European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a the stars and stripes Friday March 15,1991. Torn rotator cuff Kos Higuera v by the associated press so far Spring training has been unkind to the pitchers. Ken Howell and Joe Magrane had their seasons run a ined by Arm troubles. Jim palmers heart was broken As was a Bone in Sid Fernandez a left Arm. And now Teddy Higuera. Higuera who in december signed a four year contract for $13 million with Milwaukee will be sidelined indefinitely after tests wednesday revealed a Tom rotator cuff. An arthr Ogram examination by los Angeles physician Lewis Locum disclosed the injury in the left hand Eer s shoulder. Brewers general manager Harry Dalton said Higuera will require rehabilitation. Higuera complained tuesday of soreness that was originally thought to be tendinitis. He has had injury problems for two seasons and began reporting soreness March 2. Higuera did not face a single Batter in Spring train  a a a meanwhile the Brewers lost their wednesday night exhibition to California 8-4. Gary Gaetti led the Angels by going 2 for 4 with a Home run. In other games braves 6, expos 4 West Palm Beach Fla. A Deion Sanders who is ticketed for class aaa Richmond at the Start of the season had. Three hits and scored a run As Atlanta beat Montreal. Twins 3, pirates 3 Bradenton Fla. Jack Morris signed As a new look free agent in the of season made his second exhibition Start for Minnesota and pitched three scoreless innings against Pittsburgh in a rain shortened tie. Morri Spring training allowed three hits and one walk while striking out two. Phillies 13, Blue jays 8 Clearwater Fla. A Lenny Dykstra fresh from testifying in a gambling Case returned to get two singles and a double and score three runs As Philadelphia beat Toronto. Dykstra who is hitting .750 in four games testified tuesday in Oxford miss., at the trial of a Man charged with operating an illegal poker  13, dodgers 9 fort Lauderdale Fla. The new York Yankees banged out 16 hits including five Home runs a two by Roberto Kelly a in out slugging los Angeles. Kelly hit a two run Homer in a five run Yankees second off loser Ramon Martinez. He added another two run shot in a six run third against John  10, astros 5 Kissimmee Fla. A Howard Johnson drove in four runs three on a first inning Home run to spark the new York Metsy Victory Over Houston. The mets grabbed a 7-1 Lead after four innings off right hander Peter  sox 16, orioles 7 Winter Haven Fla. A John Marzano went 4 for 4. With a pair of doubles and Wade Boggs drove in four runs As Boston had 18 hits in its rout of  10, reds 1 a Plant City Fla. Danny Tartabull Bill Pecota and George Brett hit Home runs to Power Kansas City Oyer Cincinnati in a rain shortened game. The game was called in the sixth  4, cardinals 3 port Charlotte Fla. Tony Scruggs squeezed Home Jeff Kunkel with the winning run in the eighth inning to lift Texas Over St. Louis. Rich Gossage trying to win a Job pitched the eighth inning for the Victory and Craig Mcmurtry got the  sox 4, tigers 3 Sarasota Fla. Greg Hibbard pitched four scoreless innings As Chicago beat Detroit in a game shortened to 4vi innings by rain. Cory Snyder drove m two runs for the White sox and scored  4, indians 2 Tucson Ariz. A Benito Santiago and Jim Presley hit consecutive homers off Eric Bell in the fifth inning As san Diego beat Cleveland. Mariners 15, athletics 9 Tempe Ariz. A seven Oakland errors resulted in seven unearned runs As Seattle battered Dave Stewart and the athletics. It was Seattle fifth Victory in six games this Spring including three in a Row Over the defending american league  8, giants 4 Scottsdale Ariz. A Pinch hitter Hector Villanueva hit a three run Homer and starter Mike Bielecki pitched four Strong innings As the cubs Defeated san Francisco. Giants Rookie Catcher Steve Decker suffered a sprained left foot slipping on Concrete while eluding an autograph seeking fan. He played four innings and went to a Hospital for a rays which were negative. By Ken Rappoport. A hockey writer East Rutherford . When he took Over As coach of the new Jersey devils last week Tom Mcvie vowed to Lead his team into the playoffs. But he did no to know How Tough it was going to be. Finally the devils won a game for their new coach with a 3-2 decision Over the Toronto Maple Leafs on wednesday night. The win at the Brendan Byrne Arena ended an 0-3-1 slump and moved the devils two Points ahead of Washington in the fight for the final playoff spot in the Patrick division Washington has played 70 games one less than new Jersey. John Maclean and Alexei Kasat nov scored in a 2 26 Span Early in the third period for the devils. The devils dominated the final two periods but were prevented from taking the Lead for a Long time by Maple Leafs goalie Peter ing who was spectacular in stopping 30 shots. A nil Maclean finally tied the game at 2-2, whipping a rising 40-foot shot past ing 5 12 into the final period for Nis 42nd goal of the season Matching his career High set last year. Kasat nov got the game Winner at the 7 38 Mark with the help of a Lucky Bounce. Kirk Muller tried to put a entering pass near goal but it deflected off devils Forward Doug Brown right to Kasat nov who had no problem beating  