European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes sunday july 21,1991returns to a s lineup Oakland Calif. A Carney Lansford completing rehabilitation two months ahead of schedule returned to the Oakland athletics lineup Friday night for the first time since tearing knee ligaments in a snowmobile Accident. Lansford was the a a designated hitter batting second in the game against the new York Yankees. He went 0 for 4 and struck out twice. A tonight is a special night for me because a lot of people counted me out not Only for the season but possibly the rest of my career a said Lansford who Hurt himself new years eve. A a it a Nice to prove those people wrong and for All of the hard work to pay off. Now instead of sitting around being frustrated and watching ill try to  Lansford the top Fielding american league third baseman in four of the past five seasons probably will return to his regular position in saturdays game against the Yankees. Manager Tony la Russa said putting Lansford at designated hitter in fridays game was a Viust a Way to get him some extra  a a it a a lift a la Russa said of Lansford a return. A a it la be Good for us. Its not going to Hurt the Yankees but its going to help the  Lansford had said soon after the injury that he would work toward a july return. Lansford a lifetime .292 hitter was snowmobiling near his Home in Baker ore., when he crashed and Hurt the left  hits leads o s by by the associated press Baltimore a Cal Ripken marked his 1,500th consecutive game with a Home run Friday night As the Baltimore orioles beat the Seattle mariners 4-1. Ripken hit his 20th Homer in the third inning making him Only the eighth player to hit 20 Home runs in his first 10 seasons. The drive gave Baltimore a 3-0 Lead and the orioles held on to break a three game losing Streak. Ripkens consecutive games Streak is the second longest in history behind Lou Gehrig a 2,130. The 30-year-old shortstop Hasni to missed a Start since May 30,1982. Roy Smith 5-2 was the Winner and Gregg Olson got his 20th save. Rich Delucia 8-6 was the loser. In other games Friday White sox 14, Brewers 3 Chicago a Robin Ventura drove in a career High six runs with two Home runs and two doubles and Jack Mcdowell 124 allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings. Ventura hit a Solo Home run in the first off Don August 7-5 and a two run Homer in the second. He added an rib double in the fourth off Julio Machado and a two run double in the sixth off Darren Holmes. Milwaukee Pitcher Chuck Crim and Catcher . Surhoff were ejected by Home plate Umpire Tim Welke during Chicago a six run sixth inning after Crim hit Tim Raines with a pitch and surhoff argued crimes  3, red sox 2 Boston a Chuck Knoblauch scored from first base when left fielder Steve Lyons and third baseman Mike Brumley failed to catch Mike Pagliarulo a easy Fly off Greg Harris 6-9 with two outs in the 11th inning. Randy Bush tied the score with a ninth inning Homer off Jeff Reardon. Steve bed Rosian 3-2 pitched 2% shutout innings american league Cal Ripken. Celebrates with or and Rick Aguilera got three outs for his american league leading 25th save. Wade Boggs had four hits his fourth four hit game this season and the 44th of his career. Tigers 17, royals 0 Kansas City to. A the royals suffered their worst loss Ever As Tony Phillips drove in a career High five runs. It was a reversal of five Days ago in Detroit when the royals routed the tigers 18-4. The largest previous defeat for Kansas City was an 18-3 loss at California on sept. 18,1986. Quot Bill Gullickson 12-5 allowed five hits in seven innings and John Cerutti completed the  jays 7, rangers 2 Arlington Texas a Todd Stottle Myre 10-3allowed five hits in seven shutout innings and tied a career High with eight strikeouts and newcomer Cory Snyder drove in three runs. Toronto which has won 14 of 17, maintained a seven game Lead Over Detroit in the Al East. John Barfield 4-4 gave up five runs and nine hits in four innings. Texas has lost five straight and eight of nine since the All Star  3, athletics 0 Oakland Calif. A Rookie Jeff Johnson allowed three hits and stretched his shutout Streak to 16v5 innings As new York beat Oakland. Johnson who gave up four hits in 8v5 shutout innings against California on july 13, struck out five and walked two in eight innings. Johnson 3-3 was making his eighth big league Start and held Oakland witless for 4% innings. Steve Farr finished with one hit Relief for his 15th save in 17 chances As the Yankees reached .500 again at 43-43.indians 4, Angels 2 Anaheim Calif. A second baseman Luis Sojos Fielding error allowed Jerry Browne to score the go ahead run in the 11th inning As Cleveland