European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a the stars and stripes Friday May 24, 1991bosox put Broom to Brewers by the associated press. Boston a Tom Brunansky had a Homer and three Bis and Danny Darwin made a Strong return from injury As the Boston red sox swept a three game series with a 4-0 Victory wednesday night Over the Milwaukee Brewers. A. A a a a a a a a Darwin 2-1 allowed six hits and no walks struck out four and threw 57 pitches in five innings. Greg har. Ris gave up four hits in the last four innings for his first save. 7 a a a a Quot a a a Boston won the opening game of the series 3-0 with a combined shutout by Matt Young Jeff Gray and Jeff Reardon. The red sox Lead the majors with six shutouts. 1 a a a a a 7 7 Darwin was activated wednesday after spending 29 Days on the disabled list recovering from bronchial pneumonia and tendinitis in his right shoulder. Brunansky hit his eighth Homer of the season a two run shot in the second inning Brunansky hit a 1-2 pitch Over the left Field Wall off Kevin Brown 2-2 after a walk to Jack Clark. In other games wednesday athletics 2, Blue jays 1 Oakland Calif. A Mike Moore beat Dave Stieb As Oakland scored twice in the first inning against Toronto. Jose Canseco sri double and Ernest riles run scoring grounder in the first against Stieb 4-3 were enough american league for the a a to win the final game of the three game series. After giving up 11 earned runs and 18 hits in 6% innings Over his previous two starts Moore 6-2 held the. Blue jays to four hits in Ivi  5, twins 2 Minneapolis Texas taking the Lead on Rafael Palmeiro a double in the 12th inning won a club record ninth straight game. The Victory also gave the rangers a who had won eight straight five times in club history a the longest a winning Streak in the majors this season Seattle won eight straight from april 15-23. A Jack Daugherty who tied the game with a sacrifice Fly in the ninth led off the 12th with a single off Carl Willis 1-1. After Geno Petralli sacrificed Brian Downing singled. Palmeiro then doubled Down the right Field line to score Daugherty and Juan Gonzalez added a two run single one out later. A White sox 5, Angels 3 Anaheim Calif. A Sammy Sosa hit a three run Homer As Chicago beat California. But Charlie Hough fell Short of pitching the 100th Complete game of his career. The 43-year-old Hough 12 was making his 333rd Start and fourth since joining the White sox As a free agent in december. The 22-year vet Cran allowed five hits in innings striking out six and walking two while raising his career record to 187-171. Bobby Thigpen pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth save. The Victory was Hough a first since sept. 12.yankees 8, indians 1 Cleveland a Pat Kelly the Rookie second baseman whose promotion led to the moving of Steve sax to third base drove in two runs with his first major league hit. The Yankees had scored Only five runs in six previous Quot games but they made this one an easy Victory for Tim Leary 3-3. A a a a a a a a. Sax had a Rocky night at third. Three times he forced first baseman Don Mattingly to make Tough catches and once he threw the Ball Over Mattingly a head tigers 9, orioles 5 Detroit a Cecil fielder had two Home runs two of them in a six run second inning. Fielder who had 51 Home runs last year now has eight. Royals 3, mariners 1 Kansas City to. Tom Gordon pitched a four hitter for Kansas City and took Over the american league earned run average Lead in the first game after manager John Wathan was fired. Ken Griffey or hit a two out Home run in the ninth to spoil the shutout for Gordon whose Era dropped to 1.38.giants lose again skid reaches 5 by the associated press with his record of Success in san Francisco giants manager Roger Craig does t have to worry about his jobs probably. The managers Are losing their jobs quickly this week and the giants Nav National league lost 21 of their last 27 games. But Craig is probably Safe for now. ,. The Cincinnati reds beat san Francisco 9-4 wednesday night at riverfront stadium sending the last place giants to their fifth straight loss. Meanwhile new cubs manager Jim is Sian got off to a promising Start As Chicago beat the new York acts 5-2 at Shea Staci urn. Essian took Over for Don Zimmer a Good Friend of Craig a it was Only two years ago that Zimmer and Craig met As managers in the National league  9, giants 4 Cincinnati the giants Are on their worst Roll in 15 years their fifth consecutive loss left them at 12.-27, the worst record in the major leagues and their worst Start since 1976, when they opened with an identical Mark and finished fourth san Francisco is 15 games under .500 for the first time since its 100-loss season of 1985. A v. V _ by dropping the first two games in Cincinnati the giants have lost 12 of their 13 series this season."1 Don geez. 1 done to know a Craig said Quot in be got no answers ill Tell you. A /. A in my opinion it s unusual. And i think we just have to have a game where we break out of the Gate Quick score some runs and let everybody relax. 1 think very body a Nutting too much pressure on them a selves.�?T. A a a. A there was More bad news after the game. Outfielder Kevin Mitchell was sent for medical tests at a Hospital to determine whether he has damaged his left knee. Mitchell was forced out of a game one week ago because of the sore knee. A a there might be some damage in his knee a Craig  5, mets 2 new York Greg Maddux 5-2 pitched a five hitter to make Essian a St. Louis cardinals Todd Zeile is tagged out by Pittsburgh a Mike Lavalliere during the second inning wednesday night. Debut a successful one the 40-year-old Essian became the youngest manager in the majors taking Over a team loaded with big names and big salaries but just an 18-20 record. Zimmer was fired tuesday and Joe a1-Tobelli served As interim manager for one game. Luis Salazar and Hector Villanueva hit Solo homers for the cubs while Ryne Sandberg drove in a pair of runs with a double and sacrifice Fly to make a loser of Frank Viola 5-2 cardinals 5, pirates 3 Pittsburgh St. Louis scored two runs after Gold Glove left1 fielder Barry Bonds dropped an apparent inning ending Fly Ball in the second As the cardinals Defeated Pittsburgh and struggling Doug Drabek at three Rivers stadium. Drabek 2-7the 1990 National league by Young award Winner allowed nine hits and four runs in seven innings and already has lost one More game than he did while going 22-6 last  8, expos 1 Montreal a. Dale Murphy had three hits and drove in two runs and John Kruk added three Bis As Philadelphia beat Montreal snapping the expose four game winning Streak. Pat Combs 2-2 pitched a nine hitter for his first Complete game of the season. Brian Barnes fell to 0-2.padres 7, braves 2 Atlanta a Bruce Hurst pitched a six hitter and Benito Santiago homered leading san Diego past Atlanta. A Santiago led off the fourth inning with a Homer his fifth of the season off Steve Avery 5-2 and added an rib single in a four run fifth inning. Hurst 5-1 lost his shutout in the ninth when Ron Gant doubled and Dave Justice followed with an rib single. Rafael Bel Liard added a run scoring  3, Doc Gers 2 Houston a Jim Deshaies rebounding from a poor Start gave up one run and two hits in Svea innings As Houston beat los Angeles. Deshaies 2-4 is 8-0 lifetime against the dodgers at the Astrodome. Brett Butler led off the game with a single and Deshaies did no to allow another hit until Darryl Strawberry hit his third Home run in two games in the fourth inning