wings 4, rangers 1 new York Shawn Burr and Dave Barr scored 70 seconds apart Early in the second period As Detroit handed the rangers their fourth straight Joss. Detroit next to last in the nil in penalty killing dominated the leagues top Power play unit. The rangers scored Only once on nine advantages and mounted few threats in the game at Madison Square  6, jets 2 Winnipeg Manitoba Dale Hawer Chuk scored three goals in his old stomping grounds As he led Buffalo Over Winnipeg. A a a a a Ltd Hawer Chuk traded last june to the sabres scored his 25th, 26th and 27th goals of the season As the sabres took sole Possession of third place in the Adams  a a a Dave Andreychuk Mike Hartman and Christian Uuttu also scored for Buffalo while Lou Franceschett picked up three assists. A a a a a a. A oilers 2, islanders 1 Edmonton Alberta Joe Murphy and Martin Gelinas scored goals to Lead Edmonton Over the islanders. The oilers who have won just four of their last 11 games had their hands full with the third worst team in the league. But Edmonton built a 2-0 Lead Early in the second period and managed to hang on. Brad Lauer scored a second period goal for the islanders who Haven to won in the North lands coliseum since dec. 4, 1983, in that period the islanders Are 0-8-3.flyers 5, canucks 4, of Vancouver British Columbia Rookie defend serbian Murray Baron scored a Power play goal at 3 09 of overtime to Cap a Philadelphia comeback. Baron beat the Vancouver defense on the Rush and neatly turned a backhand shot to the far Corner past goalie Troy Gamble. Referee Don Koharski assessed a hooking penalty to canucks defens Eman Dana Murzyn at 1 41 of overtime to set the stage for the deciding goal. The win broke a six game wingless Streak for the flyers 0-4-2. The flyers trailed 4-1 Early in the second period before mounting their comeback on goals by Pelle Eklund and Norm Lacombe 11 seconds apart in the second. Scott Mellanby scored at 1 34 of the third for the flyers to Force  bucket Falls a foot Short by John Kreiser a sports writer Milwaukee a Frank Brickowski a timing was perfect. His footwork needed a Little improvement though. Brickowski a Long bomb beat the clock As regulation time expired and sailed cleanly through the hoop apparently giving the Milwaukee Bucks a Chance to go into overtime against the Chicago bulls on wednesday night. At first the shot was ruled a three Pointer which would have tied the game. But after a consultation among the three officials it was changed to a two Point shot a and the bulls went Home with a 102101 Victory. A it was a Lucky shot and it went in and i saw the ref out of the Corner of my Eye raise his hand up so i assumed it was a three Pointer a Brickowski said. A then the referee on the other Side of the court overruled it. Its just a part of the game and we have to live with  referee Ted Bernhardt said at first that Brickowski was behind the line. But after huddling with the other two officials Hue Hollins and Dan Crawford Bernhardt changed his Call. The bulls chased the Bucks for most of the final Quarter and finally caught them when John Paxson a three Pointer with 16.7 seconds left put them ahead 100-99. Michael Jordan then stole the Ball from Dan put Aba Schayes a Quot As fouled by Jay Humphries and hit two free throws for the last of his 39 Points. In other wednesday games pistons 94, hornets 83 Auburn Hills Mich. A Gerald Henderson had a effect shooting night at the Palace As the pistons won or just the third time in 10  had 19 Points on 8-for-8 shooting from the Field and 2 for 2 from the free throw  102, 76ers 94 Philadelphia a new York made it 4 for 4 against the 76ers As Patrick Ewing had 26 Points and 14 rebounds and Charles Oakley added 21 Points and 16 boards a the Victory was new Yorkus ninth in its last 10  98, supersonics 96 Dallas a Reserve Brad Davis hit a driving Layup As time expired giving Dallas Only its third win in 12 games and moving the Mavericks within 6vi games of Seattle in the race for the final Western conference playoff  112, celtics 109, of Salt Lake City a John Stockton scored 9 of his 23 Points in overtime and finished with 17 assists As Utah ended Bostons five game winning Streak. Karl Malone Ted the jazz who broke a three game losing Streak with 37 Points and 14 rebounds. Larry Bird led Boston with 25 Points including 8 in  116, Trail blazers 108 Phoenix a Portland slate season slump continued As Dan Majerle scored a season High 26 Points and Kevin Johnson had 22 to Lead Phoenix to its seventh straight win. A a a quota a a. The suns Are 23-5 at Home this season including 8-1 against division opponents. Portland lost for the sixth time in its last eight  97, spurs 93 los Angeles a the los Angeles sports Arena definitely is not or. Robinsons neighbourhood. For the second time in three weeks the clippers got David re Zipson into Early foul trouble-1 and beat the spurs this time ending their five game winning Streak. Charles Smith led , with 21 Points including nine Down the stretch. Robinson had 14 Points before fouling out with 6v2to and the spurs trailing by seven. The Bounder has had 20 Points and 12 re minutes remaining a bad a leading ret in rebounded has had 20 Points Bounds in his fast two visits to the sports Arena