European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26the stars and stripes monday May 27, 1991 dodgers Roll past reds 8-1 by the associated press Cincinnati a Eddie Murray drove in three runs and Kevin Gross he id Cincinnat i 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 Scudder. A the other teams Are going to have to notice that we Are now a tougher team to beat than we were a said Darryl Strawberry who was forced from the game with a blood Blister after fouling a Ball off his foot in the second inning a Gross who entered the game. With an Era of. 5.93, ran his record to 3-4 and added an rib 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 cardinals 7, mets 2 new York a Felix Jose broke a 1-1. Tic with a two run double in the lift stand Ken ii ill won his third straight game As St. Louis beat new Yolk. Mill 5-2 was Hurt Only by mow Ard Johnson a 10th Home run leading Oil the second inning that gave the mels a 1-0 Lead lie pitched 64v innings allowing live hits while striking out live and walking three. A pirates 4, Phillies 2 Pittsburgh Orlando Merced hit a two run Homer in the huh inning and Pittsburgh helped by eight innings of one hit pitching from four schevers beat Liila Delphia. Curtis Wilkerson who singled Home the tying run in the ninth inning led Olf the 1 Atli with a bunt single against Joe Boever 3-4. One out later Merced hit his fourth Home run of the season and third Biol the game. Vicente Palacios 3-2 worked the 11th Lor the Victory. Giants 7, braves 6 Atlanta 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 losing Streak in six years by breaking it fz-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 s grounder went through first baseman Sid Breames legs i or an error. The Victor was Only the seventh for the giants in their last 31 games. Their 13-29 record is the worst in the majors. Padres 4, astros 2 Houston Scott Coolbaugh hit his first Home run of the season with one out in the a Lith inning and san Diego held on to beat Houston. Texas Streak hits 12 by the associated press Seattle a the Texas rangers won their 12th straight game beating the Seattle mariners 8-6 in 11 innings on a two run single by Gary Pettis and a two run Homer by Juan Gonzalez. Brian Downing led off the game with a Home run then hit a Solo Homer with one out in the ninth to tie it at four Lor 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 iou Ith hit of the game with two outs in the 11 the and Julio Franco doubled. Pettis hit the go ahead single and Gonzalez followed with his sixth Home run for an 8-4 Lead. John Barfield 2-0 pitched 1-a perfect innings or the Victory Jeff Russell relieved to Start the 11th and gave up a in Adolf single to Harold Reynolds and Jay Buhner a Home run. In other games saturday Angels 5, Blue jays 0 Anaheim Calif. A Kirk Mccaskill out pitched Todd Stottlemyre and Ron Tingley 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. Mark Eichhorn and Bryan Harvey each pitched one scoreless inning. A Stottlemyre 5-1 allowed three runs on six hits and three walked in seven innings. Royals 11, twins 2 Minneapolis a Kurt Stillwell hit a grand slam and drove in five runs leading Kansas City Over Minnesota and giving new  Mcrae his first Victory. Mcrae who took Over alter 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 Ikas the royals romped a a Mcrae a son Brian led of a five run ninth inning with a double and scored on George Brett s single. Stillwell hit his second career grand slam and second Home run of the season late Rolf Larry Casian. Yankees 6, orioles 5 Baltimore a Roberto Kelly singled Home the tie breaking run in the ninth inning and new York rallied to beat Baltimore the orioles second straight loss under new manager Johnny Oates. The setback kept Oates wingless since taking 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 7�? Rob Deer homered for the second straight game and Detroit beat Boston. Quot a a a. Walt Terrell 2-4 gave up seven hits and left with runners on first and third in the seventh inning. Mike Henneman got Carlos Quintana to ground into an inning ending double play and finished with shutout Relief for his sixth save. A athletics 5, White sox 3 Oakland Calif. A Jose Canseco hit american league  >1 %. A a $�>,./ a a s ats v so Quot to y a / its Al runs nto a he Wall and hangs onto the Ball after leaping to catch Kuhen sierras drive on saturday. R b a two run Honker with two outs in-the��10th inning As Oakland Defeated Chicago. Hitlers in his first live plate appearances with a walk and three strike outs Canseco hit a 14 pitch trom Wayne Edwards 0-2 Over the Wall in right Center tie id. T Canseco a Homer followed Chicago third 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 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 i by a tors bring ing their two Day total to 19. The White sox Lead the american league in we Alks allowed. Indians 5, Brewers 4 Milwaukee a Felix Fermin singlet Home the go ahead run As Cleveland scored two unearned runs in the ninth to beat Milwaukee. Catlos Baerga who hit a three Rui Homer in the sixth walked to Lead off Thi ninth and moved to second on Julio a chador a wild pitch. With one out High fielder Dante Bichette dropped Brook Jacoby a looping liner for an error and Baerga moved to third. Machado 0-1 then walked turned Ward and gave up a sacrifice Fly to incl hitter Jerry Browne tying the score. Fer Niin singled to right Field scoring Lui Lopez who was Pinch running for Jacoby. Doug Jones 1-3 got the Victory in re Lief. A . Boxers it fort Bragg. . A the United states won Tinee of the last four bouts saturday including a controversial final that was decided by , to Salvage a 6-6-tie and end a 15-match dual losing Streak to Cuba. The match a a precursor to t he 1991 pan american games scheduled for August in Havana Cuba a featured Many boxers who Are expected to compete in the 1992 olympic games in Barcelona Spain. It was the first acct him Between the countries since-19sk, a we Are proud a a Usa coach Lucky Yacc leu  e were the underdogs. E had lost 15 times in a Row to them. At least we tied this time. That s the Best we be Ever  heavyweight Larry Donald of Cincinnati benefited from two  for holding assessed against Cuba s Freddy Rojas by . Referee George Benedetto to win a 2-1 decision m the final bout to create the tie cuban judge Pedro Fuentes a referee in three of the 12 bouts noted his disagreement Over the penalties a his prerogative under International rules a As he handed his scorecard to Benedetto at the conclusion of the bout. Three time olympic heavyweight Champion Teotilo Stevenson part of the c uban delegation also moved to ringside to question Benedetto but was motioned Back by officials. A a i Felt i would have gotten a knockout it he had t been doing so much holding a Donald said