European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 b the stars and stripes monday july 29, 1991 Sandberg bats cubs by braves by the associated press Chicago a Ryne Sandberg was or. Inside and or. Outside at Wrigley Field on saturday. Sandberg drove in five runs with a pair of homers including an in Side the Park shot As the Chicago cubs beat the Atlanta braves 7-5. Sandberg hit his inside the Park Homer with two on in the first inning off John Smoltz 5-12. It was National league a deep Fly Down the left Field line which got by a diving Lonnie Smith. The Ball rolled to the Wall As Sandberg scored behind Chico Walker and Mark Grace. It was Sandberg a second inside the Park Homer the other coming in 1986 at Montreal. It was also the first by a cub in Wrigley Field since Ron Cey did it in 1983. A i was pretty pumped up a said Sandberg of his inside shot. A but it took a lot out of me and my legs were sore the rest of the Sandberg made it 5-0 in the third with his 16th Homer after Grace had walked to help make a Winner of Les Lancaster 7-4. In other games saturday giants 3, Phillies 0 san Francisco Rookie right hander Paul Mcclellan and two relievers combined on a three hitter As san Francisco beat Philadelphia for its season High seventh straight Victory. Matt Williams and Robby Thompson hit consecutive homers off Danny Cox 3-4 in the fourth inning to help Send the Phillies to their sixth straight loss. The pair also hit Back to Back homers last week in Montreal. Reds 13, cardinals 1 St. Louis a Cincinnati used a season High 20 hits and the first major league Complete game by Rookie Kip Gross to beat St. Louis snapping a five game losing Streak. The defending world series champions have won Only three of their last 17 games. The loss snapped a four game winning Streak for the cardinals who missed a Chance to go 10 games Over .500 for the first time since 1989. Pirates 11, astros 5 Houston a Jay Bell became the first Pittsburgh shortstop to hit 12 Home runs in a season since 1947, going 4 for 5 with two homers and four Rols to Lead Pittsburgh past Houston Randy Tomlin 6-3 gave up one run on seven hits Over seven innings for his third straight win. Jimmy Jones 6-7 lost. Dodgers 7, expos 0 los Angeles Bob Ojeda pitched a five Hitler for this first shutout in almost two years and Alfredo Griffin had four hits As los Angeles widened its Lead in the National league West to six games with a Victory Over Montreal. Mets 4, padres 0 san Diego a Dwight Gooden pitched four hit Ball for eight innings and Garry Templeton Hom ered against his former team As new York beat san Diego padres to end its four game losing Streak. Yanks top Angels 12-10 by the associated press new York a Matt Nokes hit two Home runs in a game for the third time this month As the new York Yankees beat the California Angels 12-10 saturday on old timers Day. Before the game new York commemorated the 50th anniversary of Joe Dimaggio a 56-game hitting Streak by giving the Hall of Famer a White Mercedes Benz. Then the Yankees went out and looked like the Bronx bombers of old. Nokes hit his 16th and 17th homers a both with a runner on base a to make a Winner of Greg Cadaret 3-4who gave up four runs in 5v5 innings. Nokes hit his first Homer in the fifth and another in the Yankees five run sixth. Steve Farr the fifth Yankee Pitcher earned his 16th save with 135 innings of one hit Relief. In other games saturday royals 5, Blue jays 2 Toronto a Danny Tartabull a run scoring double gave Kansas City the Lead in the 10th inning and the royals went on to beat Toronto for their seventh Victory in eight games. Brian Mcrae singled to Lead off the 10th against Mike Timlin 9-6 and moved to second on a grounder. After an intentional walk to George Brett Tartabull broke the tie. The Blue jays issued another intentional walk to Todd Benzinger and Bill Pecota followed with a two run single. Reliever Tom Gordon 6-9 pitched 1 is innings for the Victory striking out the Side in the ninth. Jeff Montgomery pitched the 10th inning for his 19th save escaping a no out bases loaded Jam. Indians 6, mariners 1 Cleveland a Carlos Martinez had a Home run and three singles extending his hitting Streak to 11 games to Lead Cleveland past Seattle. Winner Charles Nagy 6-10 had pitched 30 straight innings at Cleveland stadium without allowing an earned run until Ken Griffey or. Led off the sixth with a triple