European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26the stars and stripes tuesday May 20,1991 no. 13 by the associated press Seattle a the Texas rangers won their 13th straight game beating the Seattle mariners 6-4 on run scoring singles by Gary Pettis and Brian dowing in the seventh inning. The rangers winning Streak is the longest in Tho major leagues since Oakland won 14 in a Row in 1988. Texas string is the 31st Streak of 13 or More victories in american league history. Quot Texas which has not lost since May 11 in setting a team record for victories was to re turn Home monday night to begin a three game Gary Pettis series against min Nesotas Seattle lost its fifth straight game including three to Texas. Pettis who hit a tie breaking two run single in the 11th inning saturday night again put the rang cd ahead. He got three of Texas 14 fms and drove in two runs. 7 Mike Stanley Drew a one out walk from Bill Swift 0-1 in the seventh Pinch hitter Kevin re incr singled with two outs and Pettiss rib single gave Texas a 5-4 Lead. Downing who homered earlier followed with an rib single. Downing homered twice in the rangers 8-6 Victory saturday night. I Bobby Witt 3-3 pitched six innings giving up four runs on six hits Jeff Russell pitched the ninth for his 11th save. In other games sunday a a a a tigers 9, red sox 4 Detroit Cecil fielder Rob Deer and Loti Whitaker each homered during a five run first inning to Power Detroit past  homered for the third straight Day and Mickey Tettleton also connected for Detroit. The tigers hit nine Home runs in winning three times in the four game ser Ries. _. Both starting pitchers John Crutti of the tigers Ana Dana Kiecker of the red sox lasted just Ify innings. Crutti gave up three runs and Kiecker 2-1 allowed for hot rangers american league California Angels Dave Winfield beats a tag by Roberto Alomar of the Blue jays. Six runs. A Mark Leiter 2-1 pitched 4a shutout innings for the Victory. Paul Gibson hurled the last three innings for his fifth save Brewers 7, indians 6 Milwaukee Greg Vaughn homered to Lead off the 10th inning and Milwaukee after blowing an Early five run Lead beat Cleveland. Vaughn hit his eighth Home run of the season on a 1-1 pitch from Doug Jones 14. Chuck Crim 3-1 pitched 2a perfect innings for the Victory. Albert Belle hit a two run Homer and Mark Lewis hit an rib single As Cleveland rallied for three runs in the eighth for a 65 Lead. Robin Yount tied the game in the Milwaukee eighth with his ninth Homer. Royals 5, twins 1 Minneapolis a Brian Mcrae homered and singled twice leading Bret Saberhagen and Kansas City past Minnesota. Saberhagen 5-3 gave up eight hits in winning his fourth consecutive decision. He walked two and struck out one. Saberhagen was bidding for his first shutout since sept. 26, 1989, but lost it in the ninth inning when Chili Davis Brian Harper and Gene Larkin singled. His other Complete game this season was May 10 against Milwaukee for his 100th career Victory. Quot. Kevin Tapani 2-5 lost for the fifth straight time. He gave up nine hits and five runs in four innings. Yankees 2, orioles 1 Baltimore Rookie Pat Kelly doubled Home the tie breaking run in the 11th inning As new York completed its first sweep of Baltimore since 1988. The setback left orioles manager Johnny Oates wingless in three games a All again new York since taking Over for Frank Robinson who was fired on thurs Day Baltimore has lost four straight and seven of eight. _ new York which tied the game in. The. Ninth on Mel Halls Homer won its season High fourth in a Row. The Yankees won for the first time in 21 games when trailing after eight innings. Bob Goren started the Lith with a Lead off single. After Jesse Barfield fouled out attempting to sacrifice Mike Flanagan 13 walked. Kelly then lined a double inside third base. A John Habyan 2-1 worked out a basis loaded Jam in the 10th by getting turn he Lett on a Fly Ball and Greg Cadaret pitched the Lith for his first save. Athletics 6, White sox 2 Oakland Calif. A Dave Stewart activated from the disabled list before the game Shook off a slow Start and won for the first time in a month As Oakland Defeated Chicago. Stewart 3-2 walked the first Batter he faced and gave up a run on three singles a in the first inning. But he did not allow another run and retired 23 of his final 26 batters in going eight innings. A Stewart gave up seven hits struck out four and walked two in his first Victory since april 28. He was sidelined after straining a rib Cage muscle in a game against Baltimore on May 8. A Steve Chitren gave up Matt Merullo a two out Home run in the Chicago ninth. Joe stink got his second save getting the last out with two runners on base Dave Henderson hit his Lith Homer a  in the eighth. Alex Fernandez 2-4 was the loser. J. Angels 6, Blue jays 2. Anaheim Calif. Mark Langstone won his fifth straight decision and Dave Winfield homered and moved