European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 4, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 homers ejections top Wrigley Field activities by the associated press there were seven Home runs six ejections a few Well timed Brush Back pitches and a Bench Clearing Brawl. Welcome to Wrigley Field where on of the targets Chicago s Mark Grace was actually gracious enough to say he fully expected to be hit. Grace realized Pittsburgh s Bias minor would retaliate after the cubs plunked National league Carlos Garcia for hovering in his firs two at bats monday. That s the Way the game is played Grace said. I told the Pitcher til stand Here until you hit me " minor 6-5 missed but his Effort gave birth to a Brawl in the sixth inning of the cubs 12-10 Victory. Bob Scanlan 3-5 who hit Garcia in the top of the inning minor and Pittsburgh s Al Martin were ejected end of Story right wrong. An inning later Pittsburgh s Lloyd me Tendon homered. Jose Bautista then hit Lonnie Smith. Pirates manager Jim Leyland though Tan ejection was called for. For arguing that Point with Home plate Umpire Charlie Reliford Leyland be came ejected no. 4. Everyone knew Scanlan threw at Gar Cia and the players took care of that when minor threw at but missed Grace Leyland said. Of let s play. But they got away with one when Bautista hit Lon Nie. Bautista has pinpoint  Garcia homered off Mike Harkey inthe first and fifth innings As Pittsburgh built an 8-2 advantage. But Doug Jennings hit a three run Homer in Chicago s six run fifth and Steve Buechele broken 8-8 tie with a two run Homer giving the cubs the Lead for Good. Smith and coach Bill Virdon were chased later for arguing with Reliford. Also hovering were Sammy Sosa of the cubs and Martin. Carlos Garcia. Homers ignite melees in other monday games cardinals 5, marlins 3 Brian Jordan and Rod Brewer sup plied the offence for Bob Tewksbury. Jordan had a triple and a double an scored two runs and Brewer drove in two. Tewksbury 11-7 allowed two Runson 12 hits with two walks and one strike out in seven innings for St. , who allowed just seven bases on balls in his first 20 starts has walked five in his last two games. Lee Smith pitched a scoreless ninth Fortis major league leading 37th save. Jordan batting .336 since being re called from the minors june 25, drove in the cardinals first run in the second witha triple off Jack Armstrong 7-5 after Toda Zeile singled. Jordan scored on single by Brewer to tie the game 2-2. Mark Whiten put the cardinals ahead with a single in the third after Ozzie Smith walked and stole second. Ray Lankford Home less since june 12 made it 4-2 when he connected in the fifth. Jordan started the sixth with a double and scored on Brewer s second hit. Orestes Destrade homered for visiting Florida. Mets4, expos3 Bret Saberhagen out pitched Ken Hilltop win his fourth straight decision and Tim Bogar drove in three runs for visiting new York. Saberhagen 7-7 allowed three hits insight innings giving Way to John Franco who got his eighth save. After allowing first inning Lead off triple to Delino de Shields Saberhagen set Down 15 of the next 16 batters. Hill 7-3whose 2.77 earned run aver age is fifth in the National league was no match for Saberhagen. The mets got10 hits and two walks chasing Hill after 5 to innings. Darrin Fletcher s rib grounder in the ninth got the expos within in a run but after Wil Cordero beat out a grounder to third baseman flotilla with two outs Pinch runner Tim Spehr was caught be tween third and Home and was tagged out. Reds 6, Rockies 2 Colorado lost their franchise record eighth straight game As Cincinnati Rode Tim Pugh s Complete game and Joe Oliver s three run Homer. Pugh 7-10 limited the Rockies Tonine singles three by Dante Bichette before Vinny Castilla hit a two run Homer with two outs in the ninth. Pugh did t walk a Batter until the ninth an struck out six. Every starter had at least one hit As the reds went ahead 6-0 against Willie Blair 4-8who gave up 11 hits and three walks in 4% innings. Kevin Mitchell s two run triple started a three run third and Oliver hit his 10th Homer in the fifth. Colorado s losing Streak has featured poor defense six errors in the last two games poor clutch hitting stranding 11of the last 12 runners to reach third base and bad pitching 56 runs in eight games. All three were in evidence Mon Day night. A still waiting for firecracker report los Angeles a the District attorney s office is still awaiting a fire department report before deciding to file criminal charges against new York mets outfielder Vince Cpl Man for throwing an explosive device near fans at dodger stadium. When asked How Long it would take tomake a decision after his department gets the report . Spokesman Mike Botula said