European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday june 13,1990dykstra witless As phils lose 2 by the associated press Philadelphia a Lenny Dykstra went witless in consecutive games for the first time this season and had his hitting Streak stopped at 23 monday As the Montreal expos swept a doubleheader from his Philadelphia Phillies. The scores were 5-0 and 3-2. Dykstra went 0 for 3 with a walk against Kevin Gross in the first game and 0 for 5 in the second popping up with a runner on second to end the game. His average dipped from .407 to .392. He finished Tiedel Roundup for the fourth longest Streak in Modem Phillies history. Mike Fitzgerald homered and drove in three runs in the opener then hit an rib single As Montreal won for the 11th time in 16 games. Philadelphia has lost five in a Row. The expos broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning of the Nightcap on a wild pitch by Jeff Parrett 2-5. Andres Galarraga led off with a single Pinch runner Otis Nixon took third on Parretti a wild Pickoff and scored As Ball four to Mike Aldrete bounced to the Backstop. Drew Hall 4-6 pitched 1 a innings for the Victory and Dave Schmidt worked two innings for his fifth save. Galarraga hit an rib single in the first inning and Fitzgerald singled Home a run in the third against Pat Combs for a 2-0 Lead. Chris Nabholz recalled from double a Jacksonville earlier in the Day made an impressive major league debut striking out Dykstra to Start the game and retiring the first seven batters. The Phillies scored twice in the fourth when Ricky Jordan doubled and Dickie Thon hit an rib single. With two outs Thon bluffed off third base and rattled the Rookie Nabholz who walked Home the tying run. Nabholz a 6-foot-5 left hander pitched five innings and gave up five hits walked two and struck out five. Gross 8-4 gave up four singles struck out nine and walked four in his first shutout of the season. He improved to 2-3 lifetime against the team that traded him away before the 1989 season. Fitzgerald elevated in the batting order to face the Phillies and Larry Walker homered for the expos. Dennis Cook 5-2 took the loss. He is wingless in five starts since winning his first decisions. Fitzgerald had not batted above sixth in the lineup this season but was moved up to the third Slot and it paid off. Spike Owen doubted with one out in the first and Fitzgerald followed with his fourth Home run of the season. Fitzgerald has 29 lifetime homers a seven against the Phillies. He singled Home a run with two outs in the eighth finishing Cook. Owen had a sacrifice Fly in the sixth for a 3-0 Lead and Walker who entered As a defensive replacement hit his fourth Homer in the ninth against Darrel Aker Felds. In other games monday night giants 8, braves 3 Atlanta a san Francisco won for the ninth time a a its a s i Quot. A 1s its a a pirates Jeff King slides safely Home As cardinals Todd Zeile tries to apply tag in mondays game at St. Louis. In 10 games As Brett butlers run scoring double snapped a seventh inning tie helping the giants beat Atlanta. The giants won three of four from the braves scoring 43 runs in the series to move within two games of the .500 Mark. San Francisco has won five of seven from Atlanta this season averaging 9.6 runs a game. Robby Thompson started the seventh with a one out single on John Smoltz 3-5and Butler doubled with two outs to put the giants ahead 4-3. Scott Garrelts 3-6 allowed three runs and five hits in 6 i innings to improve his lifetime record against the braves to 10-4. Jeff Brantley got two outs in the seventh and Steve Bedrosian finished. Cubs 8, mets 5 Chicago a Ryne Sandberg had four hits including a Home run and red hot Mark Grace added three hits As Chicago beat new Yolk for its fourth straight Victory. In his last 11 games Grace has reached base safely 22 times in 39 plate appearances 16 hits and six walks to raise his average from .258 to .292. Reliever Alejandro Pena 1-2 walked Dwight Smith leading off the seventh and one out later Sandberg singled Smith to third. Grace who has hit in 14 straight games put the cubs ahead 5-4 with a grounder to third. Following two walks Curtis Wilkerson a two run single made it 7-4. The mets who had their three game winning Streak snapped fell to 7-15 on the Road. Astros 5, dodgers 3 Houston a Casey Candaele delivered the game winning hit for the second straight game with the third Homer of his career leading Houston past los Angeles. The astros have won four straight. Candaele a seventh inning rib triple on sunday rallied the astros to a 4-2 Victory Over Cincinnati. Three of Candaele a five Bis this season have come in the last two games. Rafael Ramirez singled to Start the astros