into 24th place on the All time rib list As California beat Toronto. Langston 6-1 pitched a five hitter and matched the longest winning Streak of his career accomplished in 1986 with Seattle. He struck out eight and walked two in his third Complete game of the season. It i % Winfield doubled. Home a run in the. Third inning and hit a Solo Home run his sixth in the fifth inning Winfields 384th career Home run gave him 1,541 Bis and moved him past Willie Stargill. Winfield and Junior Felix each got three hits. Gary Gaetti hit his seventh Home run with two outs in the first against David Wells 5-4 cards rip mets with 23-hit attack by the associated press new York a Tom Pagnozzi drove in six runs and Ozzie Smith knocked out Dwight Gooden with a line drive sunday As the St Louis cardinals had 23 hits and took advantage of shoddy new York Fielding to beat the mets 14-4. Gooden 5-4 was hit on the left wrist by. Smiths line drive in the five run seventh inning. Smiths shot caught Gooden just above the Glove on his left  left the game in extreme pain but a rays were negative and the mets said Gooden was not expected to miss a Start. The 23 hits were Tom Pagnozzi the second most Ever against the mets a they allowed 27 in a 26-7 loss to Philadelphia in 1985. The cardinals last got 23 hits on aug. 21, 1978, against Cincinnati. Pagnozzi collected singles and two doubles and Pedro Guerrero had two singles and a triple which was displayed by Center fielder Keith Miller to drive in two  the mets who Lead the majors with 42 errors were charged with Only two errors but Millers Muff was one of several National league displays on which the cardinals were Given hits. A Cris Carpenter 6-1 was the Winner in Relief of Omar Olivares. He gave up one hit in two innings. A cubs 8, expos 6 Chicago a Pinch hitter George Belles three run Homer capped a seven run seventh As the cubs overcame a 6-0 deficit to keep manager Jim Essian unbeaten in five games. Bell who was being rested after a night game drove reliever Barry Jones first itch Over the left Field stands for his 10th orc run of the year As the expos lost their fifth straight. Montreal grabbed the Lead with three rims in the first and three More in the fourth. Ron Hassey had a two run double in the first and Tim Patlach had a two run single in the fourth. The cubs Cut it. To 6-1 in the fifth off Dennis Martinez on an rib single by a Mark Grace who drove in three runs in the game. A a but after Grace drove in two runs and Dwight Smith and Chico Walker each drove in one Bell came off the Bench to make Les Lancaster 2-1 a Winner and Tim Burke 3-2 a  5, Phillies 2 Pittsburgh a John Smiley won his e seventh game in eight decisions and Jose Linda a triple keyed Pittsburgh a four run fourth. Smiley off to the Best Start of his career allowed just three hits Over the first eight innings then gave Way to Bill Landrum after giving up two hits to Start the ninth Landrum finished u it for his seventh save. Andy Van Styke batting .201 entering the game hit his sixth Homer. Leading off the fourth. After Jason Grimsley 16 got the next two batters Mitch Webster walked and Mike Lavalliere singled. Lind then hit a liner that bounced away from Murphy in right Field scoring both runners. Smiley followed with a run scoring . 3, dodgers 0 Cincinnati a Tom Browning gave up three hits Over seven innings and Glenn Braggs drove in two runs As Cincinnati rebounded from two straight rubbings to beat los Angeles. A a a a brow Ning 6-3 stifled the dodgers who had outscored the reds 19-4 in winning the first two games of the series. Braggs Hud a sacrifice Fly and an eighth inning Homer his fourth. Mariano Duncan had two hits and scored the first two Cincinnati runs off Bob Ojeda 3-4 giants to braves 6 Atlanta a san Francisco Pitcher Bud Black sparked a five run sixth inning by rapping a two run single after the pre Vious Batter was intentionally walked. It w As  in a Row for the giants who snapped a seven game losing Streak with a 7-6 decision Over the braves on saturday  5-4 gave up seven hits walked three and fanned two. The giants broke a 2-2 tie with five singles and an intentional walk off Charlie Leibrandt 3-4 in the sixth. In addition to Black Mike Felder also drove in two runs in the inning. The giants scored two More runs in the eighth and again in the ninth on a Solo shot by Kevin Bass his fourth Home  1 astros 13, padres 3 Houston a Rookie Luis Gonzalez had a Home run and two doubles and drove in four runs in a rare Houston offensive showing Mark Portugal won for the 10th straight time in the Astrodome improving his season record to 5-1, As san Diego registered its highest run output this season., Portugal scattered seven hits and struck out six in seven innings. The padres used five pitchers including outfielder Darrin Jackson who had never pitched in his 10-year pro career. De Whitson 3-5 pitched three innings and allowed four runs for the loss