European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday May 14, 1991braves looking like winners. By the  press Pittsburgh the Atlanta braves arc starting to have the look of a Winner. Ron Gant and Dave Justice hit two run homers As the braves beat the Pittsburgh pirates 6-1 sunday at three Rivers stadium in a matchup of the leagues division leaders. Steve Avery 4-j allowed four hits and an unearned run Over six innings in leading the surprising West leading braves to their seventh Victory in nine games. The braves won the final two games of the three game series. A they remind me of the Way we were in 1987, when we went out at the end of the season and said a lets win them All a a said the pirates Bobby Bonilla. A they May be a player away from winning that division. You can see the spar Kle in their eyes. They re hungry and they re tired of losing and they want to win. Gant whose Homer in the eighth inning gave Atlanta a 3-2 Victory Over Pittsburgh on saturday night followed Otis Nixon a i Adolf single in the first with his second two run shot in As Many at bats. Both braves homers came off Vicente National league Palacios 2-1who surrendered four runs and six hits Oyer six innings after allowing Only four runs in his first four starts. A a a a a a a a in other games sunday reds 5, cubs 3 Chicago a Mariano Duncan s two run triple snapped an eighth inning tie to lift Cincinnati Over Chicago. 1 Hal Morris led off the eighth with his third hit of to Lilc Gante a single to deep Short morwftsto1c�?~ a amp pm mtg As Eric Davis struck out and Paul of Neill was intentionally walked bpm orc Greg Maddux 4-2 fanned Luis qty Bones. Duncan who earlier singled in a run then tripled to Center Field. Jack Armstrong 3-1 gave up seven hits and three runs in seven innings for the Victory. Rob Dibble finished for his eighth save striking out  8, padres 6 san Diego a Tim Wallach had four hits and drove in three runs As Montreal rallied for four runs in the eighth inning to beat san Diego for its sixth straight i Qto by the padres have lost five in a Row san Diego starter Bruce Hurst seeking to improve to 50, had a 6-3 Lead when he walked Marquis Grissom and gave up a single to Ivan Calderon to Start the rally. Relievers Mike Maddux Rich Rodriguez 1-1 and John costello could not Holczl the Lead. ,. Bill Sampan 2-1 pitched two innings for the Victory and Barry Jones finished for his second save. Phillies 7, 3 los Angeles Jose Dejesus won for the first time this season despite walking eight batters in five innings As Philadelphia used a five run first inning to beat los  Dejesus 1-2 struck out five and combined with three relievers on a four hitter he also contributed a run scoring infield hit in the first inning. Eight of the first nine Philadelphia batters got hits off Tim Belcher 3-4 and reliever Tim Crews. 1mets 4, giants 2 san Francisco Dave Magadan delivered a run scoring single with two outs in the a  inning off Dave Righetti As new York survived .16 left on base to  Francisco. The last place giants have lost 10 of a their last 12 games including two of three Over the weekend to new York.,Tom Herr opened the 1 Ith with a walk from Righetti 2-1 and stole second base with two outs Kevin Mcreynolds was intentionally walked and Magadan and Rookie Chris Donnels followed with rib singles. John Franco 1-1 pitched two perfect innings for the Victory. It was Righetti s first loss in the  7, astros 3 Houston a Gerald Perry Drew a basis loaded walk off reliever Dwayne Henry and Ozzie Smith hit a two run single in St. Louis five run eighth inning leading the cardinals Over Houston. The cardinals broke open a 2-2 game in the eighth with four hits and three walks. The rally made a Winner of Cris Carpenter 4-1, who pitched one inning striking out three. A1 Osuna faced just two batters allowing two runs on two hits for the  paces rangers past Boston 12-5. From wire reports Boston a the a splendid splinter Quot inspired the wrong team. Rueben Sierra collected four hits and drove in four runs to Pace a 19-hit attack sunday and Texas tied a team record with nine fourth inning runs to crush bos ton 12-5 alter the lied sox honoured former great Ted Williams. Quot a Hie hitters were inspired by a the splendid ,�?T rangers manager Bobby Valentine said with a smile. A a a a a. -. A the red sox and Ted Williams celebrated the 50lh anniversary of his .41 6 season. Williams,.who had Bee american league frequently at Odd with the press and fans during Bis career Drew a standing ovation from the crowd. The Texas players took notice Juan Gonzalez and Rafael Palmeiro had three hits Gino Petralli had two bits and three rib Julio Franco and Steve Buechele each had two hit Texas snapped a four game losing Streak. Boston had won nine of its previous 11 games and also had entered the game with an Era of 2.81, the Best in the majors. Winning Pitcher Kenny Rogers 2-3, went eight innings allowing 12 hits and five runs. In other games sunday Yankees 10, athletics 6 new York a Mike Moore lost for the first time this year and Dennis Eckersley gave up another Home run As new  out 15 hits against Oakland. Moore 5-1 got tagged for five runs and eight hits in three plus innings tie left trailing 5-3 and new York held on to beat the a a for Only the second time in their last 19 games. Eckersley who allowed  Home runs in 73it innings last year gave up his fourth Homer in 14 innings this season a three run shot by Matt Nokes in the eighth inning. Indians 4, Angels 1 Cleveland a Tom Candiotti pitched a three Hitler and Carlos Baerga hit a three run Homer As Cleveland heal California ending a four game losing Streak. The win was tote indians second in nine Home games this season. Candiotti 4-1 struck out nine and walked two and the Only run Tiff him was unearned lowering his Era to 1.1 2. Rookie Scott Lewis 1-3 took the loss. Blue jays 4, White sox 2 Toronto red Sprague hit a pair of run scoring singles leading Jimmy key and Toronto past Chicago. The Blue jays won three times in  series. Chicago has lost eight of 11. _ key 5-2 gave up two runs on seven hits in seven innings and Duane Ward pitched the ninth Tor his 11th royals Nelson Liriano and Brewers . Surholt watch save. Greg Hibbard 2-1 allowed nine hits in his first Complete game of the season 1 twins 8, tigers 3 Minneapolis a Chili Davis hit two Home runs and Scott Erickson won his fifth straight game As Minnesota downed Detroit. Y. Rookie Chuck Knoblauch got four of Minnesota s season High 16 hits. Cecil fielder and Travis Fryman Honi ered in the Detroit ninth off  c asian. Fryman homered for the third straight game. A. Erickson 5-2 left after seven scoreless innings. Royals 6, Brewers 4 Milwaukee a Mike Boddeker pitched five innings before leaving with a sore Elbow and Kansas City beat Milwaukee sending the Brewers to their seventh straight loss. A. Relay throw to ii St in the royals 6-4 win sunday. Robin Yount homered for the second straight game. For Milwaukee and Greg Vaughn extended the leagues. Longest hitting Streak of the year to 16 games Boddeker 3-3 gave up two runs on four hits. Jeff Montgomery went two innings for his eighth save. Kevin Brown 2-1 took the loss. Mariners 5, orioles 4 sea 11 let Pete o Brien singled Home the go ahead run with two outs in  inning  rallied past Baltimore. Seattle trailed 4-3 in the eighth when Harold Reynolds singled with one out against reliever Gregg Olson 0-1. Ken Griffey or. Walked and Ken Griffey St hied out be Tore Edgar Martinez and o Brien followed with run scoring singles. Mike Jackson 3-2 pitched three perfect innings for the Victory