European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a the stars and stripes sunday May 19, 1991. A Bream slams his old bucs by the associated press. Atlanta Sid Bream hit a Home run Friday night but this time the Pittsburgh pirates lost 9-3 to the Atlanta braves. The pirates were 1.7-0 when Bream homered last season including a playoff Victory Over Gin Cannati. Over the Winter the first baseman left Pittsburgh to sign As a free with Atlanta. A week ago Bream homered at Pittsburgh but the braves lost to keep the Streak alive. The pirates visited Atlanta on Friday and Bream hit a grand slam to help beat his former team. Bream hit his fifth Homer of the season after reliever Bob Patterson loaded the bases in the seventh inning by walking Dave Justice intentionally. Bream said the crowd of 32,824, largest of the season in Atlanta was a big Factor for the braves who regained first place by .003 Over los Angeles. A the crowd was wonderful a he said. A i went around the bases As fast As i could to get Back  dugout arid enjoy the  Ron Gant and Lonnie Smith also homered for the braves. Steve Avery 5-1 pitched 5% innings for the Victory allowing three runs on six hits As he win his fourth straight decision. In other games Friday night mets 4, dodgers 2 los Angeles Frank Viola pitched a six hitter As new York beat los Angeles and Darryl Strawberry. It was the Metsy third straight win and fifth in seven games on their West coast trip. A a. Strawberry who separated his left shoulder in wednesdays game against Montreal was in the dodgers starting lineup and immediately showed his throwing  was in shape. In the first he ran Down Dave Magadanz a single and rifled a one Hopper to Jose Offerman at second to get Magadan who was trying to stretch it into National league double. ,. Kevin Mcreynolds gave the mets the Lead with a two fun double in the fifth  7, padres 3 Cincinnati Glenn Braggs had a Home run and later slammed a double that set up the go ahead run As Cincinnati rallied to beat san Diego. Bruce Hurst 4-1who had won his last seven decisions had the Streak snapped after he failed to hold a 3-0 Lead in the sixth. Braggs. Solo Homer ended the shutout and started a three run rally. A a Ltd a Braggs sparked the go ahead rally an inning later when the reds went ahead 5-3. Joe Oliver singled and Braggs pulled a one out double Down the left Field line sending Oliver to third and bringing Mike Maddux in to relieve Randy Myers 1-3 relieved jos6 Rijo in the seventh to get the Victory. Rob Dibble worked 1% innings for his 1.0th save. Astros 5, cardinals 4 St. Louis Eric geldings rib single capped a two run eighth inning As Houston ended a four game losing Streak by beating St. Louis. \ Casey Candace a a run scoring single off reliever Lee Smith 22 tied the score. Candace a went to second on the throw to the plate and scored when right fielder Felix Jose barely missed a diving catch on Cyl Ding a  1, cubs 0 Philadelphia thongs run scoring single two outs in the 16th inning lifted Philadelphia. It was the longest 1-0 Victory in Phillies history. The longest previous 1-0 Philadelphia Victory was in 15 innings at Wrigley Field against Chicago on june 19,1955. Dale Murphy opened the 16th with a single and advanced to Sec Dickie withal on an radio Contra european time san Diego at Cincinnati 8 06 . Sunday Chicago at Philadelphia 2 . Monday. Orid on a Bloop single by Ricky Jordan. After Charlie Hayes struck out and Steve Lake flied out Thon singled to right Center off los Lancaster 0-1 to score Murphy. Tommy Greene 2-0the fourth Philadelphia Pitcher worked the last four innings for the  3, giants 0 san Francisco reliever Mike Lacosss wild pitch allowed Marquis Grissom to break a scoreless tie in the ninth inning and Larry Walker added a two run Homer for Montreal. Rick Mahler and it two expos relievers combined on a three hit Ter with Barry Jones 2-1. La Coss fell to 1-4. Indians clobber Oakland again. By the associated press Cleveland a for now the Oakland athletics wont worry about falling out of first place. Besides they have a More pressing concern they can to seem to beat the Cleveland indians. Cleveland hammered Oakland 11-6 Friday night As Brook Jacoby homered and drove in four runs. In their last three meetings the indians have outscored the a a 46-18. A we done town anything Over anybody a said Cleveland manager John Mcnamara. A a we be just been successful against them to