European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 21, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 17 33 Oakland a Willie Randolph steals second base Friday As Cincinnati second baseman Mariano Duncan can t come up with the throw from reds Catcher Joe  goes on for reds Sabo clouts 2 As Cincy goes up 3-0 Hris Sabo completes one of his record tying 10  on an television game 5, Cincinnati at Oakland if necessary1 . Donday 107 . On radio. By Ben Walker a baseball writer Oakland Calif. A the Cincinnati reds the team Many thought would be swept Are on the verge of sweeping this world series. Enough of Oakland a failing a a. The reds made an unmistakable Case Friday night that they Are winning rather than the athletics losing. With seven runs in the third inning two Home runs by Chris Sabo and enough Strong pitching by Tom Browning to get to the Nasty boys in the bullpen the reds took a 3-0 Lead with an 8-3 Victory. A a lot of things went right for us a reds manager Lou Piniella said. A a we re Here to win this thing and now we re in a very Good  Sabo got Cincinnati going with Home runs in the second and third innings off pitiful Mike Moore and added some Sabo Tage in the Field with three Nice plays among a record tying 10 chances for a third baseman. A a it a a game of concentration and in be Learned that if i get too emotional 1 done to play Well Quot said Sabo who is batting .500 6 for 12 a in the series. A a in a excited but the object is to win  the reds took advantage of an Oakland error not the other Way around and they ran ran ran. They even got the Breaks a Joe Oliver who singled in the 10th to win game 2, was Safe when his Check swing roller hit the Chalk on the third base line and stayed fair. The athletics did finally solve Billy Hatcher getting him to ground into a double play in his first at Bat after a Streak of seven hits and two walks. But Hatcher singled during a seven run third and finished 2 for 5. By the end of the third every Cincinnati Batter had either scored a run or driven one in and it was 8-2. By that time the fans were also out of it having gone from shouts to Shock. They did save some late Boos however for Jose Canseco whose misplay on a Fly Ball set up Oakland a loss in game 2 and set off some angry words in the athletics clubhouse. A a they re making the plays making the pitches getting the hits. They be got it going a Oakland manager Tony la Russa said. A a they be been roughing us up a it does no to feel Eood on this Side. Id rather be on the other Side Quot he said. A fortunately its a seven game series and 1 like our chances  Tom Browning pitching 44 hours after witnessing the birth of his son in a Cincinnati Hospital. Overcame Harold Baines two run Homer in the second and stayed out of further trouble until Rob Dibble relieved in the seventh. Randy Myers took Over in the eighth. A i had a Good two or three Days a Browning said. "1 was a Little nervous at the beginning but they gave me a big Lead and i was Able to Settle Down Quot Overall it was of baby for Browning and the boys from Cincinnati and again Nasty for the athletics. And As it has become clearer and clearer in the last week the Story of the series is the reds not Oakland. Cincinnati became the 18th team to take a 3-0 Lead in the world series. The first 17 went on to win 14 in a sweep the other three in five games. Only once All season did Oakland lose three straight games to one team a in june to Chicago. Only once this year did the athletics lose tour in a Row. The reds tried to finish off a season in which they spent every Day in first place during the regular season and were ahead for every Day except one in the playoffs when Jose Rijo was to face Dave Stewart in game 4 saturday. They met in the opener and Rijo and the reds blew away Stewart and the struggling a a 7-0. From the Start the reds put on the pressure. Barty Larkin led off with a single and when the athletics did get Hatcher out they got two with a double play la aul of Neill and Eric Davis followed with singles hut Moore escaped by getting Morris on a hard grounder Ilia first baseman Mark Mcgwire stopped with a dive. Sabo led off the second with a Home run. The As see reds on Page 22