European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 c the stars and stripes Friday april 10, 1992baseball is off to painful Start rangers Ace Nolan Ryan. Shelved for 15 Days by Jim Donaghy a baseball writer Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens Are hurting. The St. Louis cardinals have lost half their starting infield and the favorite to win the Al Rookie of year broke a Bone in his left wrist wednesday. Three Days into the baseball season the disabled list is overflowing. Those lost to the disabled list include Ryan Andres Galarraga Chris Sabo Blue Jay Rookie Derek Bel and probably Lenny Dykstra. The rangers placed the 45-year-old Ryan on the 15-Day disabled list because of a strained left calf muscle and an aggravated right Achilles Tendon. Ryan was forced to leave the rangers 12-10 season opening Victory monday Over Seattle in the fifth inning because of his calf and was not involved in the decision. Ryan was bothered by his calf during Spring training. Ryan in his 26th season was on the disabled list twice last season a for 15 Days in May and in july and August for 21 Days. He is a 314-game career Winner and was 12-6 last season. Clemens will have the Little Finger on his right hand examined on thursday. Clemens the losing Pitcher in the red sox 4-3 season opening loss to the new York Yankees awoke wednesday with a swollen Little Finger. He is scheduled to meet with team physician or. Arthur Pappas at the University of Massachusetts medical Center team spokesman Dick Bresciani said. Clemens showed no signs of a problem during his Complete game appearance against the Yankees with his pitches clocked at up to 95 Mph. Bell fractured a Bone in his left wrist wednesday while batting against the Detroit tigers for Toronto. Bell the International leagues map at triple a Syracuse last season left the game with a 1-1 count on him in the third inning. He sustained the injury when a pitch from Frank Tanana apparently hit the Knob end of his Bat then the wrist. The cardinals won their game against the new York mets on tuesday night but lost Galarraga at first base and second baseman Jose Oquendo. Oquendo who dislocated his right Ilc. S pit. Oquendo is expected to miss 5-6 weeks. Shoulder in monday nights season opener was placed on the 15-Day disabled list. Galarraga broke a Bone in his right wrist when hit by an inside pitch from Wally Whitehurst in the fourth inning of cardinals 9-2 Victory Over the mets tuesday. Galarraga the cardinals new cleanup hitter was acquired from Montreal in the of season for Pitcher Ken Hill. He was 1 for 6 to Start the season with an rib. A a it a strange How things have happened so Quick like that right at the Start of the season a manager Joe Torre said. A but As far As the team goes you can to dwell on that stuff. You just have to go out there and play because if in a Down the players Are going to be  in addition the cardinals placed outfielder Felix Jose on the 15-Day disabled list retroactive to March 28. Jose strained his right hamstring March 23 in Spring training and has not played since. Dykstra who missed 99 games for the Philadelphia Phillies last season because of injuries had a Bone in his left wrist broken by a pitch in the first inning of tuesdays game against Chicago. The Cincinnati reds put Sabo on the 15-Day disabled list wednesday with a sprained right ankle. The third baseman sprained the ankle when he Slid feet first into first base tuesday night. The new York Yankees placed infielder Mike Gal Lego on the 15-Day disabled list tuesday because of a bruised right Heel. Also going on the 15-Day do tuesday were Boston Catcher John Marzano and Milwaukee shortstop Bill Spiers. Two sport Jordan stars As cardinals rip mets by the associated press St. Louis a baseball a latest two sport Star is off to a fast Start. A i was really pumped up and anxious to do Good a Brian Jordan said after getting two hits and four Bis in his major league debut As the St. Louis cardinals pounded the new York mets 15-7 wednesday night. A football baseball its the same excitement. A a in la take  the production of Jordan who a the starting Strong safety for the Atlanta Falcons and was a pro bowl alternate last year helped make up for the fact the cardinals were missing three injured starters. A that was great a manager Joe Torre said. A the looked exactly like he did in Spring training. He did no to rattle a  Pedro Guerrero drove in three runs and Ozzie Smith Todd Zeile and Tom Pagnozzi added two Bis apiece for St. Louis which has taken two of three from the revamped mets. The cardinals battered Bret Saberhagen 9-2 on tuesday Jordan 25, was called up from triple a Louisville tuesday alter first baseman Andres Galarraga cracked a Bone in his right wrist. Jordan had a two run single off sing third baseman Bill Pecota a Glove inn wednesday the third and an opposite Field rib double in the cardinals five run