European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 13,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17 Strawberry or nips cards by the associated press new York a Darryl Strawberry clouded a two run Homer in the Bottom of the ninth inning tuesday night to give the new York mets a 10-8 win Over the St. Louis cardinals. The mets blew a two run Lead in the top of the ninth when John Franco failed to hold the Light hitting cardinals in Check. A it was a dramatic win and it could carry us a mets manager Bud Harrelson said. A it Wasny to supposed to be that Way  by winning the mets kept Pace with Pittsburgh in the National league East. New York was to Start a two game series with the first place pirates on wednesday night at Shea stadium trailing Pittsburgh by 3 i games. New York is 48-22 at Home including nine wins in a Row. A this could be a turning Point for us a Strawberry said. A it probably was my most important Home run of the  Tom Herr led off the ninth with a walk against Smith 3-4 but Dave Magadan popped out trying to bunt. Strawberry a free agent after the season hit reliever Lee Smiths first pitch deep Over the right Field Fence for his 33rd Homer. The cardinals tied the score 8-8 with two runs off Franco 5-1who blew Only his fourth save Opportunity in 35 chances. Milt Thompson led off the ninth with a double and scored on Ozzie Smiths third single of the game. Rookie Ray Lankford a single sent Smith to third and Pedro Guerrero tied the score with a grounder to Short. In other National league games on tuesday pirates 5, Phillies 1 Philadelphia a Bobby Bonilla drove in the go ahead run for the second straight game to Back Rookie Pitcher Randy Tomlin who had a key double As surging Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia. Tomlin 3-2 worked six innings allowing five hits and one earned run in pitching the pirates to their ninth Victory in 11 games. Lloyd Mcclendon claimed Friday after being put on waivers by the Chicago cubs hit his second Homer As a Pinch hitter against reliever Dennis  Roundup reds 5, astros 3 Cincinnati a Norm Charlton pitched Well and Chris Sabo took advantage of Jim Deshaies wildness with a two run single carrying Cincinnati Over punch less Houston. Charlton 12-7 gave up five hits Over seven innings to the slumping astros who have scored a total of nine runs in their last six games losing five of them. Randy Myers pitched the final 1 % innings for his 29th save. Eric Davis had a Solo Homer Mariano Duncan a sacrifice Fly and Sabo a two run single off Deshaies 612. The left hander walked six in the first four innings helping the reds score three times on just one hit m the fourth to snap a 1 -1 tie. Deshaies walked the bases loaded with one out then gave up Duncan a sacrifice Fly to put the reds up 2-1. After Barry Larkin stole a base to put runners on second and third Sabo singled in two More runs. Cubs 11, expos 6 Chicago a a 10-run second inning its Best in 17 years enabled Chicago to overcome a 5-0 deficit against Montreal. Damon Berryhill Andre Dawson and Rookie Derrick May hit two run doubles in the inning for the cubs who had seven hits and sent 13 batters to the plate. Luis Salazar singled twice in the inning for Chicago which scored All its runs before there were any outs. Padres 4, dodgers 0 san Diego a Bruce Hurst pitched a five hitter to stretch his scoreless Streak to 18 innings and Jack Clark had a two run Homer As san Diego won. The loss left the second place dodgers seven games behind the National league West leading Cincinnati reds who Defeated the Houston astros 5-3. Giants 2, braves 0 san Francisco a Scott Garrelts pitched a Strong game and Kevin Mitchell hit a two run Homer As san Francisco won its fourth straight. The Victory moved the giants into a second place tie with los Angeles in the no West seven games behind Cincinnati. Ozzie Smith jumps to avoid sliding Kevin Mcreynolds. A Fernandez slams jays to within 3 of botox by the associated press Kansas City to. A Tony Fernandez hit his second career grand slam tuesday night powering Toronto past the Kansas City royals 8-4 and moving the Blue jays to within three games of first place Boston in the East. Fred Mcgriff and Pat Borders hit Solo homers As the Blue jays the defending East champions won their sixth straight and handed the royals their season High ninth loss in a Row two Short of the club record. Fernandez homered on a 3-2 pitch from Mel Stottlemyre or. 0-1 in the second inning for a 4-0 Lead. Toronto a Frank wills 6-3 went five innings giving up four runs and eight hits. Kansas City second baseman Frank White doubled Home two runs in the fourth inning with his 2,000th career hit. In other tuesday games Brewers 4, red sox 2 Boston a Robin Yount broke a tie with a two Runan sports television College football a Houston at Texas tech 2 .  Roundup Homer in the eighth inning and Ron Robinson posted his sixth straight Victory As Milwaukee handed Boston its third loss in four games. Robinson 10-3 scattered four hits and two runs one unearned in seven innings. Dan Plesac gave up three hits in two innings for his 23rd save. With one out in the eighth Dave Parker singled off reliever Wes Gardner 3-7 and Yount hit the next pitch into the left Field screen for his 15th Homer. Indians 4, White sox 3 Cleveland a Cleveland dealt Chicago a slim Pennant Hopes another blow when Pinch hitter Brook Jacoby drove in the winning run with a Fluke double in the ninth. Athletics 10, mariners 2 Seattle a Curt Young combined with three relievers on a five hitter and Rickey Henderson helped break the game open with a two run single and stole three bases As Oakland beat Seattle. The athletics posted their 90th Triumph and stretched their Lead Over second place a Milwaukee first baseman Paul Molitar tags Bostons Tom Brunansky in a successful Pickoff. A Chicago in the american league West to 10 games with 21 to play. Yankees 5, rangers 4 new York a the Yankees who had lost five straight ended Bobby witty a club record winning Streak at 12 games on Mel Halls two run two out triple in the eighth inning. Witt lost in 15 starts 15-9 Hadnot since june 17. Tigers 2, orioles 1 Baltimore a Alan Mell greeted Relief Ace Olson with a double that both Detroit runs in the inning for the win. Angels 9, twins 0 Anaheim Calif. A Tram Gregg scored eighth Mark Langston pitched a four hitter for Nis first shutout of the season and Dave Winfield continued his assault on Minnesota pitching with a two run Homer As California beat the twins. Langston 9-16struck out six walked one and retired 15 consecutive batters Between the second and seventh innings. Winfield was 2 for 4 with two Bis