European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 26,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21thomas lifts Bills by jets by Barr Wilner East Rutherford . Apr Thurman Thomas ripped through new Yorkus porous defense for a career High 214 Yards Rushing monday night As the Buffalo Bills beat the new York jets 30-7. Thomas performance was Well Short of the nil record of275 Yards by Walter Payton in 1977, and of the team Mark of 273 by of. Simpson in 1976. But on this night Thomas was every bit As dangerous As those All time greats averaging almost 12 Yards a carry in the top Rushing output in the league this season. The Bills 2-1 were convincing in moving Back into Erst place in the acc East where they stood for 33 weeks before a 30-7 loss at Miami last week knocked them Down a notch. While Buffalo re established its credentials in the division and beat new York for the sixth straight time the jets were found wanting particularly up front defensively. The entire Bills Back Field could have rushed through the holes Thomas had. After falling behind 7-0 when the jets went 75 Yards on their first Possession climaxed by Brad Baxters one Yard touchdown run the Bills began using a no huddle offence. Ironically it was jets coach Bruce Coslet who was one of the masters of that ploy when he was the offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati bengals. Buffalo went 76 Yards in seven Quick plays twice catching the unprepared jets with 12 men on the Field. James Lofton caught a 20-Yard pass before new York linebacker Joe Mott was called for holding negating Jeff Lagemann a interception at the Bills 38. Kelly then found Keith Mckeller wide open for 43 Yards to the jets 1. Kenneth Davis ran it into the end zone on the next play. Then Thomas went to work breaking a 60-Yard run straight up the Middle on buffaloes first play after a punt. It was the longest run of his pro career. He added a 15-Yard run to the 5 two plays later but a sack by Lageman Cost the Bills and Ron Stallworth blocked Scott Norwood a 24-Yard Field goal. Four plays later Buffalo was at it a Bills Thurman Thomas who finished with 214 Yards is stopped by jets Joe Kelly. Again. A 23-Yard pass to Andre Reed and a 20-Yard run by Jamie Mueller led to Butch rollers two Yard to reception. Rolle faked blocking and was wide open in the end zone for the score giving him seven straight receptions for touchdowns Over four seasons. Once again the jets  mount a drive and on its next Possession Buffalo got 24 More Yards Rushing from Thomas on a Quick opener. The Bills were forced to punt but got the Ball Back on Johnny Hector a Fumble a minute later. New Yorkus staggering defense recovered forcing three straight incompletion and Norwood made a 48-Yard Field goal at 11 55 of the second period. He added a 42-yarder at the end of the half for a 20-7 Lead. At that Point Thomas had 146 Yards in 10 carries two Yards Short of his career High for a full game against Miami last season. Buffalo had 305 Yards and the jets had just 87 in the half. It got no better for new York 1-2 in the second half. Thomas keyed an 85-Yard, nine play March with 56 Yards Rushing including a 34-Yard burst on the same Quick opener play. Norwood a 27-Yard Field goal made it 23-7. Mckeller caught a six Yard to pass from Kelly to make it 30-7.Toronto Lead up to 1 v2 by the associated press Milwaukee a the Toronto Blue jays increased their american league East Lead Over Idle Boston to 1v games monday night by defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 9-5 As George Bell broke an 0-for-13 skid with three singles and two doubles in five at bats. Jimmy key pitched seven solid innings for the Blue jays who arc 16-6 in september. They have eight games remaining All on the Road. The red sox have nine games left eight at Home including three games with Toronto Over the weekend. Key 12-7 won his third straight decision yielding three runs and seven hits in seven innings including Dale so cum a first Home run in two Vears. Tom Henke rental Roundup a innings for his 31st save As the Brewers lost their seventh straight. Toronto took a 1-0 Lead in the second inning on a walk to Fred Mcgriff Belles first double and Rookie Mark White no a groundnut. The Blue jays made it 3-0 in the third. Manny Lee singled advanced As cookie Wilson grounded out and took third on a single by Tony Fernandez. Fernandez stole second and when the throw by Catcher . Surhoff was wild Lee scored. Fernandez continued to third and scored on Kelly Grubert a single his 25th rib in the last 16 games. Toronto continued to pull away with two More runs in the fifth on a single by Fernandez a walk to Gruber and Belles two run double that chased Milwaukee starter Jaime Navarro 7-7. Milwaukee scored in the fifth on Bill Spierss grounder but Whiten hit his second major league Homer leading off the sixth against Paul Mirabella for a 6-1 Lead. Sveum a Homer Cut the margin to 6-3 in the seventh but Toronto scored twice off Chuck Crim in the eighth. Bell led off with a single stole second and scored on Rob Ducey a double. Leeds single made it 8-3. Milwaukee scored twice off John Candelaria in the eighth but Toronto added a run off Narciso Elvira in the ninth. With one out Mcgriff walked Bell singled off see Al on Page 26mets lose 4-3 to fall 3 games Back by the associated press Chicago a there is one pitch Frank Viola wishes Hadnot thrown in mondays game against the Chicago ibs a the one Ryne Sandberg hit into the left Field Sachers in the sixth inning. Sandberg a league leading 38th Home run sparked a be run rally As the cubs beat new York 4-3 and 3pped the second place mets three games behind . New York 34-41 on the Road lowered Pittsburgh a Igic number to seven. Any combination of Metsy losses u pirates victories totalling seven will give Pittsburgh first division title since 1979. A it does no to look Good a Viola said a but we still have s games. A Sandberg a Home run is the one pitch i wish i could q Back a Viola said of the change up which wound Upil Roundup in the left Field seats. Mark Grace Andre Dawson and Luis Salazar followed with consecutive singles to tie the game. After Shawon Dunston grounded into a double play Doug Dascenzo singled Home Dawson with the go ahead run. A they were Able to put together a Bunch of hits a Viola said. A but its Only one  Paul Assenmacher 7-2 finished with 3% scoreless innings allowing five hits. He got into trouble with two outs in the ninth when Dave Magadan reached on a wild pitch after striking out and Gregg Jefferies singled. Darryl Strawberry flied to left for Thermal out. The mets who were to begin a three game series at Montreal on tuesday stranded seven runners in the final four innings and 10 Overall. A we had three opportunities to score runs a said Bud Harrelson the mets manager. A somehow we managed to wiggle out of  Harrelson said he Hopes the cubs will remember new York when they open a three game series against the pirates starting tuesday night. A i Hope Chicago has some momentum going in Burgh Harrelson said. A and i Hope we have it into Pitts in  Kevin Mcreynolds who broke out of a 3-for-31 slump with three hits on sunday homered in the second and fourth innings off Les Lancaster As new York took a 2-0 Lead. Mcreynolds has 24 Home runs this season second most on the mets behind Strawberry a 37. Chicago scored in the fifth when Dunston reached on Jefferies second error at third base took third on Das Cenzon a single and scored on Joe Girardio a groundnut. Howard Johnson put new York ahead 3-1 in the sixth when he homered off Randy Kramer. It was Johnson a 23rd Homer of the season. Phillies 3, expos 0 Philadelphia a Pat Combs pitched a four hitter and singled Home a run As Philadelphia beat Montreal to see no on Page 26