European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 c the stars and stripes wednesday april 22, 1992monday�?Ts baseball Seattle s Johnson tames twins with another shutout e by the associated press Seattle a Randy Johnson is getting better control and better results. The 6-foot-10 left hander a the tallest Pitcher in major league history a threw is second straight four hit shutout monday night leading the Seattle mariners Over the Minnesota twins 2-0. Johnson pitching for the first time in nine Days after missing a Start last week because of stiffness behind his left shoulder struck out 10 and walked just two As Seattle sent the world series champions to their seventh loss in eight games. Quot strikeouts Arentt my big concern a Johnson said. A my walks Are. Strikeouts done to mean a lot to  Johnson led the major in walks during the last two seasons with 120 in 1990 and 152 last year. He has 26 strikeouts and eight walks this season. Against the visiting twins he needed just 102 pitches. A we had a bet before the season that id buy him dinner if he threw below 100 pitches a said Dan Warthen the mariners first year pitching coach. Quot i think this  Johnson got the fifth shutout of his career and his 17th game with 10 or More strikeouts. He beat Kansas City 1-0 on april 11, striking out 11. Kevin Tapani 1-1who had been 5-0 against Seattle gave up both runs and four hits in seven innings. He struck out three and walked a career High four. Seattle went ahead in the first when Harold Reynolds doubled took third on Edgar Martinez a groundnut and scored on Ken Griffey  sacrifice Fly. Reynolds tripled in the sixth and scored on Pete of Briens sacrifice Fly. In other games monday athletics 4, Angels 3 Oakland Calif. When the Oakland athletics Don t need Dennis eckers Ley to save a game Tony la Russa uses him for the next Best thing. A a he a Good for a few outs in an extra inning game a the Oakland manager said monday night after Eckersley pitched two perfect innings in the a s 11-inning, 4-3 Victory Over the California Angels. Eckersley 1-0 struck out five of six batters As Oakland increased its extra inning record to 4-0 this season. Oakland pushed across the winning run in the 11th. Scott Hemond singled on Chuck Crim 1-1 with one out and took third on Willie Wilson a single. Crimes first pitch to Mike. Bordick bounced through the legs of Catcher Lance Parrish allowing Hemond to score. Oakland has won 10 straight against the Angels and 12 of its last 13 against California including seven straight at Home since 1990.orioles 12, tigers 4 Baltimore a new Ballpark new attitude. With a Little help from their fans the Baltimore orioles Are off to a 6-1 Start at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Backed by another huge crowd monday night Baltimore overcame a 4-0 deficit to beat the Detroit tigers for a four game sweep. A this new Park brings out the Energy and adrenaline in everyone a orioles Cente fielder Mike Devereaux said. And the tigers have cause to hate it. Before this year Detroit had won 12 of the last 18 games Between the teams and the four game sweep was Baltimore a first at Home against the tigers since 1977. Detroit is 3-11, its worst Start since a 212 beginning in 1959. Only Kansas City at 1-11, has had a worse major league opening than the tigers. The tigers appeared poised to Salvage the final game of the series when Alan Trammell Cecil fielder and Mickey Tettleton hit successive homers in Detroit a four run third inning. But Baltimore rallied taking the Lead with a five run fourth and pulling away Angels Bobby Ross leaps Over athletics Harold Baines during a double play attempt. With a seven run seventh. Last year the orioles fell behind by three or More runs 43 times before the fourth inning. They lost 39 of those games. Devereaux fuelled the comeback with three hits including a triple and a two run Homer and Horn had a two run Homer in the fourth against Eric King 12who entered 7-1 against Baltimore. Alan Mills 1-0who took Over for starter Ben Mcdonald pitched 3 1-3 innings of witless Relief. Todd Frohwirth threw three innings for his first save. Detroit which scored Only three runs in its previous three games went ahead when Trammell homered to left fielder followed with a drive to left Center for his 100th with the tigers and Tettleton homered Over the 25-foot Wall in right 26 feet Short of the already trademark Brick  Sparks braves Romp from wire reports san Diego a Terry Pendleton pounded out three hits and drove Home a career High six runs monday night leading the Atlanta braves to a 10-4 Victory Over the san Diego padres. Marvin Freeman 1-1, earned the win in Relief As the braves established season highs with 10 runs and 13 hits extending san Diego s losing Streak to five games. Pendleton went 3-for-4 on the night including a two run double in the fourth inning As Atlanta snapped a 33 tie with three runs. Lonnie Smith broke the deadlock with a two out single to drive Home Rafael Belliard who had drawn a one out walk against Craig Lefferts 1-2. Pendleton then doubled Down the left Field line to score both Deion Sanders and Smith but was tagged out rounding second to end the threat. Atlanta turned the game into a rout in the eighth inning scoring four times to grab a 10-3 Lead. Smith received a bases loaded walk to score Belliard. Then Pendleton who entered the game with just five rib this season slammed his second double of the night to score Mike Stanton Sanders and Smith. The padres added a run in the ninth inning on Gary Sheffield a third Home run of the year coming against reliever Alejandro Pena. The padres who banged out a season High 13 hits but stranded 11 runners had seized a 3-2 advantage by scoring two runs in the second inning. The braves knotted the score in the third inning. Sanders singled went to second on a wild pitch and to third on a single by Smith. Pendleton followed with a sacrifice Fly. With his single Sanders extended his season starting hitting Streak to 14 games. In other monday games cubs 8, Phillies 3 Chicago a Gary Scott did not go Home disappointed for a change. A i will go Home and sleep Well tonight a Scott said after fouling off eight pitches and then connecting for a grand slam that led Greg Maddux and the Chicago cubs to their Victory Over the slumping Philadelphia Phillies. Scott a second career Homer a and first of the season a came off loser Kyle Abbott 0-3 in the fourth inning. Mark Grace opened the fourth with a single and two outs later Luis Salazar and Doug Dascensio both walked. The Phillies have lost six straight games. Maddux 3-0 also homered hitting the second of his career in the third inning. Maddux had a one hit shutout working when the Phillies scored three runs in the sixth. Jeff Groenwold and Mickey Morandini singled and both scored when Mariano Duncan doubled. Duncan eventually scored on a ground out by John Kruk. Maddux gave up four hits walked one and struck out eight in the seven innings. Paul Assenmacher worked the eighth and Chuck Mcelroy got the last three  6, reds 0 los Angeles Eric Davis was in no mood to gloat after going 3 for 3 in his first game against his former Cincinnati reds teammates. He spent too Many years there and made too Many friends to give them an a in your  i Don t have any animosity toward anybody a he said monday night after the los Angeles dodgers beat the reds behind Bob ojedas nine hit shutout. I won a world championship Over there a Davis said a i played eight Good years Over there. 1 made some friends that ill have or the rest of my life. So How can i be upset about that a Davis who came to the dodgers in a four player Deal that sent Tim Belcher to Cincinnati last november doubled his first time up and singled in his next two trips against loser Greg Swindell 0-1. Ojeda 1-2 recorded his 16th shutout in 256 career starts and equated his entire shutout total of the last two seasons. The left hander struck out six and walked tour in his first Start at dodger stadium going the distance for the first time since last july 27. Brett Butler tripled singled and scored twice igniting a three run fifth with an infield hit. Darryl Strawberry drove him in from third with a single before Davis chased Swindell with his third hit. I l to a a 2-0 Lead in the first on butlers eau olt triple a sacrifice Fly by Karros and a bases loaded walk to Mike Scioscia. Scioscia also had a sacrifice Fly in the eighth