European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes october 15,1991 c Page 28 Falcons hold off 49ers 39-34 san Francisco up Norm Johnson kicked four Field goals including two in the fourth Quarter and Chris Miller threw for three touchdowns sunday to bring the Atlanta Falcons a 39-34 upset Victory Over the san Francisco 49ers. Johnson put the Falcons ahead for Good with 8 49 to play on a 44-Yard Field goal and booted a 30-yarder inside the two minute Mark to allow Atlanta to overcome a 348-Yard passing performance by san Francisco s Steve Young. Atlanta evened its record at 3-3 while the 49ers, who face the rest of the season other nil games on pages 21 and 22 without quarterback Joe Montana fell to 2-4 and dropped four games behind the division leading new Orleans saints. The Falcons broke a 27-27 tie with 42 seconds left in the third Quarter on a 1-Yard pass from Miller to Andre Rison. San Francisco then moved ahead on a 7-Yard run by Young with 12 03 to play before the third of Johnson s four Field goals. Young completed 22 of 38 passes for 348 Yards and two touchdowns. He also led the 49crs in Rushing with 68 cards and two More scores on 11 carries. A Miller was Good on 16 of 28 passes for 208 Yards Rison had six catches for 69 Yards and two touchdowns. In a Day of big plays Atlanta a Deion Sanders returned a Kickoff 100 Yards for a touchdown that broke a 20-20 tie. The Falcons took a 17-0 Lead on first Quarter touchdown passes from Miller to Michael Haynes and Rison and a 29-Yard Field goal by  win Al Pennant by Jim Donaghy Toronto apr Minnesota a amazing run from worst to first got even better sunday when the twins rallied for an 8-5 Victory Over Toronto in game 5 for the american league Pennant. Its the twins second unlikely league championship in five seasons and puts them into the world series starting next saturday against either Atlanta or Pittsburgh. The twins just As they have done All season won with a team Effort and with playoff map Kirby Puckett leading the Way. A at the Start of the playoffs people said i Wasny to swinging Well but that was bucs take game 5 the Pittsburgh pirates Defeated the Atlanta braves 1-0 monday in a game that ended As this edition of stripes went to press. The Victory gave Pittsburgh a 3-2 Lead in the bust of so Van National league championship series. See tomorrows stripes for Complete coverage. Blown out of proportion a said Puckett who had nine hits. �?o1 just kept  and once Puckett started swinging the twins just kept winning including a surprising three game sweep at the sky dome. Minnesota rallied from a 5-2 deficit to tic and won the game with three runs in the eighth inning. A we put together a Good foundation and went out and got the people we needed to win a manager Tom Kelly said. The twins stunning reversal of Fortune was helped by the free agent signings of Jack Morris who won two playoff games Chili Davis and Mike Pagliarulo. A there is just something special about the twins a Puckett said. A nobody thinks they re better than anybody else. We re All the same. We All play hard every  Greg Gagne singled with one out in the eighth but was caught stealing. Dan Gladden followed with a single off loser Duane Ward and stole second before a walk to Chuck Knoblauch. Puckett who homered in the first then broke a 5-5 tie with a single to right Field and the runners moved up on the throw Home. Kent Hrbek in a l-for-i9 slump followed with a two run single off David Wells to Settle matters. A a in a like to play the braves a Hrbcek said. A a in a sure everyone in baseball would like to see that  reliever David West pitched three Strong innings for the Victory. Carl Willis another bullpen Surprise got three outs and Kirby Puckett the american league championship series most valuable player gets showered after sundays title clinching win. New Al champions fare Only As Well As Puckett does a Page 21 Rick Aguilera finished for his third save As the twins won their third Al Pennant. They beat the St. Louis cardinals in 1987 to win their Only world series since moving to Minnesota from Washington in 1961. They lost to the los Angeles dodgers in the 1965 world series. A everybody contributed a Kelly said. A the bullpen was great All week and so was the  when the game ended the twins mobbed Aguilera and the team huddled at second base for a few moments. It was another postseason disappointment for the Blue jays who lost in the playoffs in 1985 and 1989. A we did no to play Well All week a manager Cito Gaston said. A we left runners on base made errors. They just outplayed us and i congratulate Tom Kelly on preparing his team so  some More Sloppy baseball by the Blue jays enabled the twins to tie the score with three runs in the sixth inning chasing knuckle Baller Tom Candiotti. Shane Mack led off with a single stole second and moved to third on Pagliarulo a hard single. Mike Timlin relieved Candiotti and got Gagne to pop out. Gladden followed with a hard grounder right at third baseman Kelly Gruber. Grubert a throw Home was a Little wide and Catcher Pat Borders tagged Mack with his Bare hand while holding the Ball in his Glove and was charged with an error. Knoblauch took advantage right away with a two run double into the right Field Corner to tie the score. A i was surprised Mack came Home a said Knoblauch a Rookie. Quot the throw was just wide and he missed the  the twins rally put the crowd of 51,425 into temporary Shock in a Day of roller coaster emotions for Blue Jay fans. Puckett gave the twins a 1-0 Lead in the first inning with a Home run and two passed balls by Borders led to Macks rib single in the second. A your pitchers did the Job All year and again today a Puckett said. A i knew there was something special about this  the capacity crowd was silent until Gaston got some attention after the second inning by arguing with Home plate Umpire Mike Reilly Over a strikeout by Candy Maldonado. Gaston did some serious Finger pointing and was ejected by Reilly. Gene Tenace took Over on the Bench and Gaston lurked in the Tunnel near the Toronto dugout to relay instructions from below. With a another postseason failure staring at them the Blue jays took the Lead with three runs in the third inning off Kevin Tapani and added two More in the fourth. Inside sports sunday s playoff Box scores a Page 23 Brabham wraps up it title a Page 25 flyers 1st win is devils�?T1st loss a Page 27 Magee wins Las vegas playoff _ Page 27 pirates even series a Page 26