seventh inning off starter Mike Morgan 6-5 and after Rich gedman sacrificed Ramirez to second Candaele homered Over the right Field Fence. Larry Andersen 3-1 got the Victory in Relief and Dave Smith pitched one inning for his 12th save. Pirates 8, cardinals 7 St. Louis a Doug Drabek failed to protect a six run Lead but Jeff King snapped an eighth inning tie with a run scoring single As Pittsburgh broke a three game losing Streak. Jose Lind doubled leading off the eighth against reliever Tom Niedenfuer 0-1 and advanced on a groundnut before King drove him in with his third hit of the game to make it 7-6. Jay Bell followed with his second rib triple of the night As the pirates sent St. Louis to its fourth loss in five  from Page 21 and Mark Mcgwire who was Given the Day off did not play. Another regular Carney Lansford missed his third straight Start while nursing a strained right Elbow. He struck out in a Pinch hitting appearance in the eighth inning. Julio Franco hit two two run homers for the rangers who won for the fourth time in five games. Gary Pettis singled in the Texas first and Franco hit his first Homer of the game one out later off Scott Sanderson 7-3. Rookie John Russell catching Ryan for the first time in his career homered for the second time in three games to Lead off the second. Rafael Palmeiro walked with two out in the fifth and scored on Francois second Homer of the game and sixth of the season. In other monday night games Brewers 4, Blue jays 1 Milwaukee a Bill Krueger pitched 5 la witless innings in a rare Start As Milwaukee broke a five game losing Streak with a Victory Over Toronto which had pounded the Brewers in the first three games of the series. Krueger 3-3 allowed two hits walked one and struck out five in eight innings against a Toronto team that had scored 31 runs in the first three games. Dan Plesac pitched the ninth allowing one hit to collect his 11th save while ending the Blue j Aysk winning Streak at four games. Krueger a reliever making his first Start since last june 24, gave up a one out single to cookie Wilson in the sixth. Wilson scored on a two out single by Tony Fernandez to end the shutout bid. The Brewers scored four runs in the fourth against Willie Blair 0-3. Grey Brock Greg Vaughn and Gary Sheffiel had run scoring hits. Indians 4. Red sox 3 Boston a Tom Brookens lined a two out single to score Jerry Browne from second base in the 12th inning lifting Cleveland Over Boston which  get a key hit in the ninth. Rudy Seanez a 21-year-old Rookie reliever earned his first major league Victory and Doug Jones got his 20th save. Browne began the 12th with a ground single to Center against Dennis lamp 0 2 and took second on Mitch websters sacrifice. Chris James grounded out before Brookens who entered the game in the 10th, lined a 1-2 pitch to left Field. The game went to extra innings when the red sox loaded the bases with none out in the ninth but failed to score against reliever Jesse Orosco. Dwight Evans and Tony Pena forced runners at the plate and Carlos Quintana struck out. White sox 3, mariners 1 Seattle a Melido Perez pitched seven shutout innings and Carlton Fisk hit the 341st Homer of his career As Chicago beat Seattle. It was the second place White sox a fourth straight win and moved them to within two games of Oakland. The mariners who committed three errors and surrendered two unearned runs dropped to 11-18 in the kingdom. Perez 6-4 improved his lifetime record to 4-0 against the mariners a team he beat 5-0 on a four hitter in Chicago last wednesday night. This time he also allowed four hits. Fisk gave the White sox a 1-0 Lead when he led off the second inning with a Homer off Matt Young 1-7his fifth Homer. Chicago added an unearned run in the second after Carlos Martinez and Scott Fletcher followed Fisk a Homer with singles with Martinez going to second. The White sox then loaded the bases when Ozzie Guillen hit a grounder that shortstop Brian Giles  handle. Sammy Sosa hit a grounder to third baseman Edgar Martinez who threw Home but  get Carlos Martinez at the plate for a fielders Choice. Angels 3, royals 2. Anaheim Calif. A. Lance Parrish homered with two outs in the ninth inning to give Bert Blyleven and California a Victory Over Kansas City the royals seventh straight  Mark Davis 1-3 struck out the first two men in the ninth before t Arrish connected for his 10th Homer on a -1 pitch to Send Kansas City to its 10th loss in 11 games. 111 i i Kladivo. 4blyleven 6-3 pitched a Complete game allowing eight hits striking o four and walking  royals tied the game in the seventh when Frank Whites sacrifice Fly scored Willie Wilson who had drawn the second walk off Blyleven and taken to on Mike Macfarlanee a single