European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 4,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 21 \ a >1 v v. R Johnson no hits tigers by the associated press Seattle a on the Days that Randy Johnson itches his teammates go out of their Way  avoid him. Way out of their Way. A a in a a very Moody person a the 6-foot-10 left hander said saturday night after pitching the first no hitter in Seattle manners history a 2-0 Victory Over the Detroit tigers. A i like  be in my own Little world. I done  like people talking  me. People have called me another Bill  on saturday night Johnson 4-3 overcame his own wildness walking six and striking out eight. Johnson a left hander acquired from Montreal on May 25,1989, in the Mark Langston Trade pitched the first no hitter Ever at the kingdom which opened for baseball in 1977. He said another mariners left hander Matt Young was the Only teammate  speak  him. A i sat next  Matt and he said a come on r.j., lets go out and do it a a Johnson said. Johnson who entered the game with a 4.73 Era has allowed 12 Home runs the most in the major leagues. His previous Low hit game was a five hit Victory Over Toronto on july 23, 1989. Two of the walks and two of the strikeouts came against Cecil fielder who shares the major league Homer Lead with Oakland a Jose Canseco at 19. Johnson struck out fielder on three pitches  begin the ninth. Chet Lemon fouled out  first baseman Alvin Davis and Mike Heath then struck out swinging on an 0-2 pitch Johnson a 136th of the game As the crowd of 20,014 erupted. Johnson threw 87 strikes and 49 balls. The mariners said he had 50 pitches of 94 Mph and More. His final pitch  strike out Heath was clocked at 97 Mph his fastest of the game. Johnson a toughest Jam came in the sixth when he loaded the bases on walks  Tony Phillip Gary Ward and fielder but struck out Lemon  end the inning. Ward hit the hardest Ball of the night for the tigers a 365-foot Fly in the first inning that Center fielder Ken Griffey or. Caught in front of the warning track. In the seventh inning Tracy Jones hit a slow roller  third baseman Edgar Martinez whose throw pulled Davis off the bag. But Umpire Derryl cousins ruled that Davis tagged Jones on the helmet. Tigers manager Sparky Anderson came out of the dugout  protest but after the game Jones said he was definitely out. �?o1 was out a Jones said. A the Umpire was waiting for the tag  see if he dropped the Ball but he  Johnson said the key for him was pitching inside. A a in a a Power Pitcher a he said. A i give up a lot of Home runs. Scott Bradley and i talked before the game. We decided i had  throw my fastball  it was the second no hitter of the season but the first Complete game nine inning no hitter in the majors since mariners Randy Johnson. Throws 136 pitches Cincinnati a Tom Browning pitched a perfect game against los Angeles on sept. 16,1988. The last Complete game no hitter in the american league was by Milwaukee a Juan Nieves against Baltimore in 1987. In other games saturday indians 7, red sox 6 Cleveland a Cleveland a Stan Jefferson batting Lead off despite an .088 batting average got two hits scored three runs and drove in the winning run in the eighth inning As the indians Defeated Boston. Sergio Valdez 2-1 got the win pitching 5 Xhu scoreless innings. Doug Jones pitched a perfect ninth getting his 18th save in 20 chances. Brewers 7, Blue jays 6 Toronto a Rob Deer hit a two run single with two out As Milwaukee scored four runs in the seventh inning  beat  Roundup the Brewers trailed 6-3 entering the seventh but Paul Molitor led off with a Homer off Jim Acker and Deer singled in two runs off David Wells 2-1. The Brewers scored the go ahead run when Bill Spiers came Home on a passed Ball by Greg Myers. Toronto a Kelly Gruber and Fred Mcgriff hit two run homers in a four run first inning. Dave Parker had a Solo shot for Milwaukee. Orioles 4, Yankees 2 new York a Randy Milligan broke Baltimore a bases loaded drought with a two run single in the fifth inning As the orioles handed new York its sixth loss in seven games. Baltimore batting just .200 with the bases loaded this season broke through in the fifth when Milligan singled off Tim Leary 3-6 for a 3-2 Lead. Dave Johnson 4-3 won for the second time in eight starts allowing two runs on eight hits including Jesse Barfield a Homer in five innings. Mark Williamson pitched two scoreless innings and Gregg Olson went two shutout innings  remain perfect in 10 save opportunities. Royals 10, athletics 4 Kansas City . A Gerald Perry had three hits and scored two runs and Kansas City took advantage