European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 22, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 21 Mefs Down cards by the associated press new York a the new York mets used their winning formula a Good pitching and Home runs a to beat the St. Louis cardinals 6-3 wednesday for their 10th Triumph in 12 games. Kevin Mcreynolds three run Homer keyed a four run first inning. The mets who have Hom ered in eight straight games and 23 no Roundup of 26, moved to four games behind first place Pittsburgh in the National league East. New York trailed the pirates by 9 a games on june 7. The cardinals who be lost 10 of their last 13, held a closed door meeting after the game. A the players closed the clubhouse doors. I had nothing to do with it a manager Whitey Herzog said. A a we re still not hitting and making bad  the mets held meetings last month when they were struggling. Now they re the hottest team in the no East. A if you could explain Why things change you could win every game a Mcreynolds said. Darryl Strawberry singled in a run in the first before Mcreynolds hit his 12th Homer of the season off Bryn Smith 6-6. A Bryn made two bad pitches a to Mcreynolds and Strawberry a and we were Down 4-0,�?� Herzog said. Sid Fernandez 5-5 allowed one run on eight hits in six innings. John Franco pitched the last two innings for his 12th save. In other games wednesday Phillies 7, pirates 2 Philadelphia a Lenny Dykstra the major leagues leading Batter raised his average to .384 with two hits and scored three times see no on Page 26 Blue jays rip botox a strip tigers 12-7 by the associated press Toronto a the Toronto Blue jays crushed the american league East challenger Boston crushing the red sox 11-0 wednesday night. The Blue jays combined the pitching of Dave Stieb and Tom Henke with a club record tying eight straight hits during an eight run eighth inning game breaker. Stieb 10-2 yielded All eight Boston hits in 7% innings. He struck out seven and did no to walk a Batter in lowering his Era to a league leading 2.26. After Wade Boggs singled with one out in the Boston eighth and Mike Greenwell doubled with two out Tom Henke came on. He fanned Dwight Evans then the potential tying run and went on to earn his 11th save. Loser Wes Gardner 1-4 gave up three 6% or Al Roundup Lead runs and seven hits in 6% innings. The Victory boosted Toronto a Over Boston to two games. Gardner gave up two runs in the first inning then retired 15 straight batters before Kelly Gruber hit his career High 18th Home run with one out in the sixth. In other games wednesday a a 12, tigers 7 Detroit a Oakland a Bob Welch won his eighth consecutive game and Terry Steinbach had six Bis with a grand slam and a single As the athletics out slugged Detroit. By winning the american league West leading a a avoided being swept for the first time this season. The loss Cost the tigers a Chance to reach .500 for the first time since the end of the 1988 season. Detroit Hasni to swept a three game series from Oakland since 1984. Welch 11-2who Hasni to lost since May 5, gave up two runs on six hits in six innings to tie Bostons Roger Clemens for the american league Lead in wins. Welch also backed by a two run Homer from Mark Mcgwire last won eight straight games in 1985 while pitching for the los Angeles dodgers. Dan Petry 5-4who entered the game with a 2.61 Era took the loss. Mark Salas homered and drove in three runs for Detroit. Yankees 5, Brewers 4 Milwaukee a Roberto Kelly homered off reliever Chuck Crim 2-3 with two outs in the ninth inning As new see Al on Page 26 a a Willie Randolph forces tigers Alan Trammell before completing the double play. England Ireland Netherlands Advance from wire reports. Cagliari Sardinia a Cen Terback Mark Wright scored with a 58th-minute header to lift England to a 1-0 Victory Over Egypt thursday night and a place in i the second round of the world cup. England struggled through the first half but Wright soared above the egyptian defense to head Home a free kick taken wide on the right by Paul Gascoigne. The win lifted England to the top spot in group f with four Points from three games. Egypt finished fourth in the group with two Points and was  earned a second round meeting with Belgium which finished second in group e. That match will be played tuesday in Bologna. In thursdays other games Ireland 1, Netherlands 1. Palermo Sicily a Ireland striker Niall Quinn exploited a dutch defensive error to neutralize an Early goal by Ruud Gullet As the teams played to a tie world cup �?T90 and advanced to the second round out of group f. Captain Gullet came alive with his first dangerous world cup action and immediately turned it into a goal in the 11th minute when he finished off a smooth move with an angled right foot drive. Ireland struck Back in the 71st minute when Quinn was in the right place to push Home a bad Back pass by defender Berry Van aerie that goalie Hans Van Breu Kelen failed to control. A flip of a Coin will decide whether the Netherlands or Ireland finishes second in the group. After the Ireland goal both teams did no More than try to keep the Ball in their ranks knowing the narrow England win would see them both through. A we wanted a draw and that is what we got a said Ireland coach Jack Charlton. A we qualified and that is what  some of the 33,000-Strong crowd left the stadium see cup on Page 26crash kills English fan Cagliari Sardinia apr one Man was killed and anywhere from 15 to 22 injured when three buses crashed before England s world cup game thursday. A we think All of these dead and injured Are British a said British embassy spokeswoman Kay Coombs. The Accident occurred near monastic North of Cagliari. The dead Man was identified As Robert Hawkins 18.atn sports baseball urday. Baseball urday. Television Pittsburgh at Montreal 1 30 . Sat radio o san Diego at Atlanta 1 36 . Sat