European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday april 16, 1992 royals win 1 St with feeble rally Brewers Paul Molitor steals Home As twins Catcher Brian Harper searches for Ball. By the associated press Kansas City to. Thanks to one of the weirdest weakest rallies in memory the Kansas City royals no longer Are the major leagues Only wingless team. Barely. A it was strange but Well take it a manager Hal Mcrae said after the royals were held to one infield single in a 3-1 Victory Over the Oakland athletics. Held witless through seven innings by Ron Darling the royals scratched out their runs in the eighth on three sacrifices two wild pitches an error and their Only hit of the night. �?o1 would describe that rally this Way a just enough a said Mcrae whose team had lost its first seven games of the season the royals worst Start Ever. A it is a sense of Relief to finally get a win. Now people will Stop talking to us about the 198o orioles and their 0-21  Darling took a no hitter into the eighth. But Keith Miller grounded to deep shortstop and beat Mike Bordicks throw to the bag. A a manager Tony la Russa then brought in Rick Honeycutt 0-1who threw wildly to first on Chris Gwynn a sacrifice bunt. Terry Shumpert then Laid Down another sacrifice but Honeycutte a throw to third was late loading the bases. Miller and Gwynn then sped across the plate on consecutive wild pitches. The royals finally got the Ball out of the infield when Gregg Jeffries scored Shum part with a sacrifice Fly. A i basically screwed up a said Honeycutt 0-1. A i did no to do my Job on either bunt  the Victory went to Neal Heaton 1-0who relieved Mark Gubicza starting the eighth. Jeff Montgomery pitched the ninth for his first save. Darling threw 105 pitches 62 Fork town Booter now eligible for . Team Chicago a Thomas Dooley a 30-year-old defender for pc Kaiserslautern in the German first division received a United states passport tuesday and became eligible to play for the . Soccer team. Dooley 30, has three goals this season for pc Kaiserslautern which is in fifth place in the Bun Vesliga. He was eligible for . Citizenship because his now deceased father was american and married in Germany. He is eligible to play for the United states because he never competed on the National teams of Germany or West Germany. �?o1 should have had a Chance to make a National team but i never got the Chance a said Dooley who has 13 goals in 145 appearances in the Bunde Sliga. A now everyone supports my decision to play in America whether its the fans on the Street or my teammates or opponents. Its a dream come  Dooley who is married and has two children has been sidelined with injured ribs but is about to resume practice following March 21 surgery. The United states also is attempting to get Roy Wegerle a Forward with Blackburn rovers of the English second division. Strikes. He walked three before and was untouchable in the first seven innings. Kevin Mcreynolds who walked on a full count leading off the second was the Lone baserunner until Miller walked on a 3-2 count with two outs in the fifth. Lance Blankenship led off the Oakland fifth with his first Homer of the season and his fifth in the major leagues. In other games tuesday Angels 8, rangers 1 Arlington a Hubie Brooks had a three run Homer and five Bis As the Angels won their fourth straight. Brooks hit the first pitch to him by starter Jeff Robinson into the left Field stands for his second Homer of the season staking Joe Grahe to a 3-0 Lead. Grahe yielded four hits in 6%  jays 12, Yankees 6 Toronto a the Yankees lost their first game of season As Dave Winfield drove in four runs with a two run Homer and two singles in Toronto a Victory. The Yankees entered the game 6-0 under new manager Buck Showalter and were trying to equal the clubs Best Start Ever set in 1933. After Pat Borders walked and Turner Ward doubled off loser Jeff Johnson 01 in the second inning Randy Velardes throwing error allowed Borders to score before Roberto Alomar homered. Jeff Kent and Joe Carter walked before Winfield singled off reliever Lee Guetterman to score another run. Candy Maldonado then capped the six run inning with a run scoring double. The Blue jays improved to 7-1 and moved Back into the Al East  8, tigers 7 Cleveland a Brook Jacoby hit a three run Homer and drove in the go ahead run with a single in a four run by the associated press Indiana is in and Philadelphia is out of the Aba playoffs. The pacers clinched a playoff berth by beating visiting Charlotte 123-96 tuesday night while Boston eliminated the 76ers from the postseason picture with a 99-94 Victory at Philadelphia. Indiana a Victory combined with