European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes monday May 11,1992cards, Down 9-0, overtake braves for 12-11 Victory cubs Ryne Sandberg leaps above reds Dave Martinez who slides into second on a steal. By the associated press St. Louis a even when they trailed Atlanta 9-0 in the fourth inning the St. Louis cardinals did no to lose Hope saturday night. They battled Back and an unlikely hero Luis Alicea knocked in the winning run As the cardinals nipped the braves 12-11. A it was memorable a St. Louis manager Joe Torre said after his team staged one of the greatest rallies in its history. The biggest comebacks in National league history were 11-run rallies by the 1952 cardinals and the 1976 Phillies. The major league record is 12, by the 1911 tigers and 1925 Philadelphia athletics. Alicea hitting just .115 before his game winning hit in the eighth inning was playing Only because other St. Louis second basemen Are injured. He singled Home Brian Jordan with two outs to snap an 11-11 tie. A we Hung in a said Alicea. A i Haven to been swinging the Bat Well but tonight i Felt pretty Good. A the made a Good pitch a Alicea said of Marvin Freeman a delivery. �?o1 went the other Way with  heroes abounded for St. Louis. In addition to Alicea there were Jordan on base with a double scored the deciding run by just barely eluding a tag by Catcher Damon Berryhill. A i was looking to run Over him but he stepped Back a said Jordan who plays safety for the Atlanta Falcons. A the had his foot on the plate but i kicked it or stepped on it. I  Jordan also hit a two run triple in the fourth. The cards Ray Lankford also had three hits Todd Zeile ended an 0-for-23 string with two hits and drove in two runs and relievers Chris Carpenter Mike Perez 4-0 and Lee Smith combined for three no saturday scoreless innings. Smith got his league leading 10th save. In other games saturday expos 9, giants 3 Montreal a Archi Cianfrocco hit his first major league Homer and drove in five runs As Montreal routed san Francisco. Cianfrocco a Rookie making his second consecutive Start at third base in place of slumping Bret Barberie hit a Solo Homer in the second a two run triple in the fourth and a two run single in the fifth. Cubs 3, reds 1 Chicago a Frank Castillo pitched seven Strong innings and Chicago broke Cincinnati a three game winning Streak. It was the first win for Castillo 1-3 since defeating san Francisco 3-2 last sept. 8. He gave up one run on five hits walked two and struck out four in seven plus innings. Padres 5, Phillies 1 Philadelphia a Craig Lefferts stopped Philadelphia for seven innings and Fred Mcgriff had three hits including a two run triple. Lefferts who became a starter this season after eight years As a reliever struck out two and walked one. He gave up five hits among them Dale Murphy a 398th career Home run with one out in the seventh inning. Pirates 3, astros 0 Pittsburgh a Zane Smith pitched his second shutout in three starts and Barry Bonds hit his ninth Home run for Pittsburgh which won for the fifth time in six games. Houston has lost four in Row Overall and is 1-9 on the Road including eight consecutive  3-hits royals to end botox s slide by the associated press Kansas City to a Roger Clemens pitched a three hitter for his 31st career shutout and the Boston red sox broke a three game losing Streak with a 5-0 Victory Over the Kansas City royals on saturday. Clemens 4-3 struck out four and walked one in beating the royals for the 12th time in 15 lifetime decisions. He pitched his second shutout of the season. He blanked Cleveland with a three hitter on april 12. The first two royals to reach base Curtis Wilkerson with a walk in the first inning and George Brett with a single in the second were thrown out by Tony Pena trying to steal. After Brett a single Clemens retired 16 in a Row until Bob Melvin and Brett led off the eighth with singles. In other games saturday rangers 5, Brewers 4 Arlington Texas Dickie thongs run scoring triple in the eighth inning gave the rangers the Victory As Nolan Ryan pitched six Strong innings without getting a decision. Thongs triple came after Dean Palmer beat out a bunt single off reliever Darren Holmes 0-1. Jeff Robinson 4-2 went 1w innings to pick up his fourth Victory while Jeff Russell earned his 10th save of the year by setting the Brewers Down in the ninth. Ryan making his 1992 Home debut after three fruitless Road starts battled Back from Early trouble to strike out nine and allow five hits in six  saturday Ryan walked two and had 56 strikes on 91 pitches. Robin Younts bases loaded double in the third inning got Ryan behind 3-0 before a crowd of 37,353.athletics 5, Yankees 3 Oakland Calif. Rickey Henderson stole three bases and Harold Baines homered As Oakland beat new York for the athletics fourth straight Victory and the Yankees fifth consecutive loss Ron Darling 2-2 recovered from a three Start slump in which he had Given up 15 runs in 13 innings and won for the first time since april 9orioles 5, White sox 2 Baltimore a the orioles ended Chicago a six game winning Streak and won for the ninth time in 11 games. Baltimore took a 3-1 Lead in the second. After Leo Gomez drove in a run with a bases loaded groundnut Alex Fernandez hit Bill Ripken in the head with a pitch. Mark Mclemore ran for Ripken who sustained a Bruise on his forehead. Brady Anderson then hit a grounder to first. After getting the Force at second a run scored when shortstop Craig tire Beck threw wildly on the relay a rank Thomas got two hits and drove in both Chicago runs. He is 13 for 29 with 11 Rols and 12 walks in his last nine games. Tigers 13, mariners 0 Seattle a Detroit s Bill Gullickson posted his fifth straight Ictor and improved his career record to 7-0 against the struggling mariners. The tigers won their second straight game by equating their season High in runs and handed the mariners their fourth loss in a Row and 10th in 11  2, Blue jays 1 Anaheim Calif. Rookie Chad Curtis hit his first major league Home run in the opening inning and snapped a 1-1 tie with a double in the sixth. Curtis two out double up the right Center Alley off Todd Stottlemyre 4-2 scored Gary Disarcina from second base As the Angels won their fourth straight. The defeat dropped the Blue jays out of the Lead in the american league East percentage Points behind  10, indians 5 Minneapolis a Shane Mack homered and drove in four runs and John Smiley had his second successive Strong Start after an awful april for Minnesota. Chili Davis added three Bis and Kirby Puckett homered and scored three times for the twins who had their biggest offensive output of the season. They scored All their runs in five innings against Dave Otto 2-3 for their first Victory in six decisions against a left handed starter. Smiley 2-2acquired during Spring of in training after winning 20 games wit Pittsburgh last season took a five hitter into the eighth before tiring. He went 7ti innings allowing nine hits and three earned  nabs 7th for Chison by the associated press Baltimore Jack Mcdowell be came baseball a first seven game Winner this season stopping the Baltimore orioles on four hits for eight innings and leading the Chicago White sox to a 5-2 Victory sunday. Mcdowell has won All seven of his starts. He struck out four walked two and allowed Only three base runners until Al sunday the eighth inning when Tim Hulett hit a two run single to spoil the shutout. In another afternoon game sunday twins 10, indians 6 Minneapolis a Pedro Munoz hit a three run Homer that highlighted a five run burst in the first inning sending Minnesota past Cleveland for a three game sweep. Kirby Puckett and Chuck Knoblauch each drove in two runs for the twins Mark Whiten homered tripled and singled for indians and drove in two runs. The twins outscored Cleveland 27-15 in the series getting 13 hits in All three games. Minnesota has won 15 of the last 18 games against the indians