of two errors by third baseman Mike Gallego  score five unearned runs and beat Oakland. Bret Saberhagen 5-3staked  an eight run Lead won his fourth straight Start and improved  10-6 lifetime against Oakland. Saberhagen went seven innings allowing two runs and eight hits. Rangers 6, Angels 3 Arlington Texas a Mike Jeffcoat survived a Rocky Start  give Texas its first Victory by a left handed starter this season As the rangers overcame an Early three run deficit  beat California. Jeffcoat 1-1 gave up three runs on five hits in the first two innings then blanked the Angels on four hits Over the next seven. Harold Baines had two rib singles for Texas which had lost 14 of its last 18 games. Pete Incaviglia added a Solo Homer in the eighth. Twins 2, White sox 1 Chicago a Dan Gladden broke an 0-for-10 slump with a two out rib double in the eighth inning  give Minnesota a Victory. Greg Gagne singled with two outs in the eighth for the third hit off Chicago starter Eric King 4-1. Gladden followed with a wind blown one hop liner off the Fence in right Center scoring Gagne. John Candelaria 6-1 got the last out in the seventh inning retiring Pinch hitter Ron Kittle on a liner  Center. Rick Aguilera pitched the last two innings for his 15th save in 17  whip bulls face blazers by Bill Barnard a basketball writer Auburn Hills Mich. A the de ii a. On it outscoring Chicago 31-14 a a a a be Pivotal second Quarter advanced 0 the Aba finals for the third Consec Tive year with a 93-74 Victory sunday. 1 serves Mark Aguirre and John Sal by keyed the second period surge for the far  a seventh playoff game w toe first time in team history. Detroit hip must  Portland Trail blazers in t., championship series beginning tuesday night at the Palace. To is keeping alive their Hopes wikd0ming franchise a along  Boston and the los Angeles lakers we repeat As champions were 0-3 in seventh games before sunday. To a Vever it. Previous three losses a l in cafe in 1974> Boston in 1987 and 0nfu�s Angeles lakers in 1988 a were the Road. This time the pistons were playing inn a playoffs front of the 100th consecutive sellout crowd at the Palace where they have not Only been virtually unbeatable but almost untouchable. In nine consecutive Home victories in the playoffs the pistons have yet  allow 100 Points. The opposition has scored More than 100 in All four of Detroit a postseason losses on the Road including three times by the bulls in Chicago. But once again the bulls  find the right combination at the Palace especially in the second Quarter when Detroit was 14-for-17 from the Field and Chicago 5-for-24. The pistons trailing 19-17 after one Quarter tied the score five times before regaining the Lead for Good on a three Point play by Salley with 7 43 left in the second Peri a. That started an 11-0 run that made it 36-27, and the pistons extended the mar Gin  48-33 at halftime. Aguirre scored 10 Points and Salley seven in the Quarter As pistons reserves had 19 of the teams 31 Points in the period. Michael Jordan who averaged 39.3 at Chicago and 26.8 at the Palace in the series scored 12 of his 31 Points in the third Quarter rallying the bulls  a 69-59 deficit after they trailed 61 -39 with 7 48 left. But the pistons scored eight of the first 10 Points of the fourth period and the bulls did no  threaten seriously again. Isiah Thomas led Detroit with 21 Points and 11 assists while Aguirre finished with 15 Points and Salley 14 for the pistons who scored 11 consecutive Down the stretch  turn the game into a rout. Aguirre also had 10 rebounds. The pistons who won All four of their Home games in the Eastern conference finals get the Home court advantage again in the finals against Portland. Both the pistons and Trail blazers won 59 games in the regular season but Detroit gets a potential fourth Home game in the championship series because its conference record was 40-14 compared  Portland a 41-15. That Edge could prove decisive because the Trail blazers also Are 9-0 at Home in the playoffs. Portland and Detroit both were 35-6 at Home in the regular season. Detroit and Chicago started slowly with the defences playing at seventh game intensity. The pistons jumped ahead 7-2 but missed 16 of 22 shots in the first Quarter. Consecutive jumpers by Jordan and then a jumper and 3-Pointer by Craig Hodges gave Chicago its first Lead at 11-9 and six straight Points later in the period put the bulls ahead 17-13. But they were Little better than Detroit from the Field missing 15 of 22 attempts in the Quarter. The Victory raised Detroit a playoff record  26-6 the last two seasons with five of the losses  Chicago