European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 26the stars and stripes monday May 27, 1991 dodgers Roll past reds 8-7 by the associated press Cincinnati Eddie Murray drove in three runs and Kevin Gross held Cincinnati to five hits in seven innings As the los Angeles dodgers scored seven in the first two innings and routed the reds 81 on saturday. The dodgers who beat the reds National league 11-3 on Friday sent 19 players to Bat in the first two innings against Norm Charlton 2-5 and Scott scud Tler. A the other teams Are going to it the to notice that we Are now a tougher team to beat than we were Quot said Darryl Strawberry who was forced from the game with a blood Blister after fouling a Ball off his foot in the second inning Gross who entered the game with an Era of 5.93, ran his record to 3-4 and added an,r131 single in. The 5-run second inning. It was the first time this season that Gross has pitched More than six innings. In other games saturday i a a cardinals 7, mets 2 new York Felix Jose broke a la tie with a two run double in the fifth and Ken Hill won his third straight game As St. Louis beat new _ York., Hill 5-2 was Hurt Only by Howard Johnson sgt 10th Home run leading Olf the second inning that gave the mets a 1-0 Lead. He pitched 6% innings allowing five hits while striking out five and walking three. Pirates 4, Phillies 2 Pittsburgh Orlando Merced hit a two run Homer in the 1 Lith inning Aud Pittsburgh helped by eight innings of one hit pitching from four relievers,1 beat Philadelphia. _ a a  a a. Curtis Wilkerson who singled Home the tying run in the ninth inning led off the Lith with a bunt single against Joe by Ever 3-4. One out Taler Merced hit his fourth Home run of the season and third rib of the game Quot Quot r Vicente Palacios 3-2 worked the Lith for the Victory. Giants 7, braves 6atlanta a san Francisco snapped its seven game losing Streak As Robby Thompson and Mike Felder each had three hits to help beat the braves. The giants avoided their first eight game Long Streak in six years by breaking<f�t2-2 tie with a five run sixth inning Felder keyed the inning with a two run triple then scored on Thompsons second double of the game. Jose Uribe broke the tie in the sixth with a run scoring fielders Choice grounder Thompson scored the final run when Willie Mcgee a grounder went through first base Man Sid Breames legs for an error. The Victor was Only the seventh for the giants in their last 30 games. Their 13-29 record is the worst in the majors. Padres 4, astros 2 Houston. Scott Coolbaugh hit his f i is t h o me run of the so a so n with one out in the 10th inning and san Diego held on to beat Houston. Texas Streak hits 12 by the associated pres Seattle a the Texas rangers won their 12th straight game beating the Seattle mariners 8-6 in ii innings on a two run single by Gary Pettis and a two run Homer by Juan  Downing led off the game with a Home run then hit a Solo Slomer with one. Out in the ninth to tie it at four for Texas. The rangers extended the longest winning Streak in team history and. Stayed unbeaten since May 11,Ruben Sierra singled off Russ Swan 1-1 for his fourth hit of the game with two outs in the 11th, and Julio Franco doubled. Pettis hit the go ahead single and gon-zalc2 followed with his sixth Home run for an 8-4 Lead. John Barfield 2-0 pitched ski perfect innings for the Victory. Jeff Russell re Lic cd to Start the 11th and gave up a. Lead off single to Harold Reynolds and Jay Buhner s Home run. In other games saturday Angels 5, Blue jays 0 Anaheim Calif. A Kirk Mccaskill out pitched Todd Stottlemyre and Ron tingly drove in three runs As California beat Toronto. Mccaskill 4-5 gave up four hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked two. A Mark Eichhorn and Bryan Harvey each pitched one scoreless inning. Stottlemyre 5-1 allowed three runs on six hits and three walked in seven innings. Royals 11, twins 2 Minneapolis Kurt Stillwell hit a grand slam and those in five runs leading Kansas City Over Minnesota and