European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 b the stars and stripes sunday april 28, 1991 by the associated press Oakland Cali i. After winning the by Young award last season Bob Welch is put Ling a new twist on pitching this year. The Guy most famous for striking out Reggie Jackson is now letting batters hit the Ball. Welch won again Friday night leading the Oakland athletics Over the California Angels 4-1. Welch 2-1 did not strike out a Batter in eight innings l in did no to walk one either and gave up Only five hits. A they were putting the Ball in play a Welch said. A fall i wanted to do was keep the Hall Down and stay ahead in the  Welch beat Kirk Mccaskin and the Angels for the second time this season. Since losing Bis first Start of the year Welch has allowed Only one earned run in 23% innings. A Welch May not be As fast and Flash Yas he was in 1978, when he struck out Jackson in a Elas sic due ill the world series. But we i e h m a he eve n m Ore e free live these Days. Quot How Many Halls did they hit sharply a Oakland manager Tony la Irissa said tits a not How Many strikeouts. What counts is How Many Quality pitches he  Dennis Eckersley relieved in flip ninth for his sixth save and finished Olf the a s fourth win in five games against the Angels the athletics scored their runs in the first inning on Willie Wilson a bases loaded triple with two outs and Jamie quirks single. An error by shortstop Dick Schofield made them All unearned in other games Friday twins 6, mariners 0 Minneapolis Scott Erickson pitched a five hitter for his first big league shutout. Erickson 2-2 struck out one and walked four. In his previous three starts the twins scored a total of five runs. Kirby Puckett and Dan Gladden each got three of mines tags season High 15 hits Chili Davis added a Solo Home run and rib single As the twins sent Seattle to its third straight loss. Randy Johnson. 2-2 lasted Only five innings. He walked it american league Oakland a Bob a Cecli 5-hit Victory seven and allowed eight hits. Indians 5, rangers 2 Arlington Texas a Sandy. Alomar jr., singled Oil Nolan Ryan in the ninth inning to put Cleveland ahead 3 2. T Ryan 2-2 gave up eight hits and struck out nine in 8>a innings. Steve Olin 2-0 pitched one inning for the Victory and Doug Jones got his fourth save. Mark Lewis making his major league debut singled against Ryan for his first hit and added a two run double in the ninth. Juan Gonzalez playing for the first time this season for the rangers after knee surgery Horn cred off Tom Candiotti. Brewers 5, orioles 4 Baltimore Greg Vaughn hit his fourth Home run in seven at bats and Bill Spiers singled Home the go ahead run in the seventh inning for Milwaukee. Mike Devereaux hit two Solo Home runs for the orioles. He connected with two outs in the ninth off Mark Lee for his first career Multi Homer game. Darren Holmes 1 -0 went 1 % innings for his first major league  3, White sox 2 Chicago Matt Nokes single in the with inning lifted new York Over Chicago. Jesse Barfield opened with a single Jim Leyritz sacrificed and Nokes singled. Greg Cadaret 1-3. Pitched 1 is witless innings for the  5, red sox 3 Kansas City to. Mike Boddicker beat his former team when Mike Macfarlane hit a two run Pinch double with two outs breaking a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning. Boddicker 2-2 gave up five hits in eight  jays 5, tigers 4 Toronto Greg Myers hit a two run double and the Blue jays held off Detroit. Myers hit capped a three run fourth inning that made it 5-1 and finished Walt Terrell 0-3. Todd Stottlemyre 2-0 gave up six hits in seven innings. Rob Deer led off the seventh with his fourth Home run pulling Detroit to within two runs and Lou Whitaker hit his third Home run in the  shuts out giants by the associated press los Angeles Brett Butler is beginning to like hitting against his former team. T a Butler had the second five hit game of his career As the los Angeles dodgers beat the san Francisco giants 9-0 Friday night behind Ramon Martinez a second straight five hit shutout. Butler singled twice in the first two innings doubled in the fourth and single National league in the sixth and the eighth. His other five hit game was with Atlanta against Mon Tralon july 10, 1983. A i Haven t been doing much lately so it was Utec to be Able to contribute a Butler said. Ten Days ago at candlestick Park Butler went 2 for 12 against the giants in a three game series and was booed by the fans. A �?�1 struggled so badly in the first series against them and i think 1 tried too hard because of the response up there a Butler said. �?o1 think i was 0 for 3 and he punched me out on the first four pitches of the game. But i was relaxed tonight i Felt comfortable and All i wanted to do was be  Martinez 3-1 struck out six and walked one Tor his seventh shutout in 57 starts. He increased his record against the giants to 4-0 in five starts and got out of a bases loaded Jam in the eighth by getting Matt Williams on a  2, pirates 0 new York Frank Viola 3-0 allowed six hits in s i innings and John Franco finished for his fifth save As new York ended Pittsburgh a winning Streak at six. Zune Smith 2-1 pitched six innings and a gave up eight hits for the pirates. He was 3-1 against the mets last Yea with a 0.97 Era in 37 innings cardinals 4, expos 0 St Louis a Bryn Smith pitched seven shutout innings As St. Louis extended the Phillies Jim Lindeman Breaks up seventh inning double play throw at second base by padres shortstop Tony Fernandez. Expose losing Streak to six games and their scoreless Streak to 2h innings. Felix Jose had a career High four hits for the cardinals and Rookie Bernard Gilkey hit his first Home run of the season. Reds 3, cubs 1 Cincinnati world series map Jose Rijo won. His first game this season and Paul of Neill hit a two run Homer off an ailing Mike Markcy. Harkey 0-2 left after three innings because of a strained right shoulder. A. Rijo la allowed four hits in k i innings and Randy Myers and Rob Dibble completed the five hitter. Dibble got his third save when George Bell flied out with the bases loaded padres 4, Phillies 0 Philadelphia Bruce Hurst 2-0 allowed five hits in seven innings and Tony Fernandez and Tony Gwynn drove in two runs each for san Diego. Larry Andersen and Mike Maddux finished the six hit Ter. Jose Dejesus o -1 failed to win in his fourth Start this season. He allowed four runs and seven hits in seven innings and walked  7, astros 2 Houston a Ron Gant doubled twice and drove in two runs As Atlanta beat Houston to end a nine game losing Streak in the Astrodome dating to sept. 27, 1989. Charlie Leibrandt 2-1 allowed one run and six hits in seven innings