and scored on Alvin Davis sacrifice Fly. Loser Brian Holman 9-10 allowed five runs and 11 hits in 4v5 innings. Athletics 9, orioles 1 Baltimore a Joe Slusarski threw a two hitter in his first Complete game in the majors and Oakland continued its torrid hitting. Slusarski 3-4recalled from the minors for the third time this season on Friday allowed Only two walks after the third inning. He allowed both hits in the third inning. Mark Mcgwire who entered the game in a 4-for-40 slump went 3 for 4 with three Bis for the athletics who have won five of six. Harold Baines and newcomer Brook Jacoby also had three hits for Oakland which has scored 46 runs in its last 45 innings. White sox 10-7, red sox 8-4 Boston a Dan Pasqua a two run single with the bases loaded in the 14th inning gave Chicago a Victory Over Boston in the first game of a Day night doubleheader Jeff Reardon was one out away from preserving Roger Clemens 12th Victory when Robin Ventura hit his second Homer of the game and 13th of the season. Melito Perez 6-4 blanked the red sox on two hits striking out seven and walking two for seven innings for the Victory. Bobby Thigpen got the last three outs for his 21st save. American league former Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto greets former teammate Joe Dimaggio at the Yankees 45th annual old timers classic ceremony saturday at Yankee stadium. Dana Kiecker 2-2the sixth Boston Pitcher gave up a single to Ozzie Guillen leading off the 14th. Tim Raines sacrificed Guillen to second and Ventura was intentionally walked. Frank Thomas who pulled Chicago to 8-7 with a Homer in the seventh then beat out an infield grounder to Load the bases and set the stage for Pas qua. Chicago won the night game As Thomas drove in three runs with a double and a pair of singles. Thigpen got his second save of the Day and 22nd of the season. Rookie Ramon Garcia 2-3 scattered 10 hits including Jody Reed s second Homer and left after allowing three runs in 6w innings. Twins 7, Brewers 4 Minneapolis Dan Gladden a three run ninth inning Homer followed two infield hits and gave Minnesota a Victory Over Milwaukee. Since coming off the disabled list thursday Gladden has driven in the winning run in three straight games. On saturday he made a Winner of Carl Willis 5-2>. Shane Macks one out bunt single began the twins winning rally against Bill Weg Man 6-5. Pinch hitter Randy Bush Fol Lowed with a dribbler Down the third base line for a hit. Gladden then hit a 2-2 pitch off the screen of the left Field foul pole. Wegman allowed 11 hits in pitching his fourth straight Complete game for Milwaukee which has lost six consecutive games. Rangers 8, tigers 5 Arlington Texas a Ruben sierras two run single launched Texas to a come from behind win Over Detroit despite two Home runs and four Bis by Mickey Tettleton. Sierras hit off the third Tiger Pitcher John Cerutti broke a 4-4 tie and the rangers went on to snap a four game losing Streak against Detroit. Ivan Rodriguez singled Brian Downing walked and Julio Franco singled to Load the bases and set the stage for Sierra. Dean Palmer provided insurance in the seventh with a two run Pinch Homer his fourth off Paul Gibson. Gerald Alexander 5-1the second of four Texas pitchers gave up one run in 135 innings. Kenny Rogers came on in the seventh pitched out of a two on none out Jam and went the last three innings for his second save. Reliever John Kiely 0-1 was the loser. Stadium May go but tigers will stay no Daft / a a. Xiv i w Detroit apr with two powerful politicians finally on the same team the Walls of venerable Tiger stadium Are a step closer to tumbling Down. But it will take several years and probably an election or two before the Detroit tigers begin playing in a new stadium. The existing Park built in 1912 and listed in the National Register of historic places faces almost certain doom. But the agreement reached Friday Between Detroit mayor Coleman Young and Wayne county executive Edward Mcnamara helped diminish the threat of something even More unthinkable to baseball fans a the tigers leaving Detroit. Quot the main thing the tigers wanted to know is that the City and county were together on this. Now we Are a Deputy county executive Michael Duggan said. City and county officials plan to meet aug. 1 with tigers officials to discuss financing plans and propose a site within Detroit a City limits Duggan said
