European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes sunday August 18,1991 Pendleton by padres by the associated press san Diego a when the Atlanta braves signed Terry Pendleton to a free agent contract last Winter they figured they were getting a Veteran third baseman to solidify their infield defense. But in their surprising run at the National league West title the braves have gotten so much More. A a it a been an map year for Terry a said braves manager Bobby Cox after his club beat the san Diego National league padres 3-2 Friday night. A a he a Given us hitting defense leadership everything. Terry has been altogether  a sixth inning two run Homer deep into the right Field bleachers off padres Rookie Ricky Bones 1-1 proved to be the difference. A an map year that a Bobby s opinion and he has every right to that opinion a Pendleton said. A i think what he Means when he says that is that i have done what i can to help this team win. And that a what we be been doing. I accept that As a compliment if that a what he  Pendleton a 16th Homer made a Winner of Armando Reynoso who won his second straight game in As Many major league starts. It snapped a 1-1 tie and came on the Only Slider Bones threw to Pendleton All evening. A i threw him a lot of fastballs and he  hit me Quot said Bones also making his second major league Start. A i wanted to throw him a Slider Down and away. I wanted him to go after it. But i Hung it Over Thor Middle of the plate. One bad pitch Cost us the  Bones got Pendleton to line out in the first inning and then pop out in the fourth. Reynoso allowed six hits in seven innings including two Solo homers after working six scoreless innings in his major league debut sunday against the Houston astros. Fred Mcgriff hit his fifth  five Days and Jack Howell got an inside the Park Homer his first no Home run. In other games Friday dodgers 4, astros 1,13 innings los Angeles a Darryl Strawberry hit a three run Homer in the 13th inning his seventh against Houston this year to Lead los Angeles. A Strawberry had tied the game with a sacrifice Fly in the eighth. Los Angeles prevailed despite losing Orel Hershiser in the first inning. Kevin Gross 7-9the sixth dodgers Pitcher allowed one hit Over two innings for the win. Brett Butler led off the final inning with a single off Jim Corsi 0-5who had surrendered Only one unearned run Over 27 innings in 16 previous Road appearances. Lenny Harris sacrificed Butler to second and Kal Daniels Atlanta a Terry Pendleton looks on As Bip Roberts tries to beat a throw in a rundown Between second and third. Was walked intentionally. Strawberry followed with his 17th Homer a shot to right Center off a 1-2 pitch. The dodgers maintained their iv2 game Lead Over Atlanta in the no West. Reds 5, giants 0 san Francisco a Kip Gross allowed five hits in 8la innings and Joe Oliver hit a three run Homer to Lead Cincinnati Over san Francisco. Gross 5-4 ended a personal three game losing Streak As the giants lost Only their third Home game since july 5, cardinals 4, expos 2 Montreal a Bob Tewksbury allowed Only four hits before tiring in the ninth and Ozzie Smith drove in two runs As St. Louis beat Montreal handing the expos their 19th loss in 24 games. Tewksbury 8-8 did not allow a runner to. Reach third base until the Bottom of the ninth. Delino Deshields led off with a walk and Ivan Calderon ruined the shutout and chased Tewksbury with a one out triple. Lee Smith got the final two outs for his league leading 32nd save but surrendered an rib double to Larry Walker. Cubs 9, Phillies 1 Chicago a Rick Sutcliffe pitched his Best game in two years allowing five hits in eight innings and striking out nine As Chicago beat Philadelphia. Sutcliffe 3-4 won for the first time in three starts since coming off the disabled list on aug. 6. Pirates 8, mets 2 Pittsburgh a new Yorkus defense collapsed in its eighth straight loss committing five run producing errors As the pirates won behind mets Nemesis Randy Tomlin. Tomlin 8-4 improved to 5-0 lifetime and 4-0 this season against new York by allowing six hits and one run in seven innings. The left hander has