European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 b the stars and stripes Friday August 30, 1991bucs drop a notch by the associated press los Angeles a Bobby Bonilla Drew a one out bases loaded walk to Force in the go ahead run in the ninth inning wednesday night As the pirates beat the dodgers 6-4 to Knock los Angeles into second place in the no West for the first time since May 13. Pinch hitter Gary Varsho opened the ninth off reliever Roger Mcdowell 4-8 with a single and moved to second on a Jingle by Gary Redus. Jay Bell then sacrifice and Andy Van Slyke was walked intentionally to Load the bases. Jay Howell replaced Mcdowell and walked Bonilla on five pitches to make it 5-4. Barry Bonds followed with a sacrifice Fly. The dodgers who have lost five of their last six games Trail Atlanta by one game. The braves who beat the mets 3-1 earlier wednesday night Haven to been alone in first place this late in a season since 1983. Story on Page 32. The dodgers were alone in first place from May 18 until tuesday when they lost to the cubs and the braves beat the expos to leave the teams tied for the top spot. By winning the pirates broke a five game Road losing Streak and extended their Lead Over the cardinals to five National league games in the no East. Rosario Rodriguez 1-0 was the Winner getting the final two outs in the eighth to earn his second big Leagie win. Stall Belinda pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 14th save the dodgers had tied the score 4-4 in the eighth on a three run Homer by Brett Butler Only his second of the season and just the 23rd of his big league career Butler who is playing in his 11th major league season hit a 1-1 pitch from Doug Drabek Over the Short Fence in the right Field Corner just out of the reach of a leaping Bonilla. Dave Hansen had opened the eighth with a double and Chris Gwynn followed with an infield hit off Drabek a Glove. Butter then hit his Homer. In other games wednesday reds 11,expos 3 Cincinnati a Tom Browning prevailed in a rare matchup of perfect game pitchers As Cincinnati rocked Dennis Martinez for five runs in three innings and routed Montreal. The majors first pairing of perfect game pitchers in 25 years was no contest. Chris Sabo drove in three runs off Martinez to Start the offensive surge and Mariano Duncan went 4 for 5 with a pair of two run homers off the expose bullpen. Browning 13-8 allowed five hits Over seven innings including Solo homers by Tim Wallach and Ivan Calderon to give the reds their third straight win and their fifth in six games. Steve Foster finished for Cincinnati. Martinez 12-9whose perfect game july 28 in los Angeles was the major leagues most recent put in his shortest Start of the season. He gave up six hits and five runs in three  2�icardinals 1 St. Louis a Fred Mcgriff snapped a tie with a ninth inning sacrifice Fly and Bruce Hurst won his 15th game. San Diego ended St. Louis five game winning Streak. The padres have won four of their last five. Pinch hitter Oscar Azocar led off the ninth with an infield hit off Scott Terry 42 and went All the Way to third when second baseman Jose Oquendo a throw from near second base bounced off his leg and rolled into shallow right Field. With one out Tony Gwynn Drew an intentional walk before Mcgriff lofted a Fly to medium Center off Bob Mcclure that scored Azocar  8, giants 6 san Francisco Chico Walker hit the Nln a first inside the Park grand slam since 1985, and Chicago held on to beat san Francisco the giants have lost four straight games. Mike Bielecki 12-8despite giving up six runs in 534 innings broke a five game wingless Streak and won for the first time since he beat Atlanta on july 28. Paul Assenmacher pitched the final a innings for his 12th save. Robby Thompsons 17th Homer put the giants up 1-0 in the first. The cubs tied it in the Sevorid on Ryne Sandberg a sacrifice Fly then went ahead in the fourth with five runs off starter Paul Mcclellan 3-2 Phillies 11, astros 10 Philadelphia Charlie Hayes who hit a grand slam in the first inning capped a three run rally in the 10th with a game winning single As Philadelphia outlasted Houston for its 16th straight Home Victory. With the astros ahead 10-8, Dickie Thon led off the Phillies 10th with a double off reliever a1 Osuna 7-4and Wes Chamberlain followed with a single to put runners on first and third. John Kruk hit a sacrifice Fly and after Dale Murphy doubled Darren Daulton tied the score