European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 05, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday Ai gusts. 1993 sports the stars and stripes Paga 29 Rickey arrives but a Omar s bad does Job by United press International Rickey Henderson made his Toronto debut tuesday night but it was a very familiar member of the bluejays who helped them Widen the Gap in the american league  Blue jays won their fourth straight came and opened a three game advantage Over new York an Boston by coming from behind to top the Yankees 8-6. And it was Roberto Alomar who did much of the damage. He had four hits and drove in two runs one american league night after being ejected for arguing a strike  Alomar stays healthy he maybe has a Chance to make the Hall of Fame said Toronto manager Cit Gaston. The smooth Fielding second baseman tied the Gamin the sixth with a two out two run single and the Blue jays broke it open with four in the  outburst took some of the Shine off Hender son s first appearance in the Toronto lineup after being obtained in a Trade with Oakland last Friday. Henderson a 10-time All Star and baseball s All Tim record Holder in stolen bases had one hit in four at bats with two walks. He scored twice. Devon White shoved into the no. 2 spot in the order after leading off Al year went 3 for 6. I was a Little nervous the first couple of innings said  Toronto lineup is really loaded one through nine Are Strong hitters. The Yankees Are the Sec Ond place team it would be Nice to put them away if we could. Alomar Toronto led the Yan Kees by one game when the Blue jays began their four game series in new  wanted to win two games Here and we re Home free How Gaston said. We have two More shots a them with no  in other games tuesday indians 9, tigers 4,7 innings at Cleveland Wayne Kirby hit a two run Homer an drove in three runs and Carlos Baerga drove in three runs in a game shortened to seven innings due t6  Lofton tripled in a run scored four times and stole three bases As the indians won their third straight game Lofton has stolen 17 consecutive bases and leads the majors with 45 steals. The tigers fell below .500 for the first time since april 13 when they were 3-4. Orioles 13, Brewers 8 at Baltimore Mark Mclemore had four hits to Pace 15-hit attack and David Segui tied a club record with \ the Yankees Paul o null grimaces and loses his Bat after being hit by a pitch thrown by Toronto Pat Tient gun. Four runs  went 3 for 3, and Brady Anderson Mike Dave Reaux and Tim Hulett with a three run Homer each drove in three runs As the orioles overcame an Early 4 0 deficit. Twins 6, orioles 1 at Minneapolis Willie Banks allowed Only one run Over seven innings and Kirby Puckett hit a three run  loss was just the fourth in 18 games for the red sox. Banks 8-7 won his third straight Start after losing his previous five. White sox 11, rangers 6 at Arlington Frank Thomas highlighted an Early explosion with a three run Homer in the second. Chicago took a 9-0 Lead after two innings to make Kirk Mccaskill 3-7 an easy Winner. Charlie Leibrandt 9-8 took the loss surrendering eight hits to the first 11 men he faced. Craig Grebeck started a seven run second with a single and went to third when Leibrandt threw the Ball away on Steve so grounder. Angels 3, royals 2 at Anaheim Greg Myers hit a two run Homer of Stan Belinda in the eighth inning to put the Angels in front. Myers Pinch hitting for Scott Tingley connected off the newly acquired Belinda with one out in the eighth for his sixth Homer and his first with a Man on base this season. Mariners 5, athletics 4 at Oakland Dave Valle s one out single scored Edgar Martinez to snap a 4-4 tie in the top of the ninth. Randy Johnson 11-7 allowed four runs on seven Nils and struck out 12 Over eight innings to snap a personal five game w inless Streak. Pennant race turns ugly with chants and Boos by Hal Bock new York a they swarmed out of the sur rounding subways and gridlocked highways jockeying for parking spaces standing Elbow to Elbow at the in traces. They were in a party mood celebrating pen Nant fever october in August at Yankee stadium. And then they turned ugly. With Toronto opening a four game series against the Yankees and the teams separated by a single game in the american league East standings a crowd of 43,304, sixth largest of the season for the Yankees showed up for monday night s game. Ordinarily that would be a positive in the South Bronx attendance watch with owner George Stem Brenner complaining about people unwilling to come to games there and talking about moving his franchise elsewhere. But the positive quickly turned negative. During batting practice the crowd booed the Blue jays chanting us a us a us a at a team that has a roster full of americans dominicans and puerto Picans but no canadians. And things went downhill from there. When metropolitan opera Star Robert Merrill stepped to the microphone to sing the Canadian National Anthem a tradition wherever the Blue jays play the fans nearly drowned him out with their Boos. This had become More than a Pennant race. This had become an exercise in nationalism and for some of the americans playing for Toronto an Embarrass ment. That was total disrespect said right fielder Joe Carter who comes from Kansas. That s just not right. I never saw anything like that in my life. I was embarrassed to be from the United  booing the National Anthem like that i thought it was awful said manager Cito Gaston who lives in Florida. And Center fielder Devon White who grew up in new York City and used to sit in the right Field seats at Yankee stadium called it Good old fashioned Igno Rance. Every player Here comes from the United states or South America or somewhere else White said. That s very distasteful to boo the Canadian National Anthem. That s not right at All. I Hope canadians Don t take it  the frenzy built in the top of the first inning monday when Roberto Alomar who lives in san Diego was called out on strikes and then thrown out of the game along with Gaston for arguing Pete Umpire Joe Brinkman s Call. Late in the game when White and Carter reached their positions in the Outfield fans started throwing things at them. The debris included bottles and bitter ies. I m just glad it was t Bat Day Carter said. White and Carter each hit two ran to men account ing for Al the Toronto runs in a 4-0 Victory. By the ninth inning the fans were turning on each Ether i a Security guards chasing from Section to text a i. For Esi rangers Bauling Brush fires. One particularly lengthy engagement i the lord base stands e in caught the attention of Tronio re Liever Danny Cox who stepped Back from the or a. 1 to watch the Battle before finishing off the Yar Keck. White shrugged off the fights. It s Normal he said. Milf they d a i  a  stands we Siy Whit s going in "