European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 26 the stars and stripes monday september 24,1990davis cup delayed by darkness by Rob Gloster Vienna Austria apr Thomas Muster and Horst Skoff the Odd couple of austrian Tennis brought their nation within one set of a Davis cup semifinal Victory Over the United states before darkness halted play sunday. Muster played nearly flawless Tennis to defeat a mistake prone Andre Agassi in straight sets and tie the Bcst-of-5 series at 2-2 and then Skoff had a Lead of two sets to one Over Michael Chang when play was suspended the series which has been plagued by rain and cold throughout the weekend was scheduled to resume monthly. The Winner will face Australia in the Davis cup final nov. 30-dec, 2. The australians Defeated Argentina 5-0 in their semifinal. Muster who now is 24-0 in Davis cup matches on Clay courts kept Agassi off balance throughout the contest with Sharp passing shots Well disguised lobs and delicate drop shots for a 6-2,6-2,7-6 7-2 Victory. Skoff was leading 6-3, 7-6 7-44-6 in the Nightcap when officials determined it was too dark to continue. Play started an hour later than scheduled sunday because of rain. Austrian teammates Muster and Skoff Are old rivals and make no secret of their dislike for each other. They have been feuding in Public and private since they were youngsters and barely talk to each a we Are not a soccer team we done to have to pass to each other a Muster said. A we Are professional a each one has to do his own  Skoff Yelling As he hit nearly All of his shots volleyed Well and outlasted Chang on several Long Baseline rallies to win the first two sets. The austrian won the first four games of the match and then survived a service break while wrapping up the first set. He won the last three Points of the tie breaker to claim the second set. Chang forced the match to another Day by breaking Skoff s serve in the third game of the third set ending the game by slamming a forehand Winner past the austrian. In sundays first match Agassi made 58 unforced errors and was unable to put Muster under any pressure. He started tentatively and could not slow Muster urged on by 18,000 fans including austrian president Kurt Waldheim. Agassi was so overwhelmed in portions of the match that it seemed appropriate when his name disappeared from the electronic scoreboards in the Prater soccer stadium in the first set and did not reappear. Muster who tossed his Racket High in the stands after wrapping up the Victory said the huge Flag waving crowd made his task less difficult. The . Entered the Day with a 2-1 Lead having claimed the doubles on saturday. Rick Leach and Jim Pugh ignored a cold rain and a raucous crowd to defeat Muster and Alex Antonitsch 7-6 7-43-6,6-0,7-5. Muster had Defeated Chang and Agassi beat Skoff in singles matches on  from Page 21 4% innings. With the score tied 2-2, new York scored six runs in the fifth. Phillies 3, expos 2 Philadelphia Philadelphia beat Montreal for the second straight game As Mickey Morandini hit his first major Laguc Home run for the Phillies. The expos who have won six of eight remained 5vi games behind first place Pittsburgh in the East. The consecutive losses were the first for Montreal since aug 22 to 24. Tommy Greene 2-2 gave up two runs and four hits in six innings for the Victory. Roger Mcdowell the fifth Philadelphia Pitcher worked the ninth inning for his 20th save. Braves 3, astros 1 Atlanta a Charlie Leibrandt pitched a six hitter and Ron Gant drove in two runs leading Atlanta Over Houston. Leibrandt 9-10 struck out five and walked one for his fifth Complete game As the braves beat Danny Darwin 11-4 for the first time in eight career decisions against the right hander. Darwin who has won 10 of his last 12 decisions gave up five hits in six innings. Dodgers 6, giants 3 los Angeles a Dennis Cook making his first Start for los Angeles gave up one run in 6v6 innings and sparked a five run sixth with a single As the dodgers celebrated manager Tom Lasorda a 63rd birthday by beating san Francisco. The dodgers fell four games behind first place Cincinnati which took a double header from san Diego. Cook 9-3 struck out four and walked none in his first Start since joining the dodgers on sept. 13 in a Trade that sent Catcher Darrin Fletcher to Philadelphia. The left hander got the assignment because Mike Hartley had to sit out his second consecutive Start with a sore left rib Cage. Reds 6-9, padres 4-5 san Diego a Cincinnati swept a doubleheader from san Diego winning 64 and 9-5, to take a four game Lead Over second place los Angeles in the National league West Glenn Braggs