European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes saturday september 14, 1991 Cooling bats thin pitching tossing tigers out of race by the associated press Milwaukee the tigers Are finally fading from the Al East race. As the weather gets cooler so do Detroit s pitchers. The tigers lost for the 10th time in 14 games As the Milwaukee Brewers beat them 7-0 thursday night and dropped them 5vz games Back of Al East leading Toronto which was Idle. A when the offence carries a club How Long can it go a tigers manager Sparky Anderson asked. A there is no Way you can win without pitching. You give me the no. 1 pitching and you can have the no. 1 hitting. Pitching is the whole game. You re never going to do it with hitting. American league you look at any club and they re going to Stop  Detroit has been shut out four times in its last 14 games and the tigers know they re running out of time. A you play a 162-game schedule and it s going to happen Quot Anderson said of the skid. Four pitchers combined on a a four hitter and Milwaukee scored once in the sixth and six times in the seventh. A we had More opportunities tonight a lot More people on base a said . Sur Hofft who hit a three run triple. A the last few games we Haven to had Many. We  Bosio 11-10 allowed four hits in six plus innings. Julio Machado Mark Lee and Doug Henry finished with witless Relief. Mark Leiter 8-4 gave up three runs and six hits in six innings for the visiting tigers. In other games thursday rangers 4, twins 3 Arlington Texas a another night another Milestone. Its become the Story of Nolan Ryan s career. Ryan became Only the second Pitcher to reach double figures in victories in 20 different seasons leading Texas Over Minnesota. The Only Pitcher to reach double figures in victories More times than Ryan is Don Sutton who did it 21 times. Ryan had been tied with by Young and Phil Niekro at 19. �?o1 done to think much about records but its Good to be in that kind of company a Ryan said. A your team was tired getting Home at 7 . From the West coast but i was fresh because 1 stayed behind. It helped. 1 had Good  Ryan 10-6 allowed one run and two hits in seven innings struck out nine and walked one. It was the 312th Victory of his career moving him past Tom Seaver and into 14th place on the career list. Ryan needs two More victories to equal Gaylord Perry who is 13th. �?o1 could have gone longer a Ryan said a but with 106 pitches i believed it was prudent that we did no to take any  Kirby Puckett swings and misses at a Nolan Ryan Heater thursday in Arlington Texas. Ryan who retired the first nine batters in order made his longest Outing since coming off the disabled list aug. 18. Wayne Rosenthal gave up a hit in the eighth and Jeff Russell finished for his 27th save allowing a two run Homer to Chili Davis his 28th. Jack Morris 16-11 gave up four runs in the first inning. Brian Downing and Julio Franco singled and Rafael Palmeiro hit a sacrifice Fly for the first run. Ruben Sierra singled and Kevin Reimer hit a three run Homer his 17th. Morris gave up four runs and five hits in eight innings but allowed just one hit in his last seven innings. A a it a fun to compete against Ryan a Minnesota manager Tom Kelly said. A a he a always impressive. He threw the Ball right through some of our hitters tonight. We Only Nad one Chance against him. After that he pretty much shut us Down. When you have to play catch up against Nolan Ryan its not the Ideal situation to play  indians 6, orioles 5 Baltimore Charles Nagy 9-12 gave up two runs and eight hits in eight innings and Baltimore pitchers walked seven including six in four plus innings by Jose Mesa 5-10. Carlos Martinez and Reggie Jefferson each drove in two runs for visiting Cleveland which survived a three run Oriole rally in the ninth. Cal Ripken hit his 28th Homer Matching his career High and Oriole left fielder Joe Orsulak had three assists. Angels 7, White sox 4 Anaheim Calif. A Dave Gallagher missed a suicide squeeze sign and lined a go ahead three run double off. Brian Drahman As California rallied for four runs in the eighth after wasting a 3-1 Lead in the top of the inning. Gary Gatti hit a game tying single off Melido Perez 7-5scott Radinsky walked Donnie Hill and one out later Gallagher lined his double after missing the sign for the squeeze. Mark Eichhorn 3-2 won and Bryan Harvey got his 39th save Matching Oakland a Dennis Eckersley and Minnesota s Rick Aguilera for the major league Lead. . Wins in 10 by the associated press Houston a the los an Geles Atlanta showdown for first place in the no West does no to really need any hype but Tommy Lasorda tried anyway. The dodgers and braves were to Start a sold out three game series National league Friday night at Atlanta with los Angeles trailing by one half game. A a it a Good for baseball and its Good for the City of Atlanta a la Sorda said. Leaving the Astrodome might have elevated Lasorda a enthusiasm As his dodgers survived 10 innings for a 6-2 Victory at Houston. With the score 2-2 in the 10th, Darryl Strawberry hit a three run Homer and Kal Daniels added a Solo shot. It was Strawberry a sixth Homer of the year at Houston tying Dale Murphy a single season record for an opponent. In other games thursday cardinals 1, pirates 0 St. Louis Ken Hill 9-9 gave up two hits in 6vs innings for his first Victory in More than two months and Felix Jose drove in the Only run with a bases loaded walk from Doug Drabek 13-13 As St. Louis Defeated visiting Pittsburgh. Mets 6, cubs 3 Chicago a Howard Johnson had three Bis giving him 101 for the season and scored the go ahead run. Rookie Anthony Young 2-1 was the Winner. Expos 6, Phillies 2 Philadelphia Larry Walker had three hits including his 14th Homer off loser Bruce Ruffin 3-7and drove in three runs As Montreal beat Philadelphia for its seventh Victory in eight games. Reds 7, giants 3 Cincinnati a Mariano Duncan homered twice rallying Cincinnati past san Francisco. It was the second two Homer game of the season for Duncan both coming during a barrage of seven homers and 17 rib since he returned from the do on aug. 23. Tom Browning 14-10 survived san Francisco a three run first  placed on hold As owners adjourn Baltimore a baseball commissioner Fay Vincent is taking a wait and see approach to the Seattle mariners future but says there a no future for instant replay in the major leagues. The owners meetings ended thursday without a solution to the plight of the mariners although Vincent reiterated his resolve against the relocation of franchises. He said baseball would not take any immediate action As he remains hopeful that a solution could be worked out Between mariners owner Jeff Smulyan and the Seattle Community. Smulyan last week gave the City 45 Days to come up with a program to help him turn around the team s financial woes and bolster attendance at the kingdom. Quot baseball is very supportive of what Jeff and the Community Are doing a Vincent said. A that exercise has got to play out. When it is Over we will know More than we know today. Then we will Deal with whatever those issues Are. And following that we will Deal with the ensuing  the Issue of to replays to Aid umpires however is a dead one Quot baseball is a wonderful game precisely because it recognizes human fallibility a Vincent said. Quot what other game includes errors As one of the line items we know people Are going to make errors. No other sport acknowledges that. We publish errors runs hits and errors. We Are human. We Are fallible. We make errors. We Are umpires we make a mistake. It  speaking of television Vincent said the owners agreed to give lbs exclusive telecast rights to the networks wild card games during the final two weeks of the season. Lbs has the Choice of two games each weekend and will be allowed to Market the game in the Home City of the participants. The owners also talked about reworking the june Amateur draft allowing teams a longer period to retain a players rights and perhaps working out an agreement with the Mcaa. Deputy commissioner Steve Greenberg said that under the current procedure a draft Choice is forced to quickly decide whether to choose College or professional baseball. It does no to have to be that Way though. Vincent said baseball is interested in allowing a player to protect his College eligibility under contract with a professional club such As by playing in a summer league