European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a the stars and stripes Friday May 11,1990 a a spark plug Rickey Henderson is elated to beat the throw to Yankee Catcher Robert Geren in the View of Limp Ted Hendry. Clemens mows Down mariners a by the associated press Seattle a the Seattle mariners just continue to get a headache from Roger Clemens aspirins. A this reputation is a Factor. You have a tendency to give him More credit but he just does no to give you much to hit a mariners second baseman Harold Reynolds said wednesday night following a 4-1 loss to the hard throwing Boston right hander. It was Clemens sixth straight Victory Over Seattle a team he has practically made a career out of beating. He pitched his most notable game against the mariners when he struck out 20 of them in 1986, and he has an 8-3 record Over his favorite whipping boys. Wednesday nights Victory was Clemens 100th of his career. A it s Only fitting 1 got my 100th win against Seattle a Clemens said. A a they re a team i started my career against. I did no to get my first win against them but the 20 strikeouts was the big breakthrough in my  Clemens 5-2 gave up Only four hits to the mariners a Solo Homer and a single to Alvin Davis and two singles to Edgar Martinez. Tigers 2, Brewers 1 Milwaukee a Lou Whitaker and Lloyd mos by hit consecutive two out Home runs in the first inning helping Detroit snap a four game losing Streak in a game called after eight innings by  Early baseball Al Roundup Whitaker hit the first pitch from Chris Bosio 3-1 into the right Field seats. Mose by followed with a Dave Over the Fence in left Field. Greg Brock doubled in Milwaukee a run in the Bottom of the first inning off Dan Petry 3-1. Athletics 2, Yankees 1 Oakland a Rickey Henderson a bases loaded walk in the 11th inning gave the athletics a three game sweep and their ninth win in 10 games. Henderson scored from second on Carney Lansford a grounder in the eighth then walked on four pitches in the 11 the off Eric plunk 2-1 after Oakland loaded the bases on two singles and a walk. Blue jays 4, White sox 3 Toronto a Nelson Liriano drove in two runs including the go ahead run with a single in the sixth As Toronto erased a three run deficit to beat Chicago for the 1,000th win in the clubs 14-year history. Liriano whose rib double triggered a game tying three run rally in the fourth singled with the bases loaded in the sixth. Frank wills 2-1 got the win with 2% innings of witless Relief. Duane Ward pitched the final two innings for his fourth save of the season. Indians 7, twins 3 Minneapolis a Tom Brookens first rib of the season scored the go ahead run in the sixth As Cleveland ended Minne Sotar a winning Streak at six games. Cleveland a Sergio Valdez 1-0 gained a Victory in the first Al Start of his career. Valdez who was picked up on waivers from Atlanta on april 30, allowed seven hits struck out three and walked three in seven innings. Doug Jones finished for his 10th save. Rangers 9, royals 3 Arlington Texas a Charlie Hough survived six walks in the first two innings and went on to pitch six innings of two hit Ball As Texas snapped a three game losing Streak. Julio Franco went 3 for 3 and Ruben Sierra had two hits including a Homer to Lead a 14-hit attack in support of Hough 3-1. Orioles 9, Angels 1 Anaheim Calif. A Randy Milligans two run single in the fifth broke a scoreless tie and carried Baltimore Over California behind Pete Hamisch a eight hitter. Milligans single triggered a four run two out rally As the orioles finally took advantage of an erratic Mark Langston 2-3, who tied a career High with eight walks in six innings As his personal eight game winning Streak Over the orioles ended. Hamisch 3-0, held the Angels scoreless through six innings. Cal Ripken hit a two run Homer for the orioles and became Only the third shortstop in baseball history to reach the 200-Homer plateau. Ernie Banks had 293 and Vera Stephens 213. Padres Pound slumping cardinals by the associated press St. Louis a Garry Templeton and Bip Roberts hit two run homers and Roberto Alomar had four hits As the san Diego padres beat the St. Louis cardinals 9-1 thursday. Templeton a Home run his first of the season capped a five run san Diego fourth inning. Bip Roberts hit his fourth Homer in the ninth for san Diego a final two runs. After tying a club record