European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday july 26,1990 baseball Roundup s by the associated press a Philadelphia a Mackey Sasser hit a pair of two run homers As the new York mets rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 tuesday night. The mets trailed 4-0 when Howard Johnson walked to open the seventh and Sasser followed with a Homer off starter Pat Combs new York scored four More Nins in the eighth to take a 6-4 Lead Darryl Strawberry and Kevin Mcreynolds singled with one out off reliever Dennis Cook who was then replaced by Roger Mcdowell. Johnson doubled on Mcdowell a first pitch to score Strawberry and Mcreynolds and tie the game. Sasser National league followed with his fifth Homer of the season giving him the first Multi Homer game in his three year major league career. Mcdowell 3-4 took the loss. Julio Machado 3-1 pitched a perfect seventh for the Victory and John Franco finished for his 22nd save. In other games tuesday pirates 5, expos 3 Montreal a Doug Drabek won his fourth straight Start and Barry Bonds celebrated his 26th birthday with three hits and three stolen bases. Drabek 12-4 gave up six hits struck out four and walked one in 7 i innings. Stan Belinda pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save. Braves 9, astros 3 braves 9, astros 8,10 innings Atlanta a Juan Agostos wild pitch with two outs in the 10th inning gave Atlanta a double header sweep. Rookie Dave Justice hit a three run Homer in the opener to help the braves win 9-3. The sweep gave the braves a four game winning Streak and continued the astros Road woes Houston has lost 23 of its last 25 away from Home. The winning rally in the Nightcap started with a single by Jim Presley. He was forced at second on Greg Olson a attempted sacrifice but Jeff Blauser followed with a single and both runners advanced when Lonnie Smith grounded out to third. Agosto 5-5 then uncorked a wild pitch allowing Olson to score the winning run. Padres 10, reds 0 san Diego a Bruce Hurst pitched a two hitter and Roberto Alomar drove in three runs As san Diego snapped an eight game losing Streak. A Omar hit a two run single in the fifth and a sacrifice Fly in the seventh. Tony Gwynn had a double two singles and two Bis As the padres pounded out 16 hits in ending their longest losing Streak since 1980. Hurst 6-8 struck out eight and walked two in his first shutout and fourth Complete game of the season. Cardinals 9, cubs 4 St. Louis a Vince Coleman went 4 for 4, scored four runs and stole four bases including Home As St. Louis ended Chicago a eight game winning Streak. Coleman homered tripled and had two singles As the cardinals snapped the cubs longest winning Streak since 1978. A Houston a Craig Biggio can to pull Down the throw As Lonnie Smith crosses the plate for Atlanta on tuesday. He stole Home with Willie Mcgee batting and two outs in the eighth beating Pitcher Mike Bielecki a throw to the plate. It was the eighth time in Coleman a career that he stole four bases in a game. Mcgee had two singles to extend his hitting Streak to 17 games and raise his average to .332. He is batting .429 during the Streak 30 for 70 with 11 Bis. Dodgers 9, giants 2 los Angeles a Ramon Martinez pitched a two hitter and Juan Samuel hit a three run Homer. Martinez 12-4 limited san Francisco to a game opening bunt single by Brett Butler and a ground single to left by Kevin Mitchell in the ninth. It was the sixth straight loss for the giants who scored two unearned runs in the  went the distance for the seventh time this season and earned his 10th Victory in his last 12 decisions. He struck out eight to increase his major league leading total to 150. Expansion attracts 10 cities St. Petersburg Fla. Apr prospective ownership groups from 10 communities have submitted requests for baseball expansion questionnaires. The National league could award two new teams As soon As next March a newspaper reported tuesday. Douglas Danforth chairman of the league expansion committee told the St. Petersburg times that although a timetable released last month said franchises will be announced by sept. 30, 1991, a decision could be made sooner if the process unfolds smoothly. A we do not want to Tarry on this Quot Danforth told the newspaper. Quot once we sift through and decide on the two we want to go Public with it and allow the new owners to get on with  Tampa Bay and nine other communities were rep resented in the requests