European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes wednesday june 26, 1991 / a Quot a Erickson Blanks yanks by the associated press a /. New York a Scott Erickson is a managers dream a fielders Delight and a hitters Nightmare. Erickson completed his first full year As a Quot major leaguer with a flourish pitching a two hitter for his 12th straight Victory As the Minnesota twins beat the new York Yankees 5-0 on monday night. A you  pitch too much better than that a twins manager Tom Kelly said after Erickson 12-2 held the Yankees without a hit following Matt Nock so Lead off double in the second. A what More can a manager ask than that a Erickson a teammates were impressed too. He threw Only 102 pitches and the game took just 2 hours 3 minutes a a Nice touch on getaway Day. A right now id say he a untouchable a Catcher Junior Ortiz said. A right now he a the Best Pitcher in the  the Yankees were in no position to argue after losing for the sixth time in seven meetings to baseball a hottest team. The twins Are 23-3 in their last 26 games after winning three of four games in new York and extended their West division Lead Over Oakland to 3vi games. V. A a a this is the Best game by a Pitcher against us this season a Yankees outfielder Jesse Barfield said. A the kept the Ball in and Down and was moving it around. He a got Good off Speed stuff. He a not a fastball Pitcher. What he docs he does real  Yankees Rookie Jeff Johnson 1-3 outshone Erickson for the first five innings retiring the first 15 batters he faced. But Ortiz led off the sixth with a walk and scored on Minnesota a first hit Dan Gladden a two out triple. Kirby Puckett hit a Solo Homer in the seventh and Shane Mack added an rib single. Mack hit a two run Homer off Greg Cadaret in the ninth. Erickson struck out six and walked one in his third shutout of the season and fourth Complete game. He lowered his Era to a major league leading 1.39 and his winning Streak is the longest since Bobby Witt of Texas won 12 straight last year from june 28 to sept. 6, Peterson padres halt cardinals St. Louis apr the St. Louis cardinals got their first look at Adam  did no to like what they saw _ Pedro Guerrero in particular was frustrated after Peterson gave up Only three hits in seven shutout innings of the san Diego padres 4-1 Victory in monday nights Only National league game. Guerrero mired in a 2-for-l7 slump after going 0 for 4, gave four terse answers to four questions about Peterson a performance. A the won the game a Guerrero said. A we  hit him. He got us to make outs. He kept us off the  Peterson 3-1acquired from the Chicago White sox of March 31, has been frustrating a lot of people lately. He a won two of his last three starts while allowing just two earned runs on 10 hits in 18 innings. But he said this was his Best Outing at least partly because he was an unknown to the cardinals. A by far a said Peterson who struck out Lour and walked two. A any time you face a team for the first time its a definite advantage for the Pitcher. A i got away with some pitches and Luul some Nice plays behind  Peterson said his biggest mistake was a hanging Slider that Ray Lankford drove Oil the Wall in right Center for a triple with two out in the. First. But he struck out Guerrero to end that threat and also stranded Tun runners in the fourth. John costello struck out two of the three batters he faced in the eighth and Craig Lefferts got the last three outs los ing the shutout on Helix Jose s two out rib single. Jerald Clark who entered the game 3 for 23 against St. Louis pitching homered off Boh Tewksbury 6-3 and drove in two runs american league Scott Erickson two hits yanks for 12th straight win. A i have to work on every pitch a Erickson said. A every pitch can be hit out of the Park so i work As hard As i  a a a. Erickson joined the twins one year ago today. He a 20-6 in the  and appears to be the Likely Al starter for the All Star game in Toronto on july 9. A a in a not going to think about that right now a he said. In other games monday night Angels 9, royals 4 Kansas City a Dave Winfield a major leaguer since 1973, hit for the Cycle for the first time in his career and wound up 5 for 5 As California romped past Kansas City. A. A a a a a a. /. A Winfield had two singles a double and a two run Homer before completing his Cycle with an eighth inning triple off infielder Bill Pecota who worked the last two innings after replacing Tom Gordon. Pecota gave up a run on four hits. He has now played every position As a major leaguer. A i did it in High school a he said of his first stint As a Pitcher. A first and Foremost its not funny out there. I did no to want it to seem like it was funny. I just wanted to throw it Over the plate and let them hit it and hopefully make an  Winfield is the first Angel to hit for the Cycle since Dan Ford in 1979. A you have special Days and this is one of them a Winfield said. A you know you can go out and have a Good Day and it does no to stand out. This is special. Not Many players Are Able to do it.�?�. Chuck Finley 11-3 allowed four hits in eight innings for California. Hector Wagner 1-1 was the loser. White sox 6, mariners 2. A a Chicago a Frank Thomas hit his first career grand slam and added a run scoring double for his second five rib game of the season As Chicago beat Seattle. Thomas rib double in the fourth and Dan Pasqua a seventh inning Homer off Rich Delucia 6-4 gave Chicago a 2-0 Lead. Jeff schaefers first career Homer made it 2-1, but Thomas put the game away when he connected with the bases loaded against Mike Jackson. A a that a my first grand slam never in the minors never in College a Thomas said. A i hit one in High school in my Junior year but this is different. This is the . I usually done to get excited when i hit Home runs but this was  Greg Hibbard 5-6 allowed eight hits in 71/3 innings. Scott Radinsky finished for his third  it i. V a v n v x s v is v v pay it padres Bip Roberts leaps and tires to first after forcing cards Ozzie Smith at second. To Pace the padres attack. Fred Mcgriff added a run scoring single his fifth rib in three games and Bip Roberts double twice and drove in a run. It was the third straight Victory for the padres and their major league leading 22nd on the Road they re 22-14-on the Road and 15-20 at Home. A we re the Road warriors a Peterson said. A Road Sweet  a 1 he padres also took three of four from the cardinals for their first series Triumph at Busch stadium since july 1988. They were 1-5 at St. Louis in both 1989 and 1990. Padres pitchers held the cardinals to Only 10 runs in the series and St. Louis manager Joe Torre called off batting practice for tuesday in an Effort to end the slump. Mcrae Brett give support to do Rule Kansas City to. A baseball commissioner Fay Vincent who would like to do away with the american leagues designated hitter got the word monday from the worlds Best do and another one headed for the Hall of Fame they said leave it alone. In comments before the Kansas City California game Vincent reiterated his dislike of the practice which allows managers to put one player in the lineup just to Bat saving the Pitcher from going to the plate. A the do was an Experiment and the life of any Experiment should not exceed 20 years a Vincent told the Kansas City Star. Vincent said he prefers the National league practice which forces the Pitcher to hit and managers to use some strategy in their lineups. Just then royals manager Hal Mcrae one of the first to be do and the Best so far walked by and threw in his opinion. A nobody likes to see pitchers hit. Most pitchers done to like to hit a and they act like it a said Mcrae next the royals three time batting Champion a and new do a George Brett added a few words. A fall i know is when the Pitcher comes up in the National league its time for me to go take a Shower a Brett said. Vincent said he personally could get rid of nothing. American league owners would determine the Fate of the do. But he said a i happen to like the mane vering by the manager. As for the bretts if you can Flat hit  find a place for you in the lineup.�?�. He of the three Silver bats was nonplussed. A a in la be history by the time the do is changed but if you tried to eliminate it today id have to be on the phone to you tomorrow a Brett said