giving new manager Hal Mcrae his first Victory. Mcrae who took Over after John a than was fired lost 3-2 to Minnesota in his debut Friday night. This time he watched Mark Gubicza get his first Victory since last june 18 As the royals romped a Mcrae a son Brian led Oil a five run ninth inning with a double and scored on George Brett a single Stillwell hit his Sec-1 Ond career grand slam and second Home run of the season later off Larry Casian. A Yankees 6, orioles 5 Baltimore a Roberto Kelly singled Home the lie breaking run in the ninth inning and new York rallied to beat Baltimore the orioles second straight loss under new manager Johnny Oates. A the setback kept Oates wingless since faking Over for Frank Robinson who was fired thursday. The last place orioles have lost six of seven and 14 of 19. Tigers 3, red sox 2 Detroit a Rob Deer homered for a the second straight game and Detroit beat  a. Walt Terrell 2-4 gave up seven hits and left with Runnels an first and third in the seventh inning. Mike Hunneman gut Carlos Quintana to ground into an inning ending double play and finished with shutout Relief for his sixth save. Athletics 5, White sox 3 Oakland Calif. A Jose Canseco hit american league. Xis \  a t of / f. Re a Vita Seattle a Ken Grill by or. Runs into the Wall and hangs onto the Ball after leaping to catch Ruben sierras drive on saturday. N. A two run Homer with two outs in the 1 oth inning As Oakland Defeated Chicago. Witless in his first five plate appearances with a walk and three strike outs Canseco hit a 1-0 pitch from Wayne eds a wards 0-2 Over the Wall in right Center Field. Quot Canseco a Homer followed Chicago third a baseman Robin Ventura a Fielding error on a grounder hit by Ernest riles. The Victory was Oakland a second in two games after trailing when it entered the eighth inning. The a a were 0-15 in those circumstances before rallying to win 6-5 Friday night. The White sox committed three errors and six Chicago pitchers combined to walk 11 batters bringing their two Day total to 19. The White sox Lead the american Quot league in walks allowed. Indians 5, Brewers 4 Milwaukee a Feli i Fermin singled Home the go ahead run As Cleveland scored two unearned runs  ninth to beat Milwaukee. Carlos Barga who hit a three run Homer in the sixth walked to Lead Oft the ninth and moved to second on Julio Machado a wild pitch. With Ope out right fielder Dante Bichette dropped Brook Jacoby a looping liner for an error and Barga moved to  0-1 then walked Turner Ward and gave up a sacrifice Fly to Pinch hitter Jerry Browne tying the score. Fermin singled to right Field scoring Luis Lopez who was Pinch running for Jacoby a Doug Jones 1-3 got the Victory in Relief. . Boxers split with Cuba fort Bragg . A the United slates won three of the last four bouts saturday including a controversial final that was decided by penalty Points to Salvage a 6-6 tie and end a 15-match dual losing Streak to Cuba the match a a precursor to. The����1991 pan ame rican Gumes seed used for aug gust in Havana. Cuba a featured Many boxers who Are expected to compete in the 1992 olympic games in Barcelona Spain. It was the first meeting Between the countries since 1988. _ a we Are proud a Usa coach Lucky Yacc leu said., were the underdogs we had lost 15 times in a Row to them. At least we tied this time. That a the Best we be Eyer  heavyweight Larry Donald of Cincinnati benefited from two penalty Points for holding assessed against cubans Freddy Rojas by . Referee George Benedetto to win a 2-1 decision in the final bout to create the tie. Cuban judge Pedro Puentes a referee in three of the 12 bouts noted his i agreement Over the penalties a his prerogative under International rules a Asli handed his scorecard to Benedetto at the conclusion of the bout. A a three time olympic. Heavy Weigl Champion Trofilo. Stevenson part of to cuban delegation also moved to ring sic to question Benedetto but was motion Back by  a a i Felt i would have gotten a Knock i it he had t been doing so much Hok ing a Donald said