European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes tuesday july 2,1991 Texas by the associated press Anaheim Calif. A for nearly three years Jose Guzman was the Texas rangers big Burden. Recently though his status has been upgraded. A the is a godsend a Texas manager Bobby Valentine said sunday after watching Guzman come to the rangers Rescue. Guzman a two hit 10-strikeout Effo testified California 2-1. Furthermore his second consecutive Complete game gave Welcome Relief to a bullpen that had toiled 13 innings the previous two Days. A Guzman made us look Good. We did no to play that Well but Good pitching will erase a lot of mistakes a Valentine said after the rangers jumped into a tie for second place in the american league West three games behind Minnesota. For three Long years while he struggled to overcome a rotator cuff tear Guzman had looked Only hapless. His injury surfaced near the end of his 11-13 season in 1988, and his comeback was slowed by his initial decision to rest instead of undergo surgery. Guzman finally had an operation Early last year but rehabilitation delayed his return an additional year. Finally he and the rangers can see the Long process paying dividends. Guzman went the distance against Oakland winning 6-1 on tuesday. Sunday marked his Highes strikeout total since april 7, 1988, when he had a career High 12. A a it a Nice to show people i can go nine again a Guzman said. A some people said 1  come Back after surgery but 1 was really 100 percent  Guzman 3-3 had to be consistent to prevail Over Kirk Mccaskill 7-9who allowed Only one earned run in seven innings while striking out a season High eight. But a Day after the Angels Al record errorless Streak ended at 14 games defense let Down Mccaskill. Dick Schofield a two base throwing error on Ivan Rodriguez a third inning grounder to Short turned into a run on Jeff Huson sri single. In the fourth Ruben Sierra after already extending his hitting Streak to 18 games in the first doubled and scored on Dean Palm Al sunday Brewers . Surgoft Rolls under Yankees Steve sax. Eros single to make it 2-0. Guzman a shutout bid ended on Dave Winfields Lead off Homer no. 16, in the fifth and Max Venable singled with two outs in the same inning. In other games sunday athletics 3, royals 2 Oakland Calif. Jose Canseco hit a three run Homer and Oakland won its second straight following a four game losing Streak. Mike Moore 9-6rick Honeycutt Gene Nelson and Dennis Eckersley combined on a five hitter. Moore gave up two runs and four hits in five innings and Eckersley got three outs for his 22nd save in 24 chances. Orioles 6, red sox 4 Baltimore a Carlos Quintana making his first Outfield Start since May 30, 1990, dropped Cal Ripkens Fly Ball in the sixth inning allowing two runs to score. With the score tied 4-4, Joe Orsulak singled off Joe Hesketh 2-1 and Bill Ripken got a bunt single off Dennis lamp who then struck out Mike Devereaux and Pinch hitter Sam Horn. Ripken followed with his Fly to Quintana in right. Kevin Hickey 2-0 got the Victory despite allowing a game tying two run Homer to Mike Greenwell in the sixth. Gregg Olson got three outs for his 15th save in 19 chances. Yankees 8, Brewers 6 Milwaukee a Alvaro Espinoza capped a seven run seventh inning with a two run double As new York staged its second big comeback in As Many games. The Yankees rallied for six runs in the final two innings of saturday nights 9-8 Victory. With new York trailing 6-2, Don Mattingly hit an rib single off Bill Wegman Kevin Maas hit a two run double off Mark Knudson Matt Nokes hit a game tying single off Mark Lee 0-3 and Espinoza hit his double. Greg Cadaret 2-3 pitched 4% innings and Steve Farr got two outs for his 10th save. Phils tee off on Gooden by the associated press new York a what a up Doc Dwight Gooden again broke Down and so did the new York mets on sunday losing to the Philadelphia Phillies 10-9. A the breaking Ball is gone a Gooden said. A and there was no Speed on the fastball. Fin not a machine. Just got to keep working hard a once the Quot mets were almost certain to win with Gooden a his 126-52 career record is the Best All time percentage .708 of pitchers with at least 1,500 innings. Now however he a become the very Symbol of the Metsy season of inconsistency. Gooden 7-6 gave up seven runs on nine hits and two walks in 4 i innings. Sil Campusano Steve Lake and Dickie Thon All hit Gooden Home runs off the one time acc whose Era climbed to 4.39. A a there a nothing wrong with Dwight sarm a mets manager Bud Harrelson said. A Uthon and Campusano hit breaking balls and Dwight did no to have any control of it. He a been hit hard for a  in his last nine starts Gooden has Given up 8.7 hits and 4.7 runs per game. He was saved from a loss in his previous Outing when Kevin me Reynolds hit a two out grand slam in the ninth inning. At the Start of the Day Thon had three homers and Campusano and Lake had none. Gooden had never allowed three Home runs in a