European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 13, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 Umi . Kansas City so Jackson Dodges a pitch and later homers but his royals lost 6-4 to the White sox Friday night in  hurls a a past of a by John Kreiser a sports writer Oakland a Bob Welch must have gotten All the bad pitches out of his system in Spring training. Welch had an 0-3 record and 17.72 Era in exhibition games but turned almost uni table once the Oakland athletics began playing for real. He pitched his second shutout in three starts with a five hit 5-0 Victory Over Baltimore Friday night As the a a won their fifth in a Row. Welch lowered his Era to 1.41, edging past teammate Dave stewarts 1.46 to take Over the american league Lead As the a a won their 10th in 11 games. A a in a concentrating on every pitch pitch by pitch a said Welch who added he has been plagued by a Lack of concentration for much of his 12-year career. A with our team we always seem to get a couple of runs before the other team. That always makes the Job  Mark Mcgwire made life easier for Welch with a pair of Solo homers his second two Homer game against the orioles this season. Welch is 4-2 on a team with a 22-6 record the Best in the majors. A a he a got the toughest two losses in the league and i done to think he a had a bad Start yet a manager Tony la Russa said. There Haven to been Many bad starts by Oakland pitchers. They be allowed just three runs during the five game winning Streak and Are 10-1 with five shutouts and a 1.16 Era in the last 11 games. La Russa is not ready to claim greatness despite the 22-6 Start tying the franchise Mark set in 1981. A the Standard was set in �?T84,�?� la Russa said. A Detroit was 35-5. Now that a a fast Start. Every time i need something to keep my feet on the Al Roundup ground i think of what they  Mcgwire homered in the second off Bob Milacki 1-1 and again in the eighth off Brian Holton. White sox 6, royals 4 Chicago a Oakland a fast Start Isnit making things any better for Kansas City which saw High priced Relief Ace Mark Davis blow his fourth save in nine chances this season As Chicago rallied for five runs in the eighth. Davis was handed a 4-2 Lead with a runner on first and two outs in the eighth. Three batters later his record dropped to 02 As Ron Kittle homered Scott Fletcher reached on an error and Ivan Calderon doubled in the go ahead run. The loss dropped the royals 12 games behind Oakland in the Al West. Barry Jones 4-0 got the win in Relief and Bobby Thigpen set a White sox record with his 99th career save. To Jackson homered for the royals. Red sox 3, Angels 2 Anaheim Calif. A the Angels also expected to Challenge the a a in the West Are 12 games out after Mike Greenwell snapped a 2-2 tie with a ninth inning rib single. The red sox made two key defensive plays. Right fielder Tom Brunansky robbed Chili Davis of a Home run in the fifth and Ellis Burks did the same in Center Field against Jack Howell in the ninth. Blue jays 4, tigers 2 Detroit a Manny Lee hit a two run Homer and Junior Felix had a Solo shot As Toronto beat Detroit. Lee homered in the second off Brian Dubois 0-2 and Felix added a Solo shot in the sixth. Tony Phillips had a Solo Homer in the sixth off Jimmy key 4-1who allowed four hits in six innings. Yankees 8, mariners 5 Seattle a the Yankees overcame the pre game Trade involving Dave Winfield and a 5-0 mariners Lead to beat Seattle. New York had Only 24 available players after it dealt Winfield to California for Pitcher Mike Witt a a Trade Winfield refused to accept. The Yankees also spotted Seattle a 5-0 Lead on a two run single by Darnell Coles in the second and Coles three run double in the third. But the Yankees tied it with five runs in the fourth and went ahead in the seventh on Roberto Kelly sri double off Gene Harris 0-1. Don Mattingly added a pair of rib singles. Lee Guetterman 2-1 got the win in Relief. Indians 4, rangers 4 Arlington Texas a Nolan Ryan was one out away from career win no. 294 before Cleveland rallied to tie the score and rain forced the game to be suspended. Ryan had retired 15 straight batters before Mitch websters two out triple. Ryan left with a muscle spasm in his lower Back and the indians used Chris James rib single and Candy Maldonado a run scoring double off Mike Jeffcoat to tie it. The game was halted before the rangers came to Bat in the Bottom of the sixth and was to be completed saturday night. Brewers 6, twins 3 Minneapolis a Paul Molitor had four hits including a game opening Home run and drove in two runs As Milwaukee downed Minnesota. Molitor opened the game with a drive Over the Fence in left Center off Allan Anderson 1-4 As the Brewers scored first for the 22nd time in 26 games. He also had a run scoring single. Greg Brock drove in two runs with a sacrifice Fly and a  reds overcome cold cubs by the associated press Cincinnati a the Cincinnati reds Are doing the kinds of things that usually result in a first place finish. In the first inning Friday night the Chicago cubs got Home runs from Ryne Sandberg Andre Dawson and Shawon Dunston off Scott Scudder to take a 5-0 Lead. No problem. The reds got great Relief pitching to keep them close and Chris Sabo hit a three run double with two outs in the eighth off Mitch Williams fora 7-5 win. A last year that might have been an out a Sabo said. A who knows they re just falling in the right  the Victory improved the reds to 20-6, and they hold a 7 a game Lead Over second place san Diego in the National league West. The cubs fell to 13-15, 6 a out in the East. With the cubs leading 5-4 in the eighth Williams 0-3 came in with Paul of Neill on first and one out. He gave up a single to Pinch hitter Ken Griffey then walked Jeff Reed after getting ahead two strikes to Load the bases. After Luis Quinones popped out Sabo lined a double to the left Center Field Gap to Clear the bases. A i Wasny to throwing the Ball the Way i wanted a Williams said. A i sure was t throwing it where i wanted. It was one of those nights i  Sabo was trying not to strike out. A i was just looking for the hard  Sabo said. A i was just trying to get the Bat on the Ball protect the plate and put it in play. You never know you might get an error or  the reds starting Battery failed to survive the first inning. Catcher Joe Oliver left the game after taking a foul tip off the Knuckles. A rays found no fracture and he a not expected to be out for an extended time. Mets 9, dodgers 4 new York a Dwight Gooden struck out 15 in seven innings hit a bases loaded triple and drove in four runs leading new York Over los Angeles. The dodgers have lost five straight. Goodens strikeouts were the most in the no this season and his Best since fanning a career High 16 on aug. 20. 1985, against san Francisco. He gave up three runs All in the third inning. Mike Morgan 4-2 took the loss. Pirates 4, astros 3 Pittsburgh a Doug Drabek off to a 6-1 Start allowed three runs in 8 a a innings and Barry Bonds had two hits scored twice and drove in a run As Pittsburgh survived Houston a three run rally in the ninth. The East division leading pirates 209 became the first no team to win 20 games and have won six of their last seven and 12 of their last 15. Phillies 10, giants 6 Philadelphia a Len Dykstra and von Hayes drove in three runs each to Pace a 16-hit attack in Philadelphia a Victory Over san Francisco. The Phillies have scored 20 runs in their last two games. Cardinals 5, braves 2 St. Louis a Bryn Smith allowed five hits in eight innings to improve to 13-3 lifetime against Atlanta. Lee Smith retired the Side in the ninth for his first save since being traded to St. Louis by Boston last week. Padres 5, expos 3 san Diego a Garry Templeton hit a two run Homer with one out in the eighth inning to lift san Diego past Montreal snapping the expose five game winning Streak