European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday August 16, 1990 by the associated press Cleveland a Kent Hrbcek Hom cred and Kirby Puckett had three hits As the Minnesota twins beat the Cleveland indians 5-4 tuesday night. Mark Guthrie 4-5 got the Victory ending a personal three game losing Streak. He yielded three runs and seven hits in seven innings. Juan Bare Nguc went 1 a innings and Rick Aguilera got the last two outs for his 25th save. Loser Bud Black 10-8 gave up five runs a three earned a a and 10 hits in five innings. The twins scored twice in the second inning on a bases loaded walk to Greg Gagne and Dan Gladden sri single Minnesota added two More in the third helped by a wild pitch and two errors and or Bcka a 18th Home run made it 5-0 in the fifth. Alex Cole hit a two run single for Cleveland. Blue jays 12, a hit sox 4 Chicago a George Bell tied a major league record with three sacrifice flies and Glenallen Hill hit a grand slam  made it two in a How Over the White sox who have dropped three straight. Bell became the eighth player to hit three sacrifice Flics in a game and the fourth in the american league. Todd Stottlemyre 11-13 gave up two hits in seven scoreless innings. Hills Homer was his 12th and the second grand slam of his career. It came in the seventh inning and made it 12-0 after Gruber and Bell singled and Pat Borders walked. Hill also tripled in the second inning and scored on a sacrifice fit by Manny Lee. Loser Greg Hibbard 9-7 was shelled for five hits and four runs in three plus innings Adam Peterson gave up the four runs in the fifth As Well As Hills grand slam and Fred Mcgrift 27th Homer. Brewers 7, tigers 6 Detroit a Gary Sheffield tied the ions no from pane 17 Tom Homer four doubles a triple anti Al round game with a Lead off Home run and Mike Felder hit a sacrifice Fly later in the ninth inning As Milwaukee overcame a five run first inning deficit. Sheffield hit his ninth Home run off Jerry Don Glraton 1 -3the fourth of six Detroit pitchers. Chuck Crim 3-4the fourth Milwaukee Pitcher went 1 7j innings and Dan Plesac got the final out Tor his 17th save. After the Brewers scored a run in the lop of the first on Sheffield a sacrifice Fly the tigers came Back with six in their half. Alan Trammell had an rib single Gary Ward drove in two with a single and Mark Salas three run double off Mark Lee made it 6-1. Singles by , surhoff Sheffield Dave Parker and Deer made it 6-3 in the third. Rob Deer Hom Rcd in the sixth and Felder had an rib grounder in the  i rangers 0 Kansas City to. A Jim Eison Reich who entered the game As a do pc Sivc replacement in the top of the ninth inning homered leading off the Bottom of the ninth to give Kansas City its ninth Victory in 11 games. Eis Curcich connected off Gary Mielec 0-2. Steve Farr 9-5 pitched three innings for the Victory giving up three hits and striking out four. Michlke came on in the eighth after Jamie Moyer held the royals to two hits through seven innings. Kansas City starter Andy Mcgaffigan gave up four hits and four walks in six innings. Mariners 7, orioles i Seattle a Greg Briley hit two Home runs and Matt Young pitched a five hitter As Seattle broke a three game losing Streak. All the hits off Young 612 were singles and the orioles did no to score until the ninth on Tim huletts rib hit. Briley hit a two run Homer in the first inning off Dave Johnson i 1-8 and added a Solo shot in the third to touch of a four run uprising. Ken Grilley or. S double chased Johnson and a Chi by Leonard doubled Griffey Home Grilley had three of Seattle s 13 hits including an rib single in the fou Tili. Red sox 2, athletics 0. Oakland Calif. A Boston s Roger Clemens pitched a five hit shutout for his fifth straight Victory and won in Oakland for the first time in his career to snap the athletics five game winning Streak. Clemens 17-5who has won in every american league Park was 0-4 in Oakland and 28 against the a a Overall before tuesday nights Victory in his 200th career Start. He walked one equated his season High with 11 strikeouts and lowered his major league leading Era to 2.06 with his 24th career shutout and third this season All during his five game winning Streak the red sox who remained two games ahead of Toronto in the Al East scored both runs in the second inning Oft Mike Moore 10-11who left after the inning with a strained right Groin muscle. Reggie Harris pitched seven scoreless innings allowing just two hits. Angels 9, Yankees 5 Anaheim Calif. A California scored All its runs on homers including Luis Polonia a inside the Park grand slam. Chili Davis hit a tic breaking three run shot in the fifth inning and Devon White added a two run Homer later in the inning. All three homers came off Tim Leary 6-15who gave up Only five hits but nine runs in 4 i innings. Polonia s two out liner in the second inning got past a diving right fielder Jesse Barfield and rolled to the Wall for the 74th inside the Park grand slam in major league history. 