European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 26 the stars and stripes saturday april 27, 1991 bucs halt by the associated press Montreal a its hard to Tell if Vicente Palacios is this Good or the Mon trial expos Are just playing bad baseball. Making Only his eighth major league Start Palacios pitched a four hitter for his first shutout As the Pittsburgh pirates beat Montreal 8-0 thursday night sending the expos to their fifth straight loss a the pirates have won six games in a Row and Are 11-5. Palacios got a Chance to Start when the pirates placed Bob walk on the disabled list. A. A a a a a. A i guess he a earned another Start a pirates manager Jim Leyland joked. A the was just Palacios 1-0 appeared in seven games for Pittsburgh last season starting none. The right hander struck out five and walked none in route to his first Complete game in the major leagues. A i Felt very Good out there and in a glad i had a Chance to Start a Palacios said in his limited English a but i done to mind going Back to. The bullpen As Long As i get to stay up the pirates who swept the three game series took the Lead in the third inning off Chris Nabholz 0-3 when Gary Rcd us singled with two out went to second on a walk to Jay Bell and scored on Jeff Kings single. Bobby Bonilla hit his third Home and Barry Bonds followed with his second with two out in. The sixth inning to make it 3-0. In other games thursday reds 6, cubs 4 Cincinnat Pinch hitter Luis quinonese two run Homer in the eighth inning lifted Cincinnati Over Chicago sending the cubs to their sixth loss in seven games. Eric Davis tied the score 4-4 with an rib double in the seventh off reliever Heath Slocumb 1-1 ileum Winningham led off the eighth with a double and Quinones hit the first Pilch from Slocumb for his first Homer one out later. The cubs wasted a bases loaded one out scoring Opportunity in the eighth when reliever Ted Power 2-1 got Andre Dawson and Pinch hitter Chico Walker to pop 5, mets 3 a Philadelphia a the Phillies rallied from a three run deficit against Dwight Gooden and beat new York As Randy reds Bill Doran collides with cubs Catcher Erik Pappas As he scores in fifth inning at riverfront stadium thursday league ready snapped an eighth inning tie with a run a corms Pinch single for Jim Fregosi a first Victory As the Philadelphia manager. After an awful Start by Pat Combs four Phillies relievers held the mets to three hits. Doug Simons 1-1 took the loss. Roger Mcdowell 3-0 worked one inning for the Victory As the Phillies broke a three game sly do and stopped the Metsy four game winning Streak. Mitch Williams walked two batters in the ninth but got out of the Jam for his fourth save. New York batters have walked 91 times in 16games while collecting 111 7, giants 1 los Angeles Tim Belcher pitched a five hitter and Kal Daniels drove in four runs to give him 10 Bis in two games As los Angeles beat san Francisco. Belcher 3-1 struck out seven and walked one As he lowered his Era to 0.91 after four starts. Two of the hits off the right hander were by will Clark who hit his fourth Homer in the first inning and singled leading off the fourth Daniels hit a Throe run Homer in the seventh after Eddie Murray was intentionally walked. The night before Atlanta passed Murray and Daniels hit a grand slam. Juan Samuel hit a two run Homer in the first inning his fourth. Hershiser backs away from return prediction los Angeles a nearly a year after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his right shoulder Orel Hershiser does no to know when hell be Scudy to return to pitching at the big Itcague level. He did say thursday he has changed his mind about his preseason deadline of returning by the All Star break. And he has decided not to go to the minor leagues at this stage of his rehabilitation. A a i wont be disappointed if its not by the All Star game a said Hershiser in the final year of a three year $7,9 million contract with the los Angeles dodgers. A i said some things earlier in the rehab about my career being threat end if in a not Back by then. A but now that in be seen How Long this thing is taking those comments were Hershiser said he will throw against live batters sunday morning. A i done to want to get into that game situation and Start that clock ticking until i feel like my pitches Are ready a. He said a when i finally get to go to the minor league assignment i want to be in a very competitive situation where the next step is to pitch in the big leagues a the idea is to work on his mechanics while throwing with a a game intensity a so he can improve his endurance without worrying about making certain pitches in certain situations. Hershiser the 1988 National league by Young Winner admitted he a dissatisfied with the Way he is throwing and Isnit confident enough to pitch in a game situation. But he is confident the operation or. Frank Jobe performed on his shoulder last april 27 was a Success. A to still waiting for it to feel very very Good the Day after i pitch a he said. A a there a still Bosio from wire reports Milwaukee a two seasons ago there was no place like Home for Chris Bosio but until thursday the Mih Vau ice right hander had Felt like a visitor in his own Ballpark. Aided by a two Homer five Rel night by Greg Vaughn Bosio threw a nine hitter to help Lead the Brewers to a 9-1 vie tory Over the Texas rangers. Bosio 2-2, struck out two and walked four to Post the Brewers first Complete game this season. It also was his first Complete Gume Victory since his last Home win coming May 20 of last year. A you know what the most Gratifying thing was its been a while since in be won at county stadium a said Bosio who went 4-9 last season and lost his last seven decisions while hampered with knee problems. A that was my main objective today i wanted to come out and throw a solid game at Home. Two years ago i had a great season at county stadium a i think 1 was 9 or 10-l i needed a game like this to get me american league Over the Bosio who lost his shutout bid in the ninth inning improved his career record in april to 15-4 with a 1.97 earned run average. Texas starter Kenny Rogers 0-3 allowed seven runs and six hits Over six innings. Milwaukee jumped on Rogers for five runs in the first inning Paul Molitor returning after missing three games with a leg injury opened the rally with a single. With two out Robin Yount walked and Franklin Stubbs was hit by a pitch to Load the bases. Dante Bichette doubled Down the left Field line scoring Molitor and Yount. Vaughn followed with his third Homer of the season a 390-foot shot into the left Field seats to put Milwaukee in from 5-0. Vaughn s second Homer coming with one out in the sixth extended the Lead to 7-0. Stubbs singled to open the inning and stole second. After Bichette struck out Vaughn drilled a 2-1 pitch from Rog ers Over the left Field Wall. A if you want to Call them streaks or Home run spells you can Call them what you want. My goal is to go out there and try to hit the Ball hard and do what in a supposed to do a said Vaughn who moved into the starting lineup when Candy Maldonado broke his foot 7tve been working on some things and they say hard work pays off. I worked hard Over the Winter and everything a falling into place right Milwaukee added two runs in the Sevcu the Liever Barfield. Gary Sheffield singled with one out and Yount followed with his fifth Home run of the season Texas scored its Only run in the ninth on a bases loaded infield single by Juho f games thursday night Blue jays 3, tigers 2 i n 975? Jimmy cd improved to 4-u and Joe Carter drove in two runs with a single leading Toronto Over Detroit. Key who struggled with Arm problems last season pitched seven innings and Cave up four hits and two runs. Jim Acker worked the eighth and Duane Ward got the last three outs for his third save. The tigers scored two runs in the sixth on Cecil fielders two run single snapping key s 17-mning shutout Streak twins 4, mariners 3 Minneapolis a Kirby Puckett and Newman scored on a wild pitch and error by Seattle reliever Mike Jackson with one out in the 10th inning to lift Minnesota Over the mariners. With the bases loaded and the mariners leading 3-2, Puckett was on third and Newman on second w Hen Jackson a pitch dipped past Catcher Dave Valle and rolled to the Backstop. _ Puckett scored easily to tie the score and Bewman raced Home and scored when Jackson d2 handle the ankle High throw from Valle at the plate. Fui a a Nurs t0�k the Lead in the top of when. Edgar Martinez scored on a wild pitch by Steve Bedrosian 2-0
