European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. September 22,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports o s slice jays Lead to 1 by the associated press Baltimore Jeff Ballard Gol his 18th Victory and Mickey act Tecton Hom ered and drove in tour runs As the Balti More orioles tied a season High with 17 hits beating inc Detroit tigers 9-2wednesday night and pulling to within one game of the american league East Lead. For the first time since aug. 20. The orioles won on the same Day when first place Toronto lost. Baltimore won for the fourth time in five games while the Blue jays were beaten by Boston. Tim Hulett had four hits and to talc Lon matched a career High with four Bis. Including his 25th Home run. Tel Tecton and Craig Worthington each got three hits. Ballard. 18-7, began this season with a 10-20 lifetime record but is the top win Ning left hander in the league this season. He won for the seventh time in eight decisions allowing one earned run in seven innings. The tigers fell to 20-58 on inc Road the major leagues worst travelling Mark with their fourth loss in five games. Frank Tanana 9-14, gave up four runs on 10 hits in 3 / innings. Act Tecton and Rand Milligan hit rib singles in the first inning making it 28 earned run Tanana has allowed in the first inning of 31 starts this season. Act Tecton s third inning Homer was his third in seven games and gave Baltimore a 3-1 Lead. He pulled a 2-2 pitch deep into the icel Field bleachers. The tigers scored in the first when Alan Trammel doubled and scored Oahu Lull s two out error at second base. Detroit made it 4-2 in the fourth when Gary Ward walked. Rick Schu doubled and Mike Heath had an rib grounder. In other games wednesday Angels 9, twins 1 Minneapolis the reason Why Jim Abbott bypassed the minor leagues was evident again wednesday night. In the midst of a Pennant race he pitched like an old pro. Boston s Rick Cerone lags out Toronto s Kelly Gruber As he slides into the plate in lie second inning. The red sox won 10-3. Abbott who turned 22 tuesday scattered nine hits As the California Angels kept Pace in the West routing the Minnesota twins for their fourth straight Victory. The Angels won for the i oth time in 13 games and stayed 2 i games behind first place Oakland which beat Cleve land 8-6. California is 11-2 against the twins this season and sent them to their fourth consecutive loss. Abbott 12-11, got his first Victor since aug. 30. He struck out six and walked two in his fourth Complete game. It s not like this is  Angels Man Ager Doug Rader said. It s like i was saying Back in Spring training the major prerequisite for Abbott making the team would be his maturity As a Pitcher. He really got Over the Hump about a month ago. He s made a lot of  Abbott allowed Only one runner past second base. As his just Over .500 record indicates his first season in the majors has been a mix of dreams and disasters. I be grown older this year Abbott said. I be Learned a lot. There have been some games when i just wanted to go Back to my apartment or hotel room because i was wondering what i was doing. Sometimes you re doing the Best you can and you re not even coming close but you take the bad with the Good and make something positive out of  the Angels got 13 hits the third straight game they have reached double figures. California scored four times in the seventh inning for a 5-1 Lead added two runs in the eighth and Wally Joyner hit a two run Homer in the ninth. Abbott had our number today twins manager Tom Kelly said we did t put much together. He s got 12wins, a Good fastball and an excellent Slider and a Good change up. He s  Mark outline 2-2. Held the Angels to see Al on Page 23 cardinals Cut cubs Edge to 3 by the associated press St. Louis John Morris and Mill Thompson drove in two runs apiece As the St. Louis cardinals made an Early five run Lead stand up for a 5-3 Victory Over the new York mels wednesday night and closed to within three games of first place in the National league East. The cardinals scored three runs in the first and two in the second off David Cone 13-8, to stretch their winning Streak to four games and move closer to the first place Chicago cubs who lost to Philadelphia earlier in the Day. Both the cardinals and cubs have 10 games remaining. Frank Dipino 8-0, worked three scoreless innings in Relief of ineffective St. Louis starter Ken Hill to get the Victory. Ken Dayley the fourth Cardinal re Liever got the final two outs for his 12th save. Dayley closed out the win by get Ling Darryl Strawberry on a routine Fly to Center with the bases loaded. The third place acts lost for the fourth time in five games and remained 5 / games behind the cubs. The mets fell to 31-45 on the Road belter than Only atlant and Philadelphia in the National league. Pedro Guerrero drove in a run for the cardinals to give him 111 Bis the most for a St. Louis player since Joe Torre had 137 in 1971. Howard Johnson led the mets with two Bis and Pinch Hitler Tom o Mal icy had one. In other games wednesday giants 8, dodgers 7 san Francisco Kevin Mitchell led off the ninth inning with his 46lh Homer and Brett Butler ended a five run rally seven Bat cars later As san Francisco beat los Angeles and maintained its Lead in the West. The giants in staging their biggest ninth inning rally of the season remained five games ahead of san Diego. They had to come Back from an Early 7-0 deficit to do it. Trailing 7-3 going into the ninth the giants cracked out seven straight hits while three dodger relievers were unable to get a single out. The giants were also aided by a dodger error. With the Victory the giants reduced their magic number to six Phillies 9, cubs 8 Chicago after the first four innings Sven cuday s Phillies cubs game looked like a replay of Philadelphia s 16-13 Victory last month at Wrigley Field. Fewer runs scored but the result was the same. Crazy things happen Here said manager Nick Leyva after his last place Phillies beat first place Chicago. I guess it was an offensive  Hayes drove in four runs and Ricky Jordan s run scoring single broke a sixth inning lie. It was like that one earlier this season the 16-13 game where everything is a base hit and we come up Short said cubs Sec Ond baseman Ryne Sandburg. Who had four of Chicago s 18 hits including an rib single in the ninth inning. Philadelphia s Darren Daulton went 5for 5, but did t score or drive in any runs. The Phillies and cubs combined for 36 hits including 16 singles a double and triple for Chicago. After four innings the score was lied 7-7, with the teams having a combined 23 hits. Manager Don Zimmer held a closed meeting in his office for 30 minutes with several members of his team apparently his pitchers and catchers but he and the players refused to discuss any aspect of the discussions. Can t 1 hold a meeting without the whole world knowing about it Zimmer see no on Page 23 thursday  game padres stay hot Cincinnati a Jerald Clark and Bip Roberts singled in runs in a four run ninth inning thursday As san Diego beat Cincinnati 11-7 and pulled to 4 i games of san Francisco in the National league West san Diego which blew a 6-0 first inning Lead won for the 24th Lime in 30 games. The giants hosted the dodgers thursday night. Cincinnati lost its 10th straight its second 10-game losing Streak this season. The reds have not lost 11 in a Row since 1966. Tony Gwynn and Jack Clark opened the ninth with singles off John Franco and Chris James sacrificed. Benito Santiago was intentionally walked to Load the bases and Franco walked carmelo Martinez forcing in the go ahead run. Jack Clark scored another run when Dar Rin Jackson forced Santiago at  Clark and Roberts followed with rib singles. Pal Clements 4-1, pitched one perfect inning and Mark Davis pitched a perfect ninth