European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a a a the stars and stripes Friday july 6, 1990 no Roundup giants Complete sweep by the associated press san Francisco a the san Francisco giants Are finally feeling at Home at candlestick Park this season. The giants who started the season by losing their first eight Home games completed a three game sweep at candlestick wednesday with a 9-2 rout of the St. Louis cardinals the giants had two big late inning rallies two of the runs wednesdays games coming on a Pinch Homer by Bill Bathe in the seventh inning. That gave san Francisco 14 victories in its last 18 games at Home after the 0-8 Start. A a we be been having a Tough time scoring runs and in be been Messing up these Low scoring games a said winning Pitcher John Burkett. A it had been playing with my head. The Way these Guys can hit i just wanted to keep us in the  Burkett 8-2 won for the first time in five starts holding the cardinals to two runs and four hits Over seven innings. Brett Butler had three hits and two Bis for the giants. Jef Brantley pitched the final two innings for his 12th save. In other games wednesday padres 5, pirates 4 san Diego a a Eric show earned his first Victory in More than a year and hit a two run single As san Diego ended a seven game losing Streak. Show 1-6 entered the game in the second inning and allowed one earned run Over five innings to win for the first time since last june 19. Roberto Alomar ending a 0-for-14 tailspin hit a Solo Nome run doubled and singled in his first three at bats to help the padres halt their longest losing Streak of the season. The san Diego Victory snapped a four game winning Streak for the pirates whose Lead in the National league East was trimmed to on half game Over the new York mets. Expos 5, reds 3 Montreal a Dennis Martinez pitched a five hitter Over eight innings and Mike Aldrete and Andres Galarraga had two Bis each in a five run first inning As Montreal beat Cincinnati. San Francisco a Brett Butler knocks the Ball Loose from St Louis Catcher Tom Pagnozzi on wednesday. A Martinez 6-6who had lost his two previous starts struck out four and walked two before yielding to Dave Schmidt who notched his 10th save with perfect Relief in the ninth. Mets 7, astros 4 new York Pinch hitter Mike Marshall a sacrifice fit snapped an eighth inning tie and Howard Johnson followed with a two run Homer As new York beat Houston for the Melsa 21 St Victory in 24 games. The astros last in the National league West have lost 16 of their last 17 Road games. Dwight Gooden 8-5 pitched with a Blister on his right Index Finger and worked eight innings allowing four runs and seven hits. Darryl Strawberry hit a three run Homer in the first inning for new York. Braves 4, Phillies 1 Philadelphia a Dale Murphy Home red and knocked in two runs As Atlanta beat Philadelphia to conclude the braves first winning Road trip since september of 1989. The braves who started the night in fifth place in the National league West 16/i games behind front running Cincinnati wound up their Road swing at 4-2, Murphy hit his 366th career Homer in the fourth and an rib single in the Eil Rhth to ease the Way for Tom Glavine a second Strawberry mets Batter astros 12-0 by the associated press new York a Darryl Straw Betty hit two of new Yorkus four Home runs including a towering shot off the scoreboard and Frank Viola became the National leagues first 12-game Winner As the mets mashed the Houston astros 12-0 tuesday night. Viola 12-3 pitched a five hitter for his third shutout of the season. The mets have won 20 of 23 Overall and 11 of the last 12 at Home Houston has lost 15 ofl6 on the Road. New York started its july 4th fireworks Early As Strawberry delivered an rib single and Kevin Mcreynolds hit a three run Homer in the first inning off Mark Portugal 2-8. Portugal 7-1 last season allowed six runs Aid eight hits in four innings. Strawberry made it 5-0 with his 18th Homer in the third. Tuesdays games in other games tuesday reds 2, expos 0 Montreal a Tom Browning retired the first 16 batters and combined with Randy Myers on a three hitter As Cincinnati handed Montreal its sixth toss in seven games. Browning 8-5who pitched a perfect game in 1988 against los Angeles did not allow a runner