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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes wednesday May 13, 1992giants walk into is place tie Uribe Speed keys Victory Over phils by the associated press Philadelphia a Jose Uribe knew he had to think fast. Fortunately for the san Francisco giants Uribe also is fast on his feet. Uribe scored the final two runs including the winning run when will Clark Drew a bases loaded walk in the 10th inning As the giants beat Philadelphia 8-7 monday night to grab a share of the no West Lead with Idle Cincinnati the speedy infielder helped the giants take a 7-6 Lead in the eighth when after Kirt Manwaring tied it with an rib triple Uribe came in to Pinch run. Royce Clayton then dropped a suicide squeeze on which Uribe arrived at the plate almost simultaneously with the Ball dropping a few feet toward the Pitcher. A i got a great jump a Uribe said. A there was no Way they d get me. I was ready. Manager Roger Craig called that  after the Phillies tied it in the ninth Uribe again used his Quick thinking and Quick feet in the 10th, which he opened with a walk. Jim Mcnamara then bunted and Uribe Slid into second. When reliever Mitch Williams throw pulled Mariano Duncan off first Uribe came out of his slide and raced safely to third. Mcnamara was also Safe on the error. A i Slid into second but i looked Back and saw Mariano Duncan on the ground. I said to going a a Uribe said. Craig described Uribes dash in the 10th As  Matt Williams who struggled through the first five weeks of the season extended his Power Laden hitting Streak with a Solo Homer a his eighth a in the second. Besides hitting safely in eight straight games Williams is 11 for 25 with a double and three homers. He a had seven Home runs among his last 17 hits. Phillies manager Jim Fregosi lamented the eight walks Given up by his pitchers including three in the 10th. Williams 2-1 continued his wildness when after the walk to Uribe he walked Darren Lewis to Load the bases and finally Clark on a 3-2 pitch. Dave Burba 2-3the last of five giants pitchers took the Victory after getting the final four outs. Philadelphia a John Kruk the Nln a leading hitter had three hits including his first two homers of the season. The Lead changed several times before cardinals Catcher Tom Pagnozzi tags out Terry Pendleton of the braves who was attempting to score from second on a single. Philadelphia tied it in the ninth. Darren Daulton opened with a double off reliever Dave Righetti and went to third on Willie Mcgee a throwing error. Pinch hitter Kim Batiste hit a sacrifice Fly to tie it at 7. Righetti then loaded the bases before Burba came on to get Dave Hollins on a groundnut. Philadelphia came from three runs Down for a 6-5 Lead in the seventh. Daulton had an rib single Ricky Jordan a run scoring groundnut. Dale Sveum came Home on reliever Bryan Hickerson a wild pitch and Lenny Dykstra a single scored Ruben Amaro. In other games monday night padres 4, mets 2 new York a Andy Benes pitched san Diego past the mets snapping new Yorkus 11-game winning Streak at Home. Benes 3-3 rebounded from a three Start slump in which head give up 18 runs in 16% innings to limit the mets to two runs on five hits in seven innings Benes struck out nine including at least one every inning and walked one Randy Myers got the final four outs for his ninth save and ended new York s three game winning Streak. Benito Santigo had a two run single off Anthony Young 2-2 in the first inning for san Diego. The padres also got a run scoring sacrifice Fly by Jerald Clark in the sixth and an rib single by Tony Gwynn an inning later. Howard Johnson had a two run single in the sixth for new  8, braves 3 St. Louis a Luis Alicea continued a spectacular hot Streak with a triple two doubles and five Bis As St. Louis took three out of four from defending National league Champion Atlanta. Alicea batting Only .200 12 for 60but has six hits in his last seven at bats including his first Homer since 1988, two triples two doubles a game winning single on saturday and eight Bis. Brian Jordan added a two run Homer a 414-foot shot in the fifth for the cardinals against Steve Avery 1-3. Jose Deleon 2-2 worked seven innings for St. Louis to win for Only the second time since july 28.expos 6, dodgers 5 Montreal a Larrv walkers two run single in the 10th inning lifted Montreal Over los Angeles. The dodgers