European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 1,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Blue jays capture Al East by rallying to beat o s 4-3 by the associated press Toronto the Toronto Blue jays won the american league East Over coming their own history of disappoint Mcnol and the orioles by slinging Balti More 4-3 saturday with a three run rally in the eighth inning. The Blue jays ended their september Duel with the orioles winning Tor the second straight Day with an eighth inning comeback. This time Moosic Wilson and Fred Mcgriff lied the score wit with run scoring singles before George Bell hit a sacrifice Fly. Toronto won its second division championship in five seasons and will open the playoffs tuesday night in Oak land. The Blue jays went 5-7 against the athletics this season. The orioles Hopes of becoming the first learn to go from worst to first ended in the Din of 49,553 screaming fans at the sky Doc. Baltimore made the fourth greatest improvement in one sea son in history but it was t enough. Emergency starter Dave Johnson Tooka two Hitler and 3-1 Lead into the eighth but left after a Lead off walk 10 Nelson Liriano. Kevin Mickey walked Manny Lee and Mark Williamson 10-5 relieved. Lloyd mos by sacrificed and then the Blue jays Bals took Over. Frank wills 3-1, pitched four scoreless innings and Tom Hunke got his 20lh save with a perfect ninth. The Blue jays had clinched a tic for the division championship Friday nigh when mos by singled Home the winning run with two out in the 11th inning to beat the orioles 2-1. Moseby s hit followed a controversial intentional walk and ended a night of wasted opportunities for both teams. But Toronto which blew chances in 1985 and 1987, scored the tying run in the eighth on reliever Gregg Olson s wild pitch and after leaving the bases loaded Lloyd mos by third from right is mobbed after his Nanning rib Friday night. In the i oth. The ghosts that haunted inc Blue jays in recent seasons showed up quickly when Phil Bradley homered on the game s first pitch. But with two outs in inc eighth and Kelly Grubor Balling. Olson bounced a 1-2 curve Ball past Catcher Jamie quirk and Pinch runner Tom Lawless scored inc tying run with out a play at the plate. I m going to live or die with my curve. I m going to throw it again Olson said. Tel Don t throw it. They la hit my other  Olson escaped a Jam in the 10th when Rookie John Olsrud died out with runners on second and third and then got Grubor on a grounder with the bases loaded. Sure it s disappointing Olson said. But i guarantee thai i speak for Ever body in this room when 1 say we re going to come out saturday and play As hard As  in inc i Ith. Lee singled with one out against Williamson and Liriano Pinch  took second on Ernie Whin s grounder. Orioles manager Frank Robin son then elected to intentionally walk Rookie Junior Felix to pitch to the Veteran Mosby. But mos by spoiled the strategy by hitting a drive of inc left Field Wall to score Liriano. I guess Frank knew i had t been swinging the Bat that  mos by said but at that Point and in that situation you can throw the stats out the  Robinson said he wanted to set up Force play at All three bases. Moseby s been struggling. I knew that Robinson said. Felix is batting .257 and mos by who was in a Io-for-55 slump was hilling.220. La enc 8-3, inc fourth Toronto Pitcher went iwo innings for inc Victory. Duane Ward started the 10th for the Blue jays and cat Ripken led off with Ashot off the Pitcher s right hand for a single. Hunke replaced the injured Ward and retired inc Side. Jeff Ballard took a 1-0 Lead into the Bottom of the eighth inning when Wilson de off with a single. Mcgrift grounded into a Force play and Lawless Pinch ran. After Lawless stole second Olson relieved and Bell grounded to Short mov ing Lawless to third. With Grubor batting Olson threw the wild pitch allowing Lawless to score the lying run. It was Olson s ninth wild pitch of the season. Catcher Jamie quirk thought he should have stopped it. I should have blocked it quirk said. I be blocked that pitch 100 times this season. It should have been 101." Ballard pitched to i innings and Al Lowed six hits. Bradley gave the orioles a 1-0 Lead hit Ling his i Ullh Home run Inlo the second deck in left Field against Todd Stottlemyre. The Blue jays put a runner in scoring position in five of the first six innings Leav ing the bases loaded in the fifth. Toronto also had three runners thrown out on the bases. Red sox 5, Brewers 4 Boston Boston clinched a tie for third place in the american league East defeating Milwaukee reliever Chuck Crim. Who walked Rick Ccrone with the bases loaded and two out in inc Bottom of he ninth. With an 82-78 record Boston move two games ahead of Milwaukee with two games left in the Duel for a Small share of the playoff and world series Money. The see Al on Page 26 Clark ups batting Lead Over Gwynn by the associated press san Diego batting Leader will Clark increased his margin Over defending Champion Tony Gwynn of san Diego to three Points As the National league Wes Champion san Francisco giants Cal the padres 7-2 Friday night. Ernest riles and Candy Maldonado had three a bleach for inc giants. Clark who had a single in the first inning and double in the ninth went 2-for-4 to gain a Point and finish the game at .334. He is trying to become the first giant to Lead the no in batting since Willie Mays did it in 1954 by hitting.345. Gwynn a three time batting Champion who came int .332, singled in the ninth inning. His average dropped to .331 on a i-for-5 performance. Mike Lacoss 10-10, went the first five innings giving up three hits striking out five and walking one As the giants snapped a three game san Diego winning Streak. Andy Bencs 6-3, saw his personal six game winning Streak come to an end. In 5% innings he gave up five runs on 11 hits and two walks with three strikeouts. The giants finished with 16 hits including the 18thpinch hit of the season by Ken Oberkfell. That broke Maldonado s club record of 17 in 1986, no Roundup in other games Friday acts 6-7, pirates 2-0 Pittsburgh David Cone pitched a three hit Ler and Howard Johnson hit a three run Homer for a career Best 101 Rols As new York completed a Dou blk header sweep of Pittsburgh with a 7-0 Victory. Frank Viola held Pittsburgh to two unearned runs an got a Homer from Gregg Jeff cries for the third straight time As the acts beat he pirates 6-2 in the opener. Cone 14-8, held Pittsburgh witless through five innings. Benny Distifano started the sixth with a Bloop single to left. He also singled in inc ninth. Cardinals 7, cubs 5 St. Louis Mill Thompson doubled Home to Brunansky with two outs in the eighth As St. Louis made up a four run deficit Over the last five innings to beat Chicago. The comeback thrilled a Busch stadium crowd of41,599 that had observed a pc game moment of silence in memory of longtime cardinals owner Augusta. Busch jr., who died earlier Friday at age 90. The crowd put the cardinals above 3-million Mark income attendance for the second Lime in three years. Reds 4, astros 3 Cincinnati Paul o Neill whose Strong throw maintained a tic earlier in the game doubled to Start the decisive eighth inning and scored the winning run for Cincinnati Phillies 2, expos 0 Philadelphia Dennis Cook held Montrea Whitless through five innings in route to a three hitter and his first shutout this season and von Hayes Hom ered for Philadelphia. Ruin in Atlanta Atlanta Friday s scheduled game Between Tholos Angeles dodgers and the Atlanta braves was postponed because of a rain. The teams were to play a doubleheader on saturday. An sports pro football television Miami at Houston 6 . Sunday radio pro football Denver at Cleveland 6 . Sunday ims Angeles rams at san Francisco 9 . Sunday