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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 19, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mets go of for from wire reports Pittsburgh completing the Metsy worst Road trip in their 30-season history Bobby Bonilla and Andy Van Slyke homered and Pittsburgh rocked new York starter Frank Viola for nine runs in 3% innings in the pirates 9-2 Victory sunday. Doug Drabek 12-11 beat the mets for the first time in three Rivers stadium As new York finished 0-10 on its trip to Chicago St. Louis and Pittsburgh. The mets have lost 22 of 26 and Trail the division leading pirates by 13/a games. The mets last went wingless on a Road trip during an 0-9 swing in August 1982, when they lost 15 in a Row Overall and 24 of 29. Bonilla Jay Bell and Don Slaught had two extra base hits apiece and Gary Redus added a Solo Homer As the pirates won for the eighth time in nine games. Pittsburgh went 8-2 on its Home stand after losing 11 of 13 on the Road. Drabek 18-6 in his career in August improved to 5-5 lifetime against the mets. In another Early no game sunday cardinals 4, expos 1 Montreal a Omar Olivares scattered six hits Over seven innings and added a two run double to Lead St. Louis Over Montreal. Olivares 6-4 allowed one run on six hits. Lee Smith pitched a scoreless ninth for his National league leading 33rd save. Trip . From wire reports Boston a Jack Clark belted a two out two run Homer in the third inning and Kevin Morlon allowed just seven hits Over 7t6 innings sunday leading the Boston red sox to a 5-1 Triumph Over the Kansas City royals. Clarks Homer his 21st of the season came with Phil Plantier on first base after a Catcher s interference Call on Tim hitting an elevated Green bears running Back Mark Green takes an airborne hit from 10 preseason Victory Over Chicago saturday in los Angeles linebacker Winston Moss in the first Quarter of raiders 13 see Roundup of nil games on Page 22. . Swimmers Nab 6 golds saturdays baseball on Page 26 Sychr. Clark drilled an 0-1 Kevin Appier pitch Over the Fence in Center Field. Morton 3-2 allowed one earned run while striking out five and walking two. He won despite yielding a Lead off hit in each of the first six innings. Appier 10-8 pitched four innings and gave up Allive Boston runs. In other Early Al games sunday Blue jays 4, tigers 2 Detroit Devon White and Roberto Alomar opened the game with Back to Back homers and Tom Candiotti allowed three hits through seven innings to Lead Toronto Over Detroit. The Triumph moved the Blue jays three games ahead of second place Detroit in the american league East. Candiotti 10-11, allowed two hits in the first inning and did no to give up another until Dave bergmans one out single in the sixth. Bergman was erased on a double play As Candiotti retired 15 of the last 16 batters he faced. White sox 11, Yankees 3 new York a Frank Thomas drove in four runs including a three run Homer which capped a seven run second inning to lilt Chicago Over new York. Chicago had lost three straight and six of seven to fall Back in the american league West race. But the White sox got 14 hits including seven during their biggest inning this season. Ron Karkovice and Warren Newson also homered. Rangers 9, indians 4 Cleveland Juan Gonzalez hit his first career grand slam and Rafael Palmeiro added a two run Homer to Lead Texas Over Cleveland. Gonzalez hit his 23rd Homer to highlight a five run sixth inning that broke open a tight game. Brian Bohanon benefited from the Texas heavy Hilling to win his second game without a loss. By Steve w1lste1n Havana apr six golds in swimming raised american spirits after the basketball and baseball teams Sank into the Bronze age. But they Arentt Likely to prevent the first . Loss in total golds at the pan american games in 40 years. Not since the first games in 1951, when the United states sent teams in Only 15 of 21 sports and trailed Host Argentina have the americans lost the Gold race. That Prospect is now almost certain As Cuba Heads into the final Day virtually tied with the United states but heavily favored to win most if not All of its 11 fights for Gold in boxing sunday a plus a Batch of other golds. A a we Veall been thinking about the medals a said Andrew Gill who won the 100-meter backstroke. A every Lime we walk through the athletes Village people remind us. Tonight helped even things up  the swimmers will seek another six race sweep on sunday the final Day of Competition. Jane Skillman won her third Gold Tak pan am games ing the 800 freestyle in 8 43.26, just ahead of teammate Lisa Jacob. Americans also were 1-2 in the menus 50 freestyle where Todd Pace edged Adam Schmitt 22.60 seconds to 22.61. The . Women a 400 Medley relay team set a pan am record As Jodi Wilson Dorsey Tierney Angie Wester Krieg and Ashley Tappin clocked 4 12.51. Tierney and Tappin each collected their third Gold. Mark Dean won the 200 Butterfly Lisa Summers took the 200 individual Medley and Gill edged Rodolfo Falcon of Cuba in the backstroke. Cuba won the baseball Gold As expected with another rout As expected. The cubans pounded puerto Rico 18-3, giving them 131 runs in nine games. Unbeaten Cuba hit seven homers including three by Ere Idelio Urrutia who went 6-for-6, and pounded out 23 hits. Chris Roberts singled to drive in Jeff Hammonds who had led off the 15th inning with a double As the United states outlasted the dominican Republic 2-1 the stars and stripes August 19, 1991 c Page 28 for the Bronze medal in baseball. Roberts one out hit broke an 0-for-9 slump including 0-for-6 saturday. The . Team avoided a second straight loss to a team with less Talent but More motivation. They lost 7-1 Friday to puerto Rico the menus basketball team matched the Bronze of the baseball team a and their compatriots in women a basketball. The men beat Cuba 93-74 in a brutal game that nearly broke out into a Brawl then had to sit and watch with a tug in their hearts As puerto Rico beat Mexico 77-65 for the Gold. A it was Tough a Center Mike Peplowski of Michigan state said. A anytime you re playing for the United states in any kind of sport anything less than a Gold medal is sub Par. There was a big sense of defeat a big sense of not accomplishing what we came Here to  the cuban players left the Arena with other mementos a a bloody split lip on one a Lump on the forehead of another a few More with welts on their necks and backs from flying elbows. Inside sports Ansbach men Heidelberg women top dec a Page 22 Bills Kelly Burt in exhibition Page 22 . Cism cagers Nab twin wins a Page 25 australians senior wins two playoffs a Page 27  
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