European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes sunday september 23,1990 no from Page 17 Jerome Walton breaking an eighth inning tie As Chicago dealt new York its fifth straight loss. The loss tied the Metsy longest losing Streak of the season. Walton Lea off the eighth against David Cone 12-101 with a single Walton then stoic second and went to third when Catcher Charlie of Briens throw went into Center Field. Sandberg hit a Fly to medium Center and Walton easily beat the throw to the plate from Keith Miller. Paul Assenmacher 6-2 pitched the final two innings. Assenmacher gave up a game tying Homer to Howard Johnson leading off the eighth. Phillies 5, expos 4,12 innings Philadelphia Philadelphia snapped Montreal a six game winning Stream when Lenny Dykstra singled Home Dave Hollis from first base with two outs in the 12th inning. The loss dropped the expos 5vz games behind Pittsburgh in the no East. With two Down Hollins Drew a walk from reliever Bill Sampen 11-7 before Dykstra lined a 2-1 pitch Over the Glove of right fielder Marquis Grissom. Grissom appeared to get a bad jump on the Ball. Chuck Malone 1-0the sixth Philadelphia Pitcher worked the 12th inning for his first major league Victory. Astros 4, braves 3,10 innings Atlanta a Mike Simms hit his first major Iea Guc Homer with one out in the 10th inning giving Houston a Victory Over Atlanta. Simms Only other major league rib came in the 13th inning of Houston a 3-1 Victory Over Cincinnati on sept. 12, when he broke a 1-1 tie with a single. Kent Mercker 4-6the braves sixth Pitcher gave up the game winning Homer. Juan Agosto 9-7the astros fifth Pitcher got the last four outs for the Victory. Reds 10, padres 1 san Diego a Jose Rijo pitched a five hitter As Cincinnati routed san Diego to snap a three game losing Streak. Rijo 5-1 in his last seven starts pitched a two hitter and struck out 12 in beating san Francisco 4-0 on sept. 17. He was two outs away from his second straight shutout when Joe Carter singled Home a run. Eric Davis had three Bis including a Homer to Pace the reds 13-hit attack. Cincinnati trying to become the first no team to hold first place Over a 162-game schedule has 12 games remaining including the last nine at Home. Dodgers 16, giants 3 los Angeles a a Daniels went 4 for 4 and drove in a run to key two five run innings As los Angeles trounced san Francisco to remain 3vi games behind no West leading Cincinnati Daniels also scored three runs to Pace a 20-hit attack As every dodger starter had a hit and eventually left the game. It was Daniels first four hit game with los Angeles. Hubie Brooks had four Bis. Given a 1-0 Lead Don Robinson 10-7 gave up five runs in the Bottom of the first. The giants got a run Back in the second when Steve Decker hit his second Homer. Dodger starter Mike Morgan 11-14 settled Down after that pitching four scoreless innings. Morgan gave up three runs and nine hits in eight innings and John Wetteland got the last three outs. Hockey a foggy Bottom a two referees watch a Workman use a fire extinguisher to repair chipped ice As Al from Page 17 shutout innings. Rookie Efrain Valdez 1-1 followed Jesse Orosco and Steve Olin throwing three witless innings striking out three and walking one for his first major league win. Doug Jones gave up a pair of two out singles in the Bottom of the 13th before retiring Fred Mcgriff on a weak grounder for his 39th save Alomar hit the first pitch of the 13th inning off reliever Frank wills 6-4 for his eighth Homer. The result was the indians fifth straight win a season High. A i went up there looking for a pitch and i got that pitch a Alomar said. A it was 8 fastball right Down the the Blue jays got a Strong Effort from David Wells who gave up a run and five hits in eight innings before giving Way to Duane Ward. Ward pitched three perfect innings in Relief before wills took Over in the top of the 12th. The indians took a 1-0 Lead in the third inning when Tom Brookens tripled and scored on Felix Fermino a grounder. The Blue jays tied it against Orosco in the sixth. Cookie Wilson reached on a one out infield single that bounced off the plate took second As Tony Fernandez grounded out and scored on a triple by Kelly Gruber. Orioles 5, Brewers 3 Baltimore Pete Harnisch Al players from the new York rangers and los Angeles Kings wait to resume their Lowed one run and four hits in seven plus innings As Baltimore handed Ron Robinson his first loss since aug. 1. Robinson 11-4 was