European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 4,199027-player roster oked again by the associated press baseball son again off again 27-player limit was Back on again monday following agreement Between the player relations committee and major league players association to temporarily expand rosters. Teams can carry up to 27 players until april 30, giving managers a Little More flexibility following the lockout shortened Spring training. Atlanta manager Russ Nixon had to be pleased by the roster decision. He was perplexed about cutting the braves below 25 players. A was it stands in a planning on carrying 12 pitchers and five extra players into the season a Nixon said. A i need 12 pitchers. To take fewer than five extra men would be foolish. That Means a 25-Man  now Nixon can fill those quotas and add two other players. On the Day the regular season originally was scheduled to Start the clubs continued to shape rosters. Kansas City and Detroit swapped pitchers the royals sending Veteran Jerry Don Gleaton to the tigers for minor leaguer Greg Everson. In mondays Spring training games indians 6, giants 2 Dion James had three hits and Cory Snyder Hom ered As Cleveland beat san Francisco. Snyder hit a two run shot in the seventh inning off John Burkett. The Ball soared Over a 37-foot-High Wall in Center Field 392 feet from Home plate and gave the indians a 5-2  training Roundup Blue jays 7, cardinals 6 Kelly Grubert sri single in the seventh broke a 5-5 tie As Jimmy key won his second game. Milt Thompson had four hits for the cardinals. Reds 7-6, red sox 6-5 Kevin Lockhart a two out pop Fly single in the ninth inning scored Hal Morris and gave Cincinnati a split squad Victory Over Boston. The run was the first allowed in four appearances by reliever Jeff Reardon. Cincinnati also won the other split squad game As Chris Sabo and Eric Davis had three hits apiece. Tim Naehring hit his second and third Home runs of the Spring for Boston. Phillies 11, pirates 9 Philadelphia built a 10-1 Lead after seven innings and then held off a Pittsburgh rally. Darren Daulton Ricky Jordan and David Hollins homered for the Phillies. Expos 7, mets 0 Howard Farmer Bill Sampen and Steve Frey combined for a five hitter. Marquis Grissom and Larry Walker had three hits apiece for the expos. Dodgers 2, braves 1 Juan Samuel singled and stole second fueling a two run eighth inning rally that moved los Angeles past Atlanta. John Smoltz pitched five shutout innings and Ernie Whitt homered for Atlanta. Tigers 10, twins 2 Detroit used a 14-hit attack to Wallop Minn a r Lindeman had three hits two of them triples sixt 1 Fryman drove in three runs. Brian Harper had s t j Avis Homer for the twins. P and a two no royals 4, astros 2 Kansas City scored four runs in the Bottom a a eighth to beat Houston. Danny Tartabull Wise if royals Palacios singled Home runs to rally the orioles 5, Yankees 2 Joe Orsulak a two run double capped a five  fourth inning As Baltimore beat new York slumping Dave Winfield returning from Back sir Gery that kept him out All of last season went 0-for 4 and did not get a Ball out of the infield. He is 0-fm k this Spring for the Yankees. Rangers 8, White sox 1 Ruben Sierra and Pete Incaviglia emerged from Early Spring slumps and three Texas pitchers combined for a five hitter in an 8-1 Romp Over Chicago. Incaviglia was 2-for-2 with three Bis and Sierra went 3-for-4 with a Solo Homer. Mariners 3, athletics 2 Pete of Brien got his first rib of the Spring giving Seattle a 3-2 Victory Over the Oakland a a in 11 innings of Brien singled Home Ken Griffey or. From third base with none out ending the mariners four game losing Streak and giving Oakland its fifth consecutive  from Page 21 throughout whether they had the Ball or not a he said. A it was an incredible display of great basketball by  Krzyzowski found that there was no answer for in Lvi a half court defense which pushed Dukes offence far out of position and sealed off passes to big men 6-11 Christian laettner and 6-10 Alaa Abdelnaby. Laettner and Abdelnaby combined for 29 Points and 16 rebounds but their height was no advantage in an All out open court game where sprints to the Basket were no Small Factor. Many of those sprints resulted from the rebels 16 steals a five by Greg Anthony a another record for a championship game. Perhaps unfairly there seemed to be Little Consolation for Duke in a 29-9 season. Duke lost four of its last five games against Atlantic coast conference opponents finished second in the acc lost to Georgia tech in the acc tournament final and except for one game did nothing wrong from then on. The Blue devils began the Mcaa tournament with a Victory Over Richmond and continued on by defeating St. Johns Urcla Connecticut and Arkansas before getting blasted by univ. A this morning i thought we could win a Abdelnaby said. A a it a your dream to win the National championship. For that not to happen. I feel  such feelings were unique to the players in Blue. In Lvi a Victory was its third 30-Point Victory in six tournaments games. A when we get out on the break we just love it a Johnson said. In the tournament univ beat Arkansas Little Rock by 30, Ohio state Ball state Loyola Mary mount by 30, Georgia tech and then Duke by 30. The rebels 35-4 record is their second Best Ever surpassed Only by the 1987 final four team which finished 37-2. Tarkanian concluded his 17th season at univ where he has battled the Mcaa for 12 of them. When the time came for him to accept the championship trophy Tarkanian almost did no to do it. Instead Tarkanian wanted athletic director Brad Rothermel to hold the trophy but relented when Mcaa officials persisted. Afterwards Tarkanian a familiar droopy eyes seemed to laugh out loud. A we played about As Well As we re capable of playing a Tarkanian said. A defensively it was probably As Good As it can  As for winning the no aah a biggest basketball prize while being regarded As some sort of truant Tarkanian said that he did not feel any need for vindication. A a it a not revenge a he said. A a it a just Sweet. A a it a just like a fairy  in Lvi a Larry Johnson flips Ball behind his Back to keep it in Bounds As he leaps Over two fallen Duke  from Page 21 11 rebounds said the Victory would give the Media something else to Call univ whose players Felt slighted when they were labelled bad Guys. A the Media and the press is going to Call us whatever they want to Call us a Johnson said. A you can Call us bad. You can Call us thugs. You a Call us hoodlums. But at the end of that plea National champions  Johnson who said earlier he would return or senior year at univ will join three other starters for the champions