game until two weeks ago against Atlanta. Gooden s had game and concern Over his condition carried Over to the clubhouse. Mets pitching coach Mel Stottle Myre and a reporter had to be separated. When the questioning about Gooden got Loo Tough. The Phillies finished with a season High 17 hits three by John  sunday in other games sunday pirates 2, expos 1 Montreal a Barry Bonds singled Home the tie breaking run in the seventh inning As Pittsburgh improved to 6-0 in Montreal this season. The pirates completed a three game sweep and won their fourth straight. They Are 8-1 Overall against Montreal. The expos lost their seventh in a Row. John Smiley 9-5 ended his four game losing skid. He struck out a career High 10 in tvs innings and Stan Belinda finished for his sixth save. A _ Dennis Martinez 9-5 lost for the first time since May 31, a Span of three consecutive victories. He pitched seven innings and gave up seven  5, astros 4 Cincinnati Paul of Neill Bill Doran and Billy Hatcher homered in the fifth inning As Cincinnati put on another Power show. The reds have won seven of their last nine hitting at least two Home runs in eight of those games. Doran hit Pete Harnisch a first Pilch in the fifth for his second Home run. Hatcher followed with his third Homer and of Neill hit his 15th with one out. Harnisch 5-6 began the Day leading the league with a 2.01 Era. Chris Hammond 6-5 won his third straight decision. He gave up a Solo Home run to Luis Gonzalez and a two run shot by Jeff Bagwell. Giants 8, padres 7 san Diego will Clark hit an rib single in the 10th inning and san Francisco Quot helped by another Home run from Kevin Mitchell rallied to beat the padres. The giants scored twice in the ninth tying it at 7 on Tony Perezchica a two out run scoring single. In the 10th, Willie Mcgee doubled with one out and Clark singled off Craig Lefferts 0-4. Jeff Brantley 3-1 got the Victory. The giants won for the eighth time in nine games. Mitchell hit his third Home run in four games since returning from the disabled list. He went 3 for 5 with his 13th Homer and a double. Darrin Jackson hit two Solo Home runs for the  7, cardinals 4 Chicago a Dwight Smith tied the score with a three run Homer in the sixth inning and Jose Vizcaino hit a sacrifice Fly in the seventh As Chicago downed St. Louis. Ray Lankford hit a two run triple As St. Louis took a 4-0 Lead in the first off Greg Maddux. The cubs tied it in the sixth when George Bell beat out a grounder for an rib single and Smith hit his second Home  Dunston doubled in the seventh off Jose Deleon and later scored on Vizcaino a Fly. Reliever Chuck Mcelroy 4-0 hit an rib double during a two run  11, braves 4 Atlanta a Orel Hershiser gave up nine hits in five innings but got the Victory and Felt pretty Good after los Angeles had 13 hits and took advantage of six Atlanta errors to beat the braves. A other than the three runs i Felt i threw Well when i needed to a said Hershiser making his seventh Start after missing 13 months because of shoulder surgery. Hershiser 2-2 allowed eight of Atlanta a hits in the first three innings and three runs while striking out five. He did no to walk a Batter As the dodgers won for the third straight time after dropping the opener of the four game series. A i did no to allow an inning to get out of hand Quot said Hershiser of the braves who scored single runs in the first three innings. He threw 91 pitches. The dodgers who scored three unearned runs against John Smoltz 2-10trailed 3-2 before rallying for six runs in the sixth inning. Kevin Gross who had an rib double in the eighth pitched the last four innings for a  aim to stay up Minneapolis a even with 22 victories in june the Minnesota twins Are aware of How quickly they can fall in the american league West. A a it a still not a Long ways to last a first baseman Kent Hrbek said after the twins closed out june with a 3-0 Victory sunday Over the Chicago White sox. A a we be had a great month but we can to take the season month by month. We be got a Long ways to  the twins 22-6 june record catapulted them from sixth place to first and they held a three game Lead Over Texas and California before mondays games. A when we were last we weren to in last by a Long ways either a Hrbek added. When the twins were sixth on May 28, weak hitting and poor pitching seemed Likely to keep them there. But a team record 15-game winning Streak backed by the slugging of Chili Davis Ana Strong pitching of Scott Erickson and Jack Morris put them on top in the West for the first time since they won the 1987 world series. The twins Success can be traced to the competitiveness in the division. While the twins were feasting on weaker teams in the East a Cleveland provided seven Minnesota victories during the 15-game Streak a their fellow West residents obliged by beating up on each other. A this division is so Tough a White sox manager Jeff to bog said. A a everybody a knocking each other around. It kept it close while we were