European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Oakland third baseman Carney Lansford stretches attempting to snare the Ball in the first inning at Cleveland wednesday night. Wells gets 12th Victory As Blue jays soar High by the associated press Chicago a the Toronto Blue jays Are Riding High atop the alas Eastern division and David Wells is one of the main reasons for it. A the 12th win Means a lot for me but i done to care if i go 5-13 As Long As we win this division a Wells said after pitching Toronto to a 2-1 Victory Over the Chicago White sox on wednesday night. Wells 12-4who gave up six hits in 6 i innings has won 10 of his last 11 decisions. He walked one and struck out two. The 28-year-old Lethander has Given up just 18 hits in his last four starts 25 to innings and he has not allowed More than eight hits in any of his 20 starts this season. He has not lost since May 26, when he dropped a 6-2 decision at California. In his last 16 starts Wells is 11-1 with a 2.23 Era Tom Henke got the last three outs to earn his 20th save in 20 opportunities after Duane Ward threw a scoreless eighth. Henke had not pitched since july 15. John Olerud had three hits for the Blue jays including his 12th Home run of the season and Joe Carter was 2-for-4 with an rib single. Jack Mcdowell 12-5 allowed 10 hits and struck out nine in losing for Only the american league second time in his. Last nine decisions. He pitched his league leading eighth Complete game and he has pitched at least seven innings in each of his last 10 starts. In other games wednesday red sox 2, rangers 1 Arlington Texas a Joe Hesketh and two Relief pitchers combined on a two hitter As Boston spoiled Oil can Boyds Texas debut with a 2-1 Victory that snapped a six game losing Streak. Hesketh 4-1 went 6% innings before Jeff Gray and Jeff Reardon finished up As the red sox broke a four game Texas winning Streak. Reardon pitched a perfect ninth for his 24th save. Boyd who was 6-8 at Montreal went five innings against his old teammates and gave up two runs six hits three walks and had four strikeouts. Boyd who arrived in Arlington at 2 . Wednesday left after having thrown 96 pitches. Boyd who pitched seven years for Boston was obtained from Montreal on sunday in a Trade for two minor leagues and a player to be named  7, Brewers 4 Kansas City to. Todd Benzinger had four hits and drove in three runs and Kansas City snapped a tie with a three run eighth inning to beat Milwaukee for the royals fourth straight Victory. With the score 4-4, Brian Mcrae scored the go ahead run on Kirk Gibson a single. Chuck Crim 5-5 walked Mcrae to second ahead of Gibson s hit. George Brett a third hit of the game sent Gibson to third. Jim Eisenreich followed with a sacrifice Fly and Benzinger added a run scoring single. Benzinger drove in five runs with a single and grand slam on tuesday. Reliever storm Davis won for the first time since april 23 and Jeff Montgomery got the last three outs for his 17th  8, indians 4 Cleveland a Eric show got his first american league win and Dave Henderson and Jose Canseco homered As Oakland beat Cleveland for the athletics third straight win. Show 1-2making his 11th appearance and third Start for the a a allowed three runs two of them unearned and six hits in six innings. The win was the 101st of shows career including 100 for san Diego Oakland signed him As a free agent see Al on Page 27 the stars and stripes july 26,1991 Page 28indurain leads for 7th Day a1x Les Bains France a Dmitri Kony Shev of the soviet Union won the 19th stage of the tour de France today while Miguel Indurai held onto the Lead for the seventh consecutive Day. Pascal Richard of Switzerland and Eduardo Chozas of Spain were second and third for the 110-mile stage from Moraine to Aix Les Bains. Greg Lemond with the mountains behind him name in fourth. He was part of the breakaway that left the main pack about two minutes behind. Indurai still has a 3-minute advantage Over Gianni Bugno of Italy with three stages left. Lemond chipped a Little from the Marin and now stands about 12 minutes be ind Indurai. Friday s stage was a 99-mile journey tour de trance from Aix Les Bains to Macon before a time trial on saturday. A i did my Best but at the moment i am at a dead end a Lemond said. A i have a dead Battery. Its hard. Physically in a suffering i done to have any sensations in my  so what went wrong just about everything. Lemond fared poorly in previous races leading up to the tour but said he was ready to win again. However it became Clear that Lemond would not contend for the title last week when he entered the pyrenees mountains with the Lead and left without it. In previous Tours Lemond excelled in the mountains. Lemond who has never finished worse than third in five previous Tours led Midway through 22-stage, 23-Day race. A since the beginning of the tour i have made a lot of Effort More than Indurai a Lemond said at the  turn Back Glavine braves 7-4inside sports . Hoop teams win games crowns a Page 22 european Little league tournaments a Page 22 Kmic wins if game for title a Page 25 Phil s mental errors help dodgers win a Page 26 . Federation cup team gains quarters a Page 27 Pittsburgh a opposing teams often stack their pitching rotations with left handers against Pittsburgh in Hopes of neutralizing Barry Bonds and Andy Van Slyke a but its playing right into the pirates hands. Lloyd Mcclendon had three hits and drove in two runs against no All Star starter Tom Glavine leading the pirates to a 7-4 Victory Over the Atlanta braves on wednesday night. After losing the series opener the pirates won the final two by a combined 197 score giving them 11 victories in their last 14 games. The braves have lost two straight since winning nine of 11. The pirates have been. Unbeatable against left handers for More than a month going 12-0 against lefties since june 15 and 17-2 since losing to Glavine on May other no games on Page 26 19. Three big reasons Are Mcclendon Gary Redus and Van Slyke who have been As hot As the East coasts weather. Mcclendon is hitting .302 As a starter almost exclusively against left handers. Redus 2 for 4 with a double and two runs scored is hitting .386 in his last 14 starts. And Van Slyke who has hit in the mid-.150s off left handers for most of the season is batting .365 in his last 24 starts. The anticipated Duel Between All Star left handers Glavine 13-5 and John Smiley 12-6 did no to develop a neither pitched past the sixth a but Smiley managed to win his third in a Row. He gave up eight hits and three runs in 5�?Ta innings. Vicente Palacios pitched 2vs innings allowing Brian Hunters Solo Homer in the eighth. Bob Kipper got two outs in the ninth and Stan Belinda finished for his ninth save. Atlanta trailed 3-1 until Terry Pendleton a two run Homer in the fifth his 11th, but Glavine a the no victories Leader a  hold the Lead. Redus who hit a grand slam in the pirates 12-3 Victory tuesday doubled to Start the fifth and Jay Bell singled. Van Slyke struck out but Bobby Bonilla singled in Redus to break the tie. Mcclendon a .500 career hitter against Glavine singled up the Middle to score Bell and Bonilla came Home on the play for a 6-3 pirates Lead when Catcher Greg Olson threw wildly trying to get Mcclendon at second