European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes wednesday june 17, 1992athletics nip Brewers for 6th straight by the associated press Oakland Calif. A Lance Blankenship a Bat did enough damage to get Oakland into extra innings. Then he made More Impact with a pitch he did not swing at helping the athletics beat Milwaukee 32 for their sixth straight Victory monday night. On a 3-2 pitch in the 10th from Milwaukee s Darren Holmes with two runners on and none out the a a had the runners moving. Blankenship took a pitch that appeared to be right Down the Middle which Umpire Darryl vibe cousins called Ball four. Mike Bordick would have been thrown out trying to steal third for a double play if cousins called it a strike. With the bases loaded Jerry Browne scored Bordick with a game winning single Over the head of drawn in Center fielder Robin Yount. Milwaukee a Mike Fetters 2-1 walked Bordick to open the Oakland 10th and Walt Weiss followed with an infield single. With Darren Holmes relieving Fetters Blankenship walked and Browne hit the next pitch into deep Center Field to score Bordick with the winning run. I n other games monday night rangers 5, Angels 2 Anaheim Calif. A Juan Gonzalez belted a three run Homer in the first inning and Todd Burns pitched eight Strong innings in route to his first Victory in nearly a year to lift Texas Over  7, twins 0 Minneapolis a George Brett starting at third base for the first time in More than five years had three hits and drove in a run to Back the shutout pitch indians Brook Jacoby upends orioles Billy Ripken to break up double play in seventh inning monday at Cleveland. Ing of Mike Magnante and two relievers. Brett a late replacement for the injured Gregg Jefferies Hadnot started at third since May 15, 1987, and had played there Only once  6, indians 5 Cleveland a Randy Milligans tie breaking Home run in the ninth inning came too late to make teammate Rick Sutcliffe the major leagues first 10-Gamc Winner As Baltimore moved within a half game of first place Toronto which was Idle. Milligan led off the ninth with his sixth Home  4, White sox 1 Seattle a Rich Delucia won his first major league game in More than two months and Jay Buhner had a key two run single to Lead Seattle Over Chicago. Delucia 2-3, entered the game with a 10.38 earned run average and no wins since april 10. Kirk Mccaskill fell to 3-6. Avery out duels Hershiser by the associated press atlant athe last time Orel Hershiser lost to Atlanta the braves had a starting rotation of Doyle Alexander Charlie Puleo David Palmer Zane Smith and Rick Mahler and it looked like they might never catch up to the los Angeles dodgers. Thai was on aug 8, 1987, four Days before the braves traded Alexander to Detroit for minor leaguer John Smoltz nine Days before Tom Glavine made his major league debut and about a month before Steve Avery started his senior year in High school. Things sure have changed since then on monday night Avery out dulled Hershiser and the streaking braves shut out los Angeles 2-0, the fifth straight loss for the visiting dodgers. Atlanta won its fifth in a Row and its 14th in 16 games. Avery 5-5 pitched a five hitter for his second shutout of the season. He is 7-1 lifetime against los Angeles including a 2-1 Victory five Days earlier at dodger stadium. Hershiser 6-4 had won 12 consecutive decisions against Atlanta in the past five seasons. He has a 19-7 career Mark is. The braves. A i guess i was due a Hershiser said. A maybe Avery will be due in about two years. In be had my Streak and maybe hell have  Avery struck out three and walked one in his third straight Victory. He threw 110 pitches and estimated that 40 to 45 were Chang ups. Quot i threw them a lot of off Speed pitches and i was in and out a Avery said. A it was almost Tike two totally different pitchers. Out there i had a very Good fastball tonight it was my  Hershiser gave up four hits in seven innings including a Solo Home run by Deion Sanders in the seventh. The braves got their first run in the second inning on a single by Avery a walk to Sanders a hit batsman and David justices rib grounder. The crowd of 43,239 raised Atlanta a attendance to 1,010,939, the earliest in braves history they be reached the 1 million Mark. The braves did it in their 29th Home Date the previous Mark was in 1983, when they did it in 40 games. In other games monday night Phillies 4, pirates 1 Pittsburgh Terry Mulholland facing a lineup missing the injured Barry Bonds stopped Pittsburgh on five hits and snapped the pirates five game winning Streak. Bonds strained a muscle in his right rib Cage sunday. He will be reevaluated wednesday and a decision will be made whether to put him on the disabled list. Lloyd Mcclendon subbing for Bonds hit an rib single. He also misplay cd a carom in left Field allowing a run to score. Mulholland 6-4 won for the sixth time in seven decisions. He struck out four and walked three. Zane Smith 5-5 gave up rib doubles in the top of the first inning to John Kruk and Mariano Duncan and an eighth inning Solo Homer to Dave Hollins to remain wingless in his last seven  4, mets 1 new York Mark Gardner and John Wetteland teamed on a three hitter and Montreal extended new York s longest losing Streak of the season to five games. The mets have lost nine of 11 and Are just one half game ahead of the last place expos. Montreal which lost 14 of 18 to new York last year is 7-3 against the mets this season. Gardner 5-5 beat the mets for the second time in six Days. He gave up two hits in seven innings and Wetteland closed for his 10th save. Anthony Young 2-5 lost his fifth consecutive decision. Gardner tripled in the fifth inning scored the tying run on de Lino do Shields single and Moiscs Alou hit a sacrifice Fly. Marquis Grissom hit a two run double in the ninth. Montreal broke a four game losing Streak. Padres 7, astros 1 Houston a Craig Lefferts trying for the first Complete game of his career pitched seven shutout innings before tiring in the eighth at the Astrodome. San Diego stopped its three game losing Streak. Lefferts 8-4 allowed seven hits and left after a double by Eric Anthony and an rib single by Scott Servais with two outs in the eighth Lefferts has made 18 starts and 582 Relief appearances. Dan Walters two run single highlighted a four run first inning against Butch Henry 1-6. Fred Mcgriff hit a two run single in the  7, cardinals 1 Chicago a in the fastest no game of the season Chicago needed Only 2 01 to win its fifth in a Row. Greg Maddux 7-6 pitched a four hitter and improved to 3-0 against St. Louis. He struck out five and walked one in his third Complete game. Maddux also drove in two runs. Bob Tewksbury 6-2 came into the game with a league leading 2.00 Era. He pitched six innings and gave up five runs four of them earned on nine hits including Hector Villanuevas three run . Must get in line for giants san Francisco a the City of san Francisco Home of the giants since 1958, was told monday it was just another contender a no More no less a in what amounts to a nationwide sweepstakes for the baseball team. Team executives met with mayor Frank Jordan and other officials a and told them the giants would begin actively listening to relocation offers. San Francisco can make a pitch but it will be considered on equal footing with any others. A there is a sense of urgency. We re going to be in the mix but we certainly will not have any no. 1 priority or preference compared to any other City in the United states a Jordan said. Giants owner Bob Lurie wants a new stadium for the giants but has seen san Francisco Bay area voters reject four proposals for publicly fiks in the past five years. Lurie has said the team wont danced Pari play at cold Windy candlestick Park beyond the 1994 expiration of the teams stadium lease. An escape clause could allow the team to leave As Early As next season. He received permission last week from commissioner Fay Vincent to explore All his options including the relocation or Sale of the team. Cities that have been mentioned As possible Homes for the giants include Sacramento St. Petersburg fla., Buffalo n.y., and Washington