European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a a a the stars and stripes thursday May 17,1990 baseball round reds nip pirates for 90-year Best by the associated press Cincinnati a Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 5-4 in i innings tuesday night Tor their Best Start of the Century. Todd Lien Inger singled with the bases loaded to boost Cincinnati s record to 2.1-7, Best in the National Teague and the Best 30-game Marl in modern reds history. The 1970 club opened 22-8. Chris Sabo started the game winning rally with a one out single off Bob Patterson 2-1. He continued to second when Light fielder . Reynolds bobbled the Ball for tin error. Billy Hatcher was walked intentionally and after Patterson walked to Advance the runners Barry Larkin was intentionally walked to Load the bases for Ben Inger. Benzinger who tied the score with a sacrifice Fly in the ninth grounded the first pitch up inc Middle to make a Winner of Tim Lay Ana 3-0. In other games tuesday. Phillies 2, padres 1 san Diego a Ricky Jordan and Carmolo Martinez hit consecutive Home runs in the fifth inning to carry Philadelphia past san Diego padres. Terry Mulholland 2-1 pitched six shutout innings allowing five hits before being relieved by Jeff Parrett to Start the seventh. Parrett pitched one inning and Roger Mcdowell finished for his eighth save. Dodgers 3, expos 2 los Angeles a Ramon Martinez allowed one run in seven innings and struck out 10 As eos Angeles edged Montreal. Martinez 3-2 pitched one hit Ball through the first live innings before allowing a Lead off double by Delino do National league Shields in the sixth and Dave Martinez a run scoring single. Giants 6, mets 5 san Francisco a Gary Carter beat his former new York teammates with a tic breaking rib double in the eighth inning. Mark Thurmond 1-0 pitched two hit less innings of Relief for his first decision with the giants. Steve Bedrosian saved his second straight game pitching the ninth for his sixth save. Cubs 12, braves 2 Atlanta a Andre Dawson hit a pair of two run homers and Jeff Pico just up from the minors allowed one hit in six shutout innings As Chicago routed Atlanta. Pico 1-0 had a no hitter through five innings before Oddie Mcdowell opened the sixth with a ground single to right just beyond second baseman Ryne Sandberg a reach Dawson who leads the National league with 11 homers recorded his 31st Multi Homer game. He had also hit two homers against the braves last tuesday at Chicago. Cardinals 4, astros 0 St. Louis a Joe Magrane pitched a four hitter to break a personal eight game losing Streak posting the first Complete game for cardinals pitching this season As St. Louis dealt Houston its fifth straight loss. Magrane 1-6 out pitched Mike Scott 1-4 for his first win in 14 starts since last aug. 29. The St. Louis left hander began the game with a 6.45 earned run average having allowed 27 runs in 37 2h innings. A reds manager Lou Piniella ignores Joe Oliver a and Chris Sabo s High fives  Oakland loses 4th straight 5-4 by the associated press Cleveland a Rickey Henderson dropped Candy Maldonado s routine Fly Ball to left Field letting two runs score and capping a four run seventh inning As the Cleveland indians beat the Oakland athletics 54. The loss was the fourth straight for the a a who committed three Outfield errors that contributed to both of Cleveland a scoring rallies. The Start of the game was delayed by showers for 34 minutes and it rained again with the indians batting in the seventh. Chris James walked in the seventh and went to third As Sandy Alomary a single was mishandled by right fielder Felix Jose allowing Alomar to take second. Reliever Rick Honeycutt 1-1 then gave up Carlos Bacr Gay a sacrifice Fly an rib single to Jerry Browne and a walk to Mitch Webster. A groundnut advanced the runners to second and third and Maldonado then popped the apparent third out to shallow left. Henderson called shortstop Mike Gallego off the Ball but it slipped out of his Glove. Cecilio Guante 1-2 got the win with one scoreless inning. Doug Jones pitched two scoreless innings for his 13th save in 13 tries. He has not allowed a run in 20 innings this year. Jose Canseco who homered in his last two appearances monday night at Minn Sola gave the a a a 1-0 Lead in the first with his 12th Home run of the season. In other games tuesday mariners 4, Blue jays 3 Toronto a Harold Reynolds singled Home the of ahead run with one out in the 10th inning and cattle heat Toronto to end the Blue jays the acc game winning Streak. Bruntley tripled with one out off Jim Acker 0-1 and Reynolds singled up the Middle past drawn in second baseman Nelson Liriano. Keith Comstock 1-1 pitched one inning for the Victory. American league infield hearing set wednesday new York apr the Dave Winfield Trade became official tuesday but that did no to change anything he a still not playing anywhere for anybody. A a in a not trying to be a problem Quot Winfield said As he cleaned out his locker at Yankee stadium shortly before new York played Minnesota. A a it a a matter of  earlier in the Day Winfield got the official papers notifying him of the Trade. But the next place he plans to go is an arbitration hearing. A spokesman at the players association said the hearing would be held on wednesday and a decision could come As soon As thursday. White sox 3, orioles 2 Chicago a Carlton Fisk a first Homer of the season a two run shot with two outs in the eighth inning rallied Chicago to its fourth straight Victory. With two outs in the eighth Dan Pasqua batted for Ron Kittle and tripled Fisk followed against Pete har Nisch 3-1 with his 337th career Home run including 316 As a Catcher. Barry Jones 5-0 got the Victory. Bobby Thigpen pitched one inning for his ninth save of the season and the 100th of his career. Angels 8, Brewers 3 Milwaukee a Jack Howell drove a two run Homer through a thickening fog and the California Angels behind Mark Langston beat the Milwaukee Brewers. Howells third Home run of the season broke a i i tie in the fifth inning and followed a single by Lanee Parrish off Chris Bosio 3-2. Langston 3-3 stopped his two game losing Streak giving up three runs in seven innings. Tigers 3, rangers 2 Arlington Texas a Cecil fielder hit his major league leading 14th Home run and Detroit beat banged up Texas. With the score 1-1, Lloyd Moseby opened the seventh with a single and advanced on a balk by Kevin Brown 5-2. Fielder followed with a drive into the Center Field stands. Fielder who lives in Arlington in the off season leads the majors with 34 Rols. In his last 21 games he has 12 Home runs and 29 Bis. Dan Petry 4-1 won his third consecutive Start and Mike Henneman got his eighth save As the tigers stopped a three game losing Streak and won for Only the fourth time in 13 games. The rangers lost for the seventh time in nine games. Texas played without four injured starters including right fielder Ruben Sierra who Hurt his left ankle when he fell Down an escalator at a shopping mall monday Yankees 7, twins 3new York a Don Mattingly hit his 100th 5 an Kee stadium Homer and drove in four runs and Chuck Cary making his first appearance of the season pitched four hit Ball for seven innings As new York beat Minnesota. Cai7 1-0 had been on the disabled list since april 15 with an inflamed left Elbow. He gave up one run struck out eight and walked Only one before Jeff Robinson relieved. Royals red sox rained out Kansas City to. A the game Between Kansas City and Boston was rained out