European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a a a the stars and stripes thursday october 11,1990league championship series Boston getting bashed with finesse not sock by Steve Wilstein Oakland Calif. Apr a baseball a the trademark of the Oakland athletics Power game is on vacation replaced by singles and Speed bunts and sucker plays and pitching pitching pitching. With no homers no triples and Only three measly doubles the athletics were one Victory away from sweeping the Boston red sox. Credit that to 29 singles solid Fielding and pitching that yielded Only one run in o Uch of the first three games. The a a have bragged about their pitching for a Long time but now they re crowing about a new found ability to win without Power. A a in a really proud of our offence a said manager Tony la Russa who loves the Long Ball but is just As Happy with a slew of singles. A i think we be had three real Good offensive games against Tough pitching. I think our offence is doing  Jose Canseco Oakland a cocky King of Bash the past three years Hasni to come close to a Homer in this series after hitting 37 in 131 games. Mark Mcgwire Oakland a other monster Basher who hit 39 homers this year just missed a Homer in the sixth inning tuesday when Mike g Greenwell leaped above the Wall to make the catch. The athletics Range of skills was More than apparent in the seven run outburst in the ninth inning of game 1 and their two rallies against Boston in game 3. Canseco led off the fourth inning tuesday with a walk took second on a single by Harold Baines a like Willie Randolph another aspect of the Oakland a new look a and went to third on a double steal. After Mcgwire struck out Dave Henderson a sacrifice Fly scored Canseco to tie the game 1-1 and sent Baines to third. Randolph made it 2-1 with a soft cute Blooper to Short Center. The athletics pulled a couple More fast ones in the sixth with the help of shoddy play by Boston. Baines reached first on an error by shortstop Luis Rivera went to second when Henderson was hit by a pitch by Mike Boddicker and took third on a grounder to Short by Terry Steinbach that forced Henderson at second. Randolph playing because of an injury to Walt Weiss singled to score Baines and Send Steinbach to third. Randolph then broke for second on a suicide steal purposely slowing Down near second to allow Steinbach to try for Home after the throw to second. Steinbach headed Home and was beaten by Jody Reeds throw but ran in standing up and knocked the Ball out of Catcher Tony penal a Glove. A that was a designed play a Randolph said. A i was supposed to go Down about three quarters of the Way and Stop. But steiny got a late break i guess. I was glad he was Able to go in and use that muscle and Knock the Ball  that was the Only time the a a used their muscle All Day. Al from Page 17 they extended their witless Streak with runners on base to 17 at bats in the series. Henderson a sacrifice Fly and Randolph a single in the fourth put Oakland ahead and the athletics added two More in the sixth on an error by shortstop Luis Rivera and another by Catcher Tony Pena who had the Ball jarred Loose from his Mitt by Terry Steinbach. By then the crowd was already chanting a sweep sweep a and waving brooms at Bostons players. While the fans saw another Victory they did not see any Home runs. The athletics still have not hit a Homer a Bostons Wade Boggs has the Only one of the series. Still a i am proud of our offence a la Russa said. A a they re not throwing the Ball right Down the Middle and letting us hit Home runs. You have to be satisfied with what you get and i  maybe if this game had been Back at Fenway Park it might have been different. Jody Reed hit the second pitch of the game three feet foul at the 330-foot Mark in left Field a at Fenway it might have stayed fair and bounced off the Wall. A this ballgame was decided Early a Morgan said. A we hit a Ball foul for a Home  Reed later hit a Long drive that would have been off the Green monster but instead was caught. Boston left fielder Mike Greenwell took advantage of the extra room robbing Mark Mcgwire of a Home run. From the Start the crowd sensed another a a Victory. Oakland was 51-30 at Home this year so it Wasny to so unexpected. The fans got it along with some kicks a when Morgan came out to talk to a troubled Boddicker in the sixth they pointed at Bostons beleaguered bullpen and jeered. The athletics second straight Victory by a 4-1 margin increased their