European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a a a the stars and stripes sunday october 21,1990 quiet hero Sabo silences a s fans by Steve Wilstein Oakland Calif. Apr Buzz haircut old car no ego hands of velvet and a Home run swing. That a Chris Sabo the be goggles a shucks in a no superstar kid who put the Cincinnati reds on the Brink of a world series sweep Friday night with two homers and a dazzling show at third base. Sabo is everything that Oakland a Jose Canseco Isnit a modest soft spoken and in this series a big game player. Canseco wears his hair Long drives fast cars and struts like a Peacock. His favorite topic is himself but this week he shaving trouble explaining Why he looks so bad at the plate and in the Field. A sabots problem is just the opposite. He wont acknowledge that he a become a Home run hitter even after hitting 25 in the regular season and three in Post season play. A a in a More a doubles Type hitter a he says. Nor will admit to any special excitement in bringing the reds close to a series championship. A if i get too emotional then i done to play As Well a he says in a Monotone. Heck he wont brag even a Little. A a in a a decent player. In a not a great player a he says naming Canseco Mark Mcgwire and Rickey Henderson As superstars but not mentioning that he outplayed them All in game 3. If the self effacing Sabo is uncomfortable in the limelight preferring to shrink into anonymity and get Back behind the wheel of his beat up old car when the series is Over others on the reds Are eager to speak for him. �?o1 Admire him because he does no to care what anybody thinks a Todd Benzinger said. A the does what he wants to do. He does no to worry about peer pressure. He a a throwback. There Arentt Many Guys like him around. A the does no to like to answer questions. Head play just As hard if it were a fall softball league. Head probably enjoy it More because he  have to answer All these  Sabo answered the taunts of Oakland fans with his two homers and a highlight film Worth of leaping stretching charging plays in the Field. A Captain Marvel Captain Marvel what Are you going to doff the fans near the Cincinnati dugout called out to Sabo when he stood in the on deck Circle in the second inning. Wrong question. What Wasny the going to do in the first inning Sabo defied Gravity to snare a hard Lead off liner by Rickey Henderson. Not bad for openers. But the real fun began in the second when Sabo struck As Quick As a lightning Bolt just like the comic Book hero the fans thought he might be when he a not assuming his Boyish secret identity. Sabo wiggled his Bat at the fans As if to say a watch this a then marched to the plate to face Mike Moore. _ Moore escaped without giving up a run in the first inning despite three hits but he  get away with his Meatball pitches against Sabo. Sabo swung at a 3-2 fastball Over the heart of the plate. Wham Bam Hazam he drove it in a Graceful arc into the left Field seats putting Cincinnati ahead 1-0. That silenced the fans at least until Harold Baines two run Homer put the athletics ahead 2-1 in the Bottom of the second. But Captain Marvel Wasny to finished. He made another Fine play before the second inning ended stopping a hard line drive by Terry Steinbach then made the biggest hit in the biggest inning of this world series. After Cincinnati took a 3-2 Lead on a single an error and another single in the third Sabo crushed a 2-0 pitch to almost the same spot in the left Field seats. The two run two out shot made Sabo Only the sixth player in world series history to hit homers in consecutive innings. Sabots second Homer also keyed the seven run onslaught that led to Cincinnati a Romp but he Wasny to done yet. Shades of Brooks Robinson Sabo played a perfect third base setting a world series record by handling 10 consecutive chances without an error turning the remarkable into the routine and the routine into outs. A the gives us Speed he gives us Power he gives us great defense at third base a reds manager Lou Piniella said. A a he a always got his head in the game a said Pitcher Tom Browning. Sabo made a Brilliant Stop of a hard shot Down the line by Dave Henderson in the Bottom of the third. He charged a dribbler by Mike Gallego in the fifth and threw him out easily. He made so Many plays it seemed the a a were trying to hit to him just to see if he might mess one up. Not Captain Marvel. He May not talk much but superstars done to have to. All they have to do is  starter Mike Moore joins a a slump Friday giving up six runs in 2vi innings a reds from Page 17 with the designated hitter Back in the lineup countered in their half with a double by Dave