European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 6, 1991 the stars and stripes c a Page 27 no sunday sports wire padre Wallace Staves off Elliott hrs top to claim iroc s round 2 expos by the associated press Montreal a Benito Santiago hit a three run Homer and Jim Presley added a Solo shot helping de Whitson break his three game losing Streak and the leading the san Diego padres past the Montreal expos 6-3 sunday. Whitson 2-3supported with Only three runs during his skid gave up seven hits including a three run Homer by Marquis gris Sorri. He struck out eight and walked three in his first Complete game of the season. In other games sunday cubs 9, braves 6 Atlanta a Mark Grace Ryne Sandberg and George Bell hit Home runs As Chicago beat Atlanta. Grace hit a three run Homer in the third inning and Sandberg a two run shot in the fifth As the cubs ended Atlanta a three game winning Streak. Giants 2, mets 0 new York Bud Black out dulled Dwight Gooden and Kevin Mitchell hit his major league leading eighth Home run As san Francisco beat new York and snapped a five game losing Streak. Black 2-3hit hard in his last two starts pitched a five hitter for his second shutout of the season. He struck out six and walked two. Dodgers 3, Phillies 2 Philadelphia Alfredo Griffin singled Home the tie breaking run in the eighth inning and Jay Howell pitched around a Lead off triple in the ninth. Astros 6, pirates 4 Pittsburgh Jeff Bagwell hit the ninth upper deck Home run in three Rivers stadium history and Steve Finley had a two run drive leading Houston Over Pitts Burgh a and struggling by Young award Winner Doug Drabek. Drabek 1-5a 22-6 Pitcher last year gave up seven hits and three runs in five innings. He failed to last past the fifth inning for the fourth time in his six starts. Reds 4, cardinals 2 Cincinnati Eric Davis hit a two run Homer during a four run burst in the eighth inning As Cincinnati roughed up reliever Lee Smith and rallied past St. Louis. Jose Deleon took a three hitter and a 2-0 Lead into the eighth but left after Billy hatchery a two out triple. Smith had been successful in his last 15 save opportunities including nine this season before pitching to five batters and retiring none of them. Tom Browning 4-1 allowed just six hits in eight innings. Rob Dibble pitched the ninth for his seventh save in seven opportunities and his second while appealing a four game suspension for throwing a Ball into the stands. From wire reports Talladega Ala. A. Rusty Wallace fought off a several challenges saturday to. Win the second round of the. 1991 International race of champions series. A a Wallace averaged 187.958 Mph in earning his second iroc Victory. He held off fellow Lascar Stock car Star Bill Elliott on the last Lap around the 2.66-mile, High banked Talladega supers Cadway. The. 38-Lap, 101.08-Milc event a Battle of identically prepared Dodge Daytona driven by 12 Drivers invited from indy car Stock car and Road racing was punctuated by a pair of crashes but no one was injured. The series will continue aug. 3 at Michigan International Speedway and conclude aug. 10 at Watkins Glen  neice Dies South Boston a. Driver Gary neice died after his car crashed into a Wall at the South Boston Speedway during the running of the car quest 300 on saturday. Neice crashed into the third turn Wall on Lap 201 about 5 25 . Neice 39, of Candler n.c., was taken to Halifax South Boston Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after 6 . Jeff Burton eventually won the caution filled race at the in mile track.2 Hurt at Talladega Talladega Ala. A Chris Guhrke was on life support and in critical condition and Carl Miskotten or. Was reported very serious sunday As a result of injuries sustained in a crash during ? saturdays arca Stock car race at Talladega. Gehrke 25, of Lincoln iii., underwent surgery saturday night at Carraway medical Center in Birmingham to relieve pressure on his brain caused by a closed Ead injury he was then admitted to. Carraway a intensive care unit and placed on a life support system although Hospital officials said he was breathing on his own when he arrived at the Hospital on saturday. Miskotten 42, who recently moved from it. Wayne ind., to Nashville Tenn., was in the surgical intensive care unit at the University of Alabama Bir Mingham Hospital with unspecified head and Chest injuries. Jim Bosarge a Hospital officials said a a he a stable. All his vital signs Are  the race which was completed under a caution Flag was won by Jimmy Horton who also won this race a year  postponed Hamburg Germany a top sced Monica Seles of Yugoslavia fought Oft two match Points in the final of the $350,000 citizen cup against Steffi Graf sunday before the match was interrupted by rain Midway through the third set. Second seeded Graf leads the match Between the worlds top two players 7-5, 6-7 4-72-1 in the final which will be completed monday  dumps Wheaton Roswell a. A top seed Andre Agassi Defeated David Wheaton 7-6 73 6-1 to win his third straight at amp to Challenge Tennis tournament on sunday. Agassi earned $100,000, while Wheaton the sixth secd7 took Home $50,000 after the three Day