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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, August 31, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a a a Friday August 31,1990 the stars and stripes Page 21sportswi n 6th Strai a. M it i he \. For it a ifs by the associated press Cleveland a Dana Kiecker shut out Cleveland on three hits for seven innings and Ellis Burks homered As the Boston red sox beat the indians 7-1 wednesday night it was Boston s sixth straight win All on the Road Wade Boggs had three hits for the red sox who maintained their six game Lead a Roundup Over second place Toronto in the american league East. The Aix game Road winning Streak is their longest since they won eight straight Road games in june of 1986. Kiecker 6-6a 29-year-old Rookie walked one and struck out six. He retired the first 12 batters before Candy Maldonado led off the fifth with a single. Mike Walker 1-4 took the loss. Burks who hit two Home runs in one inning monday night homered leading off the fifth inning. Seven of his 16 Home runs this season have come against the indians. The red sox also scored single runs in the first on Mike Green Wells bases loaded Force out in the third on Burks see Al on Page 26like son like father a Ken Griffey or. Left kids with his father signed with the mariners making the in Seattle wednesday. The senior Griffey Griffey the first father son combination to play together on the same team in the major leagues. Story Page 27. An sports television pro football a los Angeles rams at Washington 2 . Saturday. Radio College football a Southern Cal at Syracuse 2 . Saturday. A a Nab Mcgee Baines Drabek 2-hitter for sept. Pennant drive a Dirks pirates Oakland. Calif. Tap a the season average of .292. Oakland Calif. Apr the Oakland athletics in their second big Deal of the Day acquired outfielder Willie Mcgee a the National league s second leading hitter a from the St. Louis cardinals wednesday night for outfielder Felix Jose and a pair of minor leagues. Mcgee 31, was batting .335 for the cardinals. He was eligible for free Agency at the end of the season and indicated he would not stay in St. Louis. Earlier in the Day the athletics obtained four time All Star Harold Baines from the Texas rangers for two players to be named. The Trade gives Oakland the top two hitters in the american league Mcgee a .335 average immediately displaced Rickey Henderson a .323 As the leagues Best. Mcgee went 2 for 5 wednesday night and was second to Philadelphia a Lenny Dykstra in the batting race. Mcgee was the Nln a most valuable player in 1985 when he led the league in hitting with a .353 average. Mcgee a switch hitter has appeared in four All Star games three National league playoffs and three world series. He has a lifetime Post season average of .292 to get the Fleet footed Mcgee the a a gave up Jose who was batting .266 with eight Home runs and 39 Bis entering wednesday nights game and minor league infielder Stan Royer and Pitcher Daryl Green. Royer the a a no. 1 draft Choice in 1988, batted .258 with 14 Home runs and 89 Bis for double a Huntsville. Green was 4-2 with a 4.23 Era in 39 games pitching at class a and class a Levels. Baines 31, was batting .290 with 13 Home runs and 44 Bis in 103. Games for Texas. He started 95 games at designated hitter and two m the Outfield this season. He has 202 Home runs in his 11-year career trading for More offence was made More urgent by the injury to Dave Henderson who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery last week and May not be Able to play this season. Baines has averaged .289, 20 Home runs and 88 Bis in his career. Quot we Felt we were covered in Center Field that we did no to need to add defense if we added offence somewhere else a said Sandy Alderson Oakland a vice president of baseball operations. Quot Harold Baines is the perfect solution to our  by the associated press Atlanta a Doug Drabek pitched a two hitter and became the National leagues first 17-game Winner and Barry Bonds matched his career High with five Bis As the Pittsburgh pirates snapped a four game losing Streak by defeating the Atlanta braves 10-0 wednesday night in a rain shortened game. Bonds who has 97 Bis had an rib single in the fourth inning a two run single in the sixth and a two run double in the seventh. The game was called with two out in the top of the seventh after a second rain  a career High 17th Victory a he is 17-5 a gave him an 11-0 record against no West teams. He struck out five and walked none. Drabek 8-1 since the All Star break is 10-2 this season following pirate losses. In posting a 3-0 record against the braves this season Drabek gave up one run and 12 hits in 22 innings. Atlanta Rookie Steve Avery 3-8 had a 12-inning scoreless string halted when the pirates combined three hits a walk and two sacrifice flies for three runs in the fourth. In other games wednesday giants 6, expos 5 Montreal a Kevin Mitchell and Robby Thompson hit Solo Home runs in the ninth inning against Rookie Bill Sam no Roundup Ken As san Francisco rallied to beat font real. Mitchell who brought the giants within 5-4 with a two run Homer in the sixth against Montreal starter Dennis Martinez hit his 30th Homer leading off the ninth. After Matt Williams flied out and Gary Carter struck out Thompson hit his 13th Homer. Jeff Brantley 5-3 pitched two witless innings for the win striking out three. Steve Bedrosian retired the expos in order in the ninth for his 10th save. Rookie Larry Walker had three hits including a two run Homer and drove in three runs As Montreal built its 5-2 Lead. Martinez who left with a Bone Bruise on the Middle Finger of his pitching hand after warming up to Start the seventh inning gave up four runs and four hits. Scott Ruskin and Steve Frey each pitched one scoreless inning before Sam pen took Over. The expos scored three runs in the first against Kelly Downs making his second Start and sixth appearance since returning from arthroscopic surgery on his rotator  9, reds 1 Cincinnati a Bob Tewksbury pitched a six hitter had an rib double see no on Page 26  
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