European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday june 19, 1990 reds homers beat Houston Davis by the associated press Cincinnati a Eric Davis was at a loss to explain the Cincinnati reds sudden surge of Power. Davis hit two of four Cincinnati homers nine for the reds in their last two games and drove in four runs in support of Jose Rijos pitching As the reds beat Houston 7-1 sunday their fifth straight Victory a things arc just happening a a he said. A Guys Are getting the Bat on the Ball and they re just going out. You done to swing for of a Home  the last two games were played in hot muggy weather a the kind that makes the Ball carry Well at riverfront stadium. A i done to think that mattered on the balls they hit off me a said Mark Portugal l-7who gave up three of the homers. A it was just a bad  both benches emptied but no punches were thrown in the seventh after Houston a Xavier Hernandez hit Todd Ben Zinger with a pitch the third Batter he hit in his Relief stint it followed Davis second Homer which came after Hernandez had hit Barry Larkin. Paul of Neill and Glenn Braggs who was hit in the sixth also homered for the reds. Davis and Braggs with the first Homer of his National league career also connected in saturdays 6-2 Victory. Cincinnati swept the three game series breaking out of a season Long Homer slump. The reds entered the series with just 40 Home runs a the third lowest total in the league at the time. Rijo 5-2 allowed four hits struck out 10 and walked three in eight innings raising his lifetime record against the astros to 7-1. In other games sunday mets 4, pirates 3 Pittsburgh a Mark Carreon had two Solo homers among three hits and scored three runs and Dwight Gooden beat Pittsburgh for the first time in two years to Lead new York. Gooden 5-5wingless against the pirates since june 22, 1988, prevailed despite Sid Breames three hits As the mets won the series 2-1. New York has won five of seven from the first place pirates the last two weekends and eight of its last 10 games Overall. Cardinals 7, expos 1 St. Louis a Jose Deleon gave up just two hits in 7 a innings and Terry Pendleton hit a disputed Homer and drove in two runs As St. Louis Defeated Montreal in 97-degree weather. Deleon 6-5 struck out seven and walked six As the cardinals won their second straight to end a 2-5 Home stand. Deleon allowed Only a first inning Homer to Spike Owen and a single to Nelson Santovenia in the fifth. Dodgers 6, padres 3 los Angeles a Kirk Gibson had a three run Homer and Mike Sharperson a two run single As los Angeles beat san Diego behind Mike Morgan. Morgan 7-5 worked into the ninth inning allowing eight hits including a two run Homer by Bip Roberts in the third and a Solo shot by Fred Lynn in the sixth. Jay Howell came on after hits by Lynn and Mike Pagliarulo to Start the ninth getting his second save As the padres lost their fifth in six games. Giants 9, braves 7 san Francisco a torrid Matt Williams broke a tie with an eighth inning single and san Francisco downed Atlanta for its eighth straight Victory and a 15-1 record this month. Williams who also had a pair of doubles extended his hitting Streak to a career High 14 games. He went 3 for 5 and doubled Home a run in the sixth to give the giants a 7-6 Lead. His two rib gave him the National league Lead with 55, including 20 for the 14-game Span. The giants swept the three game be reds Catcher Joe Oliver Waits with Ball As the astros Javier Ortiz tries to score. A Ries and Are now 8-2 against Atlanta out scoring the braves 91-35. San Francisco broke the tie in the eighth after will Clark led off with a walk and went to second on Kevin Mitchells single. Williams followed with his hit off Tony Castillo 0-1. The giants added a run on an infield hit by Terry Kennedy. Cubs 5, Phillies 3 Philadelphia a Jeff Pico settled Down after yielding three runs and four hits in the first inning and Chicago snapped a six game losing Streak. Philadelphia starter Ken Howell left for a Pinch hitter after giving up three runs and eight hits in seven innings. Jeff Parrett 2-6 retired the first two Chicago batters in the eighth but Domingo Ramos singled took second on a wild pitch and scored the go ahead run when Joe Girardi grounded a single up the Middle. Marvell Wynne hit his second Home run of the season in the  jays Cap trip by routing yanks by the associated press new York a Todd Stottlemyre pitched a seven hitter and Fred Mcgriff hit a