Given up just five runs in 30 innings against the mets this season a 1.50 Era. Don Slaught drove in two runs As the pirates won for the sixth time in seven  come from behind beat a a 5-4 by the associated press Minneapolis a two weeks ago the twins rallied from a 5-0 eighth inning deficit to beat the athletics in Oakland. At the time Chuck Knoblauch said that if the twins win the Pennant they would look Back at that game As a key. Friday night they added a second chapter to their scrapbook of big games rallying from a 4-2, ninth inning deficit against Dennis Eckersley and winning 5-4 in the 12th on Knoblauch a double and infield singles by Kirby Puckett and Kent Hrbek. Minnesota ended a three game losing Streak and took a 2 i game Lead Over second place Chicago in the american league West. Oakland which lost its fifth straight fell five games Back despite Jose Canseco a first Mut Lilc Homer game since aug. 2,1990. A it was a huge win a said Knoblauch whose 12th-Inmng liner into the right Field Corner was his fourth hit. A most of the rest of the division lost tonight. Anytime you re playing against your own division and you win like we did tonight its big. One of the  Gene Nelson 1-4who has allowed 12 earned runs in 14>a innings swelling his american league Era to 8.42, got the first out in the 12th before Knoblauch shit. Puckett reached on a chopper to third. The a a brought the infield in but shortstop Mike Gall go  handle Hrbek a dribbler. Two innings earlier Hrbek a bid for a two run Homer was caught at the top of the Fence by left fielder Rickey Henderson. Rick Aguilera 3-4 pitched a scoreless 12th for his first Victory since june 16. Steve Bedrosian was the pitching Star for the twins striking out four in 31/3 witless innings of Relief. A a starter Mike Moore wingless at Minnesota since april 13, 1986, allowed six hits in 7�h innings. In other games Friday rangers 59, indians 3-13 Cleveland a third baseman Dean Palmer committed a three base error on Carlos Baergas bases loaded grounder in the seventh inning As the indians beat the rangers 13-9 for a  split. Texas won the first game 5-3, ending its five game losing Streak As Juan Gonzalez homered and had one of the rangers six doubles. Jesse Orosco 2-0 got the Victory in the second game and Mike Jeffcoat 5-3 was the loser. In the opener Kevin Brown 8-9 gave won for the first time since july 6, allowing three runs and seven hits in Ivi innings. Jeff Kussell got four outs for his 23rd save. Eric King 5-7 allowed 10 hits and four runs in 4% innings. Albert Belle homered in each game giving him 22.red sox 3, royals 2 Boston a Phil Plantier hit his first major league Home run a two run drive in the eighth inning off storm Davis 3-8 that led Boston to their eighth Victory in nine games. The Victory coupled with Toronto a 5-2 loss to Detroit earlier Friday moved the red sox to 4vi games behind the first place Blue jays in the Al East. Bret Saberhagen and Roger Clemens both american league by Young award winners left after seven innings and the score tied 1-1. Tony Fossas 3-2 pitched a witless eighth and Jeff Reardon finished for his 31st save allowing a run on Danny Tarta bulbs triple and Jim Eisenreich a  6, White sox 5 new York a Don Mattingly made things hairy for Chicago and Roberto Kelly finally beat them with a two out single in the ninth. Mattingly benched thursday because he refused to get a haircut returned to the lineup. His single in the fifth knocked out no hit Pitcher Wilson Alvarez and his single in the eighth started a two run  8, orioles 5 Milwaukee Paul Molitor drove in three runs and Don August won his fifth consecutive decision against Baltimore As the orioles winning Streak ended at five. August 9-5 gave up four runs and 10 hits in 6vi innings. Julio Machado and Edwin Nunez  5, Angels 3 Seattle Ken Griffey or. And Pete of Brien drove in two runs each As the mariners 63-53 won their fifth straight and went 10 games Over .500 for the first time in club history. Bill Krueger 10-5 allowed two runs and seven hits in 5v5 innings. Mike Jackson pitched 2v5 scoreless innings and Rob Murphy finished for his fourth save