European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 05, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sports thursday August 5,1993 it reds dash Rockies Hopes by the associated press the team with the most losses in baseball took its toughest loss of the season. The visiting Colorado Rockies were in position to snap their franchise re Cord eight game losing Streak against the Cincinnati reds on tuesday night Only to have the bullpen let a rare Vic tory get away. Dante Bichette s two run two out Homer in the ninth off Rob Dibble gave National league the Rockies a 4-3 Lead. It was Short lived however As the reds tied it in the Bottom of the ninth and then won it 5-4 without a hit in the 10th. This is probably the toughest of the year Bichette said. I dont think i be seen this team this Down this year. It was like we d changed our Luck there for a minute. We can t seem to catch a  the loss was the expansion Rockies ninth in a Row. They Are 3-16 since the All Star break and at 36-70, have the worst record in the major leagues. Bichette s Homer his 16th, was just the third allowed by Dibble this season. With Dibble coming on with a 3-2 Lead it looked like a wrap for the reds but he blew his fifth save in 20 opportunities. Then in the Bottom of the ninth Pinch hitter Jack daughterly doubled off Darren Holmes and Hal Morris singled off Gary Wayne to tie it 4-4. The deciding 10th was ugly even by Rockie bullpen standards. Curtis Leskanic 1-5 walked Jaco Brumfield on four pitches to open the inning. After a sacrifice he intentionally walked Reggie Sanders. A wild pitch moved the runners along and dropped him behind Joe Oliver 2-0. The next pitch was a deep Fly Ball to right to score Brumfield. In other games tuesday giants 12, padres will Clark had six Bis one Short of his career High As the visiting giants rallied for their 72nd Victory of the sea son Matching last year s total. Clark had a three run Homer and two run triple but it was Robby Thompson s in Field double in the seventh that turned out to be the key hit. With two outs Thompson popped up but the Ball fell Between Pitcher Trevor Hoffman and Catcher Brad Ausmus the first of five straight san Francisco hits As the giants overcame a 7-5 deficit. Marlins 1, cardinals 0 Charlie Hough 6-11 allowed six hits Over eight innings and Bryan har vey closed for his 32nd save As the mar Lins won on the Road. Benito Santiago s ninth Homer of the season in the  Ond inning was the game s Only run. Phillies 5, braves 3 Pete Incaviglia homered for the fourth time in three games As the visit ing Phillies won their fourth straight. Incaviglia hit his 17th Homer of the sea cubs Mark Grace is forced out at second As pirates Jay Bell throws to first. Son in the second off Steve Avery 11 4and Terry Mulholland 11-8 made it stand up by scattering eight hits in seven innings. Mitch Williams pitched the ninth for his 30th save. Astros 6, dodgers 1. Mark Portugal 10-4 won his fourth straight in the Astrodome and improved to 7-1 there this season.1 he is27-9 at Home since joining the astros in 1989 and his Overall record with hous ton is 44-30. Expos3, Metal left hander Jeff Fassero 7-1 solidified his spot in starting rotation allow ing seven hits Over 7 a innings. It was just his fifth career Start but he is now 2-0 with an 0.91 Era in that role. The expos scored All their runs with two outs in the Bottom of the first off Frank Tanana 5-11. Pirates 7, cubs 3 the pirates snapped a three game losing Streak and Zane Smith won for the first time since july 11, 1992. Smith 1-4 missed the first half of this season rehabbing from arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder. He allowed eight hits and struck out three in seven innings. The visiting pirates had eight doubles among their 10 hits off Greg Hibbard. Giants claim Sanderson san Francisco the san Francisco giants claimed Veteran right handed Pitcher Scott Sanderson on waivers from the California Angels. The giants also activated Catcher Jeff Reed from the disabled list and designated Catcher Jim Mcnamara for assignment. The 37-year-old Sanderson was 7-11 with a 4.46 Era in 21 starts for the Angels this year. In 431 career appear ances Over 15-plus seasons he has a 150-132 record and a 3.77 Era. Sanderson who was placed on waivers by California on july 28, has until Friday to report at which time the giants will make a roster