European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 2, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 21 sports reds snap Metsy win Streak by the associated press new York a the Cincinnati reds put an end to All the streaking saturday and sent the new York mets a message. The reds rallied to beat in mets 7-4, snapping the Metsy 11 game winning Streak and Darryl Strawberry a career High 18-game hitting Streak. A we knew we were going to lose another game a Strawberry said. A still it feels strange. We had become accustomed to winning a the mets 21-7 in june were trying to set a club record for consecutive victories. New York also won 11 straight in 1969, 1972 and 1986. A the reds Are a great club a Metsy manager Bud Harrelson said. A they Are a Good comeback  Jeff Musselman 0-2 replaced David Cone with the mets leading 4-3 to Start the a Quot a a. Ingr Nitlow Ivan ilog to Ivy Ovail i eighth and walked Paul of Neill Lead off. Pinch hitter Billy Hatcher forced no Roundup of Neill at second arts advanced to third on Luis quinonese Pinch single to right Field. Ron Oester tical the score with an infield single to second and after Wally Whitehurst relieved Pinch hitter Joe Oliver doubled to put the reds ahead. A a in a really proud of these Guys a reds manager Lou Piniella said. A it was the total team contribution you come to expect from a group which has been in first place All  Oester entered the game in the sixth when second baseman Mariano Duncan was ejected for arguing after he struck out. A a in a going to have to talk with the team a Piniella said. A we have to keep our players in the  the reds who have come from behind this season for 23 of their 46 victories added a run in the ninth on Eric Davis 11th Homer As they ended a three game losing Streak 1 a a it a not a rivalry thing with the mets a Davis said. A we have come Back All season and its something we have come to expect no matter who we Are playing.�?�. Norm Charlton 6-1 pitched 1 Xhu innings for the Victory and former met Randy Myers finished for his 15th save. Trailing 1-0, the mels got to Jack Armstrong for four runs on four hits in the second before a sellout crowd of 49,128. Howard Johnson hit a two run Homer to extend his hitting Streak to nine games Kevin Elsler had an rib double and Keith Miller capped the inning with a run scoring single. Armstrong who entered the game with a league leading 2.12 Era pitched scoreless innings As the reds won 5-0 at Shea stadium on May 3. This time he allowed eight hits in 5 winnings. A with our lineup i know we Are going to get some hits and runs a Armstrong said. A after the second my thought was to make that the last  the mets failed to take advantage of several scoring opportunities and the reds pulled to 4-3 when Herm winning Ham led off the seventh with his first Homer of the season a drive off the base of the scoreboard in right Field. Earlier the reds pulled to within 4-2 in the third on consecutive two out doubles by of Neill and Hal Morris. Left fielder Mark Carrion got a late jump on Morris looping liner near the foul line and failed to make a sliding catch. Ken Griffey led off the second with a walk moved to third on a walk and passed Ball and scored when Cone threw a wild pitch. The reds arc 33-7 when they score first. A we Learned something from this see no on Page 23 by the associated press Milan Italy a Captain Lobar Matthaeus scored his fourth world cup goal on a penalty kick to push West Germany past Czechoslovakia 1-0 sunday and into the semifinal of the world cup. The West germans will meet either Cameroon or England who played later sunday in wednesdays semifinal in Turin. Czechoslovakia was eliminated. Matthaeus penalty kick in the 24th minute finished off some Brilliant work from Star striker Juergen Klinsmann. After pressuring throughout the opening spell Klinsmann first Rode High tackles of Ivan hasek and Lubo world cup �?T9 Kubik then rushed into the penalty area where he was sandwiched by Jozef Chovanec and Frantisek Straka. Referee Helmut Kohl of Austria called a penalty kick and Matthaeus blasted it Home. West Germany dominated throughout the match and Czechoslovakia a chances to score were reduced further when Forward Lubomir Moravcik was sent off with two yellow cards in the 72nd minute. The margin could easily have been bigger but hasek headed the Ball twice off the line and Michal Bilck did it once when goalie Jan Stejskal was already beaten. A the czechoslovak team was a very Strong one a West German coach fran2 Beckenbauer said. A the boys were very tired but the fans helped a lot. Overall it was very Good  West Germany played without Veteran striker Rudi Voeller a three goal scorer who was suspended for receiving a red card in the second round. Karlheinz Riedle played in his place teaming with Klinsmann. A the Klinsmann Riedie combination did not work very Well but the important thing is that we won a Beckenbauer said. Czechoslovak coach Jozef Venlos acknowledged his team had some difficulties. A a that a soccer a he said. A i saw some problems in Midfield but 1 thought my team was quite coherent. We Are unhappy because we looked Forward to this match and hoped to do  in saturday evening s games Italy i Ireland 0 Rome a Salvatore Schillaci scored his fourth deciding goal in live games As Italy heal Ireland to Advance to the semifinals. The Tai maps who have not yielded a goal in the tournament Wail find defending Champion Argentina there. A a in a Happy and satisfied and i Hope to continue this ride a Schillaci said. Schillaci ended Ireland s first world cup with a goal see cup on Page 23 West German and czech players Tine up Rugby like in world cup game. In Kif front is Germany a Pierre i it Zbarski. Am