European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Braves dodgers Triumph by the associated press Houston a the struggling Atlanta braves rallied for four runs on seven hits in the eighth inning to beat the Houston astros 4-2 Friday night and stay close in the no West. The braves entered a three game series at the Astrodome having lost four of their previous five games and trailing los Angeles by two games. The dodgers beat visiting san f Francisco 6-2 to maintain their Lead. Houston Rookie starter Ryan Bowen shut out the braves on two hits and held a 2-0 Lead Over the first seven innings. But Lonnie Smith started the rally with a Lead off double in the eighth and Xavier Hernandez relieved. Mark Lomke singled for Atlanta a first run and loser Rob Mallicoat 1-1 came on to pitch. Terry Pendleton and David Justice each singled bringing on Mark Portugal with the bases loaded and no outs. Sid Breames single tied the score and Greg Olson followed with a single to score Justice with the tie breaking run. Pinch hitter Jeff Blauser singled Home Pinch run Ner Mike Bell with the fourth run. Mark Wohlers 3-1 got the Victory and Alejandro Pena earned his 11th save with two innings of two hit Relief. In other games Friday dodgers 6, giants 2 los Angeles a the los Angeles dodgers whose path to a possible a National league West title is blocked by the giants took a step in the right direction by beating san Francisco in the first of six games Between the California rivals. Kal Daniels hit a two run Homer and Juan Samuel and Mike Scioscia each added Solo shots for los Angeles. Tim Belcher limited the giants to two runs a one earned a in eight innings. Belcher 10-9 gave up nine hits three by vill Clark walked two and struck out nine for his first Victory since aug. 30. He also got the help of three double plays by his infield. Roger Mcdowell pitched the  12, pirates 8 Pittsburgh a Pittsburgh showed the effects of a Long doubleheader in new York losing to Montreal As Andres Galarraga a three run Homer capped a six run eighth inning. The pirates played seven plus hours and 24 innings on thursday at Shea stadium splitting a doubleheader that ended shortly before 1 . In the decisive eighth Pitcher Scott Ruskin walked and Marquis Grissom doubled off Rosario Rodriguez 1-1 to break a 6-6 tic. Ruskin 4-4 got the Victory. He gave up Bobby Bonillas 18th Homer to Start the pirates eighth. Barry Bonds hit his 24th Homer for  8, reds 3 Cincinnati a Greg Harris and Bip Roberts had rib bunts in a three run fifth inning and Fred Mcgriff hit a three run Homer leading san Diego past Cincinnati. Harris 8-5 won his third consecutive Start despite giving up a two run Homer to Paul of Neill in the first inning and a Solo Homer to Barry Larkin in the sixth. Harris allowed five hits Over six innings and Larry Andersen retired the last four batters for his 12th save. Mcgriff hit his 31st Homer in the ninth for the padres final three  6, Phillies 4 new York a Rookie Todd Hundley and Pinch hitter Mark Carreon each drove in two runs As new York Defeated Philadelphia. The big news for the mets came earlier in the Day when Frank Cashen announced he was stepping Down As general manager at the end of the  5, cubs 4 St. Louis a Tom Pagnozzi a two run single capped a four run rally in the fourth inning to lift St. Louis past Chicago. Mark graces rib double in the first and Sha won Dunston a two run triple in the second gave Chicago a 3-0 Lead. But in the fourth after Frank Castillo 67 had faced Only 10 batters Ozzie Smiths second of three walks and Todd Zeileis hit and run single sparked St. Louis. The stars and stripes september 29,1991 c Page 24inside sports raiders Lott Craig face sex team a Page 18flowers comes up roses for Wiesbaden a Page 21u.s. Increases Lead in Ryder cup a Page 22mcenroe-Connors Duel no contest a Page 23wilson boosts Blue jays past twins by the associated press Toron to a Pinch runner cookie Wilson streaked dome with the go ahead run on a sacrifice ily in the seventh inning then hit a three no double in the eighth As the Toronto Blue jays heat the Minnesota twins in a meeting of division leaders. The Blue jays heralded the return of manager Cito Gaston who had missed 33 games with Back problems with their third straight Victory. That increased their Lead in the a i. East to Ivi games Over Boston. The twins magic number for clinching the Al West was Cut to two later in the american league night when second place Chicago lost to Seattle 10-8 in 11 innings. Juan Guzman 0-2 allowed three hits in eight innings and tied Dave Stiebs 1988 club record by winning his ninth consecutive decision. He out ducted Kevin Tapani 16-9who gave up six hits and three runs in seven innings. In other games Friday Brewers 7, red sox 5 Milwaukee a Boston fell farther behind Toronto in the american league East when Milwaukee scored six runs in the sixth inning and heal the reeling red sox. The red sox suffered their fourth loss in five games. Toronto a Victory Over Minnesota officially eliminated the Brewers from the race. Dante Bichette s triple keyed the six run sixth in which Milwaukee halted around against starter Kevin Morion 6-4 and reliever Dennis lamp. Chris Bosio 14-10 allowed seven hits Over 616 innings for his fourth straight win. Julio Machado pitched two innings for his third  10, White sox 8 Chicago a Ken Griffey or. Hit a two run Homer in the Lily inning and Seattle came Back for a Victory that further dimmed the Al West Hopes of Chicago. The White sox blew an 8-4 Lead in the ninth  4, Angels 1 Kansas City. To. Bret Saberhagen trying to become the first Pitcher to throw two no hitlers in a season since Nolan Ryan in 1675. Lost his bid with one 1 Orono s Roberto Alomar Waits to make tag on Minnesota a Randy Bush who was out on a steal attempt in first inning. Out in the eighth inning in Kansas City s Victory Over California. Saberhagen retired the first 20 batters before walking Junior Felix on a full count with two outs in the seventh. Barry Lyons in just his second at Bat for the Angels spoiled Sauerhagen s no hitter the next inning with a clean single to right Field. Saberhagen 13-8 then lost his shutout in he ninth when Luis Polonia singled took second on catchers indifference and scored on a single by Felix the Angels fifth hit. Jeff Montgomery got the la Snow batters for his 33rd  9, tigers 7 de troit a Cal Ripken drove in five runs raising his season total to 1 18 wbk As Baltimore beat Detroit. Ripken hit a sacrifice Fly in the first. The orioles broke open the game with six runs in the fifth including Ripkens two run triple and consecutive homers by Sam Horn and Glenn Davis. Ripken later added a two run  3, indians 0 Cleveland a pase Al Perez pitched Tive hit Hall for eight innings As new York sent Cleveland to its 100th loss. The indians with the worst record in the majors have lost at least 100 games three times in the last seven years. With 10 games left they appear Likely to surpass the team record of 102 losses which they reached most recently in 1985. Yankees pitchers tied a major league record with their 74th straight game without a Complete game. San Diego set the Mark in 1977.rangers 3, athletics 0 Oakland Calif. Jose Guzman pitched a career Best two hitter for his first shutout since 1988, leading Texas Over Oakland. Guzman 13-6 is the winning est Pitcher on the Texas staff this season despite not getting his first Victory until june 14. He struck out seven and All three of his walks went to Harold Baines. Guzman pitched his first shutout since aug. 7, 1988. He spent the next two seasons out of the major leagues with a shoulder injury and returned May 23. Ron Darling 3-6 is 0-6 in seven Start since his last Victory on aug. 20