European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and Stripe tuesday september 3, 1991 Boggs 4 hits help botox rip mariners by the associated press Seattle a Wade Boggs had four hits to move into the Lead in the american league batting race for the first time this season helping the red sox to a 13-2 Victory Over the mariners on sunday night. Its the first time since aug. 29, 1989, that the five time Al batting Champion has led the league in hitting. Tom Brunansky hit a grand slam Home run and had six Bis As Boston a sunday collected 18 hits against five Mariner pitchers to sweep a three game series at the kingdom. Carlos Quintana had three singles and a walk and scored three runs. Boggs singled fou. Times in six at bats to raise his average to .338 and move past Julio Franco of Texas who is hitting .335. It was Boggs fifth four hit game of the season. He also has a five hit game. Boggs has raised his average from .308 in the last 48 games by hitting .382. Third place Boston moved five games behind first place Toronto in the Al East. The red sox Trail runner up Detroit by 2vi games. Rookie Kevin Morton 4-3 was handed a 10-1 Lead in the first two innings As Seattle starter Randy Johnson 12-10 lasted just i i innings giving up eight earned runs on eight hits and two walks. In other games sunday White sox 6, indians 1 Chicago a Rookie Wilson Alvarez won for the first time since his no hitter and Frank Thomas hit his 29th Home run and went Over the 100-Rbi Mark in his first full season As the White sox heat Cleveland. Thomas and Carlton risk each hit three run homers making it 6-0 after two innings. Alvarez 2-2who pitched a no hitter aug. 11 in Baltimore hurled a four hitter sunday. In his three previous starts since the no hitter Alvarez was 0-2 with a 0.43 Era. Rangers 6, royals 4 Arlington Texas the rangers broke up Bret Saher Hagen a bid for another no hitter Early and heat him late As the rangers scored three times in the eighth inning. Saberhagen i0-7making his first Start since no hitting the while sox Iasi monday gave up Kevin Reimer s Home run in the second inning. George Brett a Homer helped Kansas City take a 3-1 Lead in the fifth but Saberhagen  hold it. Boston s Wade Boggs nabs Al batting Lead twins 14, orioles 3 Minneapolis Jack Morris won his 16th game and the twins hit three homers and tied their season High id runs routing the orioles. Chili Davis Brian Harper and Pinch hitter Paul Sorrento homered As Minnesota got la hits Morris i6-i0 gave up six hits and three unearned runs in seven innings. He beat Baltimore for the third time this season and has his most victories since 1987, when he went i8-h for Detroit. Harper and Shane Maek each got three hits. They hit consecutive doubles and Gene Larkin had a sacrifice Fly for a 2-0 Lead in the second against Rookie Arthur Rhodes 0-2.tigers 5, athletics 2 Oakland Calif. A Mark Leiter won his sixth straight decision and Cecil fielder drove in his 112th run As the tigers Defeated the athletics to snap a four game losing Streak. Leiter 8-2 retired 21 of the first 23 batters he faced including 16 in a Row from the second through the seventh. He allowed two out singles to Jose Canseco in the first and Jamie quirk in the second before giving up three consecutive hits in the eighth inning. Travis Fryman hit his 18th Homer a two run shot in the ninth. Jerry Don Gleaton finished off Oakland in the ninth for his second save. Fielder snapped a 2-for-20 slump with a first inning single off Boh Welch i i i that drove in Detroit a first run. Fielder leads the majors in runs baited in. Dodgers grab share of Lead by the associated press los Angeles a Ramon Martinez pitched the dodgers Back into a tie for first place in the National league West sunday As Eddie Murray and Kal Daniels each powered a 12-3 Triumph Over the cubs with a Solo Homer three hits and three Bis. The Victory was the third in a Row for the dodgers who spent four Days in second place after the braves ended their 105-Day hold on the division Lead last wednesday night. Atlanta lost 5-4 in 10 innings at Philadelphia on sunday. Martinez 16-9 helped los Angeles gain ground on the braves for the second Day in a Row with Only his fourth win in 10 starts. The right hander allowed six hits Over seven innings with five strikeouts and three walks. Loser Frank Castillo who heal Martinez 2-1 with a three hitter last tuesday at Wrigley Field failed to Complete the first inning As the dodgers sent 10 men to the plate and scored five runs on five hits. The dodgers swept their Home games against the cubs for the first time since moving to the West coast in 1958, and won the season series 10-2 a equalling their Best year against Chicago since 1974. In other late games sunday Phillies 5, braves 4 Philadelphia Johnny Morris first Home run of the season leading off the 10th inning gave the Phillies a 5-4 Victory Over the braves on sunday. Morris Homer off Mark Wohlers 1-1the fourth Atlanta Pitcher was his first hit since the All Star break after going l -for-17. Quot it was the Phillies 18th Victory in their last 20 games at Home. Mitch Williams 