European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 09, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Come Back As o s nip tribe Baltimore a after his Long awaited stint on the Mound was finished Dob Ojida had a couple of phone Calls to make. Ojeda making his first appearance since the boating Accident that killed two of his Cleveland teammates gave up on of cat Ripken s two homers As the Balti More orioles beat the indians 8-6 sat urday night. Ojeda sustained severe head injuries inthe March 22 crash at Spring training in Florida that killed Steve Olin and Tim Crews. He had surgery to re attach his Scalp and also underwent an unrelated operation on his throwing shoulder in april. But it was t the physical aspect that was holding him Back. It was the mental part of it All. He finally made it through the agon with help from the wives of his two dead friends. Both of them said do it for me if Idin to they were going to kick my butt Ojeda said. Ill Call them tonight. Ojeda activated off the 60-Day disabled list earlier in the Day entered to standing ovation in the fourth inning. He allowed one earned run and four hits into innings. It s Defin Cly hard being activated but they told me when i got Here there would be a pretty Pood Chance that i would bewitching tonight Ojeda said. The left hander entered the game wit Cleveland trailing 5-4. He gave up an unearned run in the fourth and Ripken s18th Homer leading off the fifth. It was hard coming through that bullpen Gate and onto the Field Ojeda said. But i did it. Hopefully it will get easier As time goes  he faced eight batters striking out one. I m glad that part s Over. That was for the Guys my dead buds Ojeda said. Earlier Ripken hit a three run Homer off Julian Tavarez 0-1 in the orioles five run. Third. Tavarez making his major league debut left after giving up six hits and three walks in three innings. Mark Mclymore had four hits for the the stars and stripes ports augusts 1993 Page 36 other Al games see Page 32 orioles who have won six straight to Pul two games behind first place Toronto in the Al East. Baltimore moved percent age Points ahead of the new York Yan Kees and into third place. Kenny Lofton had four hits including two doubles and Sandy Alomar hit a two run Homer for the indians. Alan Mills 2-3who gave up two run sin three innings after replacing starter Fernando Valenzuela earned his first Victory since june 8. Valenzuela allowed nine hits and four runs in 314 innings. Gregg Olson got the last three outs for his 29th save. A sacrifice Fly by Albert Belle gave the indians a 1-0 first inning Lead. It became 2-0 in the third when Lofton doubled an scored on Valenzuela s throwing error. The orioles took the Lead in the  a 41-minute rain delay Mclemore hit a two run single. Tavarez then issued one out intentional walk to Harold Baines and Ripken hit a 1-0 pitch into the left Field seats. Cleveland closed to 5-4 in the fourth on a double by Alvaro Espinoza a triple by Alomar and a double by Lofton. After Baltimore went up 7-4 against Ojeda Al Omar s Homer made it 7-6 in the sixth. Brady Anderson had a sacrifice Fly in the Baltimore eighth. Indians Bob Ojida makes his first pitching appearance since the boating Accident. A the indians avoided a potential Media crush by activating Ojeda on the Road and late in the afternoon. It just turned out that Way Genera manager John Hart said. Bobby has been throwing on the Side for a month was physically ready to go. We feel he s ready to step in and help the  Hart said the decision to put Ojeda in the bullpen was made in part so that he would t have to face the pressure of re turning in a much ballyhooed starting As  one thing we did t want to do is a grandiose trumpets blaring Start. We wanted to get him a ballgame first to get him some work Hart  said pitching again won t ease the agony he has Felt since that night. The void that was left with the Acci Dent won t be filled if i throw one More game 100 More games or a thousand More games he said. One thing that has helped is the Guys on the team. They have been  addition to activating Ojeda the indians also reinstated Alomar from the disabled list optioned Catcher Jesse Levis to triple a Charlotte and gave left hand or Matt Young his unconditional release. Astros finally get giant Monkey off their backs san Francisco a Houston astros manager Art Howe was hoping things would Start going his Way against the san Francisco giants. He finally got his Way the astros hit three homers to offset a three run shot by Barry Bonds and Greg Swindell snapped a per Sonal four game losing Streak As Houston beat san Francisco 6-5 saturday for its first Victory this season Over the giants. It was a big big game for us Howe said. We certainly did t want them to beat us All year. Maybe this will get the Monkey off our Back and we can win again  Eric Anthony Jeff Bagwell and Ken Caminiti connected for the astros giving them 96 Home runs Matching their total for All of 1992. Swindell 7-9wingless since june 23, retired 18 of the first 19 batters an entered the seventh inning with see Page 32 for other saturday no games a one hitter and a 6-1 Lead. He worked 6v6 innings Al lowing five hits while leading the astros to their first Victory Over the giants in eight meetings. I did t have my Best stuff but i did have a Good fastball Swindell said. That was a pretty Good pitch to Bonds but he s so Quick i could t get the pitch in Side Quick enough. I thought they might get Back into it. Give them an Inch and they take a Yard. They re a great team an they la probably win the  Dave Martinez led off the seventh with a single and Matt Williams singled one out later. Then Bonds hit Athree run Homer his major league leading 34th to tie his career High. Doug Jones who struck out Williams and got Bonds on a grounder to end the eighth after will Clark s rib single made it 6-5 got his 19th save. Scott Sanderson 0-1claimed on waivers from the California Angels this week retired 12 of the first 13 batters the exception being Anthony s uth Homer leading off the second. Swindell retired the first 10 batters before Martinez tripled with one out in the Fouth. Clark hit a game tying sacrifice Fly beginning a Streak of eight More consecutive outs for Swindell. Caminiti led off the fifth with a double and Steve Finley was walked intentionally with two outs. Swindell singled to Load the bases before Craig Biggio s two run single made it 3-1. Bagwell led off the sixth with his 17th Homer. After Anthony walked Caminiti hit his 10th Homer to Chase Sanderson who was 7-u with the Angels. 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