European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Red sox win Al East title Friday october 5,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 23frompage 21 with Toronto and made several outstanding plays in the three games against Chi a i love to play the game he said. A these Are the situations you live  and what about Oakland certain to be heavily favored in the Al championship series beginning saturday night in boston., in the euphoria that overtook the team that Hadnot been expected to be celebrating anything this year even that seemed possible. A a it a going to be Tough for Oakland a Greenwell said. A a they be been sitting waiting to see who they a play. All at once they re going to have to Start clicking on All cylinders. We re already clicking on All  in other american league games wednesday orioles 3, Blue jays 2 Baltimore a five minutes after the Blue jays Learned they had been eliminated they lost on Mickey Tettleton a Home run with two out in the ninth inning. Tettleton hit his 15th Home run of the season off Toronto Relief Ace Tom Henke 2-4. Gregg Olson 6-5 faced one Batter and got Fred Mcgriff to Fly out with two runners on base and two out in the top of the ninth. A a in a be lying if i said my heart did no to go Down when i saw we had no Chance but professionalism took Over and i wanted to win the game a Henke said. A a in a not going to hang my head. I did my Best All  after John Olerud hit a two run Homer off Baltimore a Ben Mcdonald in the eighth inning to give the Blue jays a 2-1 Lead the orioles battled Back against starter Dave Stieb. Jeff Mcknight and Craig Worthington singled and Billy Ripken was hit by a pitch loading the bases with no one out. Henke relieved and Steve Finley a sacrifice Fly tied the score. Rene Gonzales running for Worthington took third on the play but Brady Anderson grounded into a double play. Tigers 10, Yankees 3 new York Detroit Scecil fielder became the 11th player in major league history to hit 50 Home runs in a season and added his 51st for Good measure driving in five runs. Gary Ward hit a grand slam for Detroit in the first inning. Angels 11, athletics 6 Oakland Calif. A John Orton and Max Venable drove in two runs apiece in californians seven run fourth inning As Oakland finished with a 103-59 record and its third consecutive division title. Indians 5, royals 2 Cleveland a Brian Mcrae Hom ered for the royals in the sixth while win Bostons Mike Greenwell beats the throw to Chicago a Carlton Fisk at Home plate. Ner Sergio Valdez 6-6 yielded two runs and five hits in sue innings. Doug Jones pitched the ninth for his 43rd save. Twins 7, mariners 4 Minneapolis a loser Randy Johnson 14-11 hit Minnesota a Junior Ortiz with a pitch to score the go ahead run in the fifth inning. Brewers 6, rangers 3 Milwaukee a Mike felders triple drove in the go ahead run during a three run seventh inning that secured Teddy Higueras sixth straight winning season. Felders two out triple was a Long Fly Ball Over the head of right fielder Jeff Kunkel. The hit scored Billy Spiers who singled off John Barfield 4-3 and took second on a balk. Felder scored on Robin Younts single off Brad Arnsberg and Jim Gantner who walked scored on Rob Deere a single. Higuera 11-10 yielded seven hits and struck out eight in seven innings to break a four game losing  Viola joins exclusive 20-20 club by the associated press Pittsburgh a Chris Jelic was a lot More excited about his first major league hit than Frank Viola was about his 20th Victory _ Viola became the 18th Pitcher to win 20 games in each major league Jelic homered in the eighth inning and Pat Tabler went 3-for-4 with three Bis As the new York mets beat the Pittsburgh pirates 6-3 wednesday. Jelic who grew up in the Pittsburgh suburb of it. Lebanon and played quarterback at the University of Pittsburgh homered off Doug Bair to Start the eighth. He had been 0-for-10 since joining the mets. A the last game my last at Bat and in my Hometown. You  write a better script a Jelic said. Viola held Pittsburgh to seven hits in seven innings to improve his record to 20-12. He refused to comment after the game saying he was angered by a Story that appeared in a new York newspaper. He