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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes by Steve Wilstein a Tennis writer new York a Stefan Edberg a victim of Tennis burnout after a summer fling in the no 1 spot succumbed to his . Open Jinx Ana the rocketing returns of a Young soviet Star. Alexander Volkov the . Open kid wielded a Bright red Racket under a Brilliant Sun and methodically took apart a surprisingly slow Edberg 6-3, 7-6 7-36-2 tuesday in the Fust opening round defeat of a top seeded Man Here in 19 years. John Mcenroe who burned out on Tennis several years ago and has been juggling to come bade Ever since survived pressure and tamed his temper Toone t Blanks padres by the associated press new York a David Cone pitched a five hitter and set up new Yorkus of beat Javier Sanchez 7-6 10-87-6 7-36-4 in two hours 42 minutes of High drama on the stadium court. Mcenroe a bizarre countenance a his eyes glowed through a mask of White sunscreen beneath a Broad Pink Bandana a was outdone Only by the Star age ensemble of Neon Lime Black and White worn by Andre Agassi a 6-4,6-2,6-2 Winner in the evening against Grant Connell. Agassi who completed his rakish look with a dangling earring scraggly Beard and White Bandana around Long Black and Blond hair put on a show of Power Tennis in one of his Best efforts since reaching the French open final. Jennifer Capriati too Young at 14 to Alexander Volkov rushes through Bis 6-3,7-6,6-2 upset of Stefan Edberg tuesday. Worry about burnout and fashionably dressed by her Multi million Dollar sponsors saved a set Point in the first set and won her open debut As a pro 7-5, 7-5, against a Tough 15-year-old, Anke Huber. Capriati who won the juniors Here last year had problems holding a Lead in the second set. She jumped ahead 5-2, powering deep ground strokes against the Moon balls of Huber but let the Lead slip away As Huber tied it 5-5 with a Crafty mixture of shots. Again facing trouble Capriati bore Down held serve then broke Huber with another hard forehand that Huber lunged at but could Only tap backhand into the net. Ivan Lendl aiming to regain the top ranking that Edberg took away aug. 13, five weeks after winning Wimbledon easily won his first round match and said he Wasny to totally surprised by Edberg a defeat. A of course its an upset but when you think about it deeply you can see How it happened a the third seeded Lendl said after beating Martin Laurendeau 7-5, 62, 6-2. A a Volkovs a strengths play into Stefan a weaknesses and Stefan a strengths play into Volkovs strengths a Volkov a left hander who switched from a two listed style about five years ago excels at return of service. Sense by drawing a 14-pitch walk tuesday night leading the mets past the san Diego padres 4-0, Cone 10-7second in the National league with 179 strikeouts fanned just five. But he walked Only one in his second shutout of the season and fourth no Roundup Complete game in 23 starts As the mets moved two games behind first place Pittsburgh in the East division. In other games tuesday braves 9, pirates 0 Atlanta a Charlie Leibrandt pitched a five hitter for seven innings and Greg Olson drove in four runs with a double and a Homer for Atlanta. Reds 2, cardinals 1 Cincinnati a Jose Rijo pitched five innings and drove in the go ahead run with a bunt single dodgers 5, Phillies 1 Philadelphia a Kirk Gibson a eighth inning single broke a tie and Hubie Brooks knocked in three runs for . Expos 5, giants 2 Montreal a Rookie Mark Gardner struck out 11 batters and scattered three hits in six innings for Montreal. Cubs 5, astros 2 Houston apr Ryne Sandberg a fourth inning Home run made him the first second baseman in history to have consecutive 30-Homer seasons. E army a Young giving up Post West Point , apr Jim Young army football coach the past seven years said tuesday he will retire after this season because of personal reasons. Young 55, will be replaced next ear by Bob Sutton 39, the associate Lead coach and defensive coordinator. Sutton who came to army in 1983, the same year As Young never has been a head coach. Young who resurrected the army football program has compiled a record of 45-34-1. Overall including stints at Purdue and Arizona his record is 114-66-2. After this season Young will remain at West Point As a member of the performance enhancement program staff. Since 1984, when Young installed the Wishbone offence the cadets have ranked no lower than fifth in Rushing offence in the nation. In the first year of the Wishbone they were no. 1 in Rushing. Young has taken the cadets to their Only three bowl games in history a 1984, when they upset Michigan state 10-6 1985, when they upset Illinois 31-29, and 1988, when they were edged by favored Alabama 29-28. In 1985 and 1988, army posted records of 