until Spike Owen singled with one out in the sixth inning. Mike Fitzgerald and Junior Noboa singled in the eighth Phillies 5, braves 1 Philadelphia a reliever Jett Parrell pitched five innings in his first major league Start and Dennis Cook got his first big league stars from Page 17 straight Victory. Glavine 5-5 worked 6vi innings giving up six hits striking out one and walking four before getting Relief help. Joe Boever pitched the ninth for his eighth save. Cubs 5, dodgers 3 los Angeles a Joe Girardi had three hits and drove in three runs and Marvell Wynne hit a two run Homer As Chicago beat Fernando Valenzuela. Valenzuela 6-7, was bidding to become the second Pitcher in major league history to throw Back to Back no hitters but he allowed 10 hits and All five Chicago runs in seven innings of work. He walked one and struck out two while throwing 99 pitches. Save leading Philadelphia Over Atlanta. Parrett gave up one run on four hits striking out five and walking three. He started in place of Ken Howell who did not pitch because of pain in his right underarm. Cook allowed one hit in four innings. He lost his spot in the starting rotation earlier this season and was sent to the bullpen. Marty Clary 1-4 lost in his first Start since May 24, a Span of 10 Relief appearances Power outage takes toll in West coast games that concluded just As a Power outage hit stars and stripes Headquarters in Darmstadt West Germany wednesday morning it was san Francisco 4 St. Louis 0 Pittsburgh 5, san Diego 3 and los Angeles 7, Chicago 6. No reports or Box scores on these games were received because of the blackout. All Star appearance. A you can always say you a rather have the three Days off to let your body rest a Boggs said. A a it a not Only a thrill but am Honor to represent the red sox and All third  Toronto third baseman Kelly Gruber was runner up to Boggs. Gruber is hitting .303 with 20 homers and 65 Bis. Cleveland Rookie Sandy alb mar was voted to Start for the Al at Catcher. Only two other Cleveland players a Ray Fosse in 1971 and Manny Trillo in 1983 a have been picked As starters by the fans. A a it a really special because i got traded from the National league to the american league a said Alomar who is hitting .298 with three homers and 31 Bis. A was a Rookie i Wasny to expecting to be that close. Being in Cleveland nobody expected me to win the thing. But if you play 100 percent they re going to vote for  Cecil fielder of Detroit who leads the Al with 27 homers and 70 Bis was runner up to Mcgwire at first base with 1,151,099 votes. Chicago White sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen hitting .322, was second to Ripken with 1,054,370  with Sandberg in the no infield will be first baseman will Clark of san Francisco third baseman Chris Sabo of Cincinnati and Ozzie Smith of is. Louis who will be making his eighth consecutive Start at shortstop. Smith was the top vote getter in 1987 and �?T88. Sandberg hit .377 with 14 Home runs and 25 Bis during june to win the no player of the month award Overall he is hitting .344 with 24 homers and 56 Bis. He has made Only two errors and has 15 stolen bases. Smith is having an off year so far hitting .224 with seven errors. But his 1,337,815 votes beat Cincinnati a Barry Larkin by 79,220, Larkin is hitting .317. S a a it a partly a popularity contest a Larkin said. A the wizard of of. Everybody knows him. He a Good for the game and he should be there. As Long As he plays hell be voted in and 1 think he deserves  san Diego a Benito Santiago was elected for the second straight year at Catcher but will not be Able to play because of a broken Arm. Mike Scioscia of los Angeles was the runner up at Catcher with 571,378 votes to Santiago a 1,785,412. Rookie Catcher Todd Zeile was third with 570,971 votes. The no Outfield consists of Chicago Sandre Dawson Philadelphia a Lenny Dykstra and san Francisco a Kevin Mitchell. Dawson will be making his sixth Start and Mitchell 19 homers and 45 Bis will be starting for the second year in a Row. Dykstra the majors leading hitter at .368, is the first Phillies outfielder to be since Greg Luzinski in 1978. Dykstra gets a $25,000 Bonus for making the All Star team. The reserves and pitchers for both leagues were to be announced thursday