European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 18, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23boston�?Ts Lead trimmed to 1 Chicago s Lance Johnson misses a Ball hit by Bostons Mike Marshall on sunday. A by the associated press while Roger Clemens Waits to find out if he can pitch this week the Boston red sox continue to see their american league East Lead slip away. It was Down to one slim game following sundays results. The Chicago White sox completed a four game sweep of Boston with a 4-2 Victory As Bobby Thigpen got his 51st save. Toronto meanwhile beat Baltimore 6-5 in a night game to move even closer to the red sox whom they trailed by 6 /2 games on sept. 4. A this is the series i feared the most All month a Boston manager Joe Morgan said. A we Don t play Well Here and we never get any Breaks. Ill be glad to get out of Here. Have you Ever seen so Many cheap hits in All your life a Boston has lost six of its last seven games. Toronto has won nine of 11. A to play As badly As we did and still be in first place is a plus a Dwight Evans said. A a it a up to us now and that a the Way it should  Eric King 10-4 allowed five hits in seven innings. Barry Jones pitched a hit less inning and Thigpen finished the combined eight hitter. Boston pulled within two runs in the ninth on singles by Mike Greenwell Mike Marshall and Tony Pena. After Danny Heep walked to Load the bases Thigpen snared Jody Reeds line drive to end the game. Meanwhile Clemens intends to throw hard on tuesday. He will be examined wednesday and if everything is All right he will Start against the new York Yankees on Friday. In other games sunday Blue jays 6, orioles 5 Toronto a George Bell drove in the tie breaking run with a fielders Choice in the ninth inning As Toronto beat Baltimore. It was the third straight time that the Blue jays had pulled a game out in the Al Roundup Bottom of the ninth. The orioles tied the game 5-5 on a two run Homer by Rookie David Segui in the eighth inning his first in the major leagues. Segui homered off reliever Tom Henke 2-2. Athletics 5, twins 4 Oakland Calif. A Walt Weiss drove in the winning run with a two out single in the 1 1th inning As Oakland reduced the magic number for its third consecutive Al West title to seven. Dennis Eckersley 4-2 was the Winner and Terry Steinbach and Jose Canseco hit t to run homers for the a a. Tigers 5, Yankees 2 Detroit a Cecil fielder hit his 47th Home run Steve Searcy and Paul Gibson combined on a two hitter and Alan Trammell hit three run scoring singles. Searcy 2-5 allowed both hits struck out five and walked three before Gibson finished for his third save. Rivals 9, indians 6 Kansas City to. A to Jackson led off the seventh inning with a go ahead Home run off Efrain Valdez 0-1 As Kansas City ended the indians four game winning Streak. Jeff Montgomery 6-3 was the Winner. Mariners 5, Angels 3 Anaheim Calif. A Pinch hitter Ken Griffey or. Hit a three run Homer off Bryan Harvey 3-4 in the ninth inning. Bill Swift 6-4 pitched 1 a innings and Mike Jackson pitched the ninth for his third save. Brewers 5, rangers 3 Arlington Texas a Ron Robinson won his seventh consecutive decision and Milwaukee ended Texas seven game Home winning Streak. Robinson 11-3 has not lost in nine starts since aug. 6 and has a 2.27 Era during the winning Streak. He allowed eight hits and walked none in six  sweep pirates mets lose by the associated press one thing is for sure in the National league East race a the Pittsburgh pirates would not be in first place if they always played Montreal. Scott Anderson making his first major league Start combined with three relievers on a one hitter sunday and the expos stopped Pittsburgh 4-1, completing a three game sweep of the  beat Pittsburgh for the 13th time in 18 games this season and sent the pirates to their fifth straight loss. Pittsburgh managed to stay one half game ahead of new York which lost to Philadelphia 8-3. The expos came from behind to win All three weekend games. They pulled within 5>/2 games their smallest deficit m a month. A a in la be glad to get out of Montreal a pirates manager Jim Leyland said. A but we better Check the locks on