European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 16,1990 the stars and stripes a Page 21 s % Larkin delivers for reds by the associated press Cincinnati a Barry Larking a bases loaded single helped the Cincinnati reds overcome an Early three run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh pirates 5-3 monday night and maintain the Best record in the National league. Larking a two run single put the reds ahead 4-3 in the second inning. Jack no Roundup Armstrong 6-1 won for the sixth time in seven starts by allowing seven hits in six innings. Randy Myers who relieved Rob Dibble in the eighth pitched two innings for his seventh save. Myers allowed one hit and struck out three. Cincinnati leads the no West with a 22-7 record the Best in the league. The Start mirrors the 1970 club for Best this Century by a reds team. Pittsburgh at 22-10, leads the no East and is off to its Best Start since 1977. In other games monday braves 3, cubs 2 Atlanta a Pinch hitter Francisco Cabrera capped a two run Atlanta eighth inning rally with his first major Itcague rib and Chicago failed to score after loading the bases with none out in the ninth As the braves beat the cubs. Padres 5, Phillies 1 san Diego a Andy Benes pitched a iwo hitter for his first major league Complete game and Joe Carter and Tony Gwynn both hit two run homers. The Victory was the third in four games for san Diego. Giants 4, mets 2 san Francisco a Bob Knepper allowed two runs in 6% innings to beat new York for the second time in a week and will Clark hit a two run Homer. It was Only the giants third win in 14 Home games this season. Dodgers 3, expos 2 los Angeles a Fernando Valenzuela allowed two runs in eight plus a rings and sparked a three run third with his eighth career Homer As los Angeles Defeated Montreal to snap a six game losing Streak. Detroit a Gary Ward beats a Pickoff attempt at second base monday As Toronto a Tony Fernandez takes the late throw. Jays defeat tigers 8-3 with 5-run surge in 1 oth a by the associated press Detroit a Kelly Grubert a two run single and Fred Mcgrift the acc run Homer in the 10th inning led the Toronto Blue jays to an 8-3 win Over the Detroit tigers on monday. Reliever Duane Ward 1-0 got the win and Tom Henke pitched the final inning. Mike Henneman 0-3 took the loss. In the 10th, Junior Felix led off with a walk and went to third on Tony Fernandez a single. Cookie Wilson then bounced into a fielders Choice to the Pitcher and stole second. Both runners scored on Grubert a second two run single of the game. After George Bell singled Jeiry Don Gleaton relieved Henneman. Mcgrill hit his first pitch into the Canter Field bleachers. The tigers squandered a Chance to win when Mark Salas struck out with the a i Roundup bases loaded to end the ninth. Grubert a bases loaded single in the eighth gave the Blue jays a 3-2 Lead. But Detroit tied it in the Bottom of the inning when Larry sheets doubled Kenny Williams ran for him and scored As Matt Nocks singled. In other games twins 6, athletics 2 Minneapolis a Allan Anderson 2-4 pitched a four hitter and Kirby Puckett had five of Minnesota a 15 hits As the twins handed Dave Stewart his first loss of the season and saddled the a a with their first three game losing Streak. The twins rocked Stewart 6-1 pm six runs on 10 hits in four innings to win for the 10th time in their last 12 games. Stewart who had eight consecutive victories had not lost since last sept. 8. He entered the game second in the american l eague with a 1.46 Era that Rose to 2.36. Roy als 9, red sox 5 Kansas City. To. A Rey Palacios who entered the game in the ninth inning As a Pinch runner hit a grand slam with two out in the 10th, his first hit of the season. Boston Relief Ace Jeff Reardon ii gave up two out singles to George Brett Ana Jim Eisenreich and walked Willie Wilson. Palacios who had been 0 Tor 5. Then hammered a 1-1 Pinch Over the left Field Fence. The Winner in Relief was Mark Davis i-2who pitched 2-h scoreless innings. The royals who twice erased two run deficits got a run in the Bottom of the eighth on to Jackson a fourth Home run of the season olt Rob Murphy and tied it with one run in a bizarre ninth inning in which they made the last two outs at the plate. The red sox had taken a 5-3 Lead with two unearned runs in the top of the eighth. Gunnarsson guns Down Chang in first round won the contest on his first match Point with an Ace. From wire reports Rome French open Holder Michael Chang crashed out in the first round for  ment in a Row tuesday a victim of the Lay court finesse of Sweden a Jan Gunnarsson at the italian open. American Chang seeded seventh sufi or Claset Back in his preparation for the defense of his title on Clay in Paris beginning in less than two weeks. Second seeded Aaron Krickstein cruised to a smooth 6-1, 6-3 Victory against fellow american Jim Grabb. Other seeds advancing on a hot sunny Day at the Foro italico Complex included no. 4 Emil o Sanchez of Spain sixth ranked Argentine Martin Jaite no. 10 Thomas Muster of Austria and the swedish duo of no. 13 Jonas Svensson an italian open no. 14 Magnus Gustafsson. The 18-year-old Chang eliminated in the opening round two weeks ago in Munich West Germany had Little Success on the unfamiliar Clay almost from the Start of his 1 hour 22 minute losing encounter with Gunnarsson a wily 28-year-old Veteran of the surface. The swede won the opening set in 33 minutes As he caught Chang wrong footed on set Point with a shot at the net. Gunnarsson who trained at Home last week alter losing in the first round at Hamburg West Germany was broken in the first game of the second set but he immediately broke Back for 1-1 against Chang who was clearly uncomfortable on the slow surface. Chang dropped his serve in the fourth game As the swede moved out to 3-1. Five games later Gunnarsson won the contest on his first match Point with an Ace. A i was playing the French open Champion hut it did no to feel like it Quot Gunnarsson said. A when Guys Arentt playing Well that a the time to take your chances. A right now in Tennis the top ten Guys can be beaten by anyone in the top 150. That would not have happened four years  second Sec did Aaron Krickstein led the Way into the second round with a 6-1, 6-3 Victory Over fellow american Jim Grabb. Defending Champion Alberto Mancini the 16th seed survived a three set struggle against fellow Argentine Christian Miniussi winning 4-6, 7-6,6-4. In a mild upset uns coded Guy forget of r Ranee beat no. 15 Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia 6-3. 6-2. Another seed. No. 11 Carl Uwe Steeb of West Germany withdrew because of hand blisters