European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 7,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 17stanford stuns Irish South Bend ind. Apr Tommy Vardell scored four times on 1-Yard runs the last with 36 seconds left and Stanford converted two notre Dame fumbles into touchdowns in beating the nations top ranked team 36-31 saturday. The Cardinal 2-3 went 61 Yards for the winning score the drive kept alive by quarterback Jason Palumbis 2-Yard gain on a fourth Down play. Palumbis completed 26 of 34 attempts for 256 Yards. The Irish 3-1who rallied late to beat Michigan and Michigan state had another Chance at a last second Victory. But Rick Mirer a pass bounced off the fingertips of Derek Brown in the end zone As time ran out. Notre Dames final drive began when Ricky Watters who had fumbled away two punts returned the Kickoff to the Irish 30. Mirer hit Shawn Davis for 26 Yards and Tony Brooks for 21 to the Stanford 23. Mirer then missed Davis and Brown on consecutive throws into the end zone. Mirer completed 15 of 26 attempts for 235 Yards throwing touchdowns of 11 and 15 Yards to Tony Smith. The loss was notre Dame coach Lou Holtzm a first at Home with a top ranked team. Stanford last beat notre Dame 2414 in 1963 at Palo Alto Calif. Stanford had lost twice earlier this season dropping 32-29 at Urcla on a last second Field goal and 21-17 against no. 12 Colorado on a touchdown by Eric Bie Niemy with 12 seconds left. Watters fumbled away a third punt in the fourth Quarter and Stanford drove to the notre Dame 20. But John Hopkins missed a 37-Yard Field goal attempt and notre Dame still led 31-29. Mirer opened the notre Dame scoring on the first Possession Rushing one Yard on fourth Down after Stanford stalled the Irish offence on three Rushing attempts inside the 5-Yard line. The 80-Yard drive was saved twice by fourth Down conversions and a 19-Yard Mirer pass to Smith on second-and-23 after the Irish were penalized 13 Yards for intentional grounding. The Cardinal tied it two minutes later after Watters fumbled a Paul Stonehouse punt at the notre Dame 10 and Vardell recovered. Glyn Milburn rushed nine Yards to make it 7-7. Craig Hentrich a 29-year Field goal gave the Irish a 10-7 Lead at 10 24 of the second Quarter and on the next play notre Dames Devon Mcdonald recovered a Palumbis Fumble caused by Chris Zorich and George Williams at the Stanford 15. Mirer passed 11 Yards to Smith two plays later for the touchdown. Herm Winningham picks up Paul of Neillis Bat Friday after scoring the Gam Vinning run on of Neillis double. Even up reds prevail on letdown in left Field by Jim Donaghy a baseball writer Cincinnati a because the Pittsburgh pirates and Barry Bonds Drew even in Outfield mistakes the Cincinnati reds and Paul of Neill evened the National league playoffs on Friday. Bonds and Cincinnati a Eric Davis Are the Only major leagues Ever to hit 30 homers and steal 50 bases in a season. Now they also share the Ignominy of blowing Fly balls in the National league playoffs. This time Bonds lost Paul of Neillis Fly Ball to left and the Cincinnati reds beat the pirates 2-1 to even the playoffs 1-1. Bonds turned of Neillis fifth inning Fly Ball into a tie breaking double. Of Neill had two Bis and also made a great throw to third base to kill a rally. On thursday night Davis turned Andy Van sly Kcf a High Fly into an rib double in the seventh inning for a 43 pirates Victory. The no playoffs take a two Day break before resuming monday at Pittsburgh. Danny Jackson 6-61 is scheduled to Start for the reds against Zane Smith 12-9. Game 2 starters Doug Drabick and Tom Browning struggled Early but managed to get the Job done. Browning gave up one run and six hits in six innings before Rob Dibble relieved to Start the seventh. Randy Myers got the last five outs for the save. He has allowed but one hit in 6v5 innings against the pirates this season. A Tom pitched a great game today a manager Lou Piniella said. A the has struggled of late but lies a  Drabek surrendered five hits in eight innings. A Doug was a Little wild in the first inning a manager Jim Leyland said. A but he recovered and did what we wanted. He kept us in the  the reds were 0-6 against the pirates during the regular season in games in which Dibble Myers and Norm Charlton did no to appear. A they come in aggressive a Leyland said. A you want see reds on Page 22 an s television pro football a san Francisco at Houston 9 . Sunday los Angeles raiders at Buffalo 1 . Monday. Radio pro football a Detroit at Minnesota 6 . Sunday Cincinnati at los Angeles Ranis 9 . Sunday. Baseball a american league playoffs came Oakland at Boston 1 07 . Monday