round Robin event at Horseshoe Bend country club. Wheaton had reached the final by firing 11 aces saturday to oust no. 2 seed Pete Sampras 7-6 7-46-1 Agassi overpowered fifth seed Michael Chang 6-4, 62.France in Davis semis Nimes France a eighteen year old Fabrice Santoro put France into the Davis cup semifinals when he beat australians Vaily Masur in the rub Ofcar match of the world group quarterfinal sunday. Santoro making his debut in the Competition beat Masur 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in two hours 49 minutes to Nail a 3-2 win for France which will Host Yugoslavia in september for a place in the final. Santoro went into the match with Frances Hopes on his shoulders after Richard Fromberg beat a weary Guy forget 6-7 2-77-6 10-86-3, 6-3, earlier in the afternoon to tic the series 2-2.reneberg tops Korda Tampa Fla. A top seeded Richey Reneberg won his first pro title sunday with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Victory Over no. 4 Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia in the Usta menus Clay courts of  rules Cannes Cannes France a Northern irishman David Leherty recorded his first win on the european tour for two years when he captured the $600,000 Cannes open title sunday. Leherty whose last win was the Bow International in 1989, closed with a 3-under-Par 69 to win by three strokes from australian Craig party and by four from his main rival going into the last round zimbabwean Mark Mcnulty. Leherty finished at 13-under-Par 275, while Parry a 68 edged him past Mcnulty to 10-under-Par 278.lopez still on top Nashville Tenn. A Nancy Lopez who tied the course record in the first round Clung to a 1 shot Lead saturday after two rounds of the Sara Lee classic. Lopez followed up her 65 on Friday with a 70 and was a stroke ahead of Sher. I Stcin Hauer Over the Par-72, 6.242-Yard Hermitage   leads seniors Las vegas a after weathering a first round storm Gary player took advantage of immaculate weather saturday for a second round 68 for a 7-under 137 and a one stroke Lead in the $450,000 Las vegas senior classic. Player followed his opening round 69with four birdies and an Eagle to Lead Bob Charles Bruce Crampton and Chi Chi Rodriguez by a  collects to Gocho Japan seve Ballesteros rolled in a 20-toot Birdie putt on the final Hole sunday holding off the dial Lenge of australian Roger Mackay in the $869,600 Shunichi crowns Golf tournament. A. A a a a a a a. A a a a a. A a a a a a a. A a a a a a the Spanish Star shot four birdies and three bogeys in a round of one under Par 69, giving him a 5runder-Par 275-total. Mackay who won last weeks Dunlop open in Japan shot a 65 with six birdies and one bogey finishing at 276,49ers Wear Crown Honolulu a second ranked Long Beach state which lost to Southern California in the Mcaa menus volleyball finals a year ago earned its revenge with 15-11, 15-6, 8-15, 15-8 Victory Over the top ranked trojans on saturday. Southern Cal seeking a fifth National title was looking to become the first repeat Champion since Pepperdine 198586. A crunch reaches final Richfield Ohio Hector Mari Naro scored two goals and Michael Sweeney had the score that out Cleveland ahead to stay As the crunch advanced to the major soccer league championship series by edging the Kansas City comets 7-6 saturday night. The crunch will face san Diego beginning Friday night. The crowd of 17,718 was a Cleveland  keeps title Laredo Texas a Orlando Cani Zalacs successfully defended his International boxing federation bantamweight title saturday with an eighth round knockout of Billy Hardy Canizales 28-1-1, has held the if Crown since 1988. Hardy 25-6-1, the British bantamweight Champion since 1987, was bleeding from the eyebrows throughout much of the fight and was floored once in the third round. Rain postpones 500 Talladega Ala. A the Drivers said the rain on sunday did no to change anything about the running of the Winston 500 except the Day. A heavy thunderstorm forced Talladega super Speedway officials to Send Home a crowd of More than 120,000 people and postpone the 500-mile Lascar Stock car event until monday at 11 . Cot. The forecast for monday called for partly Cloudy skies and a 30 percent Rhi Insp of rain. A a there a nothing you can do but wait it Dut and run the race when they Tell you to a said pole Winner Ernie Irvan who is trying to take the second step toward a Bonus of $1 million. Irvan won the Daytona 500 and needs two More victories in the three remaining Lascar major events a the Winston 500, the coca cola 500 at Charlotte n.c., and the Southern 500 at Darlington . A to earn the big Money. The race will still feature 41 cars trying to overcome a scary a latest Carburettor restrict or plate the device which saps horsepower from the engines to keep the cars under 200 Mph at Talladega and Daytona International Speedway the Stock car sanctioning body a fastest ovals. A i think we re going to notice the different in the draft a Irvan said. A the car does no to respond As much. The smaller the plate the harder to feel the car pick up the draft and As Long As that a going to happen i think that a going to Hurt us a Little bit in the