European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 19,1990 the stars and stripes a a a pane 21reds rolling Atas Eckersley lose 5-4 in 7 0 Cincinnati apr add Oakland Sace reliever to Cincinnati shit list and give Billy Hatcher and the reds a perfectly astonishing 2-0 Lead in the world series. A Day after the reds rocked Dave Stewart they rolled Over Oakland a relievers. Joe Oliver got the third straight single off Dennis Eckersley with one out in the 10th inning for another improbable Victory this time 5-4 wednesday night. Related stories Page 26. A they know they re in for a Battle now a said Hatcher 7 for 7 with four doubles and a triple so far. Four relievers shut out Oakland for ivs innings with Rob Dibble going two innings for the Victory. Hatchery a triple off right fielder Jose Canseco a Glove in the eighth inning gave him the series record for consecutive hits and he then scored the tying run on Glenn Braggs Force play. Eckersley took Over to Start the 10th and retired Eric Davis but a scratch single by Pinch hitter Billy Bates a ground single to left by Chris Sabo and Oliver a hard single Down the third base line gave Cincinnati its seventh straight world series Victory. Dibble pitched two shutout innings for the Victory including a Brash versus Bash showdown in the ninth when he got Canseco to hit into a double play and struck out Mark Mcgwire. The amazing Hatcher led off the eighth with a slicing drive to right that glanced off the tip of Canseco a Glove and went for a triple. With Canseco cursing himself Bob Welch walked Paul of Neill on four pitches but got a break when Hatcher stayed at third on Davis medium deep Fly Ball that Canseco caught but threw off line to the plate. Oakland manager Tony la Russa brought in Lethander Rick Honeycutt to face lefty Hal Morris. Piniella countered with the right handed Braggs and Braggs Cincinnati reds from left Glenn Braggs Billy Bates and Eric Davis celebrate 5-4 win Over Oakland. Drove in the tying run. Braggs hit a bouncer up the Middle that took off on the artificial turf. By the time shortstop Mike Gallego caught it he was one step past second base. Gallego tagged of Neill and relayed to first but Braggs beat the throw. Welch gave up nine hits two walks and struck out two world series on an television and radio game 3, Cincinnati at Oakland 1 . Saturday. In Ivi innings. Rickey Henderson led off the game with a single off Danny Jackson stole second on the next pitch and took third on Carney Lansford a sacrifice. First baseman Morris bobbled Canseco a grounder and could Only make the play at first As Rickey Henderson scored. For the second straight night the reds scored twice in the first. Barry Larkin and Hatcher opened with doubles and Davis one out grounder made it 2-1. Canseco ended Oakland a postseason Home run drought at 45 innings in the third with another incredible shot. Jackson jammed Canseco and the sluggers Ball carried 400 feet to the opposite Field. The athletics went on to make it 4-2 later in the third and Chase Jackson. Mcgwire singled Dave Henderson and Willie Randolph walked and Ron Hassey hit a sacrifice Fly. With runners on first and third and two outs Piniella chose to let Jackson pitch to Gallego instead of issuing an intentional walk to bring up Welch a career .151 hitter who had not batted since 1987. Gallego singled sharply to Center for a 4-2 Lead and Jackson was finished. Scott Scudder relieved struck out Welch and worked around two walks in the fourth by retiring Dave Henderson on a Fly Ball. Jack Armstrong took Over to Start the fifth and set Down nine of 10 batters. Armstrong and Welch were the opposing starters in the All Star game but Armstrong went 1-6 with a 6.56 Era in the second half before going on the disabled list with forearm tendinitis. The reds blew a great Chance in the third after Larkin led off with a single and Hatcher again doubled. Welch retired of Neill on a shallow Fly and got Davis and Morris on easy grounders. Cincinnati pulled within 4-3 in the fourth when Oliver doubled with one out and scored on Pinch hitter Ron Oestern a two out  fakes Over As favorite Cincinnati a the reds Are underdogs no More. Their 10-inning Victory wednesday Over the Oakland a a put history a and the Odds a on their Side. The 2-0 Lead in their hip pocket As they head for the West coast gives them the ammunition they need to upset the defending champions. Three fourths of All teams that have opened the world series with a 2-0 Cushion ultimately have taken Home the trophy. The reds made Short work of the mighty a a by doing what they be done Alj year a a get big contributions from unlikely places. Wednesday it was Ron Oester with his first Pinch hit rib of the year Billy Hatcher going 4 for 4, Only Bates with his first National league hit and Joe Oliver pulling a game winning single off Dennis Eckersley perhaps the Best closer in baseball. This marked the 41st time that a team has taken a 2-0 Lead. Of the previous 40 teams 30 have gone on. Win it Uthe series. The last team to in Iquo pattern was los Angeles in 1988-Over Oakland. Champion a s feel red heat Cincinnati a lose game 1? no problem. But lose the first two games of the world series and even the Oakland athletics consider themselves in a bit of a spot. After Cincinnati won 5-4 in 10 innings on wednesday night to take a 2-0 Lead m the world series the concept of losing dawned on the a a for the first time. A what Are you going to do a third baseman Carney Lansford asked. A a you re either going to crawl in a Hole and let them win or you stay and fight it out. A a we re the defending world champions. In a not going to give anybody anything. If in a going to go Down in a going to go Down fighting. Up and Down the Oakland locker room after game 1, players declared the a a alive and Well on their Way to defending their world series title. After game 2, the a a looked a Little More disbelieving a Little More shocked. They knew they had lost a game they could have won. They had been unable to deliver an Early to and they allowed the reds to hang around and win on Points. A we played better Ball tonight than we did last night a Lansford said. A we pushed and pushed and pushed and we just  get that big hit late in the game and they  twelve of the first 23 a a to Bat wednesday night reached safely an Oakland scored four times. But the other seven stranded runners represented wasted opportunities. The Story of game 2 was the same Story As game 1, in which Oakland stranded 11, going 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position. This time the a s stranded two runners in the first third and fourth innings. In the second seventh and eighth they stranded another runner each time. A was far As the offence is concerned we got it going Early today but then All of a sudden nothing happened a Mark Mcgwire said. A a that a not us. That a not the Oakland a a. A a we be got to score in More than a couple of innings in a game and take the pressure off our pitching staff and keep them from having to shut them out the rest of the Way. I mean that a Tough to  nothing went right in game 1, so it was easy to shrug off that one. This time things worked for Oakland. Rickey Henderson scored the games first run in the first. Jose Canseco hit Oakland a first postseason Home run in the third. They played solid defense Bob Welch did not Cave in to world series pressure and still the a a lost. A if we done to play Good baseball we  expect to win a outfielder Dave Henderson said. A a it a simple. You usually lose when you done to play Well. To top it All off Dennis Eckersley was the Man the reds beat. A you can to make a mistake or you lose when you do what i do a Eckersley said. A i did and i  a Oakland right fielder Jose Canseco. Ends Homer drought /