European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 stars and stripes sports sunday july 25.1993 4 Phillies nip giants in 14th Clark s error sets up Victory by the associated press. San Francisco got its big blow from Barry s came from Todd Pratt and will Clark. With the Phillies ahead by a run Bonds sent cur Schilling s first pitch of the ninth inning Over the Wall in tight Center Field sending the game into extra innings. Then in the 14th, Clark collided with his own Pitcher putting the winning run on base. One out later Pratt s Fly Ball gave the Phillies a 2-1 Victory Friday night snapping the giants four game winning Streak. The Phillies maintained their five game Lead in the no East while the giants advantage in the West dropped to nine games. Dave Rollins led off the inning by reaching first when Clark bobbled his grounder for an error and collided wit Mike Jackson 5-3who was covering first base. Rod Beck the sixth giants Pitcher walked Pinch hit Ter Darren Daulton and Hollins advanced to third on Milt Thompson s sacrifice. Then came Pratt s big Phillies manager Jim Fregosi bunted those Guys Over it showed he had a lot of Confidence in me Pratt said. I knew a mid Fly Ball would get him in. In that situation with a Rookie hitter like me the wanted me to be very aggressive and swing at bad pitches like the first one. After that i just settled Down and was determined to make con despite throwing Only one pitch Jackson got the loss. His knee was to do examined saturday morning and he was Able to walk around the clubhouse after the really did t know what happened Jackson said. We both arrived at the bag at the same time and flipped Over Clark refused to speak to reporters after the league leading. 28th Homer spoiled what would have been Schilling s third West 2-2 pitched three innings for the Victory and Mitch Williams got the final three outs for his 26th s first run came when Jim Eis Curcich led off the fourth with his third Homer of the other games Friday reds 3, marlins 2 Jacob drum iced hit a triple off Richie Lewis 4-1an scored on Pinch hitter Randy Milligan s single off Joe Klink in the eighth inning to help visiting Cincinnati move three games above .500 for the first time this season. Bobby Ayala 4-4 pitched itt perfect innings for the Victory. Rod Dibble pitched a perfect ninth for his 14th save braves 6, pirates 2 David Justice s three run Homer capped a six run ninth inning rally that broke a scoreless tie As visiting Atlanta recovered from its most painful loss of the sea braves victims of a four run ninth inning rally by Pittsburgh on thursday stranded 10 runners in the braves Mark Lemke chases Jeff King Back towards first base after the pirate was trapped on Pickoff play. First eight innings before teeing off on Stan Belinda 3 Belinda who had t lost in 36 appearances allowed Jeff Blauser s rib single and Ron Gant s two run Dou ble before Justice hit his 23rd Home Ayery 11-3 allowed three hits in eight innings striking out six and walking three. Astros 5, cubs 1 Chicago does t need to see any More of Luis gon Zalez. Gonzalez went 4 for 4 with an rib and has 15hits in 37 at bats .405 with three Home runs and nine Bis against the cubs this season. He extended his hit Ting Streak to 14 games and is hitting 25-for-50 .500 in that Portugal 8-4 allowed one run on seven hits in 8tt innings As Houston won for the fourth time in five games. Greg Hibbard 8-7 gave up two runs on five hits in six innings. Cardinals 13, Rockies 11 it was the same old Story but it sure was t Boring a game involving Colorado with both teams scoring in double digits. St. Louis took a Lead with an eight run sixth inning and held on to end its three game losing Zeile equated a career High with four Bis including a three run Homer and the visiting cardinals took an 11-6 Lead with their most productive inning of the season. They sent 12 batters to the plate in the inning including nine in a Row who reached base safely after Zeile s Lead off groundnut. Rockies reliever Steve Reed 5-3 faced six straight batters without recording an scored twice in the ninth off Lee Smith but he got the last three outs for his major league Lead ing 34tn Watson 2-0 won in his third major league Start. Dodgers 5, new York 2. Rookie Catcher Mike Piazza did t let his catching interfere with his hitting. After letting Tom Candiotti s Knuck Leball Bounce off his Glove allowing the first Newyork run to score in the second. Piazza tied the game with his 20th Homer a Solo shot in the Bottom half Candotti 5-5 won consecutive starts for the firs time since april 1992 As the Host dodgers ended a four game losing Streak. Frank Tanana 5-9 allowed four runs in 634 innings. Expos 5, padres 0 Jeff Fassero s time As a starter May be just , a converted reliever making his third career Start combined with Mel Rojas on a six hitter. The six innings was the longest Fassero 6-1 has pitched in the majors. He allowed three hits and struck out six. Larry Walker hit a two run triple off Doug Brocail 2-6 to key a three run rally in the first inning As Sandiego suffered its fifth loss in six games. Hojo s Days with mets May be Over fun Howard Johnson. Sidelined with injury los Angeles a Howard Johnson might have played his last game in a new York mets uniform. The mets placed the third baseman on the 15-Day disabled list Friday and re placed him on the roster with minor league infielder Kevin Baez. Johnson known simply As Hojo by mets fans sat out three weeks earlier this season with an acute viral reaction and is going on the do for the fifth time in his career. He is in the option year of a four year contract and becomes a free agent at the end of the season. But he realizes his bargaining Power will be limited because of his health and his offensive problems Over the past two seasons a total of 14 homers and 69 Bis after putting up career highs in 1991 with 38 homers and 117 Bis to Lead the no. I can t demand the kind of Money that would restrict me he told reporters Friday. I m not scaring anybody off As far As the Money goes. The bad thing is i did t have a Good Johnson was trying to steal second base in the first inning of thursday night s 10-5 Victory Over the los Angeles dodgers when he scraped his right hand on the dirt and suffered two Chip Frac Tures in his thumb. It was done with an aggressive play and that s what we were preaching to Howard be aggressive and put the numbers up manager Dallas Green said. He was starting to do that and it was a shame this happened. I would probably say his season is effectively doctors told Green and mets general manager Joe Mclevaine that it would take a minimum of two months for the injury to heal but was not career threatening. Johnson jus wife and three children flew Back to Long Island on Friday night. The two time All Star will meet with or. David dines the mets associate team physician monday at the Hospital for special surgery in Manhattan. John son also will be examined by or. Andrew Weiland chief of surgery at the Hospital. Johnson was batting .238 in 72 games with seven Home runs and 26 Bis. He is second on the mets career list in Hom ers Bis and stolen bases and was three hits shy of becoming the sixth player to get 1,000 hits in a mets uniform at the time of his injury. I really Felt Good about the Way he was swinging the Bat and i Felt Good about him feeling better about himself Green said. For awhile he did t. And i think he was just getting Over that and feeling like he was
