European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 the stars and stripes sports saturday August 14,1993 royals 2�2 Back after sinking sox in series opener Appier by the associated Cressall the attention focused on the Al East race this week overshadowed the fact that a big weekend series loomed in the Al  got underway thursday at Comiskey Park As Kevin Appier out pitched Jack Mcdowell to enable Kansas City closed 2vi games behind first place Chicago by beating the White sox 4-2 thursday night in the opener of a four game  get drained worrying about win Ning or losing. You cant worry about what if Royal manager Hal Mcrae said. Apr pier did a Good Job and so did Mcdow Ell. They Are two of the Best right handed pitchers in the  White sox have lost six of nine. Texas took advantage of the latest loss beating California 4-2 to move three games behind  the Al East Chase first place to Ronto fell to Minnesota 9-2. New Yor beat Boston and Cut its deficit to one game while Detroit Defeated baltimore17-11. In another game Cleveland beat Milwaukee 8-6 in 11  13-6 gave up a Home run to Tim Raines to Start the game. It was Raines 2,000th career hit. Appier gave up seven hits six of the leading off innings. He walked two and struck out one in his fourth Complete game of the season. "1 put so much pressure on me Ever game that i could t put More on for this one Appier  got a lot of Lead off hits but i was Able to get out of most of the situations he said. None of my pitches was that Good but i had Good control of  18-7tied with san fran Arr Erica league Cisco s John Durkott for the major league Lead in victories had his six game win Ning Streak stopped. He gave up four runs three of them earned and 10 sin Gles in eight innings. He walked two an struck out five. In other games thursday rangers 4, Angels 2 Rafael Palmeiro hit a two run Homerin the first inning and Dean Palmer connected in the second inning sending Texas past visiting California. Palmeiro s 30th Home run and Palmer s 22nd came off John Farrell 2-10. Farrell had allowed 15 homers in 66 innings entering the game. Yankees 4, red sox 1 Melido Perez solidified his spot in the starting rotation pitching two hit Ball for 7% innings and helping new York Winthe series at Fenway Park. Perez 6-10 stopped his four game losing Streak with his first win since june 27. He missed his previous Start because of a sore shoulder. Steve fair worked the ninth for his 22nd  Sele 6-1 lost for the first time in the majors. Boston won the first Gam of the series but lost the last two and remained two games behind Toronto. Tigers 17, orioles 11 Detroit had a grand slam for the third straight game winning 17-11 this time after victories of 15-1 and 15-5. The Ori Oles who won the series opener 4-1 at Tiger stadium arc 2vi games behind to Ronto. Of the 48 runs the tigers scored in the series major league rib Leader Cecil fielder drove in Only  getting grand slams in the second and third games from Dan Gladden Chad Kreuter hit one in the series finale. Gladden had to Settle for a two run Homer this time. Mike Henneman 3-2the fifth de Melido Perez limits the red sox to two hits in in innings thursday in Boston. Troit Pitcher survived the last 2w inning for the win. Todd Frohwirth 6-5the fourth of five Baltimore pitchers too the loss. Twins 9, Blue jays 2 Kirby Puckett hit two homers an scored three runs to Lead Minnesota Over Toronto and Jack Morris at sky dome. Morris 6-11 lasted Only 3tt innings giving up five runs on seven hits while walking two and striking out two. The right hander who helped Minnesota Winthe world series title in 1991, has a 7.24 Era. Indians 8, Brewers 6,111nnings Carlos Barga hit a three run Home with one out in the Lith inning off Carlos Maldonado 1-2 to lift Cleveland Over Milwaukee at county stadium. It was the indians first extra inning Victory this season after six straight losses. Rockies sweep dodgers for 5th win in Row a the a a of a a a a.  a act ,. _ by the associated press the Colorado Rockies Are already talking about rivalries. The expansion Rockies completed their first four game sweep with a 4-1 Road Victory thursday Over the los an Geles dodgers extending their winning Streak to a club record five games. There s a Little added incentive when you play the dodgers because of the rivalry Rocky manager Don Baylor said. But to win four straight i Don t car who it s  earlier this season the dodgers and Rockies got into a big Brawl at Denver. I Hope that incident is behind us Baylor said. That was an ugly situation for baseball to be involved  right hander Willie Blair 5-9 pitched a seven hitter for his first Complete Gamin 35 career starts. J Blair the Lith player chosen by the Rockies in last november s expansion draft beat the dodgers for the first time in four career decisions. He struck out four and walked one. When i go out there i know i can go nine Blair said. "1 did it once before but nobody remembers that because the game went extra innings. It s a Confidence builder. I be had a couple of bad games lately and now i know i can throw National league Good pitches and get people  Castilla led off the second in Ning with his seventh Homer after Jera Dclark doubled in a pair of first inning runs off Orel Hershiser 8-12 the Rockies who ended a 13-game losing Streak on sunday at san Diego came into dodger stadium with base Ball s worst record and a team Era of5.90, the highest in the majors. But they gave up Only seven earned runs in 38 innings while the dodgers dropped to the .500 Mark with their sixth straight  other games thursday braves 8, mets 4 if the Atlanta braves Don t Start forget Ting about the san Francisco giants they May As Well forget about winning the National league West for the third straight year. A four game winning Streak has the braves Only one game closer to first place than they were when it started. With less than two months remaining in the season Atlanta is 8vi games behind the front running giants. It s time for the braves to worry Only about the braves. We be got to win games shortstop Jeff Blauser said after Atlanta s Victory Over new York at Shea stadium. Forge the scoreboard. There Are Only seven weeks left and we be got to take  John Smoltz 11-9 earned the Victory that gave the braves a 14-3 record i their last 17 Road games. He carried a one hitter into the eighth inning before Ryan Thompson hit a three run Homer. Astros 5, padres 3 Luis Gonzalez tripled and scored the tie breaking run on Andujar Cedeno s sacrifice Fly in the sixth inning to lift visit ing Houston to its fifth win in six games Greg Swindell 8-9 gave up 10 hits i five innings but held san Diego to three runs. Doug Jones finished for his 23rd save including All three astros victories in the four game series. Cubs 5, marlins 1 the Chicago cubs sent a Struebling Pitcher against a hot team and the result surprisingly was Mike Harkey s firs Complete game in three years. Harkey threw a seven hitter and Dwight Smith hit a pair of Solo homers to help Chicago snap the Florida s season High four game winning Streak the cubs had dropped the previous three games to the marlins by one run. Pirates 5, cardinals 4 Jeff King s single Over a drawn in out Field in the Lith inning scored Carlos Garcia who had tripled with the winning run. Todd Burns 0-4 lost in Relief for the second straight night As the visiting cardinals fell eight games behind the Phila Delphia Phillies in the no East. Burns got Pinch hitter Tom Foley to flout starting the Lith but Garcia who was 4 for 6 hit a sinking liner that go past right fielder Mark Whiten As he tried to make a sliding  Johnston 1-2 pitched two perfect Relief innings for his first no Victory. Phillies 7, expos 4 Host Philadelphia completed a three game sweep As Rookie Kevin Stocker broke an o-for-14 slump with a tiebreak ing single in the seventh inning. Montreal reliever Tim Scott 4-2 re tired the first Batter in the seventh and Hen gave up a single to Wes chamber lain. Chamberlain advanced to second Ona passed Ball and scored the go ahead run on Stocker s two out single to break a4-4 tie. Reliever Roger Mason 4-8 pitched two scoreless innings and Mitch Williams worked the ninth for his 31st save