bidding to tie the club record of eight straight victories. He gave up Only four hits and three of Baltimore a runs were unearned. Harnisch 11-11 needed help from Jose Bautista and Jeff Ballard in the eighth and Gregg Olson in the ninth. Ballard and Olson each allowed a run a Greg Vaughn homered off Ballard a with Olson getting his 33rd save. Athletics 6, tigers 5 Oakland Calif. Bob Welch became the first 25-game Winner in 10 years and Mark Mcgwire hit his 39th Home run As Oakland nipped Detroit. Welch 25-6 won for the ninth time in 11 decisions since aug. 2. The last Pitcher to win 25 games in a season was Steve Stone of the Baltimore orioles in 1980. Welch gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings striking out five with one walk. He surrendered Alan Trammells first inning rib single and Lou Whitaker a second inning rib double. The tigers scored three times in the eighth against Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley who earned Nis 44th save. Pinch hitter Harold Baines snapped a 2-2 tie in the seventh with a three run double off reliever Edwin Nunez although Clay Parker 3-3 was the loser. Jamie quirks Pinch single off Scott Aldred drove in Oakland a final run which proved decisive. White sox 5, mariners 4 Seattle a Sammy Sosa drove in exhibition game in Miami. The Kings steamed past the rangers 6-4 Friday. Four runs with a two run Homer in the second inning and a two run single in the fifth. A fan appreciation Light turnout of 55,679 was the second largest in the mariners 14-year history. Eric King 11-4 gave up two runs in five innings for Chicago. Bobby Thigpen of pitched one inning extending his major eague record to 52 saves. Randy Johnson 13-10 was the loser. Angels 12, royals 5 Kansas City to. Kansas City a Bret Saberhagen 5-8pitching for the first time in More than two months following arthroscopic Elbow surgery gave up four runs Ana nine hits in five innings Kirk Mccaskill 12-10 held the royals to two runs until the eighth when to Jackson a three run Homer knocked him out. Saberhagen pitched two scoreless innings but Dick Schofield Sladoff double triggered a three run California third. The Angels wrapped it up with seven runs in the seventh including Donnie Hills three run Homer. Rangers 2, twins 1 Minneapolis Bobby Witt equated his career Best with a two hitter and chalked up his 14th win in his last 15 decisions. Jack Daugherty drove in both Texas runs with singles in the fourth and sixth innings the first off Kevin Tapani and the second off Juan Berenguer 8-5. Witt 17-9who won 12 straight before losing on sept. 11, yielded two singles including an rib hit by Pedro Munoz in the second inning. He walked four and struck out fire Mckeon after 10 years As pm san Diego a Jack Mckeon was fired As general manager by the san Diego padres on Friday night ending a decade Long stay. The padres new ownership group which bought the team from Joan Kroc in june announced the firing following a Day Long meeting at a Mission Valley hotel. A we believe that the padres have the nucleus of a championship club but we also believe that As we looked at the dec Ade ahead a change in the front office is necessary to strengthen ourselves for the future a the ownership group said in a statement. A therefore we have asked Jack Mckeon to step aside As we search for a new general manager. We Are presently interviewing candidates and expect an appointment in the near Mckeon who left the meeting at about 2 p.m., said Friday afternoon that the Issue of his status with the team had not come up. A this meeting was Bland. This was a business meeting a he said. A Why should i be worried i m a very confident and secure person. In a not going to worry about nothing. These Are Good people. We just talked baseball. That was All that we while stripped of his general manager s duties Mckeon 59, apparently will stay with the club in some capacity. He is under contract through 1991 at $400,000 per year. A we will review Jack Mckeony a role with the club and will announce what his duties will be after the new general manager is on Board a the statement said. Mckeon known As a trader Jack for his penchant for big deals joined the padres in 1979, became general manager a year later and was the architect of the padres Only Pennant winning team in 1984. He also was manager from May 1988 when he replaced Larry Bowa until last july 11, when he stepped aside in favor of Greg Riddoch to concentrate on his role As Genera manager
