European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday april 27, 1992 braves Avery Blanks astros by the associated press Atlanta a Steve Avery got his first Victory of the season and breathed a sigh of Relief. A a a a it a been a while since i got one Avery said saturday night after his four hitter led the Atlanta braves Over the Houston astros 2-0. A anyone gets a Little itchy to get that first win a Avery said. A you see some Guys with four and you done to have  Avery 1-2 struck out four walked two and lowered his Era from 4.67 to 3.08. The 22-year-old left hander 18-8 last season got his third career shutout. The Victory was Only the third in 12 games for the braves who Are last in the no West after winning the 1991 Pennant. Mark Portugal 2-1 allowed both runs and four hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked five. In other games saturday pirates 1, cubs 0 Chicago a Randy Tomlin pitched three hit Ball for eight innings and Andy Van Slyke had a run scoring double in the sixth inning leading the Pittsburgh pirates past the Chicago cubs 1-0 saturday. The Victory was the 11th in the last 12 games for the pirates who have the Best record in the major leagues at 14-3. Tomlin 4-0 joined Bill Swift of san Francisco As the Only four game winners in the National league. Stan Belinda pitched the ninth for his fifth save. Dodgers 7, giants 6 san Francisco a Pinch hitter Mitch websters bases loaded sacrifice Fly with one out in the 10th inning lifted los Angeles Over san Francisco. Matt Williams hit a three run Homer in the eighth off Tom Candiotti to tie the score at 6, breaking a 4-for-41 slump. Reliever Roger Mcdowell 3-2 was no saturday the Winner with two witless innings. Mets 3, Phillies 2 Philadelphia Sid Fernandez pitched three hit Ball and struck out 11 Over 6% innings for new York. Fernandez 1-2who struck out 10 in 5vt, innings in his last Start against Montreal fanned every Phillie in the starting lineup except Lenny Dykstra. Jeff Innis pitched is innings and John Franco got the last three outs for his third save. Franco has allowed Only one hit in Ivi innings this season. The mets grabbed a 2-1 Lead in the third on Bobby Bonillas rib single off Kyle Abbott 0-4 and added a run in the filth on Dave Magadanz sri single. Reds 11, padres 5 san Diego a Greg Swindell survived a five run fifth inning for his first Victory As a red helping Cincinnati beat Andy Benes and san Diego. Bip Roberts collected three Bis for the reds while Paul of Neill had four hits. Cincinnati which had a season High 17 hits has won four straight. Swindell 1-1acquired from Cleveland in an off season Trade allowed five runs on nine hits in six innings. Andy Benes 2-1who began the game with a league leading 0.39 Era gave up seven runs on 11 hits in 4% innings to raise his Era to 2.57. Cardinals 2, expos 1,17 innings St. Louis a reliever Bob Tewksbury sri single with two out in the 17th inning off Mel Rojas lifted St. Louis past Montreal. Tewksbury 2-0 pitched two scoreless innings to gain the Victory. Tewksbury normally a starter entered the game when the cardinals used All their relievers. He was the eighth Pitcher for the cards padre Catcher Oscar Azocar heats up his Bat in the dugout during saturdays game in san Diego against the reds. Azocar says burning alcohol on his Bat hardens the  by the associated press Philadelphia John Kruks rib single capped a two run rally in the seventh inning As the Philadelphia Phillies beat the new York mets 5-4 sunday. Phillie Rookie starter Andy Ashby was hit by Mackey Sasser a hard liner on the right hand in the fourth inning and broke his right thumb. He will be sidelined a minimum of two months. Dwight Gooden Iclet after six innings with a 4-3 Lead. Mariano Duncan led off the seventh with a single off reliever Wally Whitehurst 0-2 and Dave Hollins followed with a run scoring double. Kruk the Nln a leading hitter at .406, then singled up the Middle to put the Phillies ahead. Barry Jones pitched two scoreless innings to even his record at 1-1.nl sunday in another Early game sunday expos 6, cardinals 0 St. Louis Chris Haney pitched a five hitter for his first major league shutout and had a two run single As Montreal Defeated St. Louis. The expos raised their record to 8-2 in Day games. At night they re 0-9, including a 17-in Ning 2-1 loss to St. Louis on saturday night Haney 2-1 walked one and struck out eight getting Rich Gudman on a called third strike three times. Haney drove in two runs in the expose three run third off Rheal Cormier making him 2 for 6 on the season with three Bis he was 2 for 27 last season with one rib. Cormier 0-3 singled in the third and doubled in the fifth. Through 7�?T/3 innings he allowed eight hits struck out five and walked four. Cormier a French Canadien is 0-2 against the expos this season. The cardinals Ozzie Smith had three hits and stole his 500lh career base and his first of the season in two attempts in the fourth. He proceeded to steal no. 501 when Haney tried to pick off Todd Zeile who had walked at first base. He stole another in the eighth map Anderson batters Yankees for orioles by the associated press new York a Brady Anderson baseballs surprising slugger homered Lind drove in a a Irenr High five runs saturday As Baltimore heat the new York Yankees 9-2 for its eighth Victory in nine games. If the orioles last Start is interesting Andersons april is downright amazing. A platoon player known for Speed defense and slapping singles in his four years Baltimore Sladoff Batter is second in the majors with 18 Bis Only one behind fielder. He is already nine Bis away from Matching his career High for a season. Quot the Guys have been kidding him calling him a map a a a Oriole manager Johnny Oates said. Andersons three run Homer in the fifth inning Oil Jet Johnson 1-2 broke open a scoreless game. He added a sacrifice Fly dining a two run seventh and hit an rib double that capped a four run eighth giving him 16 Bis in his last 11 games. Anderson is batting .318, including six doubles and an Al leading four triples. Going into this year his lifetime totals for april were one Home run 15al saturday Bis and a .266 average in 173 at bats. In the Only other games played saturday Blue jays 6, royals 4 Toronto a nothing is going right for Kansas City these Days. With a 4-3 Lead in the sixth inning saturday and first base open royals manager Hal Mcrae decided to have Curt Young pitch to Roberto Alomar no had reached base eight consecutive times. Alomar hit a two run single and Toronto went on to drop the royals to 1-16. It was Kansas City s ninth consecutive  8, twins 4 Minneapolis twin killer Willie Wilson drove in three runs and Terry Steinbach homered doubled and singled in his first game off the disabled list As Oakland roughed up Minnesota a Kevin Tapani. Mike Bordick went 4 for 5 and the athletics had 18 hits in rebounding from fridays 6-5 loss in which they blew a 5-0 Lead. The Al West leaders Are 4v2 games ahead of defending world series Champion twins who Are 4-9 since a 3-1 Start. Mariners 10, Angels 6 Anaheim Calif. Tino Martinez hit his first major league grand slam and Seattle held on to beat California. Randy Johnson 3-0 nearly squandered All of an Early six run Lead. He gave up eight hits and six runs in 5�i innings. Mike schooler recorded the final five outs for his fifth  games postponed saturdays Texas at Boston Milwaukee at Cleveland and Chicago at Detroit games were All postponed because of rain