for expansion questionnaires Dan Forth said. The others Are Buffalo . Denver Miami Nashville Tenn. Orlando Fla. Phoenix Ariz Sacramento Calif. Vancouver b.c., and Washington d c. Expansion questionnaires will be mailed to the prospective ownership groups monday or tuesday the leagues self imposed deadline he said. The questionnaire also will include the expansion fee. Recent newspaper reports have estimated the fee at Between $75 million and $100 million. Danforth would not reveal the fee but said he did not expect it to top $100 million. In the National leagues last expansion in 1969, the fee was Only $ 10 million. The league will pare the applicants to a Quot Short list of three to five cities by dec. 31. To rip of a by the associated press Detroit a Detroit a Jeff Robinson lost a no hitter on Mike Devereauxh Sladoff Homer in the eighth but wound up with an 8-2 Victory Over Baltimore tuesday night behind a four Homer barrage. Robinson held his no hit spell until Devereaux blasted a pitch off the facing of the second deck in right Field at Tiger stadium his fifth of the season Brady Anderson promptly followed with another Homer his first for All the orioles runs the big right hander 8-7, struck out seven walked five and hit a Batter in eight innings. The six runners All reached base in the first four innings. Jerry Don american league Gleaton pitched the ninth for the tigers completing the two hitter. Robinson got More than enough support from the tigers Long Ball attack that featured three Bis each by Lloyd Moseby and Larry sheets. Cecil fielder Moseby sheets and Travis Fryman hit the Home runs. In other games tuesday mariners 8, twins 2 Minneapolis a a no. 9 hitter Omar Vazquel knocked in a career High five runs with a three run Homer and a two run double. Matt Young pitched a six hitter for eight innings As Seattle beat Minnesota Vazquel broke open a scoreless game in the fifth with his second Home run of the season. Vazquel whose previous career High rib game was two capped a five run Seattle sixth with a double. Royals 5, Blue jays 3,13 innings Toronto a hot hitting George Brett a two run Homer in the 13th inning lifted Kansas City Over Toronto. Jim Eisenreich singled with one out off loser Duane Ward 1-6 before Brett followed with his fifth Homer of the year blasting it Over the Center Field Wall. Earlier Brett extended his hitting Streak to 14 games during which he is 25 for 58 .431. Steve Farr 8-4 pitched the last three innings to get the win allowing one hit. Brewers 6, red sox 5,10 innings Milwaukee a Mike Felder singled in the winning run in the 10th inning As Milwaukee beat Boston. Darryl Hamilton opened the 10th with a single off Jerry Reed 2-2 and moved to second on a sacrifice by Greg Brock before scoring on felders single to Center. The loss was the red sox a fourth straight and 15th in their last 20. Dan Plesac 2-3 was the Winner despite giving up Wade Boggs game tying two run triple in the ninth. Athletics 5, Angels 3 Oakland Calif. A Bob Welch became baseball a first 16-game Winner As Dave Henderson Mark Mcgwire and Mike Gallego hit sixth inning Home runs. Welch 16-3 won for the 13th time in his last 14 decisions despite struggling through six innings Welch gave up eight hits and two runs struck out eight and walked five As he moved one Victory away from his career High. Dennis Eckersley old and a third reliever finished up for his 3 St save. The athletics trailed 21 until Henderson and Mcgwire hit  to  homers off California starter Jim Abbott 6-9who gave up five runs and 11 hits in 5 i innings. After Ron Hassey singled one out later Gallego hit a two run Homer that put the a a up 5-2, White sox 8, indians 3 a a Chicago a Rookie Adam Peterson won his first major league game and Ivan Calderon and Dan Pas qua each drove in two runs As Chicago beat Cleveland the 24-year-old Peterson 1-2 gave up two unearned runs on four hits and four walks in five plus innings and won for the first time in 13 career starts eight this season. Rangers 4, Yankees 1. Arlington Texas a Bobby Witt pitched a seven hitter for his fifth straight Victory. T Witt 8-8 struck out 10 and walked three As Texas recorded its third straight Victory its fifth in six games and 12th in 16 to even its record at 4848. Its the first time the rangers has been at .500 since May 12. New York suffered its fourth defeat in six games. Tim Leary 4-13 took the loss giving up seven hits and four runs in 6 a innings