Date. Tomorrows another  a Quot a a a a a a a a a a a. A the loss dropped Oakland into second 5lace in the american league West a half game behind Seattle which beat new York 1-0. A the Only time i get concerned about that is late september a said Oakland manager Tony la Russa. A if Seattle would have lost 1 still would have Felt the  the indians outscored Oakland 35-12 in a pair of games May 4-5, then lost eight of their next nine games before routing the a a again Friday. Nearly 37 percent of the indians runs this season came in those three games against Oakland. A a we be reviewed tapes of the games and a lot of our pitchers were leaving the Ball out Over the plate and they re hitting them a said Oakland Catcher Terry Stein Bach. A every now and then you get a team you done to pitch Well against. If we execute our pitches Well get them  torn Candiotti was the beneficiary of the outburst. Candiotti 5-1 yielded four runs and 11 hits in eight innings. It was the first time in eight starts this year that he allowed More than two runs. A i did no to deserve credit for that win but ill take it a he said. A a that a the worst stuff in be had this year. When its cold and Windy its hard to throw the knuckle Ball. But when you get a lot of runs like that you done to Monkey around trying to find your stuff a Jacoby sri single capped a four run rally in the third made possible by a two out error on Oakland third baseman Ernest riles. Jacoby then finished off american league Cleveland a six run fourth with a three run Home run off reliever John Briscoe. All 10 runs in the two innings came with two outs. Mike Moore 5-2 lasted 336 innings giving up 10 runs six of them earned and 10 hits. In other Friday night games rangers 6, red sox 4 Arlington Texas r Kevin Reimer got three hits and drove in two runs As Texas beat Boston for its fifth straight Victory. Kevin Brown 3-3 gave up nine hits in six innings before three relievers finished it. Jeff Russell got two outs for his eighth save. Greg Harris 1-51 was knocked out in the third inning with the rangers leading 5-0. Harris might be taken out of the red sox rotation manager Joe Morgan said. Brewers 7, royals 5 Kansas City to. Dale Sveum had an rib single during a four run rally in the ninth inning then hit a two run triple in the 10th As Milwaukee downed Kansas City. \ Tom Gordon took a 5-1 Lead and a five hitter into the ninth but left after two singles. With two outs , surhoff Sveum and Paul Molitor hit rib singles off Jeff Montgomery. Mark Davis relieved and walked Pinch hitter Gary Sheffield to Load the bases and Greg Vaughn tied it with an infield single with Sheffield beating the throw to second on a disputed play. Dante Bichette walked and Willie Randolph singled before Sveum tripled off Davis 0-1. Chuck Crim 2-1 went 116 innings for the Victory and  got the last out for his first save. Twins 8, tigers 1 Detroit a Minnesota a Scott Erickson won his sixth straight Start and sent Detroit to its seventh consecutive loss. Erickson 6-2 gave up six hits in 616 innings and escaped three bases loaded jams. Steve Bedrosian finished for his second save. Junior Ortiz doubled off Bill Gullickson 4-2 in the fifth and scored on Greg Gagney a single giving Minnesota a 2-1 Lead. V of a it it ii shot it f f / / amp 6 s s v t y a a y y a i  a t Quot v Rrt amp it in met Filiti a Quot ivs amp off f Quot t r a Fly Quot a 3hnmv a Toronto s Mark Whiten and Chicago a Joey Cora look to first after forc cout at second. White sox 5, Blue jays 3 Chicago a Craig arc Becky a two run double broke an eighth inning tie and lifted Chicago past Toronto. The White sox loaded the bases against Mike Timlin 3-1 on two walks and an error by shortstop Rene Gonzales and Grybeck doubled off Jim Acker for a 4-2 Lead. Carlton Fisk added a sacrifice Fly. Donn pall 1-1 pitched one inning for the Victory and Bobby Thigpen worked the ninth for his seventh save. Devon White hit an rib single in the Blue jays ninth before Joe Carter flied out with the bases loaded to end the game. Orioles 5, Angels 1 Baltimore a Ben Mcdonald beat California with a six hitter and Mike Devereaux got three hits stole three bases and scored twice for Baltimore. Mcdonald 22 has won twice against the Angels this season. He has a 10.12 Era in his other games. Devereaux singled and scored in the first against Scott Lewis 1-4. Devereaux singled stole second and scored on Dwight Evans single in the third