European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 b the stars and stripes Friday june 1$, 1992 san Francisco a third baseman Matt Williams misses the Ball As he dives for a hit off the Bat of Cincinnati a Reggie Sanders wednesday. The reds won 6-4. American league Morris Gruber Lead Blue jays by tigers Fly the associated press Toronto a Jack Morris won his fourth straight decision and slumping Kelly Gruber got three hits and drove in two runs wednesday night leading the Toronto Blue jays past the Detroit tigers 6-2. The Victory gave the Al East leading Blue jays a in a game Lead Over second place Baltimore which lost to Cleveland. Toronto and the orioles had been within one game of each other every Day since May 1. Morris 8-3 allowed two runs on seven hits in 60 innings. He struck out five and walked two. Duane Ward pitched the last 2 d innings striking out five for his eighth save. Kevin Ritz 1-2 lasted just three innings giving up three runs on six hits. In other games wednesday twins 4, royals 2 Minneapolis Kirby Puckett singled to snap an eighth inning tie and made a game ending running catch with the bases loaded As Minnesota beat Kansas City. Puckett raced into right Center Field to grab Jim Eisenreith s liner for the final out. The royals had loaded the bases with two outs against Rick Aguilera 1-4. In the seventh Puckett singled to extend his hitting Streak to 14 games and Start a two run rally. The alas leading hitter at .347, he is batting .393 with 36 Rols including seven game winners in his last 35 games. Tom Gordon 1-7 was the  sox 4, Yankees 3 Boston a Bostons batting revival continued wednesday night As Ellis Burks hit a two run Homei and Tom Brunansky had three doubles As the red sox beat new York. The red sox began the game with the american leagues lowest batting average .242, and the majors fewest homers 2�?~>. But five of their eight hits went for extra bases wednesday night. After falling behind 3-2 in the fifth Frank Viola 7-4 retired the last 11 batters he  3, orioles 2 Cleveland Charles Nagy 93 won his fifth straight game and Carlos Baerga scored the. Go ahead run on Mike Mussinan a wild pitch As the Cleveland indians beat Baltimore. The indians scored three runs on Only five hits while Baltimore scored two on 13  10, athletics 2 Oakland Calif. A Greg Vaughn and Dave Nilsson homered in a six run first inning As the Milwaukee Brewers beat Oakland 10-2 for their second lopsided win Over the athletics in As Many Days Paul Molitor also homered and doubled to drive in three runs for the Brewers who scored 45 runs during their 4-2 Road trip an average of Ivy per  3, rangers 0 Anaheim Calif. Mark Langston upstaged Nolan Ryan pitching a two hitter for his second straight shutout As the California Angels kept Ryan wingless in 11 starts by Topping Texas. Ryan 0-3 pitched Well after the first inning when the Angels struck for two runs with two outs. He then retired the next 15 in a Row including six  2, White sox 1 Seattle a Edgar Martinez hit a two run Homer in the eighth inning and Erik Hanson beat Charlie Hough in a pitching Duel As Seattle Defeated Chicago. Hanson 4-9 combined with Russ Swan and Mike schooler for a five hitter. Hough 2-4 pitched a four hitter. Glavine wins 10th As dodgers slide by the associated press Atlanta a  Glavine survived a shaky Start to pitch a five hitter and become baseball a first 10-game Winner As the surging Atlanta braves Defeated the hapless los Angeles dodgers 4-3 wednesday night. It was Atlanta a season High seventh win in a Row and 16th in 18 games. The dodgers have lost seven straight games and 12 of 15. Glavine 10-3 walked three and struck out two in his fifth Complete game. The left hander gave up three hits and two walks in the first two innings when the dodgers scored their runs. He retired 11 consecutive batters at one Point a run broken by Juan Samuel Sladoff infield hit in the ninth. In other games wednesday pirates 8, Phillies 2 Pittsburgh rampaging Pittsburgh hit three homers off former pirate Don Robinson and Randy Tomlin beat Philadelphia for his career High fifth straight decision. Tomlin 9-3 has followed a miserable May with a miserly june allowing Only four runs in 32vs innings while going 4-0 with a 1.11 Era. Tomlin was 1-3 last month but Hasni to lost since May 17.reds 6, giants 4 Cincinnati a Pitcher Chris Hammond hit his first major league Homer As the Cincinnati rallied to beat san Francisco for its sixth straight Victory. Hammond hit a two run Homer in the fourth off John Burkett 5-3 to put the reds ahead 4-3 and on track for their 18th Victory in 22 games. They be been atop the no West every Day this month. San Francisco has lost four straight and 11 o 15 to slip below .500 for the first time since april 25. The giants Are-14 since May 2 7, when they led the div Ision by 11 games. A Hammond 5-3 scattered five hits Oei n mines. Expos 5, mets 2 new i Ork a Dennis Martinez pitched a Strong game and Moises Alo National league hit a two run Homer As Montreal Defeated slumping new York for its fifth Victory in six games at Shea stadium this year. Martinez 7-5winning for the second time in three decisions against the mets this season allowed seven hits struck out three and walked two in 7v5 innings. Mel Rojas came on to get the final four outs a three on strikeouts a for his second save sending the mets to their 10th loss in 13 games. Sid Fernandez 5-7losing his second straight game yielded All five runs on seven hits through 5vi innings. He struck out seven and did not allow a walk. Alou on the disabled list All of last year hit his third Homer of the season scoring Delino Deshields. He had tripled after Marquis Grissom opened the sixth inning with a single. Eddie Murray drove in both new York  5, astros 0 Houston a Andy Benes pitched a four hitter and extended his scoreless Streak against Houston to 18 innings As san Diego beat the error plagued astros. The padres scored five unearned runs on three astros errors. Benes 6-5 struck out eight and walked two to beat Willie Blair 0-1. The padres took a 2-0 Lead in the second inning on a throwing error by shortstop Rafael Ramirez and a sacrifice Fly by Benes. Kevin Ward singled with one out and Kurt Stillwell followed with a single to left. The runners advanced on a Fielding error by left fielder Luis Gonzalez and Ward scored on Ramirez a error. Benes then drove in Stillwell with a sacrifice Fly to Center. In the sixth Fred Mcgriff reached on third baseman Ken Caminiti sliding error stole second and scored on Oscar Azocar a single. Azocar came Home on wards  in Chicago Chicago a wednesdays game Between the St. Louis cardinals and the Chicago cubs was rained out