European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 8 the stars and stripes wednesday july 17, 1991bucs win for stressed by the associated press Pittsburgh a its difficult to understand Why Jim Leyland a whose Pittsburgh pirates Are on a Roll in the National league East a should be so stressed out. A a in a Fine. But i thought i was going to die a Leyland said monday night before the pirates won their sixth straight game. A i thought i was gone. I legitimately thought it was All  Leyland thought he was having a heart attack sunday night while returning to Pittsburgh from Cincinnati where the pirates clobbered the reds in sweeping a four game series. So great were the Chest pains that the pirates flight made an unscheduled Landing in Columbus. But tests showed no heart irregularity and Leyland was Back in the dugout monday night when the pirates routed the Houston astros 8-0 to increase their Lead to 4>/2 games Over the new York mets. The pirates made sure Leyland was Able to relax they took a 6-0 Lead in the second inning. Relieved that their manager was healthy again several players presented him with a Gold statue named the a a Sammy in Honor of Sammy Khalifa their error prone shortstop of a few years ago. The statue is Given after a Victory in Honor of a bungled play or boneheaded error. A a what a this for a Leyland said As Bobby Bonilla presented the Oscar like statue to him. A a that a for giving All of us a heart attack a Lloyd Mcclendon said. A a in just glad in a Here to get it a Leyland said. Randy Tomlin had his first career shutout and Andy Van Slyke and Bonilla combined for seven Bis twins Nab win Over Milwaukee by the associated press Milwaukee a Scott Erickson struggled in his return from the disabled list but the Minnesota twins survived on Home runs by Greg Gagne and Shane Mack to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 117 monday night. Erickson gave up four hits four walks and a hit Batter in four innings and left with an 8-5 Lead. Greg Vaughn hit a Solo american league Home run in the third inning and Fratts Lin Stubbs hit a grand slam in the fourth. Erickson went into the game with a 123 record and a major league leading 1.83 Era. 6 he was sidelined with a sore Elbow and activated earlier monday. He lost his previous Start june 29 to Chicago ending his 12-game winning Streak. Mark Guthrie 6-5 pitched two innings for the Victory and Steve Bedrosian got his fourth save. Jim Hunter 0-3 was the loser. In other monday night games White sox 7, red sox 1 Chicago a Frank Thomas hit two Home runs and Carlton Fisk capped a five run sixth inning with a two run double leading Ramon Garcia and the Chicago White sox Over Boston. The red sox lost for the fifth time in six games. Thomas tied the game at 1 with a Homer into the Center Field scats in the third inning and then put the White sox ahead with his 16lh Homer Over the left Field Wall in the fifth it was his first two Homer game with both coming off Mike Gardiner 3-3. Garcia 1-3 gave up a Lead off Home run to Wade Boggs his sixth but shut out Boston for the next 5v5 innings. Ken Patterson pitched three innings for his first save. Tigers 8, rangers 7. Detroit a Tony Phillips led off the ninth inning with Detroit a fourth Home run of the game lifting the tigers Over Texas. Phillips hit a full count pitch from Mike Jeffcoat 3-2 into the second deck in left Field for his eighth Homer of the season. Mike Henneman 6-231-6 in Tiger Staci National league Tomlin 4-3 pitched a five hitter for Pittsburgh a 13th Victory in 17 games. Van Slyke had four Bis to tie his career High giving him at least one rib in 11 of his last 13 games. Bonilla has three run scoring singles. Jimmy Jones 5-6 allowed six runs and eight hits in two innings As Houston lost its fourth straight. In other games monday night cardinals 5, reds 2 Cincinnati a Geronimo Pena led a 12-hit attack with a Homer and an rib double As St. Louis handed Cincinnati its seventh straight loss in a matchup of teams that Hadnot won since the All Star break. Gerald Perry and Ray Lankford each had three hits each to help St. Louis snap a four game losing Streak. Omar Olivares 3-1 allowed six hits