were an out away from snapping a three game losing Streak but instead walkers hit was the third time in four games  opponents won in their final at Bat. Walker who also had a first inning rib grounded sharply past second off Steve Wilson 0-3 to score Bret Barberie and Clino Deshields. Barberie opened with a single off Roger Mcdowell and after Marquis Grissom a sacrifice Deshields walked to reach base for the fifth time in the game Jeff Fastero 1-2 pitched three innings for the Victory. Los Angeles took a 5-4 Lead in the 10th when Mitch Webster got his second triple of the game and came Home on Deshields wild throw on the relay. Gary Carter had a three run double in the first to put the expos up 4-0,astros 2, cubs 1 Houston a Craig Biggio doubled in the 10th inning and score on reliever Chuck Mcelroye a wild pitch for Houston a win Over Chicago. Biggio doubled to left off Mcelroy 22 and moved to third when Steve Finley grounded out. After Jeff Bagwell and Eric Anthony were intentionally walked to Load the bases Mcelroy threw a wild pitch past Luis Gonzalez scoring Biggio. Xavier Fernandez 3-0 pitched the 10th for Houston which is 6-0 in extra inning games Houston starter Pete Harnisch had Given up just three hits in seven innings but reliever Doug Jones could not hold the 1-0 Lead. Ryne Sanberg a bases loaded single in the eighth tied it but Pitcher Greg Maddux who reached on a walk was thrown out at the plate. Houston got its other run when Gonzalez doubled was sacrificed to third and scored on a  nil hopeful dealt to padres new York a Pitcher Gene Harris who announced last week that he was retiring from baseball to pursue an nil career was traded from the Seattle mariners to the san Diego padres for a minor leaguer monday Quot we think it was something of a smokescreen. He wanted out of his situation in Seattle and hopefully things will work out for him with us a padres general manager Joe Mcllvain said. Harris 27, pitched in eight games for Seattle this season. He was 0-0 with a 7.00 Era allowing eight hits and six walks in nine innings. The mariners received outfielder will Taylor 23. In other moves the mariners optioned Pitcher Rich Delucia to triple a Calgary and purchased Pitcher Dave Schmidt from Calgary. Dilucia was a 12-game Winner As a Rookie last season but got off to a horrendous Start this year. Last week Harris was placed on the disqualified list after he said he planned to play cornerback in the nil. He did not have a Deal set with any football teams and said he hoped to try out As a free agent. Harris is expected to join the padres this week for their series in new York. He does not count on the roster As Long As he son the disqualified list. He will begin workouts with the padres who have up to 30 Days to determine his status. Quot ironically we had talked to the mariners last week about Harris even before the nil stuff came up Quot Mcllvain said. A when 1 heard about what he had done. I kind of sat Back and  Mcllvain said the padres were granted permission on Friday by the mariners and the commissioners office to speak directly to Harris. The padres were Given 72 hours to talk to the reliever Quot we spoke to him and Felt we could work something out with him and the mariners a he said. Quot sometimes a player gets in an untenable situation where for whatever reason its Best that he move. This seemed to be one of those  Harris began his big league career with Montreal in 1989, and was traded that season in a package to Seattle for Mark Langston. The mariners tried Harris As a starter in 1989, without much Success Harris spent the past two seasons As a full time reliever splitting time Between the mariners and triple a Calgary. He pitched in 25 games for Seattle in 1990 and was 1-2 with no saves and a 4.74 Era and was 0-0 with one save and a 4.05 Era in eight games last season. Taylor was batting .191 for triple a Las vegas. He will go on Seattle a roster and be sent on option to Calgary. Delucia a 27-year-old right hander like Harris was demoted to the Pacific coast league after beginning this season 1-3 with an 11.37 Era in six games. Schmidt 35, had a 3-1 record with four saves and a 1.59 Era in 13 games with Calgary this season. In 11 seasons in the majors Schmidt is 54-55 with 50 saves and a 3.82 Era in 373 games for Texas the Chicago White sox Baltimore and Montreal  
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