European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 4,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21stieb pitches no hitter by the associated press Dave Stieb finally has his no hitter. Stieb who took four previous no hit bids into the ninth inning Only to fail a including three times with one out to go a tossed the ninth no hitter of the season sunday to Lead the Toronto Blue jays past the Cleveland indians 3-0. A i had much better stuff the other times much better control a Stieb said. A i always knew it took a lot of Luck to get a no hitter. Stieb 17-5 struck out nine walked four and allowed just seven balls out of the infield. A i Wasny to real nervous. In be been there quite a few times a Stieb said. A i was struggling with my control a Little bit the whole game. They helped me out by swinging at some balls in the dirt. I could have been in some More jams. Fred Mcgriff who had five hits including a Homer in Toronto a 8-0 Victory saturday night homered twice for Toronto giving him 31 this season. The Blue jays remained 6 i games behind first place Boston in the Al East. The red sox Defeated the new York Yankees 7-1 sunday night. Bud Black 10-9 gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings and struck out five for the indians. In other games sunday twins 4, tigers 3 Minneapolis a Greg Gagne hit a two run Homer and Rookie Scott Erickson gave up six hits in 7% innings As Minnesota stopped Detroit a four game winning Streak. Erickson 4-4 struck out four a fanning Cecil fielder three times a and walked five. Rick Aguilera finished for his 27th save. Jack Morris 11-16 gave up seven hits in his seventh Complete game. Tony Phillips drove in three runs for the tigers. Brewers 4, orioles 2 Milwaukee a Jamie Navarro took a shutout into the ninth inning As Milwaukee won for the 10th time in 13 games. Navarro 6-5 gave up eight hits in 8v3 innings As the Brewers completed a three game sweep. He struck out four walked one and had a shutout until Mike Devereauxh a two out two run Homer. Chuck Crim came on to get the final two outs for his ninth save. Milwaukee took a 1-0 Lead in the second when Jose Mesa 0-2 threw a wild pitch with . Surhoff on third. Angels 1, White sox 0 Anaheim Calif. A Jack Howell brought Back this week after a month in the minors homered in theal Roundup fifth inning and Chuck Finley shut Down Chicago. Finley 17-6 allowed five hits in 7 v3 innings struck out six and walked two. Bryan Harvey pitched 1 % witless innings for his 20th save. Alex Fernandez 2-2a Rookie making his seventh career Start pitched a five hitter for his first major league Complete game. He struck out seven and walked two. Athletics 4, rangers 2 Oakland Calif. A Harold Baines hit his first Home run for Oakland As the athletics increased their West division Lead to 6 la games Over Chicago. Mike Moore 12-12 allowed four hits in 6v3 innings. Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley finished with witless Relief with Eckersley getting his 41st save. Charlie Hough 10-10 gave up seven hits in his fifth Complete game. He was Hurt by three Texas errors giving up two unearned runs. Rickey Henderson stole his 54th base leaving him 13 behind Lou Brocks record of 938. Royals 8, mariners 0 Seattle a Danny Tartabull drove in five runs to match a career High and Tom Gordon 10-9 pitched a three hitter for his second career shutout. The royals had 11 hits including three by George Brett. Seattle was shut out for the 15th time this season the most in the majors. Brian Holman 11-11 remained wingless in six starts since aug. 2. He gave up four runs and six hits in six innings. Red sox 7, Yankees 1 Boston a Tom Bolton came within three outs of his first major league shutout As Boston charged to its 10th consecutive Victory sunday night. The win completed a sweep by the red sox of the season series with the Yankees in Boston for the first time in the 88-year rivalry. Mike Greenwell drove in four runs and Ellis Burks the other three As the red sox extended the american leagues longest winning Streak this year and retained a 6 i game Lead Over Toronto in the Al East. Bolton 8-2promoted to the starting rotation on july 17, yielded six hits in eight plus innings. Larry