scoring Edge in the series to 17-3. Oakland has also outhit the red sox 32-19. Those numbers sound impressive and they Are. But the dominance they also indicate is misleading. The red sox have not been blown out. They led 1-0 into the seventh inning of game 1 and were Down Only 2-1 after seven innings in game 2. No from Page 17 scoring position in the series. A a Bonilla a Ball looked like a 1-Iron going out there a Piniella said. A Davis made a great play in being Alert to get to the  its not really a Surprise though. Davis is a Gold Glove Winner in Center Field who moved Over to left in August to rest his sore Knees. A you done to expect the left fielder to to Little coming around first base and that exp throw you out at third on a Ball hit to Cen Yoi Ter Field a Bonilla said. A i hesitated just a might have Cost me. It seems like everything they re doing is working. It was the defensive play of the  it certainly was the throw of the game. A when i let it go i saw the Ball was on line a Davis said. A it took a Nice hop not too High. A this team can win in a lot of ways and i think we re getting hot again at the Bat. This could be  Rob Dibble came on in the ninth and shut Down the pirates for the third save in the series by the relievers known As the Nasty boys. Pittsburgh is 0 for 15 against Dibble with 10 strikeouts. In \2vs innings against Myers Dibble and Norm Charlton the pirates have scored one run and struck out 15 times. A never time we got in hot water this season we came out of it a said Bonds who is in a 5-for-39 slump. Bonds better not count on the Nasty boys throwing the pirates any life jackets. A if we have the Lead by the sixth inning the pirates Start thinking about us a Dibble said. A but Drabek wont be easy to  the reds won their fifth straight game at three Rivers stadium including the last three games of a series in August. The fans showed up in greater numbers for game 4 and the pirates showed their appreciation by taking a 1-0 Lead in the first inning. A less than enthusiastic crowd of 45,611 showed up for the reds 6-3 Victory on monday eight thousand less than the Steeles Drew for sundays game against san Diego. Tuesday nights game Drew 50,461 and there were Only Small pockets of empty seats in the upper deck in Center Field. There was also a lot More noise. Sabo caused some of the crowd to get up and leave when he homered Down the left Field line after Hal Morris led off the seventh with a single. Sabo had a tremendous Start this season like most of the reds but tailed off in the second half. The reds final run came in the ninth on a bases loaded sacrifice Fly by Pinch hitter Luis Quinones. Things were looking up for the pirates when Wally Backman led off the game with an opposite Field double Over Davis head in left. Backman moved to third on Belles grounder to second and scored on Van Slykes broken Bat groundnut to first. Walk meanwhile retired eight straight after Paul of Neillis single with two outs in the first inning. But of Neill the hero of game 2 who matched Morris with three hits on tuesday night tied the score when he homered leading off the fourth inning on a 3-1 pitch. A we struggled a Little bit offensively the first couple of games but i seem to feel very relaxed in this Park. Its very similar to riverfront a of Neill said. Davis followed with a single and moved to third on Morris single to right Field. Sabo put the reds ahead with a sacrifice Fly to right. Van Slyke led off the pirates fourth with an opposite Field Bloop single to left and stole second with one out. Bonds struck out for the second time in the game but Brean tied it with a ground Rule double to left. The reds intentionally walked Mikel Lavalliere and Jose Lind spoiled the Strati egy with a single to Center. But hatchery the hitting Star of game 3, threw out the slow footed Bream at the plate. A with two outs and the Pitcher due up that a the Only play. What would have Hap Jeneda if we held Sid in that situations a watcher had to make just about a perfect throw and he did a Pittsburgh manager air Leyland said. Hatchery a throw seemed to take the steam out of the pirates and gave new life to Rijo. After Linda a single he did no to give up another hit until Bell homered m the eighth. A i thought we hit the Ball Well tonight and things just did no to fall in a Leyland said. An sports television and radio i baseball a american league championship series game 5, if necessary Bose ton at Oakland 1 . Friday 1 07 . On radio