European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 9,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21 Welch puts a s up 2-0 land batters came to the plate another excellent starting performance was Down the Drain. And with it sunk the red sox to a 4-1 defeat and a 20 deficit to the athletics in the american league playoff. A everybody wants to Point fingers a Boston reliever see red sox on Page 23 ular s it i a Quot t1 la or a amp c have Ltd a s,1 a Quot my map Walt Weiss flies As he loses the Ball after being hit by Bostons Ellis Burks who was out before a a shortstop dropped Ball. Red sox can t spell Relief byh Liotta Boston apr Fenway Park groaned As one As soon As Boston manager Joe Morgan emerged from the red sox dugout. Nooroo oooo not again. But this Morgan is an unwavering soul and he was determined to dip again into this Boston bullpen of immediate combustion. By the time seven More Oak Steeles end to drought beat chargers by the associated press yes sir the Pittsburgh steel Erst offence can find the end zone. Not surprisingly so can the bengals and rams. The Steeles did it four times sunday ending a Streak of touchdown futility dating to last seasons  Roundup Bubby Brister threw two second Quarter to passes to Rookie Eric Green As the offence held without a touchdown for 19 quarters scored three in 17 minutes and tour Overall in a 36-14 Victory Over san Diego. Green scored from eight and one Yard out and Warren Williams and Barry Foster each had 2-Yard runs for Pittsburgh. Boomer Esiason passed for 471 Yards out dueling Jim Everett who had 372, As Cincinati beat the los Angeles rams 34-31. Cincinnati blew a 21-0 Lead then won on Jim breeches 44-Yard Field goal with 3 04 left in overtime. Playing without Eddie Brown their top receiver the rentals got 100-Yard receiving Days from Rodney Holman 10 for 161 Yards Tim Mcgee eight for 142 and James Brooks seven for 109. For los Angeles Flipper see nil on Page 26 by Ben Walker Boston a maybe babe Ruth still has a curse Over the Boston red sox and maybe not. But the Oakland athletics sure do. This time it was Bob Welches turn. He shut Down the red sox for 7la innings and Dennis Eck Erslev finished them off sunday night As Oakland won 4-1 Ana left ten Way Park with a 2-0 Lead in the american league playoff. A no we wont be Back Here a a a left fielder Rickey Henderson said. A if they can beat us two out of three in Oakland then there a something wrong with  so far everything has worked out just Fine for the athletics against Boston a As always. The series was to resume tuesday in the coliseum where Oakland is 51-30, the same record the red sox were at Fenway until the athletics came to town. A a in a not very Good with numbers but obviously that a something we wanted when we came Here a Oakland manager Tony la Russa said about the athletics 2-0 advantage in the Best-of-7 series. Here Are some numbers anyway. The athletics have won eight straight games in the postseason including a sweep of san Francisco in last years world series. Oakland has won a total of 19 playoff games tying los Angeles for the most Ever. Boston meanwhile tied a record by losing its sixth straight playoff game. They Veall come against the athletics who swept the red sox in 1988. In those six losses Boston is batting just .197. Oakland won eight of 12 from Boston during the regular season and so far its been More of the same in the offs. But there is one change a now the athletics ave National league batting Champion Willie Mcgee and longtime red sox Nemesis Harold Baines both acquired on the same Day in late August. Mcgee and Baines each got two of Oakland a 13 hits and Baines drove in three runs. That was plenty for Welch a 27-game Winner during the regular season. A i Wasny to perfect but ill take it when it comes out like that a Welch said. A i was throwing everything breaking balls sliders for balls and my fastball was moving. I Felt Good about All of my  while the red sox did not annoy Welch with their bats Thev did try it in other ways. They spent the Early part of the game stepping out of the Box As Welch prepared to pitch. A a that a a situation i have no control Over a Welch said. A you can to pitch until a Guy is ready. Its something you have to Deal  la Russa dealt with it by talking to Home plate urn see a son Page 23 the half naked truth a reporter dressed in drag is part of a mob of journalists interviewing a half naked Sam Wyche outside Cincinnati a locker room in Anaheim calif., following the bengals win on sunday. The bengals beat the los Angeles rams 34-31 in overtime. Related stories in sports wire on Page 27.