Miami a loss to new Jersey gave the pacers a third consecutive trip to the playoffs for the first time since joining the Aba in 1976. A i think we re playing Good basketball and we done to fear anybody a said Chuck person who had a season High 14 rebounds for Indiana. A teams have to worry about us because we re very capable of beating  Indiana used a 19-2 spurt to take a 3421 Lead and the hornets never Drew closer than 10 Points again. Larry Johnson led Charlotte with 22 Points and Kendall Gill added 21. Reggie Lewis scored 27 Points including a crucial jumper with 15.9 seconds left As Boston eliminated Philadelphia from the playoff picture for the first time since the 1987-88 season. Kevin Mchale had 20 Points and 12 rebounds for Boston which won its sixth straight game. Hersey Hawkins scored 20 Points for the 76ers, who lost their fourth in a Row and eighth in the last 10  105, heat 100 Miami a new Jersey outscored the heat 17-4 in the final 4 29 to beat the heat in a crucial game for both teams. Derrick Coleman sat out the final minutes but finished with 24 Points and 13 rebounds for the nets. Miami a Glen Rice scored 36 Points but his team missed nine of its last 10 shots. New Jer Cleveland eighth. The indians got rib singles from Sandy Alomar Mark Whiten Jacoby and Kenny Lofton As they batted around against three Detroit pitchers in the eighth. Ted Power 1-0 pitched two innings for the  11, twins 1 Minneapolis Darrel Fla Milton and Paul Molitor combined Tor six stolen sey improved to 39-41, two games ahead of the heat with two regular season games remaining in the Battle for a playoff spot in the Eastern  93, bullets 90 new York a Patrick Ewing and John Starks woke up a slumbering new York offence in the fourth Quarter and the kicks stayed in first place in the Atlantic division. The kicks who got 11 Points from Starks and 10 from Ewing in the final period stayed one game in front of Boston in the division race with their second Victory in six games. Ewing finished with 23 Points and 21 rebounds. Ledell Eackles scored 38 Points for the bullets who lost their sixth in a  122, Timber wives 100 Minneapolis a Tim Hardaway who set an Aba record for poor shooting in his last visit to Minnesota scored 25 Points As the warriors routed the Timber wives in Minneapolis. Hardaway 0 for 17 in Golden states 106-102 Victory on dec. 27, was 11 for 17 tuesday night with 15 assists. Pooh Richardson had 22 Points for the Timber wives who lost their fifth  108, Trail blazers 96 Houston a Otis Thorpe made 11 of 12 shots and scored 24 Points As the rockets kept their playoff Hopes alive. Houston took a half game Lead Over the los Angeles lakers m the race for the a eighth and final Western conference playoff spot. Vernon Maxwell scored 10 straight Houston Points keeping the rockets ahead 81-75 going into the final period. Bases including molitors steal of Home during a seven run third inning. It was the seventh career steal of Home for Molitor who scored easily against twins starter John Smiley 0-1 on a 1-1 pitch with two outs. Hamilton who also drove in three runs with a pair of singles tied molitors single game record of three stolen bases which Molitor has accomplished six  98, Bucks 94 of Milwaukee a Joe Dumars scored nine of his 26 Points in overtime As Detroit won its sixth straight. Dumars 3-Pointer gave the pistons a 91-89 Lead in the extra period and his two free throws with 1 04 left stretched the advantage to 93-89. Dennis Rodman had 19 Points and 18 rebounds for the pistons. Dale Ellis had 22 Points for  120, Mavericks 108 san Antonio Sean Elliott scored 26 Points and san Antonio used a 59-40 rebounding advantage to beat Dallas. San Antonio won for the 14th time in its last 16 Home games. The spurs got 23 Points from Terry Cummings 21 from Rod Strickland and a season High 18 from Donald Royal. The mavs were led by Rolando Blackman with 20  103, clippers 97 los Angeles Wayman Tisdale scored 24 Points and Sacramento capitalized on Danny Manning a ejection to beat the clippers. The Kings who entered the game 0-28 on the Road against Pacific division opponents Over the past two seasons pulled away with a 17-6 run at the Start of the fourth Quarter. Manning scored 20 Points before referee Luis Grillo called two technical fouls on him in the fourth Quarter. The clippers need two wins in their last three games to Clinch their first playoff berth in 16 years. Suns 122, supersonics 100 Phoenix a Dan Majerle scored 14 of his 23 Points in the second Quarter As the suns broke open a tight game against Seattle. Majerle was ejected with 1 18 left in the game for a flagrant foul against Bart Kofoed. Al pacers Clinch 76ers ousted