European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 c the stars and stripes Friday april 24,1992 orioles keep royals Blue 2-1 by the associated press Kansas City to. Billy Ripken drove in two runs then collided with teammate Randy Milligan the same inning and both were taken off the Field in an ambulance wednesday night in Baltimore a 2-1 Victory Over Kansas City. The orioles matched their Best Start in 19 years As Rick Sutcliffe pitched six hitter against the royals radically revamped lineup. Baltimore a sixth straight Victory and Kansas City a sixth consecutive loss was tempered by baseball a second bad collision in two nights. On tuesday night Chicago White sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen was lost for the season when he Tore ligaments in his knee after colliding with Teft fielder Tim Raines. Baltimore improved to 9-5, its Best getaway since 1973. The royals plunged to 1-13, worst in their history and worst in the major leagues. Sutcliffe 3-1 had one walk and four strikeouts. Kevin Appier 0-2 gave up five hits in 7v6 innings. In other games wednesday athletics 10, Angels 4 Oakland Calif. A Mark Mcgwire hit Home runs his first two at bats off Chuck Finley 0-1 to increase his major league leading total to eight leading Oakland dast California. The a a have won 13 of their last 15 games against the Angels including eight of nine in Oakland. Winner Mike Moore 3-0 gave up one run and six hits in seven innings to improve to 8-0 in his last 11 starts dating Back to last season. After Mcgwire a two homers and a Solo shot by Rickey Henderson made it 30 in the third. Indians 7, Blue jays 2 Toronto a Cleveland spoiled Dave Stiebs first game since last May 22, beating Toronto and ending a 13-game losing Streak against the Blue jays. Stieb who missed most of last year because of Back surgery gave up a Solo Home run to former Toronto teammate Glenallen Hill in the first inning. Felix american league Fermin drove in three runs off Stieb. Charles Nagy 3-1 allowed two runs on seven hits in 6% innings in Cleveland a first Victory against Toronto since last june 11. Yankees 4, White sox 3 Chicago a Kevin Maas singled Home the so ahead run in the ninth inning and new York overcame a base run Ning mistake to beat Chicago. Roberto Kelly singled with one out in the ninth for his fourth straight hit. Mel Hall followed with a Long drive to Center but Kelly overran second base had to go Back and retouch the bag and made it Only to third. Maas however made up for Kelly a missed step with a single on a two strike pitch from Scott Radinsky 0-1. Steve owe 2-0 was the Winner. To Gers 12, rangers 8 Arlington Texas Cecil fielder hit a Solo Home run that snapped a fifth inning tie and Detroit after blowing an Early six run Lead bounced Back to beat Texas. Mickey Tettleton Rob Deer and Travis Fryman also connected for Detroit which leads the majors with 25 Home runs. The tigers scored six runs in the first inning but Texas came Back to tie it at 7 on Rafael Palmeiro a grand slam in the fourth. Mark Leiter 2-0 shut out Texas on two hits for 4v5 innings. Reliever Jeff Robinson 1-2 was the loser. Twins 8, mariners 1 Seattle a Bill Krueger won his third straight Start As Minnesota routed Seattle behind Home runs by Pedro Munoz and Brian Harper. Erik Hanson 1-3 gave up eight runs and nine hits in three plus innings. His Era Rose from 3.98 to 0.17. Red sox Brewers postponed Milwaukee a the scheduled red sox Milwaukee Brewers contest was postponed because of cold weather. No make up Date has been scheduled. No thursday expos restrain erring pirates by the associated press Montreal a Spike Owen drove Home two runs As Montreal and Mark Gardner took advantage of five Pittsburgh errors to beat the pirates 6-3 and end their nine game winning Streak. Gardner 2-1 allowed seven hits Over 816 innings to beat Zane Smith 3-1who had his personal winning Streak stopped at seven. Smith allowed All six runs three of them earned in 5v6 innings. John Wetteland came on in the ninth after Pittsburgh had