European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26. A the stars and stripes saturday july 6, 1991national league by the associated press san Diego a Paul Faries squeezed Home the winning run in the 12th inning thursday night and the san Diego padres beat los Angeles 5-4, ending the dodgers five game winning Streak. Tony Gwynn went 4 for 5, raising his major league leading average to .363. He also had a sacrifice Fly and stole two bases As the padres stopped their four game losing skid. Fred Mcgriff singled with one out and took third on Jerald Clarks single in the thursday a games 12th off Jim Gott 1-3and Benito Santiago was intentionally walked to Load the bases. Faries bunted to the right Side of the Mound and Mcgriff Slid Home just ahead of gotta a throw. Jose Melendez 4-3 pitched one inning for the Victory. The padres tied a team record by using seven pitchers. Brett Butler who tied the game with a single in the eighth inning lined into a double play with the bases loaded to end the los Angeles 10th. Darryl Strawberry making his second Start since returning from the disabled list hit a Home run in the first that put the dodgers ahead 1-0. It was his eighth Homer of the season and the first since May 31. Butler extended the longest current hitting Streak in the majors to 18 with an rib single in the eighth that made it 4-All. Gary Carter opened with a double for his fourth hit and scored on butlers two out single. Gwyn hit a sacrifice Fly in the seventh for a 4-3 Lead. Thomas Howard Drew a one out walk from starter Mike Morgan took third when Tony Fernandez singled for his third hit and scored on Gwynn a Fly off Dennis Cook. Morgan hot a sacrifice Fly in the fourth for his first rib of the season and a 3-2 Lead. Carter led off with a double against Greg Harris who made his first appearance since april 22, when he was sidelined with Elbow tendinitis. The padres tied it in the fifth. Left fielder Kal Daniels dropped a Fly Ball for a two base error and Gwynn hit an rib single. Mcgriff hit a two run double in the first for a 2-1 Lead. Daniels doubled in the second and scored on Alfredo Griffin a single in other games thursday astros 14, giants 6 san Francisco a Ken Caminiti and Casey Candaele each homered and drove in four runs As Houston beat san Francisco for their first sweep in candlestick Park since april 1972. The last place astros outscored san Chicago Sandre Dawson is tagged out at Home by pirate Catcher Don Slaught. Francisco 31-10 in the three games. Kevin Mitchell Terry Kennedy and Matt Williams hit Home runs for the giants. Darryl Kile 3-2 won his third straight Start. Phillies 7, cardinals 1 Philadelphia a Dale Murphy hit his 390th career Home run and Terry Mulholland ended his five game losing Streak As Philadelphia beat St. Louis. Murphy passed Johnny Bench and tied Graig Nettles for 25th place on the Al time Homer list. Murphy drove in three runs and Ricky Jordan also homered As the Phillies avoided a four game sweep. Mulholland 6-7 struck out a career High 12 and gave up five hits in his first Complete game since last sept. 30. He had not lasted More than 416 innings in four of his last five starts. The Phillies who had lost nine of 11, stopped St. Louis three game winning in 12 Streak. Philadelphia had dropped seven consecutive games to the cardinals this season. Bob Tewksbury 6-5 lost his third straight decision. Reds 10, braves 4 Atlanta Bill Doran led off the tame with a Home run and Joe Oliver homered and doubled twice As hot hitting Cincinnati routed Atlanta in a game called after seven innings because of rain. A the reds got 14 hits seven for extra bases. Cincinnati has won eight of its last 10 games and has hit at least two Home Rufis in nine of its past 11. Oliver drove in three runs a Day after he homered and drove in three runs in an 8-6 loss. Oliver had Only one Homer and four Bis in 102 previous at bats this season. Rookie Kip Gross 2-0making his first major league Start gave up six hits and four runs in six innings. He struck out five and walked one. Doran began the game with his third Homer off Pete Smith 1-2. Oliver hit his third of the season in the second