European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a the stars and stripes saturday october 13,1990 baseball reliable Stewart gets an a 20-game Winner for last 4 years ready for series by Ben Walker Oakland Calif. Apr there was a time \ Quot when Dave Stewart was known More for what he did not win than for what he did win. Of course that was before he won 20 games for four straight years. Or before he beat Roger Clemens every time he faced him. Or before he won every big Start in october. Or before he became the world series map and Dave Stewart then the american league playoff map. So who needs by Young awards anyway a my record will speak for itself a Stewart said wednesday after Oakland beat Boston 3-1 to Complete a playoff sweep. A i just go out and do the Best i  to review stewarts latest accomplishments a he pitched the Pennant clincher for the third straight year for the athletics a he improved to 5-0 in the playoffs lowered his Era to 1.79 and set a career record for victories. A he set an Al playoff record by pitching 12 consecutive scoreless innings a he won for the eighth straight time he started against Clemens and beat Boston for the 10th consecutive time. And after winning twice in last years world series sweep Stewart is set to pitch game 1 on tuesday night in either Cincinnati or Pittsburgh. Athletics manager Tony la Russa however did not officially name his Ace to Start the opener a at least not directly. A a we la have to get our coaching staff together and talk about it a la Russa said with a Grin. A but by the time the series starts it will be six Days and id say that a about his turn to pitch a to la Russa any big game makes it time to Start Stewart. Its been that Way since july 7,1986, when la Russa less than a week after being named manager of the athletics gave Stewart his first Start for Oakland. Stewart won that game a against Clemens naturally. Stewart has not missed a single Start since joining the rotation and la Russa has stuck with him. The result has been four straight 20-win seasons a Start Over fan favorite Nolan Ryan in the 1989 All Star game and ample Opportunity to Shine in the postseason. Twice in the last week Stewart started against Clemens. Twice Stewart won once when Clemens got a no decision in game 1 and then wednesday when Clemen was ejected in the second inning and took the loss. Clemens a two time by Young Winner lost just sever games this season four to Stewart. Some Oai Dand Anc Boston players have suggested that Clemens is psyche out by Stewart although Stewart wont say so. A i am not a hypnotist. With the Success he has had am probably a Thorn in his Side a Stewart said. A but a it have always had close Ball games. I have simply gotten the  Stewart pitched eight innings in both playoff Start against Boston and each time he gave up one run or four hits. The break that helped in the last one cams when Clemens was tossed in the second inning for arguing balls and strikes which set off a wild scene Anc delayed the game for 10 minutes. A it could have been easy to lose your concentration of focus during that but Stew did no to Oakland a Marl Mcgwire said. Not that Stewart did no to notice what was going on. A i done to know Roger Well enough to sit Down Anc have Tea with him but i can to imagine what he a thinking a Stewart said. Still Clemens is More Likely to win the by Young this season. So is stewarts teammate 27-game Winner Bol Welch. Instead Stewart will have to Content himself with try ing to win a few More in the world series. A to Tell you the truth on three Days rest in a a Bette Pitcher than on four Days rest a he said. A a in a ready to go a Maz still not ready for prime time by Alan Robinson Pittsburgh a of the millions of kids who dreamed about it of the hundreds of thousands who played professional baseball of the thousands who made it to the major leagues Only one player has Ever hit a Home run to win the seventh game of a world series. Thirty years after he ended the wildest wackiest most improbable unusual dramatic a and As Casey Stengel said a downright amazing a a. Roller coaster of a world series Bill Mazuroski still Isnit remembered by Many As a prime time player. In the tiny Sliver of time it took him to Power new York Yankees right hander Ralph Terry a fastball Over the left Field Wall at Forbes Field and win game 7 of the 1960 series for the Pittsburgh pirates 10-9, Mazeroski became Frozen forever in the memories of millions. Five games maximum conceding one Victory to 20-game