European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday August 11,1990 five Iron drives a s Post o s by the associated press Oakland Calif. Dave Henderson is on Pace for what could be his first 30-Homcr season but the Oakland athletics outfielder is More interested in Quality than Quantity. A lot of Guys talk about hitting 30 or 40 homers Henderson said after his 19th helped the a s beat the Baltimore orioles 5-2 thursday. But it s not How Many you hit it s when you hit  Henderson s two run Homer off Dave Johnson 11 7 in the sixth inning gave Oakland a three run Lead. Al Roundup Mike Moore 10-10 teamed with four relievers on an eight hitter to become Oakland s fourth 10-game Winner. The pitch to hindu was Down Johnson said it was t even a strike. Unfortunately it came Back in Over the  he threw it right into my five Iron said Hender son a notorious Low Ball hitter whose 400-foot shot landed in the second deck. Moore allowed six hits in 5% innings struck out three and walked four. He joined Bob Welch 18-4 Dave Stewart 15-8 and Scott Sanderson 11-7 to form the Only major league staff with four 10-game winners. Dennis Eckersley the fifth Oakland Pitcher got three outs for his 37th save in 38 opportunities. In other games thursday royals 5, White sox 3 Kansas City to. George Brett drove in three runs As Kansas City beat Chicago with 14 hits drop Ping the White sox four games behind Oakland in Thea West. Kevin Appier 7-4 went 6 a innings allowed nine hits struck out three and walked none As the royals won for the fourth time in five games. Rangers 13, indians 5 Cleveland Texas scored nine runs in the sixth inning on nine straight hits one Short of the major league Reopard and Bobby Witt won his eighth consecutive decision in All i i straight rangers nine on hits and two on walks reached safely in the sixth against three Cleveland pitchers. Walks do not break up a consecutive hits Streak. Texas finished with 21 hits. Red sox 14, Angels 3 Anaheim Calif Boston red sox rebounding Cecil fielder listens As Tony Fernandez tells Detroit Pitcher Jeff Robinson How he feels about being a hit batsman. From a difficult loss got 17 hits and Strong pitching from Roger Clemens to rout California. The red sox who blew a 6-2 Lead and lost 8-6 to the Angels in 11 innings wednesday night opened a two game Lead Over Toronto in the american league East. Boston getting 46 hits in taking two of three games from California has won eight fits last 10. Clemens 16-5 allowed eight singles and struck out six in 6% innings for his fourth straight Victory. Tigers 5, Blue jays 4 Toronto a three run Homer by Larry sheets wiped out a two run deficit. With Detroit trailing 3-1, sheets connected off Todd Stottlemyre in the sixth inning for the tigers who had lost four of their previous five games. Yankees 1, mariners 0 Seattle Tim Leary allowed two hits in 8 a innings to beat Matt Young who gave up Only three and new York won its fifth straight game. Royals Bench 2nd by Young Winner Kansas City to. A the Kansas City royals just sidelined their second reigning by Young Winner. Mark Davis who won the National league award last year with 44 saves has tendinitis in his Elbow and will be rested for two weeks manager John Watha said thursday. The royals already had put american league by Young Winner Bret Saberhagen on the disabled list with a sore Elbow. Saberhagen 23-6 last year with a league Lead ing 2.16 Era had arthroscopic surgery to remove two one chips from his Elbow. Expecting perhaps 20 victories and 40 saves from the two pitchers the royals Are stuck with Saberhagen s 5-7record and Davis five saves and 6.38 Era dodgers Martin rout reds by the associated press Cincinnati Ramon Martinez won his sixth straight Start and the los Angeles dodgers battered Jack Armstrong for five first inning runs thursday night to crush the reeling Cincinnati reds 10-3. Martinez 15-4 scattered six hits in eight innings to remain unbeaten in six starts since appearing in the a i Star game. He walked one and struck out 10 to raise his National league leading strikeout total to 174. The loss Cut the reds no West Lead Over second place san Francisco which was Idle thursday to 4"? games. The giants were to open a 4-game series a Cincinati Friday. Third place los Angeles is seven games Back. The reds who held a 