European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a a a the stars and stripes thursday october 4,1990bucs deny Gooden 20th win by the associated press Pittsburgh a the Pittsburgh pirates made sure the new York acts did no twin the National league East this year. On tuesday night they made sure Dwight Gooden wont win 20 games either. Sid Bream hit a two run Homer and the pirates ended goodens eight game winning Streak and denied him win no. 20 by beating the mets 9-4. Gooden lasted just 4 a innings his shortest Outing since he pitched three innings in his second Start of the year on april 14. He was working on three Days rest one less than usual in an attempt to get his second 20-win season. Gooden 19-7 lost for the first time since aug. 4 against St. Louis. He had won 16 of 17 decisions after a 3-5 Start. Gooden left the game one Batter after Breames Homer. He allowed nine hits and eight runs six earned. Breames Homer was his 15th, one Short of his career Best in 1986. It followed . Reynolds single and gave Pittsburgh an 8-4 Lead. Bobby Bonilla drove in two runs to raise his rib total to 120, one behind no Leader Matt Williams of san Francisco. New Yorkus Dave Magadan was 1 for 5 and dropped no Roundup to .329, six Points behind no batting Leader Willie Mcgee who had a .335 average for St. Louis when he was dealt to Oakland last month. Magadan would have had to go 5 for 5 in wednesdays finale to pass Mcgee. In other games tuesday reds 3, astros 2 Cincinnati a Jack Armstrong pitched two perfect innings in his first Start since aug. 24, and Paul of Neill singled Home a pair of runs As Cincinnati exercised its pitching staff in a Victory Over Houston. The Victory was no. 91 for the the National league West champions who open the playoffs thursday against Pittsburgh at riverfront stadium. The 91 wins Are the most since 1978, when Cincinnati had 92. Cubs 3, Phillies 1 Philadelphia a Andre Dawson reached the 100-Rbi Mark for the third time in his career with a run scoring single As Chicago Defeated Philadelphia. Expos 2, cardinals 1 Montreal a Kevin Gross won his first game in More than three months and Otis Nixon set a Little known base stealing record As Montreal handed St. Louis its season High sixth straight loss. Gross 9-12 was 0-8 with nine no decisions in his previous 17 starts since june 11. Nixon set his record in the first inning when he stole second base after beating out a Lead off bunt single against St. Louis Rookie Omar Olivares 1-1. The steal was Nixon s 50th in 228 at bats this season bettering the Mark of Miguel Dilone of the 1978 Oakland athletics who stole 50 bases in 258 at bats. A dodgers 8, padres 7,10 innings los Angeles a Juan Samuel sri single in the 10th inning gave los Angeles a Victory Over san Diego and clinched second place in the no West. Reliever Craig Lefferts 7-5 surrendered consecutive singles by Mike Sharperson and Eddie Murray to put runners on first and third with none out in the 10th after an intentional walk to Hubie Brooks Samuel lined the next pitch past Lefferts head and into Center Field for the game Winner. Braves 16, giants 7 san Francisco a a Tommy Gregg a three run Pinch hit Homer keyed a seven run sixth inning and Atlanta scored 12 runs in the final four innings to rout san  from Page 17 raised after he said monday that the rangers who hold a $3.3 million option on his contract for 1991, Haven to spoken to him since he indicated last month he plans to return next year. And Ryan Hasni to been taking any chances. Ryan wants to keep the Ball used in his final career strikeout. So he arranged to have 11 balls thrown out of his last Start last sunday. Ryan said he arranged with plate Umpire Ted Hendry to have the final Ball from each Ryan strikeout removed from play. A in Case i done to come Back i wanted to make sure i had the Ball from sunday. You never know what a going to happen. I can to predict the future a Ryan said. A the Day i walked off the Mound in the Astrodome with the Achilles problem in 1988i never thought that would be the last time i wore an astros uniform a Ryan said. A but it  rangers general manager Tom Grieve in Milwaukee for the final series of the season told the Dallas morning news that exercising the option was a a Mere  he said he expects the club to make it official before the deadline of 15 Days after the season ends. Quot obviously we want him Back a Grieve said. A in my mind its a foregone conclusion that he a coming  Bush credited Ryan a unprecedented sixth career no hitter earlier this season for turning around the rangers year. A it energized the fan base a he said. A the no hitter also coincided with the team playing better baseball. A no question about it. Nolan is the Cornerstone of the fan  from Page 17 the help of a balk by Tom Bolton. With one out Lance Johnson extended his hitting Streak to 13 games with a single and Carlton Fisk walked. The runners advanced on Bolton a balk and Frank Thomas hit a sacrifice Fly. Reed opened the Boston first with a walk but was erased on a double play before the red sox tied the score. Boggs singled took third on Burks double and scored on Perez a wild pitch. Scott Fletcher walked to Start the Chicago seventh and was forced at second on Guillent a bunt Back to the Mound. Ivan Calderon singled and Johnson got an