed two runs and five hits Over 6 a innings As the Blue jays won for the 11th time in their last 12 games. Tom Hon pc the third Toronto Pitcher worked the final inning for this 15th save. Smith. 10-5, struck out a career High eight batters in seven innings. Red sox 6, mariners 5 Boston Dwight Evans trying to reach the 20 Homer Mark for the ninth consecutive year hit his 16th As Boston beat Seattle for its 11 the Victory in 13 games. Evans the Only major league player with 20 or More homers each year from 1981-88, hit a three run shot into the screen in left Center off reliever Billy Swift in the third inning. Rangers 6, royals 3 Arlington Texas Nolan Ryan pitched eight hit Ball Over eight innings for his 288th career Victory and Ruben Sierra hit a two run Homer and drove in four runs leading Texas Over Kansas City Ryan 15-9, struck out 11 to raise his major league leading strikeout total to 254. Ryan already has struck out 26 More than be did last season for the Houston astros. The 42-year-old Ryan broke a two game losing Streak his longest with the rangers in sinking out 10 or More for the 15th time this season the most since1977. It gave him 196 double figure strikeout games for his career. The 15th double figure strikeout Mark also gave Ryan the rangers club record for a career All in one season