Henderson and a Homer by Baines the do in his second series at Bat. But the reds not the athletics were the team that bounced Back Best of All. Hatcher singled with one out and of Neill pulled a Sharp grounder that skipped off the Mitt of Mcgwire for an error. Mcgwire was a .997 fielder this season and this miscue sent a message that it might be Cincinnati a night. Davis hit an rib single and kept going to second on the throw Nome and Morris groundnut scored a run. That brought up Sabo who became sixth player to Homer in consecutive innings. With Many fans wondering Why la Russa was waiting so Long to make a move the reds made theirs. Todd Benzinger singled chasing Moore in favor of Scott Sanderson and scored on Oliver a double. Mariano Duncan followed with an rib single stole second and scored on Larking a triple to the Wall in left Center for an 8-2 Lead. Not since Brooklyn in 1956 has a team overcame a six run deficit in the world series and the reds did not blow a Lead of More than five runs All year. Rickey Henderson tried to get Oakland going leading off the Bottom of the third with a Home run that extended his postseason hitting Streak to 15 games. That was All the athletics got the rest of the game and they wasted their biggest Chance in the fifth when Browning after a pair of two out walks and a visit from Piniella retired Canseco on a Fly Ball. The athletics had been just 1 for 19 with runners in scoring position in the first two games. This time they did no to do so badly but they did no to get Many chances going Only 1 for 4.devils top rangers grab division Lead by the associated press East Rutherford . The new Jersey devils getting goals from Patrik Sundstrom Paul Ysebaert and Brendan Shanahan extended their Home unbeaten Streak to six games and moved into first place in the Patrick division with a 3-2 Victory Over the new York rangers on Friday night. The devils who have yet to lose at the Meadowlands 5-0-1posted their fifth straight Home Victory. Goal tender Chris Terreri made 25 saves to gain his fourth straight win. The loss ended the rangers five game winning or Luke the devils led 2-0 after one period on goals by Sundstrom and Ysebaert and they never looked Back. Shanahan a third period goal proved to be the Winner. Brian Leetch and Bernie Nicholls scored the rangers goals. Amp in other games Friday capitals 4, islanders 3 Landover my. A Washington scored four Power play goals a including the game Winner by Mike Ridley in the final period a to beat new York. Entering the game the capitals had converted Only three of 28 Power play chances. But they clicked on Fournel Roundup of six opportunities against the islanders in ending a three game losing Streak. John Druce scored two goals for Washington and Calle Johansson had three assists in the capitals first Victory this season Over a Patrick division foe. The Caps had sustained four straight losses. David Volek scored two goals and had an assist for the islanders. Penguins 4, sabres 4 Buffalo . A Buffalo Captain Mike Foligno scored at 13 10 of the third period to lift the sabres to a tie with Pittsburgh. The tie extended buffaloes wingless Streak to seven games 0-4-3. It is the worst Start for the sabres in the 21-year history of the club. Rick Vaive had a pair of goals for Buffalo White John Tucker added the other. Defens Eman Zarley Salapski had a goal and an assist to Lead the penguins. Jaromir Jagar John Cullen and Joe Mullen added the other Pittsburgh goals. Jets 7, canucks 5 Winnipeg Manitoba a Scott Arneil and Thomas Steen scored big goals in the third period As Winnipeg ended a six game losing Streak. Oilers 8, Bruins 1 Edmonton Alberta a Petr Klima had two goals and two assists As Edmonton playing for the first time this season without Mark Messier walloped Boston in a meeting of last years Stanley cup finalists. Messier the Tough Center who last Spring led the oilers to their fifth Stanley cup championship in seven years was injured tuesday night in a game against the St. Ixia is blues. He is expected to be out of action with a sprained knee for six to eight weeks. The oilers jumped ahead 4-0 in the first period and extended the Lead to 8-0 in the second before the Bruins finally scored. Kings 5, whalers 2 Inglewood Calif. A Tomas Sandstrom scored twice and Wayne Gretzky zeroing in on the 2,000-Point Mark added an empty net goal to Pace los Angeles Over Hartford. Gretzky s empty net goal at 18 48 came four seconds after the whalers pulled their goalie to add an extra skater. The goal left Gretzky just three Points shy of his 2,q00th career Point. The Kings unbeaten in their current six game Home stand remained in first place in the smythe division