scored twice to Post his third save. Three errors allowed the expos to score two runs in the first. Marquis Grissom led off with a double and continued to third when Cecil Espy subbing for Barry Bonds in left bobbled the Ball. Owen then hit a Ball to third baseman Steve Bue Chele who threw Home. Grissom knocked the Ball out of of Catcher Mike Lavalliere a hands to score on the play. Lavalliere was Given an error. Owen took second on the play went to third when Buechele displayed Ivan Calderon a ground Ball and scored on Larry walkers fielders Choice. Phillies 8, cubs 2 Chicago a Kim Batiste hit his first Ziajor league Home run and Tommy Greene allowed two hits Over seven innings. Greene 2-1 struck out six and walked five allowing both runs in the first inning on three walks an error and an infield out Frank Castillo 0-1 pitched 6v6 innings gave up seven runs and six i fits for the cubs. Angels von Hayes dives As athletics Lance Blankenship leaps for the throw wednesday. Reds beat quake . By the associated press the big shakeup in the National league West has nothing to do with the Houston astros moving into first place. The reds and dodgers played right through an earthquake that hit Southern California wednesday night with Cincinnati winning 4-3 As a result of two errors by los Angeles third baseman Lenny Harris. The reds and dodgers noticed the astros won. They did no to feel the quake a bit. An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale Shook dodger stadium at 9 51 . Put in the Bottom of the sixth inning. Although the stadium Shook play was not stopped and the players went about their business. A crowd of 34,924 had Little reaction and remained after the quake. In other games wednesday astros 3, giants 1,12 innings at the Astrodome Chris Jones hit a two run Homer in the 12th inning As Houston beat san Francisco to move into sole Possession of first place in the no West. The astros closed their 15-game Home stand with a 9-6 record winning seven of their last nine. Eric Yelding had a one out single off loser Mike Jackson 0-1 and Jones then hit his first Home run of the season a drive to left Field. Xavier Hernandez 2-0 was the Winner pitching one witless inning. Padres 9, braves 4 at Jack Murphy stadium Bruce Hurst pitched 7�?~/3 Strong innings and the san Diego padres hit Atlanta a Tom Glavine hard handing the 1991 no by Young award Winner his first 1992 loss. Glavine 2-1 gave up 11 hits in four innings the most hits and his shortest Outing this season. Hurst 1-1 recorded his first Victory in four starts. No wednesday cubs 9, Phillies 5 at Wrigley Field Ryne Sandberg hit a three run Homer and Andre Dawson also drove in three runs As Chicago rallied on a Windy Day to beat Philadelphia. Shawn Boskie 3-0 won despite giving up five runs and five hits in five innings. Ken Patterson Paul Assen Macher and Bob Scanlan completed the six hitter. Terry Mulholland 0-3 allowed six runs and six hits in six innings. Pirates 2, expos 0 at olympic stadium Kirk Gibson led off the game with a Home run and Doug Drabek 3-1 made it stand up with a five hitter As Pittsburgh won its ninth straight game. Pittsburgh is off to a 12-2 Start to equal a team record. The last pirate team to win 12 of its first 14 games was in 1914. After starting the season 5-2, the expos have lost four straight games and sue of their last seven. Gibson hit his second Homer of the season on a 2-0 pitch from Dennis Martinez 1-3. Mets 3, cardinals 2 As fog rolled into Shea stadium Eddie Murray hit his first Home run for new York in the ninth inning to lift the mets Over St. Louis. The fog a caused by a cold front following a warm Rainy Day a began pouring in during the top of the fourth. Cris Carpenter 1-1 relieved to Start the ninth and Murray signed As a free agent in the off season hit his 399th career Home run with one out. Jeff Innis 2-1 got the Victory after striking out the Side in the ninth. The mets improved their record to 8-7. They had not been Over .500 since David Cone beat the cardinals on opening Day