European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes saturday april 7, 1990pistons end Road losing Streak by the associated press Atlanta a Mark Aguirre came off the Bench to score 25 Points and Isiah Thomas hit four free throws in the final 31 seconds As the Detroit pistons broke a four game Road losing Streak with a 104-99 Victory Over the Atlanta Hawks on thursday night. Dennis Rodman made two free throws to put the pistons ahead for Good 96-95 with 1 11 left. Thomas added two free throws at 31 seconds and two More with 15 seconds remaining to put Detroit ahead 100-95. Spud Webb Cut that margin to 100-98 with a three Pointer with 12 seconds on the clock but Bill Laimbeer answered with a pair of free throws one second later. Dominique Wilkins put in a free throw for Atlanta a final Point but Rodman was fouled As the Hawks tried to rebound Wilkins missed second shot. Rodman then made two More foul shots. The Hawks outscored the pistons 13-2 to take a 8481 Lead with 8 29 left in the fourth Quarter. The pistons battled Back to tie the game on Vinnie Johnson a jumper with 5 07 to go. I Aba Roundup the Hawks led 50-45 at the half but Aguirre hit for six Points As the pistons went on an 11-4 run to take their biggest Lead of the game 78-62 with 1 37 left in the third period. Webb hit a Basket to begin a 9-1 run As the Hawks came within 79-71 at the close of the Quarter. Johnson scored 20 for the pistons and James Edwards and Thomas had 17 apiece. Wilkins led the Hawks with 17. Kevin Willis added 15 and had a game High 15 rebounds. In other games thursday bulls 111, magic 104 Chicago a Michael Jordan scored 16 of his game High 38 Points in the fourth Quarter to Lead Chicago to its fifth straight Victory. The Victory Chicago a 12th in its last 14 games improved the bulls Overall Mark to 50-23, including 32-5 at Chicago stadium. The magic 17-56 lost their a islanders Pat Lafontaine shoots wide of rangers goalie Mike Richter. Nil from Page 21 into Chris Nilan before dropping to the ice on his Back. Lafontaine was provided with a neck Brace As he was taken off the ice. In other playoff games thursday whalers 4, Bruins 3 Boston a Hartford scored on four of its first eight shots including Todd Krygier a goal on its opening shot to upset Boston in the opener of their Adams division semifinal series. The whalers built a 4-1 Lead and survived goals by Bob Carpenter at 15 46 of the second period and Dave Poulin with 22 seconds left in the game and Boston holding a two Man advantage. The Bruins who gave up the fewest goals and had the Best record during the regular season can even the Best of seven series saturday night at Home. The whalers however had the leagues second Best Road record trailing Only Boston and the seventh Best Overall record despite finishing fourth in the division. Capitals 5, devils 4, of East Rutherford . A Dino Ciccarelli scored his third goal of the game 5 34 into overtime to give Washington a Victory Over new Jersey in the opener of their Patrick division playoff series. New Jersey goaltender Sean Burke who was shaky All night had the puck behind his own net and tried to flip it around the boards but Washington a Kevin Hatcher stopped the Clearing attempt and flipped the puck at Burke. The puck bounded into the Slot to Ciccarelli who whipped a Quick 10-footer past Burke for his 34th career playoff goal. Sabres 4, canadians 1 Buffalo . A Rick Vaive snapped a second period tie with the games Only Power play goal As Buffalo beat Montreal in the first game of their Adams division semifinal series. Vaive tipped in Doug Bodger a shot from the Point Midway at 9 55 while Montreal a Brian Skrudland was in the penalty Box for hooking. Daren Puppa made 34 saves several of them outstanding and Dean Kennedy had a goal and an assist for the sabres. Dave Andreychuk and Bob Cor Kum also scored for Buffalo. Skrudland scored Montreal a Only goal at 7 45 of the second period. The canadians who were Down 3-1 going into the third period were hampered in a comeback attempt when they had to kill off a major penalty to Mathieu Schneider for boarding at 7 51. Seventh in a Row and 23rd of the last 25 games lakers 110, Kings 103inglewood Calif. A magic Johnson and Orlan do Wooledge scored 21 Points each As the Loi Ani. Lakers beat Sacramento and extend their f2, Ning Streak Over the Kings to 41 games us a no the Kings last beat the lakers at the forum. 