European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday septembers 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 Labrida Sabatini hits a forehand against Arantha Sanchez Vicario in her a in n semifinal matchup with Stem Graf. Becker cruises past Noah Graf Sabatini reach semis by Barry Wilner new York a Boris Becker beginning to look As dominant at the . Open As he has Al Wimb Ledon surged into the semifinals with a 6-3. 6-3. 6-2 Victory Over Yannick Noah wednesday night. The three time Wimbledon Champion qualified for the open semis for the second time he also got therein 1986 and he ended Noah s string of five set victories and surprising Success at Flushing Meadow. Yesterday afternoon in practice was the first time i be Felt i m playing Well Here Becker said. This is my most consistent and Best match Here just a week ago Becker was headed out of the tournament he has never come close to winning. He was Down two match Points in the second round to Derrick Rostagno. But the second seed rallied and has gotten stronger since. The first week Here i did t play at All to my potential Becker said. But when you Are confident things will for Noah once ranked fourth in the world and now 23rd. It was a prime disappointment. The Frenchman had overcome a two set deficit to beat Amos Mansdorf in a bitter third round match. Then he outlasted no. 10 Alberto Mancini in another emotional match. But he had nothing left for Becker and once again failed to make a grand slam semifinal Noah has t gotten to the final four of a major tournament since his French open title in 1983."i feel like he was the Only one on the court Noah said. Boris is just Loo Strong a different Caliper from the Guys i played Here. I made things easy for on the women s Side Steffi Graf and Labrida Saba Lini last year s finalists took different routes into inc , inc top seed and defending Champion needed Only 44 minutes to rout no. 8 Helena Sutkova 6-1, 6-1.it was the 11th straight Victory Over Sutkova for Graf Winner of six of the last seven grand slam events. Sabatini seeded third and Arantha Sanchez Vicario went More than 44 minutes in the first set alone. The Basc liners played extended Points throughout their 2 hour 17-Minutc match won by Sabatini 3-6,6-4,6-1. Graf and Sabatini who Are doubles partners and have reached the semifinals Here will Eccl in Friday semifinals. No. 2 Martina Navratilova and her Conque ror in last year s open. No. 5 Zina Garrison Are in the other. Garrison ended Chris even s grand slam Ca reer a men s quarterfinal. No. 11 Jay Burger retired with severe leg cramps in the fourth set against no. 14 see open on Page 26 sports athletics rip botox with Parker slam by the associated press Oakland. Calif. Dave Parker hit his first american league grand slam and Bob Welch won his fifth consecutive decision wednesday As the Oakland athletics beat the Boston red sox 7-5. Welch 16-7, allowed five hits and two runs one unearned in five innings before leaving with a slight Al Roundup abdominal Strain. He has allowed just four earned runs in his last 35 innings an Era of 1.03. Ellis Burks who went 3 for 3 for Boston to extend his hitting Streak to 15 games suffered a separated right shoulder in a fifth inning Outfield collision with Mike Grcic Nicil Grcen will remained in the game until the seventh Reed Pinch hit a two run Homer for Boston and celebrated his first major league appearance in the Outfield by making two running catches. Brewers 7, Angels 4 Anaheim Calif. Rookie George canal to Binyoun and Chris up Cir homered As Milwaukee dealt another blow to California s staggering Pennant Hopes. With the loss the third place Angels who have lost six of their last seven games fell 5 a games behind front running Oakland in the american league West. Indians 9, orioles 0 Baltimore Bud Black pitched a four Hitler and his Cleveland teammates erupted for 15 hits including Home runs by Dion James Cory Snyder and Brad Kom Minsk in route to a rout of Baltimore. Ben Mcdonald the first player selected in the june baseball draft made his major league debut pitching 2 Vij innings for the orioles. He walked in a run in the fifth but allowed Only one hit and struck out two. Tigers ii royals 5 Detroit the Kansas City royals lost their 13th consecutive game in Tiger stadium As Detroit combining homers by Mike Bromley and Lou Whitaker with three royals errors ran its winning Streak to six. Blue jays 4, while sox 2 Chicago Fred Mcgriff continued his Good Hilling against Chicago with an rib single and won his fifth straight game As Toronto beat the White sox and solidified its Lead in the East. Rangers 3, twins 2 Arlington Texas Charlie Hough scattered seven hits Over six innings to improve his record to 5-1 since coming off the disabled list on aug. 4 As Texas beat Minnesota. Yankees 5, mariners 3 Seattle Mel Hall and Bob go run each hit a two run Homer off Seattle starter Brian Holman in the seventh inning As new York rallied to beat Seattle for the Yankees seventh straight Victory. An sports radio baseball san Francisco at Houston 2 30 . Sat urday. Cards nip mets to close on Lead by the associated press new York Pedro Guerrero drove in the tying and winning runs asst. Louis beat the new York mels 3-2 wednesday night As the cardinals posted their 16th Victory in 23 games and moved to a half game behind the nation Al league East leading Chicago cubs. Guerrero baiting .413 with runners i scoring position doubled Home inc tying run with two put in the Dipino 7-0, pitched two perfect innings for the Victory. Padres 3, astros 2houston Calvin Schiraldi held Houston to one run and two hits Over six innings in his first game with san Diego As the padres beat Houston and moved no Roundup into sole Possession of second place in the Wisl for inc first time since May 5. The padres have won six straight games. Phillies 9, cubs 1 Philadelphia Bruce Ruffin 5 8, scattered eight hits for his first com plete game since May 8_of last year an Darren Daulton and Dickie Thon each drove in three runs As last place Phila Delphia beat first place Chicago. Giants 7, Braes 2 Atlanta will Clark reached 100 Bis with a two run Homer in the first inning and Scott Garrells scattered eight hits As san Francisco Beal Atlanta. Gar Rolls 12-3, Pilch cd his second Complete game of the season and inc giants sixth victory1 in the last seven games. Expos ii pirates 6 Montreal Hubic Brooks drove in four runs with a first inning single and a three run Homer in the second and Montreal Defeated Pittsburgh behind a 15-hit attack. The outburst enabled Mark Langston 11-6, to snap a personal Ihrcke game losing Streak. Reds 9, dodgers 5 Cincinnati Barry Larkin lied the game with a two run Pinch single in the sixth inning and Joe Oliver s two run double put Cincinnati ahead in the seventh As inc reds Cal los Angeles. Thursday s Day game mets Roll 13-1 new York a Gregg Jef Furles homered twice doubled twice and drove in five runs thursday leading the mets past the St. Louis cardinals 13-1 As Frank Viola got More runs than he did in All seven of his previous starts for new York. Jeff cries doubled in the first hit a two run Homer in the third Dou bled in the fourth and hit a three run Homer in the fifth. It was the first five rib game of his one year major league career. Viola 3-4, allowed six hits in seven innings struck out six and walked two