the clubhouse. The expos might want to keep us around for a  Anderson a 28-year-old Rookie who appeared in eight games with Texas in 1987, gave up Jay Belles double with one out in me first inning. Scott Ruskin 3-2traded to Pittsburgh on aug. 8 for Zane Smith pne hed 1 % innings for the win. Tim Burke relieved Ruskin and pitched one inning and Steve Frey got four outs for his eighth save. A i was a Little nervous before the game a Anderson said. A but its still baseball withal Roundup. L different players and a Good pitch is a Good pitch but you have to make them. I was kind of Sloppy at first but i settled Down after  Montreal trailed 1-0 in the sixth when Tim Raines celebrating his 31st birthday led off with a single against Randy Tomlin 3-3. Otis Nixon tripled and Tim Wallach hit a sacrifice Fly for the go ahead run. The expos scored two unearned runs in the seventh. Spike Owen doubled with one out and Tomlin who was married saturday walked Burke. After reliever Bob Kipper walked Raines hit a routine grounder that first baseman Gary Redus threw past the plate for an error enabling both runs to score. In other games sunday Phillies 8, mets 3 new York a Philadelphia Rookie Jose Dejesus beat new York for the third time in less than six weeks with 7 a a innings of three hit Ball preventing the mets from moving into first place. The mets dropped two of three games to the Phillies at Home Over the weekend after winning 11 straight at Shea stadium. They remained one half game behind first place Pittsburgh in the National league East. Dejesus 6-7 gave up three runs two of them earned and struck out six. In three starts against the mets he gave up four runs and nine hits in 25 a a innings. David Cone 12-9like Dejesus pitched on three Days rest. He was hit hard yielding four runs and six hits in four innings his shortest stint As a starter since May 25. Reds 9, dodgers 5 Cincinnati a los Angeles self destructed wasting plentiful scoring chances and displaying Bill Dorans Fly Ball into a costly two run double As Cincinnati reopened a 5�?~a-game Lead in the National league West. The dodgers needed a win sunday for a three game sweep that would have got them within 3�?~a games of Cincinnati. Instead the reds reduced the magic number to 12 for clinching their first division title since 1979. The dodgers had plenty of opportunities to take control Early a they loaded the bases in three of the first four innings off Norm Charlton and Scott Scudder 45. They left them loaded All three times stranding a total of 10 runners and scoring just twice. Center fielder Stan Javier then made a key misplay of Dorans Fly Ball to Start a six run fifth inning against Mike Morgan 10-14 that snapped a 2-2 tie. Doran hit three doubles. Astros 3, giants 2 Houston a Craig Biggio and Pinch hitter Glenn Davis singled Nome runs in the ninth inning rallying Houston past san Francisco for a three game sweep. Trailing 2-1, Ken Campiti led on the astros ninth with a walk from Don Robinson 10-6. Caminiti took second on Gerald Youngs infield hit and scored the tying run on Biggio a single. After an intentional walk loaded the bases Rafael Ramirez hit a shallow Fly Ball for the first out. But Davis who did not Start because of Back pain followed with a single. Juan Agosto 8-7pitching in his team record 76th game got the Victory. Cubs 8, cardinals 4 St. Louis a Damon Berryhill hit three doubles and Greg Smith drove in three runs leading Chicago Over St. Louis. Berryhill who missed most of the season with a torn right rotator cuff scored twice. The cubs got 12 hits including seven doubles. Jose Nunez 3-6 won for the second time since being recalled from triple a on sept. 1. Mike Bielucki pitched four innings for his first major league save. The cubs tagged Ken Hill 4-4 for five runs on eight hits in the first three innings. Padres 9, braves 4 Atlanta a Garry Templeton hit a three run double and san Diego took advantage of four errors three by third baseman Jim Presley to score seven runs in the second inning and beat Atlanta. Dennis Rasmussen 11-13 gave up three runs on five hits in seven innings. He gave up Dave justices 25th Home run most among major league rookies