26, 1974, when the franchise was based in Kansas q the lakers pulled away from a halftime tie by 0m scoring the Kings 15-2 at the Start of the third period supersonics 101, jazz 91 Seattle reserves Dana Barros and Sedale Threatt combined for 36 Points and led a late 10 in As Seattle Defeated Utah. 1u u run Barros added 17 for the sonics. Stockton had 23 Points and 12 assists Givine him 1,001 assists this season. He is the first player in Aba history with 1,000 or More assists in three straight seasons. E Utah a Karl Malone had 26 Points and 17 rebounds phils take advantage of error prone reds by the associated press the Cincinnati reds suffered an extreme attack of the drop sies thursday committing eight errors that produced six unearned runs and a 6-3 Spring training loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Clearwater Fla. The reds were leading 1-0 in the second inning when first baseman Todd Benzinger booted Len Dykstra a grounder allowing two runs to score. It went downhill from there. In the fifth Pitcher Norm Charlton a throwing error allowed von Hayes to score making it 3-1. After the reds pushed across runs in the sixth and eighth tying the score the Bottom fell out. A pair of errors by shortstop Enrique Duncan allowed Sil Campusano and Charlie Hayes to reach base. Steve Lake doubled them Home to break the tie and then came in on Dykstra a sacrifice Fly. Chris Sabo Jeff Reed Billy Hatcher and Mariano Duncan committed the other Cincinnati errors. Orioles 6, braves 4 at Miami Andres Thomas bases loaded error in the third inning allowed three runs to score helping Baltimore beat Atlanta. With the score 3-2, Thomas displayed Craig Worthington a grounder putting the orioles in front 5-3. Bill Ripken followed with an rib single. Red sox 8, twins 5 at Orlando Fla., five ninth inning doubles fuelled a five run rally that carried the Boston red sox past Minnesota. Consecutive one out doubles by Mike Greenwell Ellis Burks and Billy to Rob Idoux erased a two run twins Lead. After Jim Dwyer dropped Rich ged Many a drive at the Wall for a two base error Jody Reed and Kevin Romine doubled Home insurance runs. It was the last game at tinker Field for the twins who move to fort Myers next Spring after training for 55 years in Orlando. Astros 3, royals 2 at Kissimmee Fla., Gerald Young stole third and then scored on a wild Kitch by Mark Davis with two out in the Ottom of the ninth inning As Houston nipped Kansas City. Young singled and moved up on an infield hit by Carl Nichols. He stole third As David Rhode struck out and trotted Home when Davis bounced a pitch in the dirt past Bob Boone. It was the second Spring training loss in three decisions for Davis Winner of the National league by Young award when he was with the padres last season. Baseball Roundup cardinals 8, tigers 4 at Lakeland Fla., Rookie Todd Zeile hit a two run Homer As St. Louis scored five times in the first inning and beat Detroit. Denny Walling drove in two runs with a double and Terry Pendleton contributed an rib single against loser Kevin Ritz. Lloyd Moseby hit a two run Homer and had an rib single for the tigers. Brewers 4, giants 2 at Scottsdale ariz., Milwaukee rallied with three runs in the seventh to defeat san Francisco. Rookie Greg Vaughn had the big hit in the rally a two run single. Starter Mike Lacoss went six innings for the giants allowing just one run. Yankees 2, mets 1 at fort Lauderdale Fla., rookies Deion Sanders and Alan Mills both promoted to the varsity by manager Bucky Dent played key roles in the Yankees Victory Over the mets. Sanders who also plays cornerback for the nil Atlanta Falcons snapped a m tie with a double in the seventh inning and Mills who pitched in class a last year got the save with his sixth scoreless inning this Spring. Don Mattingly homered for the Yankees and Darryl Strawberry had three hits for the mets. White sox 5, Blue jays 4 at Dunedin Fla., Dan Pasqua and Ron Kittle hit consecutive fifth inning Home runs against Toronto starter Load Stottlemyre powering Chicago past Toronto. Indians 8, cubs 7 at Tucson ariz., Joel skinners double scored Carlos Baerga with the Ning run in the Bottom of the int Ning to lift Cleveland Over Chicago. Padres 8, Angels 7 at Palm Springs Calif., Jack Clar a two run Homer his third Home the last two games and Tony a y drove in a pair of runs the a san Diego beat California for its Eig. Consecutive exhibition v,c.t� Yff their padres closed the desert port on of the exhibition season with a 10-2 re mariners 14, athletics 8 at Phoenix Edgar Mart Necor Man three run Homer and three of ners hit two run  a a right hander Bob Welch to Brunt of the barrage g v Najt p or t Greg two run homers to Ken Gri y he his Briley and Alvin Davis. A Home run off Reese Lambert