European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 3, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 21 botox tip Chison Clinch tie for title by the associated press Boston a approaching 39 years old and winding Down his 18th season Dwight Evans accepted another Challenge. So did reliever Jeff Reardon who celebrated his 35th birthday on the Mound less than two months after Back surgery. The two old pros pooled their talents monday night As the Boston red sox clinched a tie for the american league East title with a 4-3 Victory Over the Chicago White sox. A this is great just a great feeling a Evans said after he drove in the tie breaking run with an eighth inning single. A but we still need to win one  Reardon 5-3 bailed out reliever Larry Andersen after the White sox tied the score 3-3 with two outs in the eighth. Then after Evans hit Reardon retired three batters in a Row in the ninth striking out two. With their fifth Victory in six games the red sox went two games ahead of Toronto with just two games left in the regular Dwight Evans season for both teams. The Blue jays lost 6-3 in Baltimore. The red sox won the Al East in 1988, but have not won a world series title since 1918. Evans peeked at the scoreboard showing Toronto losing As he stepped to the plate with runners on first and second and one out in the eighth. And although he leads All Active players with 379 homers Evans Wasny to thinking Long Ball. A i just wanted to hit the Ball up the Middle and i was Able to do it a he said. A a that a my bread and butter. I Wasny to trying for a Home  a i was probably As pumped up for the final out As in be Ever been a Reardon said after striking out Ivan Calderon to end the game. A coming Back from the surgery i wanted to be part of it. Now i feel i  reliever Ken Patterson walked Wade Boggs to Start the eighth. Barry Jones 11-4 relieved and was greeted Al Roundup 1 by Ellis Burks with a single off the left Field Wall. Boggs however was thrown out at third by Calderon with Burks taking second on the throw. Mike Greenwell was walked intentionally and Evans followed with his third hit of the game a ground single to Center. Calderon doubled to left Center in the Chicago eighth and Andersen relieved Dana Kiecker. Lance Johnson bounced a ground Rule double into the right Field stands scoring Calderon. Andersen struck out Carlton Fisk and Frank Thomas but Dan Pasqua grounded a single to Center scoring Johnson. Rodney Mccray ran for Pasqua and stole second on Andersen a first pitch to Robin Ventura. On a 2-2 count Ventura sliced a Bloop double to shallow left scoring Mccray with the tying run. Kiecker managed to escape in the first although 12 of his 16 pitches in the inning were balls and two of the strikes went for a single and a double. The 29-year-old Rookie then settled Down and checked the White sox on three hits for the next six innings. The red sox took the Lead in the third with an unearned run off Greg Hibbard. With two outs Jody Reed reached second on a two base throwing error by third baseman Ventura and scored on Carlos Quintanas single off the left Field Wall. Greenwell led off the fourth with a line drive that hopped into the right Field seats for a ground Rule double. Greenwell took third on Evans single and scored As Tom Brunansky forced Evans at second on a grounder to Short. Tony Pena flied out but Luis Rivera lined a double to left Center scoring Brunansky to make it 3-0. In other games monday. Orioles 6, Blue jays 3 Baltimore a Toronto moved within one game of elimination in the Al East As Baltimore beat the Blue jays behind the Strong pitching of Rookie Jose Mesa. A was Long As there Are some games left its a possibility a said outfielder cookie Wilson. A granted its no easy task. Only a fool would say it would be  Mesa 3-2 gave up four hits and three runs in 7% innings for his second Victory Over the Blue jays in 19 Days. Kevin Hickey got one out and Gregg Olson Fin sgt a % v s a it i / i it Avav is Ofa Quot Ltd map jays cookie Wilson does just what the sign says making catch against the Wall in Baltimore monday night shed for his 37th save. Baltimore trailed 3-1 in the sixth before rallying for three runs against David Wells 11-6. Billy Ripken walked and Mike Devereaux followed with his 12th Homer one pitch after Toronto pitching coach Galen Cisco went to the Mound for a talk with Wells. After Cal Ripken fouled out Randy Milligan singled see Al on Page 26 sea Hawks Pound bengals 31-16 by Dave Goldberg Seattle a Dave Krieg and Derrick Fenner found the path to the end zone. Rufus Porter found the path to Boomer Esiason. The combination worked Well enough monday night to give Seattle its first Victory of the season a 31-16 defeat of Cincinnati that knocked the bengals from the a Fly a unbeaten ranks. A i figured if we played hard enough sooner or later wed beat somebody a coach Chuck Knox said after Fenner scored three touchdowns Krieg threw for two and Porter inspired a defense that entered the game ranked next to last statistically in the nil. A we played hard enough  Porter who had two of Seattle a three sacks was All Over the Field As the sea Hawks continually thwarted Esiason and the Cincinnati offence. The bengals were limited to just three Jim Breech Field goals until Mitchell Price returned a punt 66 Yards for a score in the fourth Quarter. A they just shut us Down a said Esiason who completed just 10 of 23 passes for 128 Yards. A they literally dominated us in every aspect of the  a one of those aspects was Krieg who even threw a key Block on a 22-Yard run by John l. Williams during a touchdown drive. He linked and dunked the sea Hawks to a 17-9 Lead after three quarters As Fenner scored on runs of three and four Yards. Then on the first play of the fourth Quarter Krieg suddenly found Tommy Kane deep on the left sideline behind Rickey Dixon and hit him in stride for the clinching score. Krieg had thrown Only one to pass in his three previous games and his longest completion had been 28 Yards. He later hit Fenner from two Yards see sea Hawks on Page 26 mets Down pirates on Cone s 3-hitter by the associated press Pittsburgh a David Cone pitched a three hitter struck out 12 and nit two run scoring singles As the new York mets beat the National league East Champion Pittsburgh pirates 4-1 monday night. Cone 14-10 improved his career record Gamst the pirates to 6-0. He has had at least 10 strikeouts in nine games this season and leads the league with 233. Pittsburgh a run was unearned. The second place mets who were eliminated from the race on sunday when the pirates beat St. Louis won their 90th game a level they have reached in six of the last seven seasons. The club went 8775 last year. The mets scored two unearned runs in the fifth against Zane Smith 12-9who has beaten them three times this year. Cone singled Home the second one and added an rib single off Ted Power in the ninth. The game Drew 50,393 fans the largest non opening Day crowd in Pittsburgh since june 5,1977. In other games reds 4, astros 3 Cincinnati a the no West Cham no Roundup Pion reds won when Ron Oester scored from second on Houston shortstop Rafael Ramirez a throwing error in the Bottom of the ninth inning. Brian Meyer 0-4 walked Oester to Start the ninth. Todd Benzinger sacrificed and Billy Hatcher hit a grounder to the Hole at Short. Ramirez fielded the Ball but threw it past first into the reds dugout. Randy Myers 4-6the fifth Cincinnati Pitcher pitched a perfect ninth. Reds starter Tom Browning was erratic in his five inning tune up for the playoffs. He gave up three runs eight hits and three walks in five innings and failed to hold a 2-0 Lead. Franklin Stubbs homered for Houston his 23rd, Matching his career High with los Angeles in 1987. Mariano Duncan hit his career High 10th for Cincinnati. Phillies 7, cubs 6 Philadelphia a John Kruk tripled doubled and drove in three runs see no on Page 26