in six innings to end a slump by St. Louis starters who Hadnot won since july 3. Lee Smith got his league leading 24th save. Gino Minutelli 0-1 gave up 10 hits and three walks in 4vi innings to take the loss in Nis second big league Start. Hubs 6, braves 4 Atlanta a Greg Maddux won his first game since june 9, and Chico Watker had three hits three Bis and scored twice As surging Chicago cooled off Atlanta. Walker had a two run double and Luis Salazar Hom ered As the visiting cubs chased Pete Smith 1-3 in the second inning. Maddux 7-6 gave up a two out double to Terry Pendleton in the first and retired the next 12 batters before Brian Hunters single in the fifth. Maddux allowed six hits and struck out five in 6a innings while snapping a three game losing Streak. Paul Assenmacher worked the final inning for his ninth save As the cubs won their fourth straight. Giants 4, mets 3 new York a Don Robinson won at Shea stadium for the first time in nine years and Matt Williams hit his third Home run in two games for san Francisco. Robinson 5-6 allowed one run and four hits in seven innings and won for the fourth time in six starts. Robinson had gone 0-2 in 15 appearances at Shea stadium since july 29, 1982. Jeff Brantley got his sixth save. Wally Whitehurst 5-5 allowed four runs and six hits in seven innings. Expos 3, padres 0 Montreal a Rookie Chris Haney got his first major league Victory a before being Farmed out to make room for newly acquired Ron Darling a and Larry Walker hit a two run Homer As Montreal won its fifth straight game. The Victory was Montreal a seventh in eight games and continued its domination of no West clubs. The expos who swept front running los Angeles in a four game weekend series Are 30-13 against the West for the Best inter division record in the majors. Haney 1-3 allowed seven hits in 61/5 innings. Jeff fas Sero earned his third save. Andy Benes 4-10 gave up six hits in six innings for his fourth straight loss. Baltimore Oriole Catcher Chris Hoiles is sent sprawling by californians Dave Winfield but holds on to the Ball for the out. Urn pitched a perfect ninth inning. Lloyd Moseby Mickey Tettleton and Lou Whitaker also homered us the tigers increased their major league leading total to 114. Ruben Sierra and Jeff Huson homered for the rangers. Orioles 2, Angels 1 Anaheim Calif. A Rookie Chito Martinez hit a two run Homer with two outs in the ninth inning and the Baltimore orioles Rashied to Send California to its eighth loss in nine games. The orioles shut out on three hits for eight innings by Kirk Mccaskill bounced Back after Bryan Harvey 1-3 took Over to Start the ninth. Randy Milligan singled with two outs and Pinch runner Brady Anderson stole second. Martinez playing in just his eighth major league game hit a 1-0 pitch for his t. Second Home run. Jeff Ballard gave up 10 hits in eight innings but Only one run. He won for the first time in his last six decisions against the Angels and Todd Frohwirth pitched the ninth for his first major league save. Athletics 6, indians 1 Oakland Calif. A Andy Hawkins pitched a four hitter and Mike Gallego homered and doubled As Oakland beat Cleveland. Hawkins 4-5 struck out three and walked three in his first Complete game since last july 27. He improved to 4-3 since joining the athletics on May 18, and has not allowed More than three earned runs m any of his last seven starts. Gallego went 3 for 3 and drove in the game s first two runs in the fourth with a double sparking a five run burst off Denis Boucher 0-6. Mariners 5, Yankees 1 Seattle a Edgar Martinez tripled singled and doubled in his first three at bats and the Seattle mariners exploited two new York Yankees errors for their first three runs. Bill Krueger 6-3 lost his shutout bid in the seventh when Bernie Williams homered Over the Center Field Fence his second Homer of the season. Greg Cadaret 2-4 lost his first Start of the season. For the second straight game Martinez had a Chance to become the first Mariner in history to hit for the Cycle but after seven consecutive hits in two games lined out to Center in the eighth. Martinez had a Home run triple and two singles in a 14-3 win Over Cleveland sunday