European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes Friday september 21,1990 ., Austria in Davis Vienna Austria apr in april they Defeated Czechoslovakia in an ice rink. This weekend they face Austria on a soccer Field. And if members of the  Davis cup team reach the finals of the Tennis Competition they will Host Australia or Argentina on a baseball Diamond. Public interest in the Austria-. Semifinal match beginning Friday was so great that a Clay court was built inside the Prater soccer stadium. More than 20,000 fans Are expected each Day to see Austria make its first semifinal Davis cup appearance. The austrian and american teams practice wednesday on the court As workmen finished erecting the stands and youngsters played soccer on another part of the grass Field. A Small Bat flew above the americans As they practice one of the unforeseen consequences of playing in a huge outdoor stadium. A the court is Fine. Its a Little slow because its been raining the last few Days a said Michael Chang who will play singles for the United states. Andre Agassi is the other  Singles entry. A a it a hard to Tell what its going to be like because no one is Here yet a said Chang who is most comfortable on Clay. A a we la see what its like when there Are people in the seats.�?�. The austrians chose Clay because their top singles player Thomas Muster is one of the worlds Best on the surface. The other austrian singles performer Horst Skoff is also Good on Clay. Muster has returned to the top Echelon of menus Tennis after his career was threatened by a Freak Auto Accident Early last year in Florida. A car backed into him while he was loading his bags in the trunk severely damaging his knee. Ironically a car backed into scoffs left knee Las cup Semi weekend As he took his bags from the trunk during a tournament in Geneva. The  Squad which also includes doubles team Rick Leach and Jim Pugh played its last round on a hard indoor court in a hockey Arena in Prague. Aaron Krickstein and Brad Gilbert played singles and the Leach Pugh team won in doubles As the United states Defeated Czechoslovakia in that quarterfinal matchup. If the americans defeat Austria they would Host the Victor of the Australia Argentina semifinal also starting Friday. The  Tennis association has decided that the november Battle would take place at the Florida Sun coast dome in St. Petersburg Chang and Skoff both Are coming off victories. Chang won a Clay court tournament in Florida on sunday while Skoff won in  from Page 21 after picking up Billy Ripkens sacrifice bunt. Ripken scored on Finley a soft single to Center. Baltimore added a run in the seventh when Joe Orsulak walked stole second and scored on a single by David Segui. Curt Schilling replaced Anthony Telford 3-2 in the sixth and got his third save. He gave up Tony penal a sacrifice Fly in the eighth. Athletics 7, White sox 3 Oakland Calif. A Dave Stewart won his 21st game Matching his career Best and Mark Mcgwire hit his 38th Home run As Oakland finally won a Home game Over Chicago. The Victory reduced Oakland a magic number to Clinch the american league West to five. Oakland leads Chicago by nine games with 13 to play. The a a had lost six straight games five this season to the White sox at the Oakland coliseum but took a 6-0 Lead after three innings and coasted. Chicago won the season series from Oakland 8-5. Stewart 21-10 tied his career High for victories As he won his fourth straight Start. He allowed five hits and three runs Only one earned with three walks and three strikeouts in six plus innings. Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley finished up a combined six hitter. Terry Steinbach a bases loaded double with two out in the first gave Oakland a 2-0 Lead off Jack Mcdowell 13-8. Stein Bach is 11 for 18 with one grand slam three doubles and 23 Bis this season with the bases loaded. Willie Randolph made it 3-0 in the first with an rib single. Doug Jennings two run double in the second gave the a a a 5-0 Lead and knocked out Mcdowell after Only i a innings his shortest Outing of the year. The game Drew 35,990, giving the athletics a franchise record attendance of 2,689,646 in 74 dates. Indians 6, Brewers 3 Cleveland a Rookie Jeff Manto homered tripled and singled and Doug Jones set a team record with his 38tn save As Cleveland beat Milwaukee. It was the indians seventh win in eight games. The loss mathematically eliminated the Brewers in the Al East race and dropped them a half game behind Cleveland into fifth place. Milwaukee went 0-6 at Cleveland stadium this year giving the indians their first Ever Home sweep of the Brewers. Brook Jacoby also homered for the indians who were eliminated from the race the night before. Twins 1, royals 0,11 innings Minneapolis a Shane Macks two out single in the 11th inning knocked in Dan Gladden from third base giving Minnesota a Victory Over Kansas City. Bostons Tony Pena steals second under a throw to Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken. Gladden led off the 11th with an infield single off Jeff Montgomery 6-4. After Nelson Liriano popped put on a bunt attempt Kirby Puckett singled to right moving Gladden to third. After Kent Hrbek was intentionally walked Gary Gaetti popped out but Mack hit Montgomery a first pitch up the Middle to end the game. Gary Wayne 1-1 was the Winner with two innings of scoreless Relief. The royals loaded the bases against him in the 10th, but he ended the threat by striking out George Brett who went 2 for 5 to East Rickey Henderson in the american eague batting title race .3256 to .3252. Rangers 6, mariners 5 Seattle a Jeff Kunkel scored the go ahead run on Billy swifts wild pitch to the eighth inning As Texas overcame an Early four run deficit to beat Seattle. John Barfield 4-2 pitched the seventh inning for the Victory. Kenny Rogers got the last five six outs for his 15th save. The two teams exchanged four run innings by the rangers in the fourth and Seattle in the first. Ken Griffey or. Hit a two run Homer off Nolan Ryan As the mariners grabbed a 4-0 Lead. Tigers 12, Angels 5 Anaheim Calif. A Travis Fryman knocked in four runs Mark Salas hit a three run Homer and Detroit took advantage of four errors to win its fourth straight. The four California errors pinned three unearned runs on loser Joe Grahe 2-4. On tuesday night two of the tigers runs were unearned in their 3-2 Victory. Lou Whitaker a 18 the Homer gave Detroit a 1-0 Lead in the first and Salas Homer made it 4-3 in the fourth. Fryman had an rib single in the fifth and his bases loaded to note capped a six run ninth by the tigers. Walt Terrell 5-4 pitched five innings for the Victory despite allowing four runs and nine hits. Jeny Don Gleaton got the last six outs for his 11th save. Sheffield released from Texas Hospital Cleveland apr Milwaukee Brewers infielder Gary Sheffield has been released from a Hospital in Arlington Texas after five Days of treatment for an undisclosed ailment. Officials at Arlington memorial Hospital said wednesday that they could not release any information on his condition. Sheffield rejoined the Brewers on wednesday in Seveland but he did not play. Sheffield entered the Hospital Friday complaining of extreme fatigue. In 125 games this year the 21-year-old Sheffield is hitting .294 with 10 Home runs and 67  from Page 21 Portugal 10-10 did no to give up a run until enc Davis scored on Jeff Reeds single with two outs in the seventh. Herm Winningham hit his third Homer in the eighth for the reds. The astros chased Danny Jackson 56 with single runs in each of the first three innings. Houston had at least two base runners for the first six innings and scored in five of those innings. Portugal 7-2 at Home gave up four hits and Juan Agosto finished for his fourth save in his 77th game. Houston took a 1 -0 Lead in the first when Ken Caminiti hit his fourth Homer of the season. Mark Davidson had an rib single in the second and Glenn Davis added a run scoring single in the third. Davis scored from third on a double play grounder by Craig Biggio in the fifth and Casey Candaele sri single made it 5-0 in the sixth. Houston 24-51 on the Road improved to 44-30 at the Astrodome. Padres 9, dodgers 4 los Angeles a los Angeles blew a Chance to gain on Cincinnati in the no West As the padres rallied behind Benito Santiago a sixth inning grand slam. San Diego trailing 4-0 after three innings chased Fernando Valenzula with three runs in the fifth. The padres took the Lead off Rookie reliever Darren Holmes 0-1 in the sixth and went on for their fifth straight Victory. Braves 5, giants 1 Atlanta a Atlanta Rookie Dave Justice dealt san Francisco a chances of catching Cincinnati a blow by driving in three runs including two with his 26th Nomer. The defending National league Champion giants have lost five of their last six games and Are 7 i games behind the first place reds who lost 5-2 to Houston. San Francisco has 13 games remaining Cincinnati has 14. A the hitters Are struggling a san Francisco manager Roger Craig said. A a Matt Williams and Kevin Mitchell need a rest but we re still alive and you hesitate to rest your big Guys in this  Williams in the midst of an 0-for-23 slump went 0 for 4, and Mitchell also was witless in four at bats. During the six game Road trip the giants have scored Only 11 runs and Are batting .182. A i think Justice is the most improved player in the league a Craig said. A the looks like babe Ruth. Early in the season he looked pretty Good. He looks great  Justice is hitting .333 against left handed pitchers Ana in his last 19 at bats against southpaws has 13 hits with four Home runs including wednesday nights against Trevor Wilson in the seventh. Phillies 8, cardinals 4 St. Louis a Wes Chamberlain hit his first major league Homer and Dale Murphy added a two run Homer Power in Philadelphia past St. Louis. Both homers were off Joe Magrane 9161, who lasted 3% innings for the cardinals and gave up six runs