European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday july 22, 1991 twins stops botox 5-0 by the associated press Boston a it had been a Long time since Scott Erickson had won so on a hot Day he made Short work of the Boston red sox. Erickson pitched seven scoreless innings and Kirby Puckett hit his first Home run in Fenway Park to Lead the Minnesota twins to a 5-0 Victory saturday. Erickson 13-3 won for the first time since june 24. In his second Start since Elbow problems put him on the disabled list he scattered seven hits walked one and was helped by three double plays. A i Wasny to overpowering today As the seven hits in seven innings shows but i Felt All right a Erickson said after throwing just 64 pitches in the 96-degree heat. A the rest did me Good i needed it. But i done to feel in Many More important than any other Pitcher or player on this  the twins won their third straight and seventh in nine games since the All Star break. Erickson has won 13 of his last 14 decisions in pitching Minnesota into first place in the american league West. In other games saturday White sox 7, Brewers 6 Chicago a Robin Ventura homered to Lead off the Bottom of the 10th inning and lift Chicago past Milwaukee. Ventura connected off Dan Plesac 0-4 for his 11th Home run of the season and second rib of the game. On Friday night Ventura drove in six runs with two homers and two doubles in a 14-3 rout. Mariners 5, orioles 1 Baltimore a Henry Cotto and Harold Reynolds hit consecutive homers and Jay Buhner added a 430-foot drive As Seattle beat Baltimore. It was the first time this season the mariners hit three homers in a game. Each was a Solo shot but Good enough to propel Seattle to its seventh Victory in 10 games. Yankees 5t athletics 1 Oakland a Wade Taylor became the second new York Rookie to beat Oakland in As Many Days handing the Al let Bostons Mike Grcen will leaps up at the Wall to Rob Minnesota s Randy Bush of a hit. L t reds 10-game plunge ends by the associated press Pittsburgh the Cincinnati reds stopped their 10-game losing Streak saturday with Eric Davis hitting a three run Homer in the first inning and the defense turning five double plays to hold off the Pittsburgh pirates 3-2. Cincinnati won for the first time since july 5 and halted a nine game losing string against the pirates. The reds also prevented what would have been their longest losing Streak in 25 years they had not lost More than 10 in a Row since the 1966 team lost 11 straight. The reds minus suspended closer Rob Dibble nearly blew a 3-1 Lead in the ninth. Randy Myers left after a pair of one out walks and Ted Power struck out Lloyd Mcclendon. Orlando Merced followed with a ground Rule double a play on which Gary Redus would be scored the tying run from first base if the Ball Hadnot bounced Over the right Center Field Fence. Instead Redus was forced to stay at third and Power retired Jay Bell on a grounder for his first save.  Kip Gross 2-2a i0-6 loser to Pittsburgh in his previous Start was helped by double plays in the second third Ana fourth  11, mets 7 new York a Dave Hansen annl saturday Eddie Murray each hit three run homers in the fifth inning As los Angeles rallied past new York in 100-degree heat. Starters Orel Hershiser and Wally Whitehurst wilted in the sweltering conditions and neither Pitcher made it past the fifth inning. About 10,000 of a sellout crowd also found the heal just too much and found cooler places to spend the  Sasser a five Bis and four hits both career highs were not enough to offset the dodgers 16-hit attack cubs 6, astros 0 Houston a Greg Maddux pitched his first shutout in nearly a year and also helped himself with two hits As Chicago beat Houston. Maddux 8-6 scattered eight hits in his second Complete game of the season. He walked none and struck out six in his first shutout since last aug. 1.giants 5, expos 3 Montreal a Ron Darling was roughed up in his Montreal debut As Matt Williams and Robby Thompson hit consecutive homers to Power san Francisco past the expos. Darling was acquired monday from the new York mets for reliever Tim Burke. He went six innings allowing five runs on eight hits. He struck out five and walked  2, braves 1 St. Louis a Bernard Gilkey Drew a four pitch walk from Mike Stanton with the bases loaded and two outs in the Bottom of the ninth inning forcing Home the run that gave St Louis Victory Over Atlanta. A the cardinals ended an eight game losing Streak to Atlanta. The braves tied it in the top of the ninth on Ron Gantus inside the Park Home  4, padres 0 san Diego a Bruce Ruffin pitched a career Best two hitter and John Kruk had a Homer and two Bis As Philadelphia won its fifth straight game. Ruffin 2-2who pitched a three hitter against Chicago last season allowed Only a fourth inning double by Jerald Clark and single by Tim Teufel in the seventh. Ruffin struck out six and walked three. Greg Harris 2-2 allowed one run on five hits Over seven innings while striking out eight without a walk. In his previous Start he pitched a one hitter Over 8 1-3 innings of a 2-1 Victory Over new York. Lenny Dykstra had three hits for the Phillies. Al saturday is their fourth straight loss. Oakland which has scored just four runs during its losing Streak fell six games behind Minnesota in the american league West. Its the farthest the athletics have been out of first place since 1987. Taylor 5-4one of three rookies in the Yankees rotation gave up one run on five hits in eight innings. He struck out five and walked two. On Friday night Rookie Jeff Johnson and Steve Farr combined on a four hitter in a 3-0 win against the a a. Royals 8, tigers 4 Kansas City a Warren Cromartie drove in three runs and Kirk Gibson and Danny Tartabull each scored twice helping Kansas City beat Detroit. Cromartie drove in Tartabull in the royals four run third inning and scored Gibson and George Brett with a fifth inning single to help Kansas City snap a six game royals stadium losing Streak to the tigers. Rangers 11, Blue jays 6 Arlington Texas a Mike Stanley doubled in the go ahead run As Texas broke a batting slump by beating Toronto so Jimmy key for the fourth time in As Many decisions. The rangers who were 1-5 against the Blue jays since the All Star break with a cumulative .199 batting average got 17 hits against four pitchers to break a five game losing Streak. Indians 4, Angels 1 Anaheim Calif. A Rookie Denis Boucher 0-6 in his previous 11 major league starts pitched a Strong game to earn his first Victory As Cleveland beat California. Boucher 1-6 struck out three and walked two allowing five hits in ,736 innings As the indians won consecutive games for the first time since june 1-2-3.red sox ask for waivers on Marshall Boston a. Unable to find any takers in the Trade Market the Boston red sox gave up on Mike Marshall on saturday asking waivers to give the Veteran first baseman outfielder his unconditional release. The red sox decided to dump Marshall and eat the remainder of his $1.3 million contract for 1991 in order to make room on the 25-Man roster for right hander Dana Kiecker who has been on a rehabilitation assignment at Pawtucket of the International league. Kiecker who was disabled with a sore right Elbow on May 27, had a 2-1 record with a 1.99 earned run average in five triple a appearances including four starts. Marshall 31, was used Little in his 10th major league season As the red sox tried to accommodate his demands to be traded after they signed Jack Clark and Tom Brunansky As free agents last Winter