infield hit when second baseman Reed managed to prevent his grounder from going through the Hole to right. Larry Andersen replaced Bolton with the bases loaded and uncorked a wild pitch on an 0-2 count to Fisk enabling Guillen to score. But Fisk struck out and Thomas flied out. Blue jays 2, orioles 1 Baltimore a Mcgriffe tiebreak ing Home run with two out in the ninth kept Toronto a title Hopes alive. Mcgriffe 35th Homer on a 2-2 pitch from Baltimore starter Dave Johnson 13-9 easily cleared the right Field Wall. A i think Boston will have a lot of pressure on them a Toronto third baseman Kelly Gruber said. A a it a not ours to win a its  trailing 1-0 after being held to one hit by Bud Black 13-11 Over seven innings a Steve Finley s Lead off single in the first a the orioles tied the game in the eighth. Craig Worthington opened with a single Ana Jeff Mcknight singled Pinch run Ner Rene Gonzales to third. Brady Anderson then lined a drive to Center and file Blue jays Fred Mcgriff. 2-out Homer in 9th Gonzales easily beat cookie Wilson a throw to the plate. Tom Henke pitched the ninth for his 32nd save As Toronto won for Only the third time in its last 11 games. Johnson gave up a Lead off single to Wilson in the first inning and then retired 12 straight batters before George Bell singled with one out in the fifth. John Ole Rud singled Bell to third and Pat Borders hit an opposite Field single to right that gave Toronto a 1-0 Lead. Athletics 6, Angels 4 Oakland Calif. A Jose Canseco a two run double after Rickey Henderson a second stolen base drove in the tying and Lead runs and helped Bob Welch to his 27th Victory. The Al West Champion a a Down 4-0 in the first inning roared Back with z display of Power Speed and pitching including Dennis Eckersley a 48th save and won their 103rd game. Henderson a 64th and 65th stolen bases moved him within two of Lou Brocks career record of 938. Henderson went 1 for 4 at the plate and dropped a Point to .325, three Points behind Kansas City a George Brett a league leading .328. Welch 27-6 ended the regular season with the most victories in a a history and the most in the american league since Denny Mclain won 31 for Detroit m 1968. Yankees 4, tigers 1 new York a Detroit Scecil fielder remained stuck at 49 Home runs popping out twice and striking out twice. Jesse Barfield singled Home the first of three Yankee runs in the eighth inning. Fielder went 0 for 4 for the second straight game and has gone 20 at bats since his last Homer with Only two singles. Indians 13, royals 3 Cleveland a Chris James drove in three runs with two singles during Cleveland a nine run first inning and Tom can Diotti 15-11 held Kansas City to a run and three hits in six innings. Cleveland last scored nine runs in an inning in 1984. Cleveland sent 14 batters in the first inning against three royals pitchers scoring nine runs on six walks five hits and three wild pitches. Mariners 3, twins 0 _ Minneapolis a Erik Hanson pitched a seven hitter for his first major league shutout and became the second Pitcher in Seattle history to win 18 games in a season. Brewers 1, rangers 0 Milwaukee a Rookie Kevin Brown pitched a one hitter Over seven innings for his first major league Victory As Milwaukee beat Texas. Mets Mcllvain takes san Diego pm Iob san  a Tnp a tit amino in j. To u j. _. A san Diego a Joe Mcllvain saying he made his decision on instinct left the new York mets on tuesday and was named general manager of the san Diego padres. Mcllvain the mets vice president of baseball operations since november 1985, agreed to a contract Worth approximately $1.6 million Over five years. He succeeds Jack Mckeon who was fired sept. 21 by Tom Werner managing general partner of the group that purchased the padres from Joan Kroc in june. Mcllvain said he was leaving the mets a because of the Chance to run the bal club the Way i would like to run  a the Opportunity to do it in a City like san Diego also is very important to me a he said. A i did no to leave the mets organization because i Wasny to Happy. It just was an most Active Type  Mcllvain 42, has been among the top pm candidates for some time but stayed with the mets because general manager Frank Cashen has said he would phase himself to retirement. Cashen however is still with the team and had formed a ruling troika with Mcllvain and Ai Harazin the senior vice president. Cashen and mets co owner Fred Wilpon were said to be surprised and angered by mall Vaines a departure. A i now will assume those major league functions which had been performed by Joe a Cashen said tuesday night at Pittsburgh where the mets were playing the pirates. Cashen said that Harazin a will be Given expanded  Mcllvain thought to be among the better evaluator of Talent said a priority is to strengthen the padres scouts and minor league system. We Are Here to develop the Best player development system in baseball a he said. A a in be done it before. Well do it  Mcllvain who had rejected a pm offer from Cleveland in 1985, was approached by Werner two month ago but did no to consider the Job at the time in deference to  minor league Pitcher in the Detroit organization from 1969-73, Mcllvain was a latin american scout Foi Baltimore 1974-76california 1977-78 and Milwaukee 1979-80 before joining the mets As a director of scouting