53-minute closed door meet ing before the game went out and matched their worst no Roundup first inning of the season. Kirk Gibson started the five run rally off Jack Armstrong 11-8 with a two run Homer and Martinez capped it with a single. In other games thursday mets 5, Phillies 4 new York the mets charged up by a wild fight in which Dwight Gooden Darryl Strawberry and five others were ejected scored four times in the sixth and Hung on to beat Philadelphia. The Brawl began in the fifth inning with Phila Delphia leading 3-1 when Gooden was hit above the left knee by a pitch from Pat Combs. Both benches and bullpen immediately emptied and twice fights broke out after order seemed to be restored. The Melee lasted eight minutes and spilled All Over the infield. It was 20 minutes before play resumed. Bob Ojeda 6-5 replaced Gooden and pitched one inning for the win. John Franco went the last two innings for his 25th save As the mets moved within a half game of no East leading Pittsburgh. Expos 7, pirates 6,10 innings Pittsburgh Andres Galarraga scored from second base in the 10th inning on Mike Fitzgerald s bad hop grounder when Catcher Don Slaught did t cover Home plate. Padres 7, braves 0atlanta Bruce Hurst scattered six hits and drove in the first run of his major league career in five run first inning As san Diego beat Atlanta. Hurst 7-8 struck out seven and walked two As he pitched his second shutout of the season and 17th of his career. Cardinals 3, cubs 1 Chicago Ken Hill allowed four hits in eight plus innings and Lance Dickson lost in his first major league appearance As St. Louis snapped the cubs five game winning Streak. Hill 3-1 did t allow a hit until Joe Girardi s single in the sixth and had a shutout until Jerome Walton s Lead off Homer in the ninth Walton s first Home run in a year. Lee Smith relieved and got the last three out for his 20th save. . Cagers recover against South Korea a i i i i Vii a _ Buenos Aires Argentina a the United states routed South Korea 146-67 thursday a far cry from the harried overtime Victory Over Greece in wednesday s opening game. Grunted South Korea had no player on its roster Over b-ibot-6 and the United states often had four players on the floor As tall or taller than that. Hut the . Team still looked impressive. We have More Talent than South Korea and should win . Coach Mike Kryzewski said. But in winning today we played Well. You can win an play  that was a reference to the 103-95 Victory Over Greece a game that seemed Long forgotten by the time the rout of South Korea had ended. Alono mourning had 29 Points in less than 19 minutes to Lead the United states which shot 73 percent from the Field and outre hounded the South koreans 54-17. The United states was situated to Clinch a quarterfinal berth with a Victory Over Spain on Friday or a loss by eight Points or fewer. Spain was beaten 10" 93 by Greece on thursday in the other group c game As theopanis Christodulou scored 32 Points in other games thursday Forward Sebastian Uranga scored 13 of his 1.9 Points in the waning moments As Argentina scored the last 14 Points in beating Canada 96-88 in group d the soviet Union beat Egypt 102-76. In group b Italy beat Australia 94-89 and Bra i buried China 138-9. In group a Drazen Petrovic of the Portland Trail blazers scored 20 Points As Yugoslavia beat Angola 9j-79, and puerto Rico overcame Venezuela 88-74 it s doubtful any game could be As easy As the Victory Over South Korea which has lost its two games in the tournament by a total of 108 Points. The United states which had nine players in Dou � c figures took its first 20-Point Lead at 40-20 with 8 07 left in the first half. A 17-0 run gave the . Team a 70-33 Lead at halftime and the margin continued to grow in the second half As the United states played a zone for the final 20 minutes. The largest Lead was 81 Points which happened twice the second time at 146-65 on a drive by Tod Day with 15 seconds to play. All the . Players who played scored at least four Points. Cons Catling who was elbowed in the face during the Greece game did t play. He is awaiting x Ray results to find out if he has a broken nose. Other . Players in double figures were Doug Smith 18billy Owens 17henry Williams 13mark Randall 12chris Smith 11and Christian laettner and Bryant Stith with 10 each