sixth. In other games wednesday Phillies 11, cubs 3 Philadelphia Rookie Ruben Amaro filling in for the injured Lenny Dykstra hit his first major league Homer had two doubles scored three runs and drove in three As Philadelphia beat  2, reds 1 Cincinnati a Andy Benes pitched seven shutout innings and drove in a run with a squeeze bunt in picking up where he left off in 1991, when he went 11-1 in his last 15  4, expos 2 Pittsburgh Barry Bonds replacing Bobby Bonilla As Pittsburgh a cleanup hitter hit a two run Homer and Zane Smith continued to Excel in three Rivers stadium As the pirates beat Montreal. Smith 1-0 won his sixth in a Row at Home and his seventh in his last eight  3, astros 1 Houston a John Smoltz kept his second half Success from last season going for Atlanta As he gave up one run and five hits in eight plus innings. Mets injury fell cards St. Louis apr another Day another injury for the St. Louis cardinals. And this time one for the new York mels too. New York outfielder Vince Coleman and St. Louis Pitcher Donovan Osborne got Hurt on the first play thursday and the mets wound up winning the finale of this series of attrition 7-1 on Anthony Youngs six hitter and Howard Johnson a four Bis. Coleman who missed half the 1991 season with a bad hamstring slight Lynn thursday strained his left hamstring on his Lead off bunt single and immediately came out. Osborne making his major league debut slightly sprained his left ankle on the play and came out after pitching two scoreless innings. He became the fourth Hurt Cardinal this week. Young pitched his first Complete game in the ninth Start of his career. Henderson s blast lifts a s past royals wednesday in the Al by the associated press Oakland Calif. A Rickey Henderson homered with two outs in the 13th inning wednesday night to lift the Oakland athletics to a 4-3 Victory Over the Kansas City royals. Henderson drove a 3-1 pitch from Neal Heaton into the left Field seats As the athletics won their second straight game against Kansas City. _ Jeff Parrett Oakland a sixth Pitcher worked two innings to earn the win. Heaton 0-1 had worked 634 innings in Relief before Henderson a Homer. In other games wednesday Blue jays 10, tigers 9 Detroit a Cecil fielders two Home runs and six Bis weren to enough to overcome homers by Roberto Alomar and Pat Borders As Toronto outlasted Detroit. Fielder who hit 51 Home runs in 1990 and 44 More last year hit his second and third homers and matched his career High with the six runs batted  9, twins 5 Milwaukee . Surhoff hit the first grand slam of the season a two out shot in the ninth inning off Minnesota Relief Ace Rick Aguilera to give Milwaukee the Victory. The twins also lost left fielder Shane Mack when he was hit in the head by a pitch from reliever Mike Fetters in the sixth one inning after hitting a  4, orioles 0 Baltimore a Paul Sorrento hit the first Homer at Baltimore a new Ball Ark a three run shot that helped Cleve and win the inaugural night game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Dave Otto 1-0 allowed three hits in 614 innings to improve his lifetime record to 3-8. Only five of the 23 batters he faced reached base. Rod Nichols finished with 234 perfect innings striking out three. Sorrento hit a drive off Bob Milacki 01 in the first inning that barely made it into the left Field seats for the historic Homer. Mark Lewis added his first big Al thursday jays Roll on Detroit a Juan Guzman matched his career High with 10 strikeouts and Dave Winfield hit his first Home run for Toronto and 407th of his career leading the Blue jays Over the Detroit tigers 3-1 thursday for a three game sweep. Guzman who was 10-3 last season allowed three hits in seven innings and walked four. Tim Henke pitched a one hit eighth and Duane Ward pitched a perfect ninth for his second save. Walt Terrell 12-14 in 1991, allowed All three runs and six hits in 8v5 innings. League Homer in the fifth for the indians rangers 13, mariners 1 Seattle a Dean Palmer homered for the third straight game As Texas unleashed a 17-hit barrage to beat Seattle for the third straight time. The rangers also got a Home run by John Cangelosi a triple and five doubles to Back starter Jose Guzman 1-0who gave up just one run and three hits in six innings. Guzman retired 15 straight mariners after Ken Griffey  Rel double in the first inning Griffey a first hit of the  sox 4, Angels 3 Anaheim Calif. A Robin Ventura singled in the tie breaking run in the eighth inning As Chicago beat the error prone Angels. Tim Raines led off the eighth with a single against Jim Abbott 0-1and advanced on a sacrifice by Steve sax who scored two of Chicago a runs. Ventura then lined a 1-1 pitch to Center Field making a Winner of starter Greg Hibbard 1-0. The left hander surrendered three hits in each of the first two innings then gave up just two More in the next 5w, Bobby Thigpen worked the ninth for his first save