European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a a. A a a inappropriate action new York a Vince Toleman who May face criminal prosecution and a civil lawsuit called his actions a very inappropriate thursday and apologized to the family whose 2v6-Vear-od daughter was burned by a powerful firecracker. A speaking for the first time since the episode outside dodger stadium last weekend the new York met outfielder referred to himself As a Quot Loving father who would not endanger a child a welfare. A it was never my intention to bring harm Tajn Yone a he said. Coleman  his wife and two children read a statement at Shea stadium after a Day game in which the Florida marlins beat the mets 2-1. It was see commentary on Page 33 the third straight game in which he did not play. A a decision on whether to file criminal charges against the 31-year-old player Wasny to to be made before Friday the los Angeles District attorneys office said. Coleman along with teammate Bobby Bonilla was a passenger in a jeep driven by the dodgers Eric Davis when he allegedly tossed an explosive in a stadium parking lot after saturdays game. The explosion injured three people. Attorney Darrell York representing Derek Santos and his wife Marivel and their 2vi-year-old daughter Amanda said wednesday a civil suit is planned in the next few weeks. The girl sustained second degree Burns abrasions under her right Eye an injured right Index Finger and lacerated right Cornea. A Vince will certainly be named there a a High likelihood the mets will be named and Eric Davis will be named a said Ron Insalaco Yorkus partner. A a it a probable at this  the los Angeles times and the new York times reported Friday that Coleman will not contest Misdemeanour charges and Hopes to make amp financial settlement with the Santos family. The stars and stripes july 31,1993griffey s bid for or record Dies on Popup Seattle apr Ken Griffey or. Will go into baseball a record Book alongside Dale Long and Don Mattingly a not in front of them Griffey a fling with history ended in the seventh inning with his fourth at Bat against the Minnesota twins on thursday night in a game the Seattle mariners won in his final Chance to go into the major league record Book All by himself by hitting a Home run in his ninth consecutive game Griffey popped up to second baseman Chuck Knoblauch. Griffey admitted he was thinking Home run with that swing but he was just underneath left hander Larry Ca Sian a second pitch. A on that last swing i tried so hard to do it for the fans Here a. Griffey said. A i did no to want to let them Down. I tried my hardest. That Sall i can  a a crowd of 45,607 that included a club record 30,220 tickets sold on game Day turned out in the kingdom to see if Griffey could break a record he tied when he homered off Willie Banks of the twins on wednesday night. Griffey singled in the first inning and doubted in the third Oft Scott Erickson. Erickson got him to. Ground out to second in the fifth. The mariners won the game with a pair of runs in the seventh to reach .500 51-51 for the ninth time this season. Rich Amaral tied the score 3-3 with an rib single and Jay Buhner delivered the game winning rib with his third single of the night. Tim Leary 8-4 beat Erickson 6-12 for the second time this season and the mariners went to 3-0 against Erickson. Leary gave up three runs on six hits in seven innings. See Page 32 for other a no games jays do it again Toronto up a Roberto Alomary a three run triple in the eighth inning snapped a tie thursday night and lifted the streaking Toronto Blue jays to their fifth straight win 7-4 Over the Detroit tigers. It marked the fourth consecutive contest and seventh of the last 10 that the Blue jays won in their last at Bat. De Sprague led off the Pivotal inning with a single and Tom Bolton 1-4 walked Turner Ward and hit Devon White to Load the bases. Alomar then tripled to the Wall in left Center. Tony Castillo 3-0 worked 1v6 witless innings to Post the win. Duane Ward came on in the ninth to get the final three outs and Post his 27th save. A Solo Home run by Rob Deer off Toronto starter Pat Hentgen in the seventh inning tied the score at 4-4. Deer came into the contest in the second inning after left fielder Tony Phillips was ejected from the contest. The teams traded runs in the second As the tigers Clung to a 3-2 Lead. Alan Trammel scored for Detroit on Chad Kreuter sri groundnut while answered for Toronto with an rib single. Umpire Mark Johnson stops Tiger Tony Phillips from charging the Mound following Pat Heht Gene a wild pitch. The inning was interrupted by a Bench Clearing incident the second involving the Blue jays in As Many nights. Toronto starter Pat Hentgen sparked the altercation when his wild pitch narrowly missed Phillips head. Phillips immediately moved towards the Mound gesturing and screaming at Hentgen prompting both dugouts and bullpen to empty. When order was restored Phillips returned to the plate and struck out then continued to yell at Hentgen from the dugout until he was finally ejected from the game by Umpire Mark  shoots 64 in St. Jude Memphis Tenn. A pea tour newcomer Michael Bradley shot a bogey free 7-under-Par 64 thursday for a one stroke Lead after the opening round of the Federal express St. Jude classic. Defending Champion Jay Haas and Davis love ii each snot 65s and Scott Gump Michael Allen and Neal Lancaster shot 66s. Bradley got off to a Quick Start with birdies on the Erst three holes and four of the first five. Bradley joined the pea tour this year and has missed the Cut in three of his last five tournaments. Lewis died waiting for tests. Boston a Boston celtic Captain Reggie Lewis put off making a decision on whether to return to basketball until he underwent further medical testing his widow said thursday. His heart was to be monitored next week while he played competitive basketball in Baltimore his Hometown. He decided against being monitored at the teams Rookie free agent Camp july 11-14 a because of the circus environment that it would have created a Donna har Ris Lewis said in a statement read by her husbands agent at an emotional news conference. Lewis died tuesday at the age of 27 after collapsing while shooting baskets at Brandeis University. A Reggie had not made his decision to return to basketball because his testing was not Complete a mrs. Lewis said. A Reggie did everything that he could to avoid this Day Ever  she said her husbands physicians had decided to let him compete again Only if the celtics provided a cardiologist and a defibrillator at All games and practices. A defibrillator is a machine that can Shock a heart into regular beats. The lewites were going to meet with team officials and make that request aug. 10. Meanwhile the state medical examiners office said results of studies of Lewis heart and other organs might not be available for several weeks. It said such studies Are routine. An a Biopsy was conducted wednesday. After collapsing in an april 29 playoff game Lewis had been Tola by a team of physicians that he had a life threatening heart ailment. He later sought a second opinion and was told he had a minor neurologic problem that caused fainting. That diag Nosis was announced May 10 by or. Gilbert Mudge the cardiologist who had taken Over Lewis care. Lewis then consulted an Independent team of four heart experts who examined him for several Days in Early june in Southern California. They found a heart abnormality mrs. Lewis statement said. It said one of the tests Mudge administered duplicated the collapse. His opinion a was the Best guess until we were Able to duplicate the symptoms of fainting while under the stress of physical activity a the statement said. A thus the doctors concluded although they believed that he could eventually return to controlled conditional competitive basketball they did not think that he should do so until he had undergone a monitoring of his heart function while playing competitive  that a what he planned he do next week in Baltimore