and Mariano Duncan each had five hits and three Bis in the doubleheader to help Cincinnati reduce its magic number for clinching the division to seven. It was the reds first sweep in six doubleheaders this season. Braggs had three singles and two Bis As the reds won the second game 9-4. In the opener Duncan singled Home the tying run and scored the go ahead run in the seventh inning As Cincinnati rallied for a 6-4 Victory. A. . Red sox shortstop Luis Rivera misses the throw As Yankees Oscar Azocar slides safely into second base in first inning. Apal from Page 21 High five a two intentional a and throwing two wild pitches. Still he left after six innings with a 2-1 Lead. Rob Murphy took Over to Start the seventh. The Yankees quickly tied it on singles by Pinch hitter Roberto Kelly and Don Mattingly and a throwing error by reliever Larry Andersen on Jesse Barfield a potential inning ending double play grounder to the Mound. Jeff Gray 2-4 relieved to Start the eighth and Hensley meulens led off with a single before Randy Velarde walked. One out later. Sax tripled to Center and scored on Kevin Maas Bloop single. Athletics 5, tigers 1 Oakland Calif. A Scott Sanderson pitched his career High 17th Victory and Ickey Henderson hit his 27th Home run As Oakland beat Detroit to close in on the a West title. Sanderson 17-10 allowed three hits and an unearned run in 6v& innings to win for the fifth time in seven starts. Rick Honeycutt pitched a innings for his seventh save. Royals 4, Angels 3 Kansas City to. A George Brett had four hits to raise his league leading batting average to .332, including a seventh inning Home run off Jim Abbott 1014 j which broke a 3-3 tie. Mark Davis 2-7 pitched a innings of perfect Relief for his first Victory since Fay 14 against Boston. Jeff Montgomery pitched the ninth for his 21st save. Twins 2, rangers 0 Minneapolis a Allan Anderson and two relievers combined on a three hitter As Minnesota Defeated Texas. Anderson who missed his last scheduled Start with a sore shoulder gave up two hits in five innings. He retired the first 10 batters he faced before Julio Franco doubled with one out in the fourth. Larry Casian 1-1making his fourth major league appearance relieved to Start the sixth and gave up one hit in two innings for his first Victory. Orioles 3, Brewers 2 Baltimore a Mike Devereaux hit a three run Homer As Baltimore handed Milwaukee its fifth straight loss. Dave Johnson 12-8 making his third Start since coming off the disabled list gave up seven hits in six plus innings for his first Victory since aug. 2. Kevin Hickey the fourth Baltimore Pitcher got the final three outs for his first save. Devereaux lined a pitch from Kevin Brown 0-1 off the left Field foul pole for his ninth Home run in the fourth inning. Milwaukee has lost eight of its last nine games and the orioles have won four in a Row to move into fifth place. White sox 14, mariners 5 Seattle a Chicago kept Oakland a magic number for clinching the Al West at two As Carlton Fisk drove in four runs including a Homer to help beat Seattle. A mariners Victory Over the White sox would have clinched at least a tie for Oakland. Chicago had a season High 18 hits As Robin Ventura Frank Thomas Lance Johnson and Ozzie Guillen had three each. Guillen added three Bis. Trailing 5-2, Chicago scored four runs in the third inning two each in the fourth and fifth and four More in the sixth. Clemens scratched from Start new York a Boston right hander Roger Clemens was not going to make his scheduled Start against the new York Yankees on sunday and his status for the rest of the season is Uncertain. Zemens has been sidelined since sept. 4 with severe tendinitis in his shoulder but after a week of Light throwing the red sox pencilled him in to Start again. Boston is tied with Toronto for first place in the american league East after holding a 6vi game Lead the last time Clemens pitched. A the believes we re doing the right thing As much As he wants to go out there a said red sox manager Joe Morgan who named left hander Tom Bolton 9-4 to Start sundays game. Morgan announced the change following Bostons 52 loss to new York saturday. A a it a still too tender a Morgan said. A the believes we re doing the right thing As much As head like to be out  Clemens is 20-6 with 1.98 earned run average in 30 starts including 11-3 after Boston losses. The red sox were Uncertain when Clemens might pitch next but hoped he could Start on Friday when they open a series against Toronto at Fenway Park. Or. Arthur Pappas put Clemens on medication and a Light exercise program. Clemens threw for the first time last week in Chicago playing catch