following a single by Chris Sabo. Cubs 9, pirates 8 Chicago a Mark Grace led off the 11th inning with his second Home run of the game As Chicago topped Pittsburgh. Graces sixth Home run of the season came against Bill Landrum 1-1giving him his first Multi Homer game since aug. 19, 1989, he hit a two run Homer in the fifth inning. Orlando Merced hit a grand slam during a five run rally in the eighth that pulled Pittsburgh within 8-7. Bobby Bonilla and Barry Bonds who homered earlier hit doubles in the ninth that tied it. Chuck Mcelroy 5-0 pitched a innings for the Victory. George Bell and Andre Dawson hit two run homers for the cubs. Acts 5, expos 1 Montreal a the expos lost their 11th straight game As Wally Whitehurst pitched eight Strong innings to Lead new York. Montreal a losing Streak is the longest in the majors this season. It is the fifth longest in Montreal a history and its worst since a 12-game Streak in 1976. Howard Johnson singled Home the tie breaking run after an eighth inning dispute As the mets beat Montreal for the ninth straight time. Gregg Jefferies batting for Whitehurst hit a two run Homer in the ninth As new York improved to 12-2 against the expos this year. Whitehurst 5-4 won for the third tune in four starts. He gave up one run on four hits struck out seven and walked  Slyke Merced Lead pirates past cubs by the associated press Chicago a Andy Van Slykes two run Homer a a his third in three games a and a three run shot by Orlando Merced in a five run eighth inning powered the surging Pittsburgh pirates to an 11-7 Vic tour wednesday Over the Chicago cubs. The Victory was the seventh in eight games for the first place pirates and went to starter Zane Smith 9-6. Les Lancaster 4-3 retired the first 10 pirates before Jay Bell singled in the fourth and Van Slyke followed with his ninth Homer erasing a 1-0 deficit. The cubs trailed Only 6-4 entering the eighth but the pirates scored five runs after two outs with four of them unearned. Second baseman Jose Vizcaino and first baseman Mark Grace dropped consecutive popups in the inning. Gary Varsho who hit his first two wednesday s games major league homers and drove in sue runs tuesday had two Bis in Pittsburgh a four run sixth. In other games wednesday mets 4, expos 0 Montreal a Ron Darling pitched a Strong game and Howard Johnson hit a two run Homer to tie for the major league Lead As new York handed Montreal its 10th straight loss. Darling. 5-5 allowed two hits in eight innings to win for the third time in four starts. He struck out four and walked three in his 99th career  8, reds 6 Atlanta a Pinch Hitler Mark Lemke had the decisive hit As Atlanta matched a season High with 17 and ended its four game losing Streak while handing Cincinnati Only its second loss in nine games. The reds who had 11 hits tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the sixth inning when Joe Oliver hit a three run Homer off Steve Avery 8-5. Leaf Cen shit off reliever Don Carman put Atlanta ahead to  4, Phillies 3 Philadelphia a Pedro Guerrero had a three run Homer and four Bis and Omar Olivares pitched Well As the cardinals beat troubled Philadelphia. The cardinals trailed 2-1 in the fourth inning when Ozzie Smith doubled with one out and Todd Zeile walked against Jose Dejesus 5-4. Guerrero followed with his sixth Homer. It was Only the 26th by St. Louis last in the majors in homers. Olivares 2-1 allowed four hits striking out a career High eight and walking three in seven plus innings As the cardinals beat the Phillies for the seventh straight time and 10th in 13 meetings this season. St. Louis has won three in a Row while Philadelphia a which held a players Only pregame clubhouse meeting a has lost three straight and nine of 11.dodgers 6, padres 3 san Diego a Juan Samuel and Gary Carter fuelled the dodger offence with Home runs As los Angeles powered past san Diego. Darryl Quot Strawberry also provided some great defense throwing out Fred Mcgriff at the plate in the seventh inning when the padres were making a comeback  9, giants 0 u Francisco a Luis Gonzalez a three run Homer and five Bis to Lead Houston to a runaway shutout Victory Over san Francisco