European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a a a the stars and stripes thursday june 21,1990 baseball round pred sox Rookie cools jays by the associated press Toronto a Dana Kiecker capped his seven season apprenticeship in the minors by holding red hot Toronto to three hits and two unearned runs in 81/3 innings As the Boston red sox beat the Blue jays 4-2 tuesday night. A i attribute a lot of my Success to those seven years Quot kicker said. A i pitched Over 1,000 innings Down there and a lot of my Success is because of  Kiecker 2-3a 29-year-old Rookie used a fastball that Boston manager Joe Morgan did no to think he had in striking out four including George Bell three times. He walked two in his longest career Outing. A on the first two 1 threw him mainly sliders a Kiecker said. A then Joe came out and told me to bust him  Kiecker followed instructions fanning Bell to Start the ninth before giving Way to Rob Murphy who struck out Fred Mcgrift and John Olsrud for his third save. After Toronto a John Cerutti held Boston to two runs and eight hits in eight innings Duane Ward 1-3 took Over in the ninth. He started out by walking Dwight Evans and Ellis Burks followed with a tie breaking triple that got by diving Center fielder cookie Wilson. Burks scored on Tony penal a grounder. The Victory Bostons 12th in 17 games lifted the red sox to one game behind first place Toronto in the american league East. Kicker came within two outs of his first Complete game in the majors. He retired 15 straight batters after issuing a walk to Greg Myers in the Bottom of second. In other games tuesday indians 5, orioles 4 Cleveland a Light hitting Felix Fermin got a rare extra base hit off Gregg Olson Baltimore a near perfect Relief Ace in the eighth inning. He scored on Sandy Alomary a single. Fermin who started the game batting .217 with seven extra base hits in 138 at bats doubled with one out. After Stan Jefferson walked and Jerry Browne flied out Alomary a single plated Fermin. Tigers 7, athletics 6 Detroit a Alan Trammell drove in four runs three on a first inning Homer and Cecil fielder singled Home the tying and winning runs in the fourth inning. Royals 2, mariners 1 Kansas City to. A Kevin Seitzer tripled Home the decisive run in the second inning and Kansas City pitchers stranded 12 Seattle baserunners As the royals won for the fifth time in six games. Angels 5, White sox 3 Chicago a Donnie Hill and Devon White each doubled Home two runs in a four run sixth inning rally american league a Milwaukee a Mike Felder dives in trying to steal Home As yanks Catcher Matt Nokes Waits for throw he got in time. As California handed Chicago its fifth straight setback. Mel Hall hit a two run Homer new Yorkus fourth Home run in 10 games and first with anyone on base Yankees 5, Brewers 1 As the Yankees snapped a four game losing Streak. Milwaukee a the usually punch less Yankees rangers 5, twins 4 built a four run Lead for Only the third time in 23 Arlington Texas a Pete Incaviglia homered games and Chuck Cary pitched out of two big jams in with one out in the seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie As pitching six scoreless innings. Texas handed Minnesota its 11th loss in 12  Salvage twin Bill halt 6-game skid by the associated press Atlanta a Charlie Leibrandt pitched a six hit shutout to end Cincinnati a six game winning Streak As the Atlanta braves beat the reds 3-0 to Stop a six game slide in the Nightcap of a twi night double header tuesday. The reds won the opener 4-2 with a ninth inning rally that featured a Solo Home run by Chris Sabo and a go ahead rib single by Glenn Braggs. Leibrandt 2-0 walked none and struck out one. Atlanta took a 2-0 Lead off Rick Mahler 1-2 in the first inning of the second game on an rib single by Ron Gant and a hit batsman. Jim Presley a eighth Homer off Tim Layana in the eighth accounted for the other Atlanta run in the Nightcap. Sabots third hit of the opener and 14th Homer off Rick Luecken 0-1tied it with one out in the ninth. After Braggs hit a bad hop single past third base Pinch hitter Luis Quinones added an rib double. Norm Charlton 5-1 won the game in Relief. Randy Myers pitched the final inning for his 13th save in other games tuesday cubs 2, expos 1 Montreal a Chicago a Shawn bos National league Kie won a Duel of rookies with Mark Gardner and Montreal a Spike Owen set a National league record for consecutive errorless games in a season by a shortstop. Owen had one Fielding Chance taking a relay from left fielder Mike Aldrete and throwing Mark Grace out at the plate on a double by Andre Dawson in the seventh inning Dawson drove in a run for the cubs in the third. Ryne Sandberg added his 19th Homer off Bill Sampen in the ninth. Boskie 2-3 allowed five hits in 6 2h innings. He did no to allow a baserunner until Tim Wallach singled with one out in the fifth. Les Lancaster the third Chicago Pitcher worked the ninth for his fourth save allowing the Only Montreal run. Gardner 3-3 allowed three hits in seven innings. Owens errorless game Streak reached 61, surpassing the record Kevin Elster of the new York mets set in 1988. Mets 6, cardinals 0 new York a David Cone pitched a four hitter and new York kept up its Power show beating John Tudor 5-3. The mets who have won nine of 11 got Home runs from Kevin my Orlando Mercado and How Ard Johnson. New York has homered in 22 of its last 25 games to increase its league leading total to 81. Cone 3-4 did no to allow a hit until Milt Thompsons opposite Field double to left with two out in the fifth inning. Thompson who added a single in the eighth is 14 for 24 lifetime against Cone. Cone struck out four and walked one for his seventh career shutout. It was the Metsy eighth shutout of the season and the eighth thrown against St. Louis. Phillies 2, pirates 1 Philadelphia a Dickie thongs single with two out in the 10th inning scored John Kruk from second base giving Philadelphia its fourth Victory in five games. Kruk who drove in the first Philadelphia run singled to Center and advanced on a single by Pinch hitter Randy games got Reynolds Winner of reliever Don Carman 4-0. Pittsburgh took a 1-0 Lead against Rookie Jose Dejesus in the third when Jose Lind reached on an infield hit was sacrificed by Pitcher Bob walk and scored on a single by Jay Bell. Philadelphia tied it after Charlie Hayes knocked out walk with a double to open the fourth. The pirates said walk left with a strained right Groin. Bob Kipper relieved and allowed the rib single by Kruk. Dodgers 5, astros 1 los Angeles a Fernando Valenzuela ended a personal two game losing Streak As los Angeles won its fourth straight in dealing Houston a club record tying 11th straight Road loss. Valenzuela 5-5 allowed four hits in seven innings struck out six and walked four while beating Mike Scott 4-7 As the astros lost their fifth consecutive game. Eddie Murray hit his ninth Homer in the fifth for los Angeles which had lost five straight before starting its current winning Streak. Padres 4, giants 3 san Francisco a the san Francisco giants nine game winning Streak ended with Roberto Alomar getting three hits and an rib As san Diego stopped a three game slide. San Francisco did not play like a Winner of 16 of its previous 17 games in june committing an error a wild pitch and a balk in san Diego a three run first inning Alomar and Joe Carter drove in runs with singles and Mike Pagliarulo added a sacrifice Fly As san Diego Defeated san Francisco for the first time in five games