Winner Vern Law. Even Stengel the Yankees manager did no to figure the series would last seven so he did no to Start future Hall of Famer Whitey Ford until game 3, the Yankees first Home game. Ford pitched 18 shutout innings in two of the Yankees victories but Wasny to available to pitch the deciding game. A the Yankees beat the pirates 16-3 and 12-0 in Pittsburgh and 10-0 in new York yet Bun game 7 although his right ankle still ached from a Pennant clinching party Accident. Mur Taugh gambled by bringing in face his bullpen Ace after Berra a three run Homer gave the Yankees a 5-4 Lead in the sixth. Face  hold the Yankees but the pirates left no Stone unturned. Led the series by losing 3-2 and Sti 5-2 in Yankee stadium to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 Edge. A the pirates were outdo mered 10-4, but hit two of their four in the final two innings of game 7. A i hear More about it now than i did then a Mazeroski said. A everyone said that hitting the Home run was great but i  live on that. I still had 12 More years to play so i had to put it out of my mind and go play. I still had a whole career to  Mazeroski has a career full of memories from that one autumn Day but what remains Improta Abl ble and nearly inexplicable is that Pittsburgh even got to game 7. Just consider a the Yankees broke world series records for batting average slugging percentage runs hits and Bis. The Only record the pirates set was for most passed balls. The pirates were Lon shots even to reach the series for the first time since being swept by babe Ruth and the �?T27 Yankees. Manager Danny Murtaugh steam finished fourth in 1959 but got career years from players such As map shortstop Dick Groat third baseman Don Hoak left fielder Bob Skinner and Center fielder Bill Virdon to Lead the league nearly wire to wire. The Yankees made it 7-4 in the eighth on John Blanchard sri single and Clete Boyers run scoring double. But Gino Cimoli started the eighth with a Pinch single off left hander Bobby Shantz who had shut them out since the third. Virdon then hit a perfect double play Ball to Short but the Ball ricocheted off a Pebble and struck shortstop Tony Kubek in the Throat for the unlikeliest of singles. Virdon went to first Kubek went to a Hospital. Groat singled Home a run and the Yankees got the next two outs. Reliever Jim Coates appeared to get out of the inning when Roberto Clemente hit a chopper to first but Coates chased the Ball and did no to cover first As first baseman Skowron fielded the Ball. Virdon scored from third. A the Yankees outhit the pirates .338 to .256 and outscored them 55-27, yet lost the series. The pirates earned run average was 7.11, and Only four of the pirates pitchers had eras below 5.00. The Baron of the pirates bullpen Roy face had three saves but a 5.23 Era. After losing game 1 of the series the Yankees rolled to 16-3 and 10-0 victories. The pirates then received Well pitched games from by Young Winner Law and Haddix to win games 4 and 5 in Yankee stadium Only to see Ford and the Yankees even the series with a 12-0 win in game 6. A a that a where they lost the series. That a the play that beat them a Law said. A the Ball that hit Kubek was a break but the rally was kept alive because Coates failed to cover  Bill Mazeroski Heads for Home after his series winning Homer. Coates grooved a pitch Down the Middle to Catcher Hal Smith who hit a three run Homer Over the left Field Wall for a 9-7 pirates Lead. But the Yankees scored twice in the ninth to tie it. Then came the Bottom of the ninth. By expected the series to go Murtaugh threw Law at the Yankees for the third time in Terry a first pitch to Kazeros High for Ball one. The Sec Nyki was n _ Ond was right where Mazeroski liked it across the letters. A when i hit it i knew it was Over left fielder Yogi Berra a head and i knew it was at least going to be off the Wall a Mazeroski said. A i did no to know if it was going out or  As Berra turned and saw the Ball sailing Over the 410-foot Mark he did a la Tum and calmly trotted Back to the Yankees Bench. At the moment he might have been the Only Calm person in Pittsburgh. A about Halfway to secon base i saw the Umpire Down the left Field line giving the circa Home run signal a Mazeroski said. A i think it was one of to few times i showed emotion o the Wallfield. I started jumping up and Down and All i Coul think was a we beat the Yai Kees we beat the Yankees there was a big crowd in a a a Home plate. I touched Nom plate and then it All crashed in me