beat California. Cleveland which Hasni to won consecutive games since june 1-3, won for just the third time in its last 10 games and for the eighth time in its last 39. Jesse Orosco 1-0 pitched a perfect 10th for his first Victory of the year. Chuck Finley wingless in three starts failed to become the major leagues first 14th game Winner. He allowed two runs and seven hits in eight innings. Mets by the associated press new York a Kevin Mcreynolds three run Homer off reliever Tim Crews highlighted a five run eighth inning As the new York mets rallied to beat the los Angeles dodgers 6-2 Friday night. Darryl Strawberry haunted his former teammates again when he hit his 10th Homer of the season in the second inning National league off Sid Fernandez who was making his first Start of the season for the mets. Fernandez broke his left Arm in Spring training when hit by a hard grounder. Loser Ramon Martinez 12-5who had beaten the mets in two previous appearances this season opened the eighth y walking Dave Magadan and Gregg Jefferies followed with a single. Crews relieved and Mcreynolds hit a 1-0 pitch deep into the left Field bullpen for his ninth Homer. Following mercy nolds Homer Howard Johnson doubled and moved to third on an Fly Ball. Dennis Cook relieved Crews and intentionally walked Pinch hitter Mark Carreon. Third baseman Lenny Harris mis played Rick Cerone a potential double play grounder allowing Johnson to score and second baseman Juan Samuel mis left As Carreon scored the Metsy fifth run of the inning. The dodgers have lost eight of their last nine games. It was the Metsy 13th Victory in their final at Bat this season including four of their last six  dodgers 6-2 Kevin Mcreynolds. Game winning or Tim Burke 4-4who pitched two innings in his second appearance since being obtained from Montreal for Ron Darling was the Winner. Alejandro Pena finished. Fernandez gave up six Quot hits struck out six and walked two in sue innings. Gary Carter doubled with one out off Burke in the seventh and. Advanced to third on an infield out. An error by Jefferies on Alfredo Griffin a grounder to Sec Ond allowed Carter to score giving the dodgers a 2-1 Lead. Fernandez hit a one out ground Rule double in the fifth and advanced to third on Keith Millers single. After Miller stole second Dave Magadan hit a sacrifice Fly to tie the score 1-1. Strawberry has three homers at Shea stadium this season and Only two at dodger stadium. In other games Friday braves 8, cardinals 3 St. Louis a Charlie Leibrandt beat St. Louis for the second time in six Days and Lonnie Smith drove in two runs and scored twice for surging Atlanta. Smith had a two run double and Brian Hunter Jeff Blauser Terry Pendleton and Ron Gant added run scoring doubles As the braves beat the cardinals for the eighth straight time including a four game sweep last weekend in Atlanta. The braves winning for the seventh time in eight games pulled to three games of first place los Angeles in the National league West and ended St. Louis three game winning Streak. Cardinals starter Ken Hill 8-7 lasted Only 2% innings walking four a All four scored a and allowing four  5, cubs 2 Houston Ken Caminiti hit a three run Homer in the eighth inning to lift Houston Over Chicago. Pete Harnisch 6-7 pitched eight innings allowing two runs and five hits while striking out eight for the Victory. Jim Clancy got two outs in the ninth and a1 Osuna finished for his seventh save. Bob Scanlan 3-5 walked Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell to Lead off the eighth before Chuck Mcelroy relieved. One out later Caminiti hit his ninth Home  6, giants 0 Montreal Oil can Boyd pitched a five hitter for his first Complete game of the season As Montreal beat san Francisco. The expos have won seven of eight games against the giants this year including All four at olympic stadium. Boyd 6-8 retired the first 14 batters in route to his first shutout since last sept. 1. Against los Angeles. He struck out eight and walked one. Ivan Calderon hit a run scoring triple and scored on Tim Wallachy a single As Montreal took a 2-0 Lead in the first inning off Don Robinson 5-7. Robinson gave up seven hits and five runs in three innings before leaving with a strained left  4, padres 1 san Diego a Dave Hollins hit his first career grand slam As Philadelphia beat san Diego. Hollins recalled on july 11, hit a 2-0 pitch Over the Center Field Fence with two outs in the sixth inning after starter Dennis Rasmussen 3-6 walked two straight batters to Load the bases. Jose Dejesus 6-4 limited the padres to a Lead off Homer by Jerald Clark in the second in allowing four hits in 8 1-3 innings. Mitch Williams finished for his 18th save