European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. October 5. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports a s Down jays in opener Oakland s Rickey Henderson slides hard into Nelson Liriano forcing the lays second baseman to in run wildly to first. Nyji Odonaghy Oakland Calif. A is there anything the Oakland athletics can t do Power. Pitching. Speed. Defense. The a s showed it All tuesday night. Rickey Henderson broke up a potential double play Ball with a hard slide into second baseman Nelson  in the sixth inning allowing two runs to score and the a s rallied to beat Toronto 7-3 in game i ofic Best-of-7 american league playoffs. It was a great slide Henderson said. With my Speed i have to gel Down  Dave Stewart who opened last season s playoff sweep against Boston pitched with his heart to give the a s the advantage Over Toronto. Toronto starter Dave Stieb look a 3-2 Lead into the sixth inning when Mark Mcgwire led off with a Long Al championship series Home run Over the left Field Fence to tic it at 3-3. One out later Tony Phillips singled and stole Sec Ond. Jim Acker replaced stick and Mike Gallego legged out an infield single. Acker then hit Henderson on the wrist to Load the bases. It has got a Little swelling but it s  Henderson said. Carney Lansford who finished second in batting in inc Al. At .336, hit a grounder to Tony Fern and at shortstop that looked like a double play. Fernandez made the hip for the forc cout but Hen Derson was Down to second in a Flash and his slide caused Liriano to make a wild throw and inc go head run scored. That was a situation we could t let get  Henderson said. That was the  Lansford was Given an rib but Henderson gels the credit. It  double play Ball All the Way Toronto manager Cito Gaston said. Nelson had a Good grip. If he makes a Good throw we have  Henderson came Back to Oakland on june 20 in a Trade with new York Yankees and sparked the a s offence the rest of the season. He led the Al with 77 Seo a s on Page 19 Rickey Henderson turned game around Oakland Calif. A Rickey Henderson hit on the wrist by a pitch did t gel angry. He got even. As usual he did it Wilh his feet. Henderson stormed Inlo second base with a clean but vicious feet first slide to break up a double play in the sixth in Ning knocking second baseman Nelson Siriann off balance and causing an errant throw that led to two runs. The play put Oakland ahead and sparked the All clips 7-3. Victory tuesday night inthe first game of the american league play offs against the Toronto Blue jays. I m just As proud of breaking up the double play As scoring some runs for our team Henderson said. Manager Tony la Russa said Hender son s play embodied the spirit of the ath i clips. He runs hard he slides hard that s our style la Russa said. Henderson who brought the ability to create runs with him when he was Trad Edlo Oakland by inc new York Yankees showed one Way of winning after he was Hil by reliever Jim Acker loading the bases in inc sixth. Mark Mcgwire showed another Way at the Start of the inning hovering to tic the game 3-3 against starter Dave stick. One out later Tony Phillips bunted for a hit and Acker relieved. After Mike Gallego hit a High bouncing single to shortstop. Acker drilled Henderson on the left wrist. After getting a Spray of pain killer on his hand Hen Derson tightened his batting Glove and trotted to first to fill the bases. That s the name of the game Hen Derson said insisting he was not upset Al being plunked. He ran a fastball in and it happened he ran it Loo far  Carney Lansford followed with a grounder to shortstop thai looked As if it could Start an inning ending double play. But Henderson who led the major leagues Wilh 77 stolen bases arrived at second fast enough to Knock Liriano of balance. Henderson was out on the Force play but the relay throw was wide of first and bounced into foul territory. Phillips and Gallego scored. Liriano was reluctant to talk about the play As he sat burying his face in a Post game meal. After a Long Wail he finally said glumly. I made a physical error. I Don t want that to happen. He Hil me Little bit in my leg so i lost control of the Ball just As i was beginning to  said he could t think of an other player with the Speed and aggressiveness to break up thai play. I read the Ball Well i got a great jump from first base and i had a great Lead Henderson , who gave stick fits in inc first inning after walking and stealing second also walked in inc eighth stole a base and scored a run. It was hardly a new  for him. He scored 113runs As a Yankee and athletic this sea an sports television and radio no championship series game 2, san Francisco at Chicago 1 30 . Fri Day record setter secretariat destroyed at 19 Paris by. A secretariat whose 31-Lenglh a Mclory in the Belmont Slakes in 1973 gave America its first triple Crown Winner in 25 years was humanely destroyed on wednesday. Of course i m terribly sorry to lose an old Friend said Helen Chenery his owner. As Long As he was alive his memories had More immediacy. The dream is  secretariat who was 19, had an incurable condition known As laminitis which is an inflammation of inc inside of the Hoof. He was put Down at 11 45 . Edt at Claiborne farm in Paris where he stood Al stud said Gus Koch the farm s assistant manager. Koch said secretariat s condition rapidly wors ened on tuesday pulling the Chestnut stallion in extreme pain for the first  Sec Ciaria was to be buried Al the farm today close to stable Mac Riva Ridge who won the 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Slakes Koch said Walter Kaufman resident veterinarian at the farm put the animal to sleep. The condition was diagnosed on labor Day Koch said. When the inflame lion occurs swelling a sculls Koch said. And since Uherc is Lille room for swell ing this is a very painful  secretariat became the people s horse when he won the triple Crown. Hailed As one of inc track s All time greats he not Only Sci records in the Ken Lucky Derby and Belmont Slakes bul Many also said he would have broken the pc Akness Mark if the Pamlico timing had t malfunctioned. Not since citation won the triple Crown in 1948 see secretariat on Page 22