with three doubles the night before Alomar had two More along with two singles. Dennis Rasmussen 3-1 scattered seven St. Louis hits and also singled and scored ahead of Roberts Homer. Joe Magrane 0-6 lost for the eighth straight time in 13 starts since aug. 29. The cardinals have lost six of their last seven. Alomary a wind blown double in the first was san Diego a Only hit through three innings. In the fourth after Tony Gwynn flied out Alomar ignited the padres with his second double. Joe Carters double produced his 24th rib tying him for tops in the National league and Shawn Abner a single made it 2-0 for san Diego. Darrin Jackson doubled Home Abner with the padres fourth straight hit. One out later Templeton homered to left Center. Todd Zeile opened the cardinals fourth with his third Homer but that was the Only damage against Rasmussen. Expos 8 dodgers 2 Montreal a a Dennis Martinez scattered eight hits and Tim Raines drove in three runs for Montreal. It was Montreal a fifth straight Victory and sixth in the last seven games. The dodgers who fell to 1-5 on their nine game East coast Road trip lost their fourth in a Row. Martinez 3-2 struck out five and walked none beating los Angeles for the first time in five lifetime decisions. The dodgers took a 2-0 Lead in the second when Mike Scioscia homered following a single by Hubie Brooks. The expos countered with three runs in the  make Short work of braves by the associated press Chicago a Ryne Sandberg and Domingo Ramos hit two run homers and Les Lancaster allowed four hits As the Chicago cubs beat the Atlanta braves 4-0 wednesday in a game shortened to 4 i innings by rain. Lancaster 2-1making his first Start since june 4, 1988, struck out two and walked none. He got the final out in then Roundup top of the fifth making the game official just before thundershowers halted play. The game was called after a 90-minute wait. Sandberg homered off Pete Smith 22 after Jerome Walton a single in the third. Ramos hit his first Homer since april 8, 1989, following Curt Wilker songs two out single in the fourth. In other games wednesday pirates 6, reds 2 Pittsburgh a Bobby Bonillas run scoring double triggered Pittsburgh s four run sixth inning As the pirates beat Cincinnati to end the five game winning streaks of the reds and Pitcher Jack Armstrong. Jay Bell had a triple off Armstrong 51 and scored twice. Winner John Smiley 3-3 allowed seven hits Over six plus innings before giving Way to Bill Landrum who pitched three witless innings for his fourth save. Giants 4, mets 2 new York a Robby Thompson and Kevin Bass spoiled Bob ojedas first Start of the season hovering during a four run first inning As san Francisco snapped the new York Metsy four game winning Streak. Bob Knepper 1-1 won his first Start of the season and ended the giants losing Streak at three. He gave up two runs on six hits in 5 2h innings. Jeff Brantley pitched 2 a innings and Steve Bedrosian worked the ninth for his fourth save. Expos 5, dodgers 3 Montreal a Kevin Gross won his fourth straight decision and red hot Andres Galarraga drove in two runs for Montreal. Gross 4-1 limited los Angeles to five hits in 8 a a innings. He last won four decisions in a Row Between May 27 and june 17, 1988. The dodgers committed four errors for nine in their last two games. Loser Fernando Valenzuela 2-3 left after four innings allowing four runs two of them earned. Phillies 10, astros 1 Houston a Pat Combs sparkled in his Hometown debut with eight scoreless innings and benefited from six Houston errors As Philadelphia snapped a seven game Astrodome losing Streak. Combs 2-2who grew up in Houston and resides Here in the off season out dulled Mike Scott 1-3 in his first Astrodome appearance. He yielded five hits walked three and struck out five. Scott allowed nine hits and eight runs a four earned a in 4% innings and his Era is 6.27. Cardinals 11, padres 5 St. Louis a St. Louis which scored Only eight runs in losing its previous five games erased a five run deficit with seven runs in the fifth inning and four More in the sixth. Winner Rick Horton 1-1 worked 3-a scoreless innings in Relief of John Tudor who lasted Only 1 a a innings and left trailing 5-0. Tudor surrendered five doubles and a Home run to the first 11 san Diego batters including Mike Pagliarulo a first Home run off a left hander since sept. 23, 1988