European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Oakland s Rickey Henderson steals second base in the firs inning against the twins leaving him two so of breaking Lon Brock s All. Stewart Henderson spark Oakland s 7-2 runaway time stolen base record of 938. A by the associated press _ Oakland Calil. A nothing new in Oakland. Dave Stewart wins on opening Day. Its april. Rickey Henderson has a big night. I less  the Oakland athletics looked in. Mid season torm in their 7-2 season opening Victory Over the Minnesota twins on 1 tuesday night. A its a signal we want to Send Early and the message is that we re ready to play Quot Oakland manager Tony la Russa. Said. A. Stewart has won 20 consecutive april decisions including four opening Day Vic tones. He allowed one run and three hits in seven innings striking out four and walking two. A Stew was himself a Minnesota a Kirby american league Puckett said. Quot he a the kind of Guy you have to get Early. We had some chances but did no to take advantage of  in his Streak Stewart is 20-0 in 21 starts with a 2.61  has allowed 127 hits in a 152 innings. Stewart 22-11 last season is shooting for his fifth straight 20-Yictory season. When told he had not lost an april decision since april 15, 1987, Stewart said Quot god that a a pretty Good Little  Rickey Henderson had two hits scored two runs and moved to one steal of Lou Brocks All time record for career stolen bases. Not bad for a Guy who sat out the a a last five preseason games with an ailing left shoulder. Henderson stole second in the first inning after leading off with a single giving him 937 career steals and tying him with Billy Hamilton for second place on the career steal list. Henderson broke for second on a 1-2 pitch from loser Jack Morris 0-1and advanced without a throw As Morris pitch bounced in front of the plate and went to the Backstop. Morris was undone by a pair of errors which let in four unearned runs. He gave up a three run Homer to Dave Henderson four pitches after Puckett dropped Henderson a foul Fly Down the right Field line. In other games Angels 3, mariners 2 Seattle. Dave Parker hit a Home run in his first at hat. For California and later tripled leading the Angels past the see Al on Page 18 pirates rally sinks expos a a. My a a. A a a a. A a. Quot a. A a a by the associated press Pittsburgh a Tim Burke hit two batters and walked two during Pittsburgh a two run eighth inning rally and the pirates held scoreless for the first 15 innings this season beat the Montreal expos 4-3 tuesday night in a rain de.  game with the buses loaded and two outs after Pittsburgh had rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie the score Burke hit Gary Redus to Force in the winning run. The Victory stopped the expose five game winning Streak against Pittsburgh. Of the six batters , Burke hit two walked two and retired two. He hit Only two batters in the 75 innings he c worked last season. A a in be never seen him do it a and i guarantee you la never see him do that again a expos manager Buck Rodgers said of Burke who did no to allow Pittsburgh any runs in 9w innings in 1990. A a in a not going to make any excuses a Burke said. �?o1 just blew the game. Everyone who pitched tonight was great sex National league cent for Mei i Felt Strong but i guess i was too  with the expos leading 3-2, reliever Steve Frey 0-1the fourth of Montreal a five pitchers walked Bobby Bonilla and allowed Barry Bonds single before being replaced by Burke. Burke hit Jeff King to Load the bases then walked Pinch hitter Mike Lavaliere to tie the score. Jose Lind then grounded into a double play but after intentionally walking Pinch hitter Gary Varsho Burke hit Redus in the left Elbow on the first pitch to Force in the go ahead run. Bob Kipper 1-0 worked a scoreless eighth for the Victory and Bill Landrum pitched the ninth for the save. Landrum had 13 saves in 1990, but Only one following the All Star break after injuring his left knee. A this was a Nice one to win but i Wasny to panicking a pirates manager Jim Leyland said a i mean it was Only the second game of the season. 1 knew wed score sometime and i knew wed win sometime.�?�. Ivan Calderon and Larry Walker doubled Home runs in Mon real a two run first inning off Bob walk before a two hour 10-minute rain delay. In other games padres 7, giants 4 san Diego a Benito Santiago went 4 for 4 and drove in the go ahead run during a four run eighth inning rally As san Diego won its first opening Day game since 1984. A i u Lark s two run triple in the top of he eighth gave the giants a 4-3 Lead but the padres tied it on Tony Gwynn a run scoring single. Fred Mcgriff then walked to Chase reliever Trevor Wilson 0-1. Santiago greeted Jeff Brantley with a single to left scoring Gwynn. Jerald Clark added an fice Fly a Abner hit a Sacris Mike Maddux 1-0 got the last out in he top of the eighth for his first major league win in nearly two years. Larry see no on Page 18 the stars and  11,1991 b Page 24 by the associated press Buffalo the Buffalo sabres go even in the Adams division semifinals b1 beating the Montreal canadians at pinball the sabres got More of the Fortuna bounces tuesday night As they beat the Stanley cup playoffs Uana Diens <5-4 in a game that saw six of i l. Amp s a defenders stick or skate before going into the net. Buffalo won its second straight Home game to even the series after Montreal took the first two at the forum. I m just Happy that two More went in see nil on Page 18inside sports Trail blazers Triumph Page 21only 3 schools chitin draw Down a Page 21 can Faldo make it3 masters a Page 22has Arkansas booted Todd Day a Page 23