move. Reed who is batting .247 with six Home runs and 10 rib this season has been out since june 30 with a strained left hamstring. He was to join the team in san Diego tuesday night and is Eli Gible for the giants padres matchup at Jack Murphy stadium. Mcnamara who was 1 for 7 in four games this season has been moved from the 40-Man roster to make room for Sanderson and from the 25-Man Active roster to make room for Reed. Shoeless Joe John Henry spells Money Byga Rakarr Columbia . A shoeless Joe Jackson s ability to hit a baseball his link with the Black sox scandal of1919 and his illiteracy make his signature Worth thousands of  charities who already get Money from a will left by Jackson s wife on tues Day started 9 Battle for Jackson s own will All because it bears his  Carolina chapters of the Ameri can heart association and the american cancer society contend they own the vill because Katie Jackson named them a beneficiaries in her will his signature was part of her estate said Gary Hill the charities attorney. The groups sued Greenville county and county probate judge c. Diane Smock to obtain the original will for which they will substitute a certified copy Hill  died in 1951 his wife died in 1959.a scrap of paper with Jackson s Signa Ture in december 1990 fetched $23,000at a new York auction. An article in a local paper about the Worth of Jackson signature a year later Drew the notice of Hill s father Leo a lawyer who Drew up mrs. Jackson s will. He called is. Smock when he saw the article and she made sure the will was kept  s under lock and key is. Smock said by Telephone from her Greenville of fice tuesday. Also locked away is Jack son s signed marriage . Smock said her office should continue to maintain custody of the  Hill said he believed mrs. Jackson would have wanted the american cancer society and the american heart association to get Money from her husband s Sig nature because she wanted them to have Money for medical  died of cancer and her husband had heart disease the elder Hill said. Sowe re excited about the possibility of get Ting Money into these research funds he said. The groups already Benefit from Jack son s name when it is used to sell products. Mrs. Jackson s estate markets these of her husband s name through a management company and the fees paid to the estate in turn Are sent to Jne charities Leo Hill said. Jackson was widely acclaimed As one of baseball s greatest hitters with a career batting average of .356. But he was banned from baseball in 1921 after he and seven other members of the 1919chicago White sox were linked to a scheme to throw the world  played flawlessly in the series. He told a grand jury he was involved inthe betting scandal but later recanted insisting for the rest of his life he was in Nocent. Gary Hill noted that Jackson s Signa Ture is Worth More than that of Kennesaw Mountain Landis the baseball commissioner who banned him from the game. So there s poetic Justice somewhere Hill said. Everybody s hearts went out to the kid Tallahassee Fla. A it s a Story so sad that even the Happy ending does t bring a smile. Last sunday while he was pitching a no hitter in the Florida senior major league championship in Panama City 17-year-old Phil Dillmore kept looking in the stands hoping to spot his parents. They never made it there. Paul Dillmore 50, and his wife Priscil la 46, were killed in a car wreck on . 98 on saturday night As they travelled to watch their son pitch. Dillmore did t find out until afterwards. Phil returned to the tournament tues Day with his Grandfather and Uncle. Me entered the semifinal game in Relief and struck out the final two batters to pre serve an 8-7 Lead sending his team into the title game later in the Day. Dillmore pitched that game too a four hitter in a 6-1 Victory Over Jackson Ville East and was named the tournament map. It was meant to be somehow tournament director Dave Goodwin said. He stood out on the Mound took a deep breath and looked up into the Hea Vens. He paused for 10 to 15 seconds and put his head Down and pitched like to say this is for  everybody s hearts went out to the kid Goodwin said. This has touched our team key West coach Chris Valdez told the St. Petersburg times. Normally 15 to 17-year-Olds Aren t that close to their parents. But when we announced what happened to the team there was t a player who did t go hug his parents and say beloved