three run Homer to help Toronto Complete its most successful Road trip Ever As the Blue jays beat the punch less new York Yankees 8-1 sunday. The Blue jays who have won six straight took nine of 10 on the trip by winning three of four from Milwaukee and sweeping three game series from Minnesota and the Yankees. Toronto a previous beat trip was 7-3 on two occasions. Meanwhile the last place Yankees have lost 12 of 15 and have the worst record in the major leagues at 21-39. Stottlemyre 7-6 made his first career Start at Yankee stadium where his father Mel pitched for 10 seasons. He lost a bid for his first major league shutout in 48 career starts when Matt Nocks Hom ered with two outs in the ninth inning. Mcgriff a one time Yankee farmhand continued his Home run assault against new York. His Long three run Homer with two out in the third inning off Dave Lapoint 4-6 came after Tony Fernandez singled and George Bell walked to make it 4-0. Mcgriffe Homer his 13th, landed nine rows deep into the upper deck in right Field about 416 feet away. Mcgriff has 12 homers in 99 career at bats against new York including sisal Roundup in 43 at bats last season. In other games sunday a is White sox 2 Chicago a Mark Mcgwire hit his 17th Homer and Felix Jose singled Home the go ahead run As Oakland scored twice in the eighth inning to beat Chicago. Jamie quirk added a two run double in the ninth As Oakland won three of four at Comiskey Park. The athletics opened a four game Lead Over the White sox in the Al West and the teams play three times next weekend in Oakland. Mcgwire hit a Solo Homer with one out off Donn pall 0-2 that made it 2-2. Terry Steinbach followed with a single and Doug Jennings met reliever Barry Jones with a single. Scott Radinsky took Over and Jose batting for Steve Howard hit a single to left that scored Pinch runner Lance Blakenship. Quirk doubled off Radinsky for insurance. Mike Moore 5-6 pitched seven innings and gave up six hits. Dennis Eck Ersley went i la innings for his 22nd save. Dave Henderson hit his 10th Home run in the third. He went 8 for 17 with two homers two doubles and six Bis in the series. Red sox 6, orioles 5 Baltimore a Carlos Quintana hit a three run Homer and Jody Reed drove in three runs As Boston beat Baltimore handing the orioles their fifth straight loss. Boston has won three straight games and h of 15. Greg Harris 6-3 got the Victory and Rob Murphy got his second save. Jeff Ballard 1 -7 took the loss. Indians 12, Brewers 4 Cleveland a Cory Snyder hit two of Cleveland a five Home runs including the last of three in a Row in the seventh inning and Bud Black got his first win Over Milwaukee in six years As the indians beat the Brewers to Complete a three game sweep. Black 6-3 Defeated the Brewers for the first time since april 13, 1984, when he was with Kansas City. Candy Maldonado hit a two run Homer off Paul Mirabella to Start the indians flurry in the seventh. Brook Jacoby followed with a Solo shot and Snyder then hit his ninth of the year and second of the game on the second pitch from Randy Veres for a 10-4 Lead. It was the first time Cleveland hit three straight Home runs since june 29, 1984. Ron Robinson 0-11 took the loss in his second Start since joining Milwaukee m a june 9 Trade with Cincinnati. Angels 7, tigers 3 Detroit a Lance Parrish a grand slam capped a five run fifth inning and Bryan Harvey escaped a bases loaded no out Jam in the ninth leading California Over Detroit and ending the tigers four game winning Streak. The grand slam was the seventh of Parrish a career and his 100th Homer at Tiger stadium. Parrish played the first 10 seasons of his career for Detroit. Parrish a slam offset Cecil fielders major league leading 25th Home run for the tigers and provided More than enough runs for Chuck Finley 10-3. Brian Dubois 3-5 was the loser. Twins 4, royals j Kansas City to. A Kevin Tapani out pitched Bret Saberhagen scattering six hits Over seven innings As Minnesota snapped a nine game losing Streak with a Victory Over Kansas City. A a Brian Harper continued his hot hitting at royals stadium with a two run single that put Minnesota ahead 2-0 in to Furt i w Tapani 7-4 gave up to Jackson s Horn run walked none and struck out five. Jonn Candaleria pitched the eighth and i Aguilera finished for his 16th save. Mariners 6, rangers 3 Seattle a Randy Johnson won is fourth straight Start and Darnell Loi hit his first Home run since Agni i it 4 Seattle beat Texas