10 re is during that Span. In other games tuesday mels 9-1, dodgers 8-2 new York a Mike Hartley made his first major league Start and allowed two hits in Quot six. Shutout innings to Lead a los Angeles Over new York 2-1 for the split. Howard Johnson drove in four runs and had three hits in the opener As new York beat los Angeles for the eighth consecutive time 9-8.hartley 4-1 struck out two and walked three. The 28-year-old right hander had been a Relief Pitcher since 1987 when he was in class a. Cubs 5, astros 2 Chicago a Greg Maddux won for the sixth Lime in seven starts and sync Sandberg drove in three runs two with a Home run As Chicago beat Houston. Maddux 10-10 allowed seven hits struck out four and walked three in 7a innings. Bill Long got two outs for his fourth save As the cubs won for the 20th time in 28 games. Phillies 4, giants 3,13 innings Philadelphia a Steve Bedro Sian a wild pitch scored Rod Booker with two outs in the 13th inning As Philadelphia beat san Francisco to drop the giants 7 i games behind first place Cincinnati in the no West. The Victory ended a five game losing Streak for the Phillies who left 20 runners on based 11 in the final five innings. Reds 9, cardinals 4 St. Louis a Jack Armstrong broke a five game losing Streak and Todd bin Zinger had three Bis As Cincinnati ended St. Louis four game win Streak. Armstrong 12-8who won for the first time since july 5, gave up two runs and five hits in six innings with four strikeouts and three walks. Expos 8, padres 3 san Diego a Otis Nixon went 4 for 4 with four Bis including his first Homer in nearly five years As Montreal won its sixth straight game. Dennis Martinez pitched his second straight Complete game and sixth of the season giving up five hits striking out nine and walking  Mcdonald rates wins higher than whiffs on Ben Mcdonald is 54 with 1.56 Era since minors stint. By Jim Cour Seattle apr Ben Mcdonald off to a 5-0 Start since joining the Baltimore orioles says he has put his strikeout mentality behind him. The 6-foot-7, 22-year-old right hander established Louisiana states strikeout record before being selected As the first player in baseball a free agent draft in june 1989. In his latest Victory 3-2 Over the Seattle mariners on monday night in the kingdom Mcdonald gave up Only four hits in 8 a innings. He struck out three and walked three. In 46 a innings since being recalled from Rochester he has 25 strikeouts and 11 walks. He has a 1,56 Era. Quot in my last year in College 1 wanted to be drafted High so i had to show everybody i could strike people out Quot Mcdonald said. A but now i know you can t strike everybody out. If i gel the Opportunity and i need to strike somebody out then that a what i m going to try to do Quot but if they want to swing at the first pitch and pop it up and ground it out that s better for me. When i go out there now1 want to try to conserve myself and try to stay out there As Long As i can a when Mcdonald won his first four major league starts this season he set an orioles record. When he won his first six big league decisions he became the first orioles Pitcher to do that. Jerry Walker won his first five decisions in 1957, 1958 and 1959. Mcdonald won a game in Relief at the end of last season. The mariners certainly were impressed with the Rookie. Quot he used his cur Seball very Eit clively and mixed his pitches up Well Quot said Alvin Davis who had two of the four hits off Mcdonald. Quot that was the key that kept us olt balance a Mcdonald a pitches were clocked in the mid 90-Mph ranges. He had a couple of pitches docked at 97 Mph by the mariners radar gun. Quot we done to use a gun Quot Baltimore manager Frank Robinson said. Quot it does no to matter How fast Ben is As Long As he gels  Mcdonald s season got off to a sour Start when he pulled the muscle connecting his ribs to his Pelvis on april 5. After coming Oft the 15-Day disabled list he began a rehabilitation assignment in double a Hagerstown. From there he went to Rochester of the International league on May 22 but was bothered by a Blister on the Middle Finger of his right hand. The orioles think it was caused by the irregular seams on the International league s Ball. He pitched in Only two games in his final three weeks in Rochester before he was called  started Mcdonald Ott in the bullpen. On july 18, he made him a starter. Quot the injuries definitely set me Back Quot Mcdonald said. "1 was very disappointed when they happened. But 1 realized i had to do what it takes to get Back to 100 percent. "1 Felt like i belonged in Baltimore the whole Lime and it was just a matter of me getting 100 percent again. I wanted to get Back and help the club  Robinson sees nothing but big things ahead for Mcdonald. Quot bends starting to feel much More comfortable out there a he said. Quot he a starting to Settle