European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 25,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 pirates top cards 7-2 stay 7vi up by the associated press Pittsburgh a Joe Torre suspects that the National league East race is Over. A when i was broadcasting i picked the mets because they had More experience and deeper pitching a the St. Louis manager and former California announcer said sunday. A but it Hasni to turned out that Way. The pirates have More Energy than the mets. Jim Leyland has them biting and scratching. They have a lot of Confidence right  Bobby Bonilla homered and drove in two runs As division leading Pittsburgh reduced its magic number to eight on sunday by beating Torres cardinals 7-2. Then Roundup pirates maintained their 2vi-game Lead Over the second place new York mets. Bob Tewksbury 10-8 gave up six runs and six hits in five plus innings As Pittsburgh won for the fourth time in five games. A everybody was focused in on what we had to do a said Leyland the pirates manager. A Tewksbury has pitched Good against us and the Guys responded Well. They were prepared. They went up there in the first and were just stroking the Ball. Nobody was trying to do too  John Smiley 9-10 limited St. Louis to two runs and five hits in 5 v3 innings. In other games sunday mets 7, cubs 3 Chicago a Darryl Strawberry hit his 37th Home run to tie for the no Lead and Dwight Gooden 18-6 won his ninth consecutive decision against Chicago and his seventh straight Overall. Strawberry who homered for the second straight game has eight Home runs in september and is tied with Ryne Sandberg of the cubs for the a Lead. Daryl Boston hit a two run Homer in the three run seventh. Tim Teufel and Kevin Mcreynolds had three hits each. Greg Maddux 14-14 allowed a season High 12 hits and seven runs in 6v5 innings As the cubs lost for the fourth time in five games. Braves 3, astros 0 Atlanta a Paul Marak pitched a four hitter for his first major league Victory and Dave Justice hit his 27th Home run. Marak 1-2making his fifth big league Start struck out one and walked three in his first Complete game. Justice who leads the majors with 22 Home runs since the All Star break homered in the first inning off Bill Gullickson 9-14 after Lonnie Smith had doubled. Reds 9, padres 2 san Diego a Eric Davis had four hits and Barry Larkin had three As the Cincinnati completed a four game sweep of the padres and lowered their magic number to five in the no West. Larkin drove in three runs and Luis Quinones homered for the reds who had 16 hits. Cincinnati outscored the padres 34-12 in the series and outhit san Diego 54-31. Danny Jackson 6-6 allowed two runs and sue hits in seven innings struck out six and walked two. De Whitson 13-9 gave up seven runs and 10 hits in four plus innings As his Era a second in the league at the Days Start a Rose from 2.39 to 2.63. Giants 6, dodgers 2 los Angeles a Rookie John Burkett won his third consecutive game As san Francisco dropped the dodgers five games out of first place with nine games remaining. Matt Williams had three hits including a pair of rib singles and tied Joe Carter of san Diego for the league rib Lead with 114. Stan Javier had three hits for the dodgers. The giants would have been eliminated with a loss. Burkett 14-7 gave up eight hits and struck out a career High nine in his second Complete game in 30 starts. Jim Neidlinger 5-2 lost for the first time in sex decisions allowing four runs and five hits in three innings. Phillies 2, expos 1,16 innings Philadelphia a Charlie Hayes singled Home the winning run in the 16th inning As the expos fell 6vi games out of first place. Howard Farmer 0-3the sixth of seven expos pitchers walked von Hayes to open the 16th. I lays stole second took third on a wild pitch and scored when Hayes looped a single Down the right Field line off Bill Sampen. Don Carman 6-2the fifth Phillies Pitcher pitched 31/8  Page 21 Home games this season. Kenny Williams Drew a Lead off walk from Colby Ward 1-3 re loth and Carlos Diaz sacrificed u i ? was walked intentionally and Mark Whiten walked to Load the bases for Wilson who singled Over Cleveland a drawn in Outfield off Efraim Valdez. Jim Acker 4-4 pitched a perfect Loti Tor the Victory. Jones blew his seventh save Chance m 47 opportunities. White sox 2, mariners 1seattle a Rookie Frank Thomas homered to break an eighth inning tie and j Lago stayed alive in the american league West race for at least another Day eating Seattle in the mariners Home finale. To k?g0 s Victory coupled with de Roit s 6-0 win Over Oakland kept the ath Slon at two numer for clinching the Divi Thomas homered Over the Center Field Wall off Matt Young 8-17 on a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the eighth. Thomas the White sox a no. 1 draft Choice last year was called up from double a Birmingham on aug. 2 and has hit five Home runs. Alex Fernandez 5-3chicago Stop draft Choice this season gave up five singles in eight innings. He allowed one unearned run struck out four and walked four. Bobby Thigpen pitched the ninth and extended his major league save record to 53. Tigers 6, athletics 0 Oakland Calif. A Cecil fielders 48th Home run his second grand slam this year led Detroit to a Victory that postponed Oakland a plans for a Pennant clinching party. The athletics could have clinched at least a tie for their third straight american league West title by winning but instead fell victim to fielders slugging and Jack Morris four hit pitching. Morris 13-18 faced the a a while Jose Canseco and Carney Lansford sat out with sore backs and posted his third shutout of the year. He walked three and struck out five in his 23rd career shutout As the tigers and a a finished their season series with six games apiece. Detroit opened the game with three straight singles to right Field but failed to score then cashed in big with six runs in the second inning against Mike Moore 1214. Royals 4, Angels 0 Kansas City to. A Steve Farr pitched a five hitter for his first major league Complete game and extended his scoreless Streak 16 innings As Kansas City beat California. Farr 12-7 struck out three and walked three. Chuck Finley 18-8 walked six in six innings As California lost for the sixth time in seven games. Orioles 2, Brewers 1 Baltimore a Bob Melvin a sacrifice Fly in the 10th inning gave Baltimore its fifth straight Victory Ana sent Milwaukee to its sixth consecutive loss. Jeff Ballard 2-10 pitched the 10th in Relief of starter Ben Mcdonald who gave up five hits. Ballard an 18-game Winner last season won for the first time since May 27. Ted Higuera 10-9 gave up seven hits in losing a Complete game. The Brewers have dropped nine of 10. Twins 6, rangers 4 Minneapolis a Gary Gatti hit a Rand slam in the first inning the 200th ome run of his career As Minnesota beat Texas. Gaetti a sixth career slam came off Charlie Hough 12-11. Hough also was the Pitcher when Gaetti homered in his first major league at Bat on sept. 20,1981. Gaetti became the fifth twins player to reach the 200-Homer Mark joining Harmon Killebrew Tony Oliva Bob Allison and teammate Kent Hrbek. Scott Erickson 7-4 gave up two Nins both unearned on four nits in Ivi innings. Rick Aguilera got his 29 the save