9-3, the Victory total Matching the Best in the schools history. Brewers hand jays 5th straight loss by the associated press Toronto a Jaime Navarro scattered eight hits in pitching his second straight Complete game and Dave Parker had three hits including two homers and three Rols As the Milwaukee Brewers handed the Toronto Blue jays their fifth straight loss 6-2 tuesday night. . Surhoff broke open a tight game w Ith a two Ron double in the sixth inning. After Kelly Gruber singled in the fourth inning Navarro 5-5 retired 10 straight batters before John Olerud doubled with one out in the seventh. Pat Borders followed with a Bloop single that scored Olerud and Cut the Brewers Lead to 4-2. But Parker hit a two run Homer off John Cerutti in the eighth following Gary Sheffield Sladoff single. It was his 20th of the season the ninth time in his career he has reached that level. Loser Dave Stieb 16-5 yielded four runs and seven hits in seven innings. Parker a first Homer was Only the second Given up by Stieb in his last 14 starts. In other games tuesday red sox 6, indians 5 Cleveland a Mike Greenwell had three hits including a two run triple that drove in the tying and Lead runs in the ninth inning and Boston continued to pull away in the american league East. It was the red sox a fifth straight win and gave them a six game Lead Over Toronto. Cleveland had taken a 4-3 Lead on Brook Jacoby a tie breaking Home run in the Bottom of the eighth but the red sox rallied with three in the ninth which started with indians Relief Ace Doug Jones 4-3 w talking Carlos Quintana and Wade Boggs. Ellis Burks popped out but Greenwell tripled to put Boston ahead and scored what proved to be the decisive run onal Roundup Dwight Evans single. Cleveland scored a run in the Bottom of the ninth before Boston Rookie Jeff Gray nailed Down his seventh save by retiring Chris James and Jacoby with runners at first and third. Wes Gardner 3-6 got the win retiring the two batters he faced in the eighth. Jody Reed homered for Boston Yankees 1, orioles 3 Baltimore a Baltimore killer Jesse Barfield and Randy Velarde homered to Back Mike witty a pitching. Barfield who was 4 for 4, singled Home the tying run in the second inning and hit a tie breaking two run Homer in the fourth. It was the 20th of the season for Barfield who has homered in three straight games and has hit five Home runs in 26 at bats against Baltimore in eight games. He is 14 for 27 against the orioles. Barfield also Drew a two out walk in the sixth and Velarde followed with a three run Homer his second of the season for a 6-1 Lead. Witt 3-6 gave up seven hits in eight innings including a first inning Homer to Brady Anderson. Loser Jose Mesa 0-1pitching in the majors for the first time since 1987, gave up six runs and six hits in 63a innings. Barfield sri triple capped a five run ninth against orioles Relief Ace Gregg Olson. It was the most runs Ever Given up Olson in his Tuo year career twins 12, White sox 6 Minneapolis a Kent Hrbek a two run Homer in the fifth inning put Minnesota ahead to stay and the twins handed slumping Chicago its fourth straight loss. The twins rallied from deficits of 2-0 and 5-2 before taking their first Lead in the fifth and salting the game away with five runs in the eighth off Scott Radinsky capped by Hrbek a two run single. Nelson Liriano opened the fifth with a single Obj reliever Adam Peterson 2-53 and Hrchek hit his 19th Home run. Greg Gagne drove in three runs for Minnesota with a third inning single a fourth inning sacrifice Fly and another single in the eighth. Twins reliever Tim Drummond 2-4 pitched 2vj innings for the Victory. Gary Wayne worked three innings for Nis first save. Angels 2, rangers 0 Anaheim Calif. A Kirk Mccaskin pitched a four hitter for his first shutout in More than a year As California spoiled Nolan Ryan a bid for his 302nd Victory. Ryan 12-7 made his 700th career Start tying Tommy John for fifth on the All ume list. He lost despite pitching a three hitter and striking out 11. Mccaskin 109 struck out four and walked one. Athletics 3, royals 2 Oakland Calif. A Terry Steinbach a two out bases loaded single drove in the tying and winning runs in the ninth inning. After Danny Tartabull put Kansas City ahead with a Lead off Homer in the top of the ninth the a a loaded the bases against royals reliever Jeff Montgomery 5-3. Oakland starter Mike Moore 11-12 pitched a six hitter for his third Complete game of the season. Mariners 4, tigers 3 Seattle a Edgar Martinez hit a two run Homer with one out in the Bottom of the ninth inning for Seattle. The mariners just Back from a 2-8 Road trip won the opener of a six game Home stand when Martinez hit his 11th Home run off Paul Gibson 3-4detroit a fourth Pitcher  
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