10-4 pitched the last two innings giving up one hit. The Phillies tied the score off reliever Jim Clancy in the eighth on an rib double by Dale Murphy and rib single by Charlie Hayes. No sunday padres 7, pirates 4 san Diego a Benito Santiago turned Boos to cheers with a three run Homer in the third inning As the padres ended Pittsburgh a five game winning Streak. Tim Teufel added a two run Homer and an rib single and Fred Mcgriff went 3 for 4 with one rib. The loss Cut Pittsburgh a Lead in the no East to seven games Over the cardinals. Mets 9, reds 4 Cincinnati a Howard Johnson continued his demolition of the reds hitting his 29th Homer to take the no Lead As the Mots beat Cincinnati. Johnson who homered twice saturday in the new York s 10-inning Victory drove in three runs with a Home run double and an infield out and scored three times. Sundays win the first for Wally Whitehurst 6-10 since july 4. Completed a three game sweep. New York chased Scott shudder 5-5 in the sixth after he had faced four batters without retiring anybody. Shudder allowed six hits and seven runs in five plus innings. Cardinals 14, giants 1 san Francisco Felix Jose hit two Home runs and drove in five runs and Ray Lankford also homered twice As the cardinals snapped a four game losing Streak with a 14-1 rout of the giants behind Bob Tewksbury s seven hitter. Jose had a run scoring single in third a sacrifice Fly in the fourth a two run Homer in the sixth and a Solo shot in the ninth to trigger a four run inning. The homers were Jose a fourth and fifth of the season. Lankford snapping a 2-for-21 slump hit a pair of Solo homers for St. Louis the fourth and fifth of the season for the Rookie. Tewksbury 9-9 blanked the giants on four singles until Matt Williams hit his 26th Homer with one out in the seventh. Gooden goes on do new York apr Dwight Gooden bothered by inflammation in his right shoulder was placed on the 15-Day disabled list by the new York mets on monday retroactive to aug. 24. The sensation first appeared on aug. 22 in goodens Start against St. Louis. I he right hander Lett alter live innings because of tightness behind the shoulder. The mets said he was removed As a precaution and Gooden said he was line. Although he did no to allow and runs in the five innings Gooden walked five and lost velocity in each inning. Gooden was scratched from two starts last week. He underwent magnetic resonance imaging on saturday but the results were inconclusive Gooden is scheduled to undergo additional tests this week. On sunday Gooden was in St. Peter Burg. Fla. To be with his wife Monica when she gave birth to their second daughter. In 27 starts this season Gooden is 13-7 with a 3.6 1 Era and 150 strikeouts. With the mets out of the race for first place in the no East its unlikely he will pitch again this season. Pirates deny trading hard throwing Prospect Pittsburgh a Pitts Burgh pirates general manager Larry Doughty has denied published reports that promising Pitcher Hector Fajardo will he sent to Texas to Complete the weekend Trade for third baseman Steve Butch Csc. The pirates sent Kurt Miller their 1990 first round draft Choice and the top Pitcher in their farm system and a player to he named later to the rangers for Butch Csc. Dallas newspapers reported that the right handed Fajardo would be the player to be named later. A i think that would be incorrect Quot Doughty said. One of the hardest throwers in the pirates farm system Fajardo made two starts Lor Pittsburgh last month in place of the injured Boh walk before he was optioned to class aaa Buffalo his fastball has been clocked As High As 98 Miles per hour. Doughty said he gave rangers general manager join Grieve a list of six of i lie top prospects and Grieve must choose one by oct. In. A a it a a dear i ice. But Steve Butch Csc is one of the Premier third basemen in the game defensively a a Doughty said. A and if 1 did no to have Faith in our farm system and scouting department i  make this kind of  the Trade was the third in two seasons that has stripped the pirates farm system of lop prospects. In August i960. Doughty dealt Pitcher Scott Ruskin and prospects Willie Greene and Moises Alou to Montreal for Pitcher Zinc Smith later. Doughty traded outfielders Wes c Chamberlain Julio Peguero and Tony Longmire to Philadelphia Lor first baseman carmelo Martinez following a waiver wire snafu. As with Smith a year ago Buechele becomes a free agent at the end no the season hut Doughty Hasni to decided to whether to pursue signing him. I he division leading pirates needed a third baseman for the stretch drive because Jeff King and John Wehner Are out with Hack injuries we made this move because of our severe need for 1991,�?� Doughty said. A Over the course of the next five weeks Well see if there a a reason to extend it beyond �?T91, hut we made this move to try to win this  acquiring Buechele frees Bobby Bonilla from switching Back and Forth Between right Field and third base and gives the pirates a solid no. 6 hitter behind Barry Bonds. A Barry saw some pitches in san Diego lie has t seen in three weeks a Doughty said