considered the Story a cheap shot. Viola lost his previous three starts All when the mets still were trying to catch the pirates in the National league East. The mets finished four games behind Pittsburgh. A a in a Happy for Frankie a mets manager Bud Harrel son said. I m Happy for Jelic too. Hell remember that for a Long  Viola was 24-7 with the Minnesota twins in 1988 in route to the american league by Young award. He is the 10th Pitcher since 1900 to win 20 in each league. The mets broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh against Mike York 1-1 when Tabler was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded the mets scored twice in the first against 41-year-old Jerry Reuss pitching in his last game. Reed and Tim Teufel doubled and Tabler had an rib single. Teufel led off the sixth with his 10th Home run. In other games wednesday expos 9, cardinals 2. Montreal a Spike Owen and Nelson Santovena hit run scoring triples to highlight a seven run seventh inning As Montreal won its fourth straight while handing St. Louis its seventh straight loss. Giants 6, braves 3 san Francisco a Matt Williams became the third giant in As Many seasons to win the leagues rib title and Bill bathers first career triple proved decisive for san Francisco. Williams 122 Bis topped Pittsburgh a Bobby Bonilla 120. Neither player had an rib wednesday. Wil no Roundup Frank Viola is 10th Pitcher since 1900 to win 20 in each league. Liams follows Kevin Mitchell 125 in 1989 and will Clark 109 in 1988 As rib King. Only the 1925-27 new York Yankees produced three different rib champions in consecutive years a Bob Meusel 1925babe Ruth 1926 and Lou Gehrig 1927. Astros 3, reds 2 Cincinnati a Ken Caminiti tripled Home the winning run in the top of the ninth inning As Houston left Cincinnati with a losing second half record. The National league West champions fell below .500 for the second half. The reds were 91-71 Overall but 41-42 since the All Star break and 58-59 since june 4. Glenn Davis led off the ninth with a walk off Tim Birtsas 1-3 and Pinch runner Gerald Young scored when Caminiti tripled off the Wall in Center for his second rib. Dave Smith 6-6 got the last four outs but it was Rookie Randy Hennis who kept the reds silent through six innings allowing Only a broken Bat double by Ron Oester. Cubs 4, Phillies 3 Philadelphia Greg Maddux won his 15th game and singled in a run As Chicago Defeated Philadelphia tying the Phillies for fourth place in the National league East. Both teams finished with 77-85 records. Maddux 15-15 allowed three unearned runs and seven hits struck out nine and did not walk a Batter in eight innings. Paul Assenmacher pitched the ninth for his 10th save. The cubs broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh off reliever Chuck Mcelroy 0-1 on Joe Girardio sri double and a bases loaded walk to Mark Grace. The cubs took a 1-0 Lead in the third on Doug Das Cenzon sri grounder and they made it 2-0 in the fifth on Madduxl sri single. Padres 7, dodgers 3 los Angeles a Eric show won the 100th game of his career and san Diego tied a club record with four Home runs against los Angeles. After a get acquainted pregame clubhouse meeting with new general manager Joe Mcllvain the padres shocked dodgers left hander Dennis Cook 9-4 with third inning homers by three players who had combined for Only 12 All year. Darrin Jackson who had three hits drove the first pitch of the third inning deep into the left Field bullpen for his third of the season and second in two nights. Jerald Clark who wasted a pair of two run homers tuesday night in an 8-7 defeat hit his fifth of the year one out later and Mike Pagliarulo followed with his seventh. Mark parents Homer in the sixth snapped a 3-3 tie and gave san Diego four homers for the game the 11th time that a happened in team history. Show 6-8 became the first Pitcher in padres history to win 100 games allowing seven hits in five innings in his first Start since aug. 7. Rich Rodriguez pitched one hit Ball in the final four innings for his first major league  sports television and radio baseball a National league championship series game 2 a Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 8 . Friday