European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 c the stars and stripes monday August 12,1991down on Hross Tiger makes a Point Detroit manager Sparky Anderson disputes a fan interference Call by third base Umpire Chuck Meriwether left. Tigers Cecil fielder was ruled out on the third inning play saturday. Rich Garcia is the ump in the Middle. From wire reports Arlington Texas a Dante Bichette a Home run touched off a three run seventh inning that boosted the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-2 Victory Over the Texas rangers and gave Dan Plesac a win in his first major league Start. Milwaukee equalled its longest winning Streak of the year at four games with Paul Molitor going 3 for 4. Plesac 1-4 was making his first Start after 311 Relief appearances. He lasted five innings the longest stint of his career giving up four hits and one run. Pie Sac walked one and struck out three.  struck out the Only Batter he faced to record his first save. Dennis a Oil can Boyd 0-3, lost for the third time in four starts since Texas acquired him in a Trade with Montreal. Boyd surrendered eight hits and five runs in 6 a innings. In other games saturday White sox 6, orioles 4 Baltimore a Ozzie Guillent a first Home run in exactly 12 months helped Chicago White sox to its sixth straight Victory. The Victory moved the White sox to one game behind first place Minnesota in the Al West race. The twins dropped an 8-0 decision to the Seattle mariners saturday night. Guillent a seventh inning drive on the first pitch from reliever Mike Flanagan erased a 4-3 deficit and propelled the White sox to their 16th Victory in 19 games. Carlton Fisk had a three run Homer for the White sox who have won 21 of 29 since the All Star break. Baltimore despite getting a Homer from Cal Ripken has lost four straight and six of  5-4, Yankees 1-0 new York Walt Terrell pitched a four hitter to Lead Detroit Over the slumping new York Yankees and a sweep of their twi night doubleheader. In the opener the tigers won As Lou Whitaker hit a two run Homer to support the combined six hit pitching of Mark Leiter and Jerry Don Gleaton the sweep moved the tigers within 31/ games of Toronto in the american league Al saturday East race after the Blue jays lost to Boston 7-1. Its the closest the tigers have been to the division leaders since they were 3vz Back on june 21. The fourth place Yankees lost their fifth straight and 14th in their last 17 to drop 12 games behind the Blue  a twins 0 Seattle a Seattle scored five runs in the first inning off 15-game Winner Scott Erickson to end a four game losing Streak with a Victory Over Minnesota. Erickson 15-4 lasted Only two thirds of an inning in the shortest Start of his career. It was Only the twins ninth defeat in 28 games since the All Star  3, Angels 1 Anaheim Calif. A Dave Henderson a two out two run Homer in the sixth inning was the first hit off Mark Langston and Ron Darling pitched another Strong game for Oakland As the athletics beat California. Darling 2-0remaining undefeated and unsfored upon in his two american league starts held the Angels to three hits in seven innings As third place Oakland won its fifth straight game. The Angels have lost nine of their last 10  sox 7, Blue jays 1 Toronto a Greg Harris pitched a four hitter and Jack Clark and Tony Pena each drove in three runs leading Boston Over Toronto. The american league East leading Blue jays have lost three in a Row and 13 of the last 20. Boston has beaten Toronto in four of five games in the last  1, royals 0 Kansas City to. Dave Otto out dulled Bret Saberhagen and got his first major league Victory when Albert Belle singled Home the Only run in the seventh inning to lift Cleveland Over Kansas City. Otto i-2who lost a 2-0 decision to Saberhagen six Days earlier in Cleveland gave up five hits in eight innings. He struck out two and walked one. Nip on bad hop hit by the associated press san Francisco everything is going the san Francisco giants Way right now a even the hops. The giants played like a team of destiny on saturday when Robby Thompsons bad hop single in the eighth inning broke a tie for a 4-3 Victory Over division leading los Angeles. The giants have won four in a Row and 16 of the last 20. They beat los Angeles 1-0 in 13 innings Friday night and Trail the dodgers by seven games. In other games saturday braves 4, astros 0 Atlanta a John Smoltz pitched two hit Ball for seven innings As Atlanta beat Houston to move within 2l/z games of los Angeles in the no West. It was the third straight Victory and sixth in seven decisions for Smoltz 8-12who had a 2-11 record before the All Star  saturday padres 1, rads 0 san Diego a Greg Harris pitched a six hitter for his first career shutout and Fred Mcgriff drove in the game s Only run with a single leading san Diego past Cincinnati. Harris 3-3 struck out seven and walked none in going 16 innings without allowing an earned run Over his last two games. It was his 19th career  6, mets 2 Chicago a Ryne Sandberg a three run Homer in the sixth inning and the one hit emergency Relief pitching of Bob Scanlan sent Chicago past new York it was the cubs sixth straight win Over new York. Chicago is 84 against the mets this  4, expos 2 Philadelphia Phi Del phia won its 11th straight game to match the National leagues longest winning Streak of the season As Jose Dejesus pitched seven Strong innings to beat  11, cardinals 5 Pittsburgh Andy Van Slyke and Barry Bonds hit two run homers and division leading Pittsburgh won for just the third time in 14 games beating St. Louis the pirates stopped a three game losing  Edge expos for 12th straight Victory by the associated press Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Phillies won their 12th straight game sunday As Charlie Hayes scored on a wild pitch in the eighth inning for a 5-4 Victory Over the Montreal expos. Its the Phillies longest winning Streak since a 13-game run in August 1977, Philadelphia a streaks also the longest in the National league this season. Minnesota won a major league High 15 in a Row earlier this year. Hayes singled to open the eighth off Jeff Fassero 1-3 and was sacrificed to second. Dickie Thon grounded out sending Hayes to third and Dale Murphy Pinch hit. With a 1-2 count fas no sunday Sero threw a Ball into the dirt allowing Hayes to score. Mike Hartley 3-0 got the last out of the eighth for the Victory and Mitch Williams pitched the ninth for his 21st save. During the Phillies Streak Williams has five victories and three saves. The expos have lost three consecutive games and 13th of its last 15. In other games sunday afternoon pirates 6t cardinals 4 Pittsburgh John Wehner hit a go ahead two run single and fellow Rookie Orlando Merced added a run scoring single in Pittsburgh s four run sixth inning. Rallying from an Early 2-0 deficit for the second consecutive game the pirates increased their Lead in the National league East Over second place St. Louis to six games. Despite a recent slide that saw them Ose 11 of 14, the pirates have the Nln a Best record 64-45, and Are 35-19 against division opponents