with another Sac Fly. Hayes then greeted Dwayne Henry with his game winning hit. Ken Aminti had a career High five Bis for  jays open up 2-game Lead by the associated press Baltimore a Tom Candiotti pitched one hit Ball for eight innings wednesday As the Toronto Blue jays beat the Baltimore orioles 3-0, opening a two game Lead in the Al East. Candiotti gave up a single to Joe Orsu Lak and a walk to Glenn Davis in the first inning then retired the next 22american league batters before leaving in favor of Tom Henke who recorded his 31st save with a perfect ninth. Joe Carter drove in two runs for the Blue jays who completed a three game sweep. The Blue jays fifth Victory in six games put them two games ahead of second place Detroit. Candiotti ii ii struck out three and walked one out dueling Ben Mcdonald 5-8who gave up eight hits and struck out eight in eight innings. In other games wednesday twins 4, indians 2 Cleveland a Brian Harper drove in two runs including the go ahead run in the seventh inning and David West pitched six Strong innings As Minnesota beat error prone Cleveland. The twins completed their six game Road trip with a 3-3 Mark. Cleveland which committed six errors lost for the second time in its last six games. West 4-3 allowed five hits including Mark whitens two run tying Home run in the sixth inning Carl Willis pitched two scoreless innings and Rick Aguilera pitched the ninth for his 35th save Minnesota broke a 2-2 tie in the seventh. Loser Erie King 5-8 started the inning by hitting Randy Bush and Kent Lorbek greeted reliever Jesse Orosco with a perfectly executed hit and run single that moved Bush to third. Harper followed with an rib single against Jeff  1, tigers 0 Anaheim Calif. Jim Abbott pitched four hit Hall Over a innings and Luis Polonia doubled in the Only run As California beat Detroit. The Victory marked the first time in a Bott a three year career that he has won five consecutive starts. Abbott 14-8 struck out six and walked one before Mark a Rebhorn relieved in the eighth. Oakland a Rickey Henderson Breaks up the double play by barrelling into Jody Reed Bryan Harvey got the last three outs for his 33rd save of the season and his 100th with California. Bill Gullickson 16-7 failed to become major leagues first 17-game Winner and equal a career High in victories despite allowing just five hits in eight  9, red sox 3 Oakland Calif. A outfielders Mike Greenwell and Ellis Burks let Brook Jacoby a two out Fly Ball drop Between them for a three run double to Cap a four run rally in the fifth inning As Oakland beat Boston. Snapping a five game losing Streak. Dave Stewart 10-8 won for the first time in four starts with his eighth straight regular season winning decision Over Boston. Counting postseason play Stewart has 41 straight victories Over the red sox who have never beaten him in Oakland 7-0. Matt Young dropped to 3-5.royals 7, White sox 6 Kansas City to. Warren Cro Marties two out single in the ninth scored Bill Pecota from second base As the royals handed the White sox their ninth straight loss. Pecota beat out an infield single off losing Pitcher Bobby Thigpen 7-4then stole second with two out. Jeff Montgomery 3-4 pitched one inning of witless Relief for the win. Robin Ventura sri single gave the White sox a 6-5 Lead in the top of the eighth. Then Brian Mcrae singled Home Terry Shumpert to make it 6-6 in the Bottom of the  7, Brewers 6 Seattle a Brian Holman pitched four hit Ball Over seven innings and the mariners withstood a five run ninth by the Brewers to Complete a three game series sweep. A Holman 11-13 struck out five and walked one As Seattle beat Milwaukee for the 10th straight time at the kingdom. Ken Griffey jr., Tino Martinez and Jay Buhner each drove in two runs for the mariners. The mariners put the game out of reach Early scoring seven runs in the first two  5, rangers 1 new York a Rookie Bernie Williams drove in three runs and hit his first Homer since july 15 to Lead new York Over Texas. Williams singled in two runs in the second inning then hit his third Homer of the season leading off the fifth As the Yankees snapped the rangers three game winning Streak. Wade Taylor 7-7 allowed Only three hits Over the first five innings and held the rangers scoreless until Gino Petralli opened the seventh with a Homer. Williams two run single off rangers starter Brian Bohanon 3-1 helped the Yankees take a 3-0 Lead. They made it 40 on Williams Homer in the fifth