European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes thursday May 16, 1991charlton, reds beat cards 3-1 by the associated press St. Louis a maybe Norm Charlton looked at his Cincinnati lineup and knew his Only Chance was to. Pitch terrifically Charlton gave up one run in 7 a innings a a As the reds beat the St Louis cardinals 3-1 tuesday night with a less than world championship Caliper batting order. The reds entered the game trading the major leagues with a .222 batting average their lineup included four Batter National league .206 or less and two rookies Catcher Glenn Sutko and shortstop Freddie Benavides with one major league at. Bat Between them. Shortstop Barry Larkin is sitting out the series with an inflamed ulnar nerve in his right Elbow and Catcher Joe Oliver is out with a non displaced fracture of the Middle joint of his right Middle Finger. The reds took a 1-0 Lead in the fourth inning Hal Morris led off with a double and scored two outs later on Billy Matcher a double. The reds extended their Lead to 3-0 in the fifth on a hit batsman a sacrifice and three singles a three runs is a lot of runs for me a Charlton said. A a that a like getting a 10-Riin Lead you can relax and go right alter the cardinals Cut the Lead to 3-1 in the eighth on singles by Ozzie Smith and Felix Jose which chased Charlton. Pedro Guerrero greeted Rob Dibble with an rib was hitting .171 before getting two doubles a single and an rib. Morris who leads the no with a .389 average had two hits and an rib. In other games tuesday cubs 5, braves 4 a Chicago a Andre Dawson a Pinch Home run with two out in the eighth inning lifted Chicago. Dawson a eighth Homer of the season came on the first pitch from reliever Kent Mere scr 1-2. Paul. 1-0 worked a i a innings of score less re 1 if for the Victory and Dave Smith got three outs for his ninth 6, astros 3 Houston a Pittsburgh left hander Zug no Smith give u p t work n s i n 6% i n rings to beat Houston for the fourth straight time cubs Catcher Damon Berryhill tags out Atlanta a Lonnie Smith sliding Home in the third inning tuesday in Wrigley Field. Smith 5-1 last lost to Houston on april 4, 1989, and is 4-0 in seven starts against the astros since. He gave up seven hits be fore Stan Belinda worked i a innings and Bill Landrum finished for his fifth save. Bobby Bonilla had a two run double for the pirates and Jay Bell added two 6, padres 1 san Diego a Hubie Brooks hit Bis seventh career grand slam first with new York to boost new homered off Eric Nolte 3-2 with two out in the third inning for a 5-1. Lead. Quot a. A a \ Brooks had no grand slams in his first four year stint with the mets and then hit six in five seasons with the Montrea Phillies 9, giants 0 san Francisco Terry Malhot land pitched eight shutout innings against his former team to Lead Philadelphia past struggling san Francisco. Mulholland traded by the giants to Philadelphia in 1989, improved to 5-2. He a 4-2 with a 1.44 Era against his old club including a no hitter on aug. 15, 1990, at veterans stadium. Joe Boever pitched a perfect ninth to finish the combined eight hitter a John Kruk drove in three runs Mickey Morandini had three singles and two Bis and von Hayes had three hits for the Phil Sah Francisco lost its fourth straight game and 16th in its last 20 games. The giants 10-21 record is the worst in the major leagues dodgers 6, expos 2. Los Angeles a Kevin Gross breaking out of a slump pitched six shutout innings to help los Angeles. Gross 2-3 gave up two hits in route to his second straight Victory. The right hander has surrendered one earned run in his last 13 innings after his earned run average ballooned to 13.50 in his first three starts. Jim Gott pitched 2a innings for his first save after Mike Hartley gave up two runs in the seventh the dodgers took a 2-0 Lead against Montreal Rookie Mark Gardner 0-1 on rib singles by Darryl Strawberry in the first inning and Eddie Murray in the fall before Kings of the Hill by the associated press Welcome Back Pascual. You too Mark. And Welcome Back to the real Jack Morris. Quot the pitchers held a big Edge Over the hitters tuesday. Three reasons were Pascual Perez of the new York Yankees Mark Gubicza of the Kansas City royals and Minnesota s Morris. Perez appearing for the first time since april 25, 1990, allowed two hits in six innings As new York beat California 71. He had been inactive for nearly All of last season an underwent shoulder surgery in August. Gubicza could t have been Happy with Kansas City s. 4-1 loss at Toronto but he did of in his first Start since june 29, 1990. He recovered from arthroscopic surgery for repair of a partially torn rotator cuff. Morris manages to stay healthy. His pitching was kind of sickly this season though up til tuesday when he pitched a id hit for. A Yankees 7, Angels 1 new York a a i was so excited so nervous but 1 was also very Happy a a Perez said. Quot in a a Happy Guy hut in a happiest when in a after Perez a Strong Outing John Hainan pitched three Good innings for his first save. Mel Hall malt Nokes and Jesse Barfield homered for the Yankees who have won four of jays 4, royals 1 Toronto a a i was encouraged by All the strikeouts especially against a Good hitting team like the Blue jays a said Gubicza who. Fanned eight. Quot it fell Good to get that first game under my Belt. _ _ he gave up three runs on seven hits in five league Gubicza was out pitched by David Wells who won his fourth straight. Wells needed Relief from Rookie Mike Timlin who got into trouble in the eighth and ninth innings but escaped for his first major league save. Greg Myers had a two run Homer for Toronto. Quot i really Only made one mistake Quot Gubicza said. A the pitch to Myers started towards him then broke right Over the plate and being a Good hitter lie knew what to do with . Twins 5, Brewers 1 Minneapolis a the fans got to see Why the twins spent s3 million to sign Morriss a free agent Morris allowed Only a pair of doubles to Jim Gantner and fanned seven Chili Davis hit his fourth Homer in three games to Power the twins to their fourth straight Victory. The twins moved two games above .5110 17t5 for the first time this season. The 15-6 since starting the season 2-9. A orioles 6, athletics 1 Baltimore a cat Ripken continued his tear As the orioles got Lour Solo homers. In addition to his ninth Homer Ripken singled and walked twice raising his Hatting average to .358, he has seven hits and his last i4 trips to the plate Joe Orsulak Mike Devereaux and Chris voiles also homered for the orioles who had lost 14 of their lust 18 games against Oakland. Twenty two of Baltimore s last 23 Home runs a and 25 of 34 Overall a have come with the bases empty a mariners 2, indians 1 Cleveland a Brian Holman was the pitching Star. He gave up one run in eight plus innings and Alvin Davis rib double snapped a sixth inning tie barely scoring Pete o Brien from first base. Holman has won three of his last four starts and is 4-0 Ijar Thuc against Cleveland. He allowed seven hits and Bill Switt finished for his third save 1 he mariners bullpen has been successful in nine of 10 save situations this year despite the absence of injured Ace Mike schooler. A a red sox 4, White sox 1 Boston a Tom Bolton 4-0 and Jeff Reardon shut Down Chicago with Reardon earning his uth save. The red sox got Hack on the winning track after losing two games in a Row for time in a month. Ellis Burks homered for Boston As the red sox beat Melido Perez pase Al a brother. _ Bolton carried a shutout into the ninth. Quot a Complete game shutout would be Nice but the win is Good enough a said Bolton a we gave it a 5, tigers 3 Arling ton Texas a Rafael Palmeiro had a two run triple in the fifth Toj break a 1-1 tie and Steve Bue Chele s Homer in the sixth clinched the rangers victory7. Jell Russel pitched the ninth for his seventh save despite yielding a Home run to former Ranger Pete inc Avig a. Detroit has lost five in a Row and Texas won its third a straight. A