monday i can t say. I know they be been huddling on the matter. But without the information that contained in that report it s too Early to make any kind of a preliminary Deci Sion he said Coleman and teammate Bobby Bonilla were in a jeep driven by Eric Davis of the dodgers on july 24 when Coleman Alleg edly tossed the explosive device in a dodger stadium parking lot. Coleman apologized five Days later. Three people were injured including Amanda Santos a 2-year-old girl whose parents announced through their attorney last week that they planned to Fije a civil lawsuit against Coleman and perhaps others. Attorney Parrel York said the Santos girl suffered injuries to her right Eye the right Side of her face and her right Index Finger. Meanwhile an attorney representing an 11-year-old boy in ured in the incident announced sunday a civil lawsuit is planned As a result of outrageous and irrational conduct by Coleman. James Mckiernan of san Luis Obispo calif., said he represents Marshall Savoy who was in the parking lot with his Broth ers Dylan and Kenneth and two friends. Marshall Savoy suffered a bruised leg. Almost repaired stadium greets braves Atlanta a repairs to Atlan i Ulton county stadium have come so quickly that few fans will be Able to see reminders of the july 20 fire that caused 515 million in damage. Stadium director Reggie Williams said those using the luxury boxes behind Home plate will still be Able to Tell that the re was a Blaze two weeks ago. The braves were to open a three game series against the Philadelphia Phillies tuesday night. " restoration of the luxury Booths and boxes probably will Only be 50 per cent Complete Williams said monday what we Are shooting for is temporary occupancy where they can basically be used to watch the game but not to enter  eight luxury boxes were damaged by fire and two More had smoke damage he said. Repairs to the press boxes and press lounge heavily damaged by smoke will be 95 percent finished Williams said., the fire also damaged the scoreboard computers and control units which had to be shipped off site decontaminated and reinstalled he said. Structural damage that forced the Clos ing of 1,700 upper deck seats has been repaired. The Cost of repairs is still Uncertain Williams said but it May exceed the original $1.5 million estimate. The fire which broke out less than two hours before the scheduled Start of a Ball game was ignited by an unattended can of cooking liquid being used to heat food in a private Box officials said. Nil Camps Gomes  players by the associated press now that the nil exhibition season is entering its second week some top draft choices and Veteran holdouts arc beginning to find their Way into training camry the Philadelphia eagles announced the signing of no. 1 pick Lester Holmes on monday Houston Oil ers wide receiver Ernest Givins signed a new Deal and reported to can and quarterback Rick Mirer the nil s second Over go vans All draft pick took his first snaps after signing a Deal with the Seattle so Hawks. Holmes an offensive lineman from Jackson state signed a three year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed although Holmes agent Brian Ransom indicated that the Deal could be Worth $2.5 million including incentives. It s time to play Ball Holmes said monday night at the eagles training Camp at West Chester University. I feel real comfortable with the Deal. I m ready to go  eagles negotiator Bob Wallace said that Holmes could have signed a better Deal before the Start of training Camp on july 13. This is an extremely fair Deal for Lester Holmes but the Deal could have been done two weeks ago Wal lace said. In a statement from his office in Atlanta Ransom said it might have taken longer than we would have liked but in Lester s Case we win the Battles and the  oilers Givins who caught 67 passes for 787 Yards and 10 touchdowns last season signed a one year contract and was in pads for the afternoon workout. Icbms were not announced but he will reportedly receive $1.79 million about a $1 Mil lion raise from his 1992 salary. No. 1 draft pick Brad Hopkins remained a frustrated Spectator. Hopkins who agreed to terms last week still has not had his contract approved by the nil. Hopkins put on his uniform prior to the morning workout but was not allowed to participate tie cause under terms of the new collective bargaining agreement All contracts must be approved by an nil committee. That approval is being held up because of technicalities in his con tract concerning incentive provi Sions. Sea Hawks Mirer threw his first pass in practice after ending an 18-Day holdout. Mirer a three year starter for notre Dame was the second Choice Overall in the april draft be Hind Washington state s Drew ii Ledsoe who signed with new England