European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes monday september 30,1991 shutout clinches twins tie by the associated press Toronto apr the Minnesota twins clinched at least a share of the Al West title saturday when Jack Morris pitched a six hitter for his 26th career shutout and a 5-0 Victory Over the Toronto Blue jays. Minnesota holds an 8-game Lead Over second place Chicago which won 5-2 at Seattle to stay alive. The loss left Toronto Sal East Lead at 31/2 games Over Boston which bowed 4-1 at Milwaukee. Morris 18-12 did no to retire the Side in order until the seventh inning and the american league Blue jays had several line drive outs but he was Tough when it mattered most and allowed just two walks Over the last 4% innings. He stranded eight runners including two each in the third fourth and sixth innings in his 10th Complete game and 216th career win. In other games saturday Brewers 4, red sox 1 Milwaukee a slumping Boston missed another Opportunity to gain on Toronto in the Al East. Boston fell for the fifth time in six games and remained 3vi games behind the Blue jays. The red sox with Only eight games left Are hurting themselves in the standings and in other ways too. Wade Boggs had to Jody Rcd Rolls away from tag by Milwaukee Catcher by. Sur Hoffas Umpire Ted Hendry Calls the red sox runner Safe in sixth inning. Leave after 3y2 innings when he aggravated an injury to his right shoulder a Day after Boston lost outfielder Steve Lyons because of a hamstring problem. Meanwhile Jaime Navarro 14-12 limited Boston to just four hits in eight innings. He walked three and struck out two. Doug Henry pitched the ninth for his 12th save. The Brewers Down 1-0, pushed across three runs in the sixth knocking out Mike Gardiner 9-9who had allowed Only two hits before the inning. Jim Gantner walked Dale Sveum sacrificed and Billy Spiers singled to tie the game at 1. Paul Molitor singled and Willie Randolph after fouling off several 2-2 pitches dropped a Short single to right scoring Spiers with the second run and f finishing Gardiner. . Surhoff then singled to Center off Tony Fossas on a hit and run to give the Brewers a 3-1 Lead. Milwaukee added an unearned run in the seventh on Darryl Hamiltons single a two base throwing error on Fossas after catching a pop up and Pinch hitter Dante Bichette a two out bunt single off Greg Harris. White sox 5, mariners 2 Chicago a the White sox managing Only five hits staved off elimination in the Al West by defeating Seattle As Greg Hibbard and two relievers combined on a six hitter. Robin Ventura drove in two runs for the White sox with his 23rd Homer and a sacrifice Fly. Hibbard 11-11 allowed five hits and two runs in 51/3 innings. Donn pall and Scott Radinsky finished. Radinsky earned his seventh save. Tigers 5, orioles 4,10 innings Detroit a Lou Whitaker a three run double with two outs in the 10th inning rallied Detroit past Baltimore to keep the tigers slim Hopes alive in the Al East. The tigers bounced Back against Gregg Olson 4-6 after Baltimore scored twice in the top of the 10th. Detroit pulled within 6v2 games of division leading Toronto. Indians 5, Yankees 4 Cleveland a reliever Eric Bell gave up one unearned run in four innings and Felix Fermin capped a three run sixth inning with a tie breaking rib single As Cleveland edged new York. Yankee starter Jeff Johnson lasted 5vi innings. The Yankees have not had a Complete game in 75 consecutive games surpassing the major league Mark of 74 set by san Diego in 1977. Bell 3-0 allowed one hit after taking Oyer for Shawn Hillegas. Steve Olin pitched the ninth for his 15th save. Greg Cadaret 7-6 was the loser. Angels 4, royals 3 Kansas City to. A californians Chuck Finley allowed four hits in a innings to beat Kansas City for the third straight time this season. Finley 18-9 struck out five and walked four in becoming the fourth american league Pitcher with at least 18 wins. Bryan Harvey pitched the ninth for his league leading 44th save allowing a run. Rangers 6, athletics 3,10 innings Oakland Calif. A Dean Palmer hit a two out three run Homer off Dennis Eckersley in the 10th inning As Texas beat Oakland. Rafael Palmeiro and Ruben Sierra led off the 10th with singles. With runners on second and third and no outs Eckersley 5-4 struck out Donald Harris and Ivan Rodriguez. Palmer followed with his 14th Home run a drive that deflected off left fielder Rickey Henderson a Glove and went Over the Fence. Eckersley has Given up 11 Home runs in 741/3 innings last year he allowed two homers in 73v5 innings. Terry Matthews 3-0 pitched 21/3 innings of witless Relief for the Victory and Jeff Russell pitched the 10th for his 29th save. Braves scratch out another win Trail by 1 by the associated press Houston a easy is not a word in the vocabulary of the Atlanta braves. You a think that a team fighting for the no West title would have a relaxed game now and then. Maybe it happened somewhere sometime. But it certainly Isnit happening now. Atlanta came Back to tie the score with two runs in the seventh inning Ron Gant singled Home the go ahead run in the eighth and Alejandro Pena barely held on in the ninth saturday As the braves beat the Houston astros 5-4. That brought Atlanta to one game behind division leading los Angeles which lost to san Francisco 4-1. A i can to remember the last time we scored first in a game and that really makes it Tough a braves Catcher Greg Olson said. A we need to turn that around right now. In a big game like this you just do your Best and concentrate on picking up the  the braves fell behind the astros 2-0 on Friday night before rebounding to a 4-National league 2 Victory. They were behind 3-1 saturday before the comeback began. In other games saturday giants 4, dodgers 1 los Angeles a Trevor Wilson gave up three hits Over seven innings and will Clark belted a two run Homer and scored twice to Send san Francisco Over los Angeles. The dodgers with a magic number of seven have seven games remaining including four against the giants. Wilson struck out a personal season High eight batters and registered 12 of his other 13 outs on the ground. He did not permit a hit until Eddie Murray grounded an rib single up the Middle with two out in the  3, pirates 2 Pittsburgh a Chris Nabholz won his sixth straight game and Nelson Santo Venia hit a tie breaking sacrifice Fly in the seventh inning As Montreal edged Pitts Burgh. Nabholz 8-7 matched the winning Streak he posted last August and september to begin his major league career. He held the pirates to four hits and one earned run in Ivi innings. Mel Rojas relieved and got the last five outs for his fifth save. Andres Galarraga began the seventh with a double off Doug Drabek 15-14. He went to third on a grounder and scored when Santovenia lined out to  4, reds 2 Cincinnati a Craig Shipley put san Diego ahead with his first major league Home run leading san Diego past Cincinnati. Quot Shipley s Solo Homer off Tom Browning 14-13 made it 2-1 in the fifth inning. It was his first Homer in 142 major league at bats. B Jose Melendez 7-5making his second Siart following 22 Relief appearances allowed four hits and the two earned runs in five innings. Mike Maddux escaped a bases loaded Jam in the eighth and got his fifth  6, mets 2 new York a Rookie Cliff Brantley allowed six hits Over innings and John Kruk homered and drove in two runs leading Philadelphia Over new York. Brantley 2-2 allowed just three hits through seven innings before tiring and leaving in the eighth after giving up two runs on three More hits. The right hander held the mets witless until Mackey Sasser singled with two out in the sixth. Brantley walked three and struck out five. Wally Ritchie got the final five outs striking out  3, cubs 2 St. Louis a Lee Smith tied the National league record with his 45th save and Ozzie Smith had three hits As St. Louis beat Chicago. Smith pitched a scoreless ninth and matched the Mark of 45 saves set by St. Louis Bruce Sutter in 1984