Andersen just acquired from Houston made his debut for the red sox after Steve sax and Rick Cerone opened the Yankees ninth with singles. Andersen hit Pinch hitter Kevin Maas to Load the bases and sax scored on Jim Leyritz a checked swing grounder. Greenwell had an rib single in the first inning a sacrifice Fly in the fifth and a two run triple in the seventh. Dave Stieb pitches in seventh inning of his no hitter. Armets top giants sweep series by the associated press new York a the new York mets completing their Home stand 6-0 with a Lu-6 Victory for a four game sweep of the pan Francisco giants just wish it could last just a Little longer. With sundays Victory accomplished despite 17 hits by the giants the mets inched an eight game Road trip holding a Naif game Lead Over Pittsburgh in the National league East.  the first time since 1979 that the giants had been swept in a series at new York and the first time Ever by the mets m a four game series. But for manager Bud Harrelson it could have been even  a 10-game Home stand would be even better a he said. Winner David Cone 11-7 allowed Jour runs on 11 hits in just five innings. A g to a shaky Start As the visitors scored three runs before making an out. 1 Jln a Chell hit a two run bases loaded single and Matt Williams added another rib single. Wiliams had four hits and Mitchell aur no air and Terry Kennedy three each Tor san Francisco. The giants Hurt Ems elves with poor base running annl Roundup Brett Butler who had two hits was picked off twice. Mitchell was caught stealing at third and Williams was tagged out after Robby Thompson missed a squeeze bunt. A we tried to make things happen a giants manager Roger Craig said. A but Butler gets picked off second and the next Guy Kingery gets a hit and we missed the squeeze play and Mitchell was thrown out because we missed the  the mets came Back against Paul Mcclellan who was making his major league debut. A the giants have been Tough for us the last few years but we knew their pitching staff was hurting and we had to take advantage of it a Harrelson said. Kevin Mcreynolds and Tim Teufel homered for new York and Howard Johnson had a three run double. In other games sunday pirates 7, astros 6 Houston a John Smiley held Houston witless for 5 i innings and Jeff King hit a three run Homer for Pittsburgh. Smiley retired 16 of the first 18 hitters he faced before Eric Yelding broke up the no hitter and the shutout with an rib triple in the sixth. Smiley 8-7 gave up five runs on six hits in seven innings for the Victory. The astros trailing 7-5, got within a run in the ninth on an rib single by Franklin Stubbs. They had runners at first and third with one out before Bob Kipper relieved Ted Power struck out Gerald Young and got Yelding on a Fly Ball to Center. It was Knippers third save. Danny Darwin 10-2 was the loser ending a personal nine game winning Streak. Darwin pitched six innings giving up five runs on nine hits. Reds 6, cubs 2 Chicago a Jose Rijo won his third straight Start and Eric Davis Bill Doran and Jeff Reed led Cincinnati a 12-hit attack. The reds won three out of four games in the series and have won nine of 12 Overall maintaining a 6�?~/2-game Lead Over los Angeles in the National league West. Rijo 11-6 pitched his fourth Complete game allowing nine hits. He has allowed just four runs in his last three starts and he is 3-0 in three outings against Chicago this season. Cubs starter Greg Maddux 12-12 lasted just five innings and gave up four runs three earned on eight hits and four walks. The reds took a 1-0 Lead in the first on an rib double by Doran 3 for 6 in his first two games with Cincinnati after being acquired from Houston. Cincinnati made it 3-0 in the third on singles by Doran Davis Todd Benzinger and Reed. Davis is 17 for 41 .415 in his last 11 games and Reed is 24 for 69 .348 in his last 23 starts. Dodgers 12, expos 5 Montreal a Kal Daniels snapped an 0-for-16 slump with a pair of two run homers and Lenny Harris and Mike Sharperson also homered As los Angeles hammered Montreal. It was the second time this season that see no on Page 23afn sports television boxing a tuesday night fights 3 . Wednesday. Radio baseball a Philadelphia at Pittsburgh 1 30 . Wednesday