European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 18,1990 schooler a 50th save sets Mark by the associated press Seattle a Seattle Relief Ace Mike schooler had been seeking his 50th career save for six Days but his teammates did no to cooperate a until monday night. Schooler set an american league record for registering the quickest 50 saves reaching that plateau in Only 110 appearances and helping the mariners halt a Al Roundup five game losing Streak with a 6-3 Victory Over the Minnesota twins. It was the mariners first Victory since opening Day when they beat California 7-4. Schooler also saved that game. A if anybody deserves the game Ball its Mike schooler a manager Jim Lefebvre said. A a there a been a lot of great Relief pitchers in the game and the record is quite a tribute for a Good Young  schooler allowed one hit in 1 Xhu innings. He walked one and struck out two including Pinch hitter Jim Dwyer for the final out. The 27-year-old right hander eclipsed the Al record by Cleveland a Doug Jones who posted 50 saves in 122 games. St. Louis Todd Worrell holds the major league Mark of 50 in 109 games. Jeffrey Leonard and Ken Griffey or. Hit two run homers off Minnesota starter David West to Lead the Seattle attack. Seattle starter Randy Johnson 1-1 got the win despite allowing Home runs to Greg Gagne and Gary Gaetti. The 6-foot-10 left hander yielded five hits in seven innings before Bill Swift opened the eighth. Other than the two Seattle homers West 0-2 yielded Only two other hits through seven innings. The mariners scored twice off John Candelaria in the eighth on singles by Reynolds Griffey and Leonard and of Brien s sacrifice Fly. In mondays Early games it was Milwaukee 18, Boston 0, and Toronto 4, Baltimore 2. In mondays other night game indians 6, royals 3 Kansas City to. A Cory Snyder hit three doubles and Cleveland knocked out Mark Gubicza in a four run second inning. Ten of the first 14 Cleveland batters reached base against Gubicza 1-1who was charged with six hits and six earned runs in 1 a innings. Knuckle Baller Tom Candiotti 8-3 lifetime against the royals went five innings for the Victory. Candiotti 1-0 gave up 10 hits and the three Kansas City runs. Snyder had rib doubles in each of the first two innings. Spurs Rod Strickland reaches out for a rebound As hornets Kenny Gattison Randolph keys and . Reid surround him. Pacers stroll into playoff berth by the associated press Indianapolis a Chuck person scored 33 Points nine in the fourth Quarter and the Indiana pacers earned Only their third Aba playoff berth in 14 years monday night by defeating the Chicago bulls 111-102. The Victory was a present for coach Dick Versace who celebrated his 50th birthday. The pacers other playoff appearances came in 1980-81 and 1986-87. Chicago a setback gave the Idle Detroit pistons their third straight Central division title and assured them of a second consecutive Eastern conference Crown. Michael Jordan who had averaged 36.3 Points in four previous games against the pacers was held to 23 on 11-of-24 shooting. Scottie Pippen added 19 Points for the bulls. Smits had 20 and detlef Schrempf 17 for Indiana. In other monday night games kicks 119, heat 112 new York a Kiki Vandeweghe Aba Roundup and Patrick Ewing combined for 28 Points As new York scored a season High 46 Points in the third Quarter and beat Miami. Grant Long led the heat with 17 Points. Spurs 110, hornets 101 Charlotte . A san Antonio with Rookie David Robinson bouncing Back from his worst game of the year with 25 Points and 12 rebounds tied the Aba record for the most improved team. The spurs Are 53-26 after winning Only 21 games last season. The 32-game improvement ties the Boston celtics who did it in 1979-80. Willie Anderson scored 28 Points for the spurs. Kelly Tripucka led the hornets with 24. Suns 141, warriors 129 Oakland Calif. A Dan Majerle scored a career High 32 Points including a crucial 3-Pointer with 2 30 remaining As Phoenix stayed even with san Antonio in the race for the Western conferences fourth playoff spot. The suns club record 22nd Road Victory and fifth straight at Oakland kept them in a tie with the spurs at 53-26. Both teams Are bidding for first round Home court advantage against the other although san Antonio still has a Chance to win the Midwest division and earn the no. 2 seed. The loss ended Golden states slim mathematical Chance of making the playoffs. Kevin Johnson added 29 Points and 13 assists for Phoenix while Tom Chambers scored 26 Points and and now has 15,018 for his career. Rod Higgins scored a season High 28 Points and Chris Mullin had 35 for the warriors. Trail blazers 93, clippers 85 los Angeles a Jerome Kersey scored 23 Points including two free throws with 3 13 left that put pm it land a ahead for Good. Kevin Duckworth had 17 Points for Portland and Clyde Drexler 15. Charles Smith led the clippers with 21. Viola extends scoreless string against cubs by the associated press Chicago a Frank Viola extended his scoreless Streak and Howard Johnson doubled twice driving in three runs As the new York mets beat the Chicago cubs 10-1 monday. Viola 2-0 struck out eight walked none and allowed four hits in six innings before Alejandro Pena came on for his first save Viola who combined with John Franco on a five hit shutout Over Pittsburgh last week has allowed Only nine hits and struck out 16 thus far. Mark Carreon drove in three runs with a two run Homer and an rib single. Carreon and Mike Marshall who had a two run triple ahead of Carreon a Homer in a six run seventh had three hits apiece. Reds 5, braves 3 Atlanta a Barry Larkin who has had at least two hits in All six games keyed a three run first with the first of his four hits As Cincinnati remained the Only unbeaten team in the majors. The reds off to their Best Start since going 8-0 in 1980,jumped on Pete Smith 1-1 for four hits in the first. They made it easy for Jack Armstrong 2-0whorl Roundup ran his scoreless string to 11 innings before the braves losers of four straight and five of six scored in the sixth. Cardinals 6, pirates 4 Pittsburgh a Terry Pendleton had a two run double and Jose Deleon and five relievers combined on an eight hitter As St. Louis ended its Jinx against Pittsburgh. Jose Oquendo and Vince Coleman also had Bis As St. Louis 5-13 against Pittsburgh in 1989, ended a six game losing Streak against the pirates. Expos a Phillies 4 Montreal a Montreal took advantage of four walks and Spike Owens first Home run to score three times in the seventh inning. With the expos trailing 4-2, Owen started the seventh by Homenny off Terry Mulholland. Jeff Parrett came in to relieve loading the bases on walks to Pinch hitters Mike Aldrete Ana Larry Walker and a bunt single by Delino Deshields. Tim Raines singled Home Pinch runner David Martinez with the tying run but Deshields was thrown out at the plate by right fielder von Hayes. Todd fro Wirth relieved Parrett 0-2 and issued Back to a walks to Tim Wallach and Andres Galarraga to Force Walker Home with the winning run. Giants 3, dodgers 1 los Angeles a Mike Lacoss pitched a four hot Ter a Only the third Complete game thus far in majors a and will Clark drove in two runs As an Francisco beat los Angeles. Lacoss 2-0 struck out four and walked three a n went the distance for the first time since a Matching his total of Complete games for each past two seasons. The Victory snapped the three game losing Streak. No i Fernando Valenzuela 0-2 allowed six _ three runs Over six innings. It was his 18th def career decisions against the giants who a the left hander More than any other  sports radio