European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. September 27, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports giants fall but Clinch tie for title by the associated press it s beginning to look like a very quiet weekend in the National league. Of. There will be a batting title to decide and the race for second place in both divisions is still hot. Bui by late tuesday night the anticipated show Downs Between the Chicago cubs and the cardinals inst. Louis and the san Francisco giants and padres in no round san Diego could mean nothing More than a Mere Warmup Tor the playoffs. San Francisco clinched a tie for the no West championship monday night despite losing 5-2 to los an Geles As second place san Diego also lost 5-3 to Cincinnati. We had the scenario Down Pat. San Diego needed to lose and we needed to do our Job san Francisco s will Clark said. The padres lost but we did t get our Job  the giants can win their second division title in three years with a Victory tuesday night at Dodge stadium or another san Diego loss to Cincinnati. Everyone knows what the dodgers giants rivalry has been  dodgers Catcher Mike Scioscia said. They re knocking on the door but we really Don t want the giants to Clinch it Here in our Home  Chicago missed a Chance to Clinch a tie for the no East title losing to Montreal 4-3 in 10 innings. But the cubs still managed to reduce their magic number lotto As Pittsburgh beat second place is. Louis 4-2. St. Louis and Chicago each have five games remain ing and the cubs have a four game Lead. The cubs can Clinch the division tuesday night if they beat the expos and the cardinals lose to the pirates. Andre Dawson hit two Home runs for the cubs including a controversial inside the Park Homer in the see no on Page 26 it Ain t Over but it s close hurry Spilman left shares a moment with astros hitting coach Yaj i Berra on monday shortly after Berra announced that this was to be his final season in a has Hall dugout. Berra who has acquired mythic status in his 42 seasons in uniform has accepted a front office Job with the astros. Story on Page 27. Wins breathe life into jays orioles showdown by the associated press Detroit the Toronto Blue jays say they Areno longer looking Hack and the Baltimore orioles claim they Aren t looking ahead. The Blue jays Felt they finally Laid the Corpse of1987 to rest when Tony Fernandez the Man who was t there in 87 after suffering a broken Elbow hit Atwo run Homer for a 2-0 Victory monday night Over the tigers. But if the Blue jays arc to win the division they Llave to wait until the weekend. The orioles 5-3 Victory Over Milwaukee assured them of a Chance to catch the Blue jays in their showdown three game series in Toronto beginning Friday night. We be got two More games Here Milwaukee Don t give me that Toronto stuff manager Frank Robinson said. They re All big they have been for quite some time. This one is no bigger than the others or bigger than the one we will play tuesday night. What it did was keep us on the same Pace wit Toronto and kept pressure on them and that s what we have 10  snapped a two Gami skid and maintained its one game Lead Over Baltimore in the american league East. Naturally everyone recalled that in 1987, the Blue a s led Detroit by 2vi games with six remaining but finished a game behind after being swept in the final series of he season at Tiger stadium. Orioles 5, Brewers 3milwaukee Pete Harnisch allowed Only one hit through the first six innings a Lead off single in the first by Hilly Spiers. Spiers stole second took third on a grounder and scored on Paul Molitor s sacrifice Fly Ora 1-0 Milwaukee Lead. It staved that Way until the orioles tagged Milwaukee starter Teddy Mieura who last pitched on aug. 26. For three runs in the third and two More in the fourth. Rangers 3, athletics 2oakland. Calif. In the Al West. Oakland missed a Chance to Clinch a lie for their second straight title when Texas Fred Manrique hit a two run Homerin the eighth inning. Red sox 7, Yankees 4 Boston Wade Boggs went 4-for-5 for his seventh consecutive 200-Hil season and Dwight Evans became the Only major leaguer with 20 homers in each of the last nine years. Roger Clemens 17-10, gave up three runs and 10 hits in the first four innings but earned the Victory with Relief help from Rob Murphy in the seventh and Lee Smith in the . The Only player in this Century with 200 hits in seven consecutive seasons also set a major league record by becoming the first to Ever get 200 hits and100 walks four years in a Row breaking a tic with Yankees Hall of Hamer Lou Gehrig. While sox 10, twins 2chicago Ivan Calderon drove in four runs giving him a career High 86 for the season Calderon drove in the game s first run with a grounder in a three run first inning added a two run single in the second and tripled Home another in the fourth. Is Ason losses 3 ads bengals bump Browns Page 26 . Produces just three semifinalists . A boxing write Moscow the United slates will have to Settle for three medals at the world Amateur boxing championships. It will be the . Team s lowest total in a world championships or an olympic games during the 1980s. World Amateur boxing Cago. Were beaten tuesday in quarterfinal matches. Kelp lost 11-7 to Michael Carruth of Ireland in the 139-Pound class and my Groom was beaten 22-9 by Nurma skipper kelp 18, of Colorado Springs go Mcd Shana Azov of the soviet Union colo., and Terry Mcgroom 23, of Chi at 178 pounds. Sci finalists Are assured of Bronze medals. The soviet Union will have 11 semifinalists Cuba will have nine and East Germany will have  three . Boxers remaining in the Competition will fight wednesday night. Eric Griffin 22, of Houston will to see boxing on Page 25