European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 2, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 saves again As o s top mariners a by the associated pres Seattle every time he takes the Mound it seems As though Lee Smith sets another record. Saturday Smith earned his 12th save in 12 opportunities As the Baltimore orioles downed the Seattle mariners 6-4. Brady Anderson had three Bis and Leo Gomez hit a two run Homer for the orioles. Quot Smith set a major league record by recording his 12th save in Baltimore a 23rd game of the season. He has. Saved All but three of Baltimore a wins this season. Quot everything is going right for me now Quot said Smith baseball career saves Leader who signed with the orioles As a free agent in the off season. Quot the Only thing i could improve on is my jog to the  Randy Johnson 2-2 lost despite striking out 11. It was the 40th time in his career that Johnson has struck out at least 10, and the second time this season. Johnson allowed nine hits in six innings pitched. His wildness Cost him in the fourth inning when he issued two of his four walks. With two outs and Chris Sabo on first Johnson walked Gomez and Mark Mclemore the no. 8 and 9 hitters in Baltimore a order. Anderson followed with a line drive double to score three. In other games saturday Chicago at Detroit was postponed Yankees 7, athletics 5 Oakland Calif. A the athletics lost their 12th straight game falling to new York on two Home runs by Jim Leyritz. The athletics skid is their longest in 16 years and is two losses Short of the Oakland record set in 1977. Jimmy key 4-1 settled Down after a shaky Start. He gave up two runs on six hits in the first three innings but allowed Only one More run before leaving after the eighth Jeff Reardon pitched the ninth and gave up a two out two run Homer to Pinch hitter Mike Aldrete Yankee shortstop Mike Gan ego tags Steve sax at second base where he joins athletics teammate Stan Javier after a rundown saturday at Oakland. New Yorkus Don Mattingly watches at right sax joined the a a earlier in the Day. Red sox 4, Angels 1 Anaheim Calif. A Roger Clemens gave up four hits in eight innings and Boston converted two errors by California third baseman Damian Easley into three unearned runs. Clemens 3-1 walked one and struck out eight to raise his career record against the Angels to 19-6. Rangers 14, indians 6 Cleveland a Juan Gonzalez drove in six runs with a Homer double and single As Texas beat Cleve land in a cold persistent downpour. Will Clark had four hits and Ivan Rodriguez hit a tie breaking two run double in the seventh inning. The rangers who outhit the indians 19-9, scored 12 times in the last three innings. Twins 11, Blue jays 9 Minneapolis a Kent Hrbek doubled Home two runs and Scott Leius followed with a two run Homer highlighting a five run fourth Ming. Toronto s Joe Carter drove in his 31st run a big league record for april with his Al leading ninth Home run. Brewers 4, royals 3,10 innings Kansas City to. A Turner Ward scored from first on Dave Nilsson a two out double in the 10th inning v.  a a a a Jeff Bronkey 1-0 pitched two perfect innings for his second major league win. Baseball note Palmer goes onto shelf from wire reports Arlington Texas the Texas rangers placed third baseman Dean Palmer on the 15-Day disabled list saturday with a strained left hamstring. A a a a. A a a a a a a a a  sign Parrish Pittsburgh the Pittsburgh pirates desperate for a backup to take some of the catching Load off Don Slaught signed eight time All Star Lance Parrish off the Detroit tigers triple a roster saturday. In another roster move the pirates activated Alejandro Pena who still Hasni to thrown a pitch in a regular season game since the team signed him 17 months  s land sax _ Oakland Calif. A the Oakland athletics signed infielder Steve sax and activated Pitcher Miguel Jiminez prior to saturdays game with the new York Yankees gun charge hits Boyd Sioux in Iowa a Day after former major league Pitcher Oil can Boyd signed with the Sioux City explorers of the Northern league be was charged with carrying a concealed weapon after a Man shouted racial slurs at him in a local lounge police said. Sheffield bats marlins past reds by the associated press Miami a Benito Santiago has seen the fury created by Gary Sheffield a Bat before. A. A a a a a. A Sheffield continued his assault on no pitching saturday night hitting his 10th Home run to Send the Florida marlins to a 4-3 Victory Over the Cincinnati reds. Sheffield homered in the fifth inning to break a 3-3 tie. He has connected seven times in the last eight games at Joe Robbie stadium to tie san Francisco a Matt Williams for the majors Lead in homers a a Gary a locked in a said Santiago. A it does no to Surprise me. I played with him at san Diego in 1992 when he was awesome and almost won the triple  Sheffield a Homer helped the marlins Complete their first .500 month in franchise history 12-12. Dave Weathers 4-1 won his fourth straight Start. He gave up three runs Alt unearned and nine singles in Ivi innings. The marlins scored three times in the first off Jose Rijo 1-2 Rijo struck out 10 and gave up 11 hits in a Complete game. Sheffield entered the game 0 for 12 in his career against Rijo but went 2 for 3 with two Bis in other games saturday Colorado at Chicago was rained out pirates 2, braves 1 Pittsburgh a Denny Neagle out pitched two time by Young award Winner Greg Maddux As the pirates beat the braves for the fourth time in five games. A1 Martin and Jay Bell drove in third inning runs As the pirates continued to baffle both the braves and Maddux 4-2 National league who brought a major league leading 0.88 Era into the game. A _. Neagle 2-3 has fewer career wins 9 than Maddux does against the pirates alone but limited the braves to Rookie Javier Lopez a club leading sixth Homer in eight in a tires dodgers 12, mets 10 new York a Mike Piazza hit a three run Homer Chris Gwynn had a two run Homer and Tim Wallach hit a Solo shot All during an eighth inning rally that sent los Angeles Over new York. Wallach hit a two run Homer in the sixth inning As los Angeles began to come Back from a 5-0 deficit. Bobby Bonilla Todd Hundley and Jeromy Burnitz each homered for the mets Cory Snyder opened the dodger eighth with a single and Gwynn Pinch hitting for Jim Gott 3-1connected with two outs. Brett Butler and Henry Rodriguez singled off Josias Manzanillo 0-1 before Piazza made it 10-All. Wallach put the dodgers ahead with his seventh Homer. Manzanillo hit the next Batter Jeff Treadway but was not  5, padres 3 Montreal a Pedro Martinez touched off another Bench Clearing Brawl by brushing Back Derek Bel with a High fastball but this time wound up As the winning Pitcher in Montreal a Victory Over san Diego. Martinez 1-2 won for the first time As a starter in the majors. In his previous Start at olympic stadium a fight broke out when he nit Reggie Sanders of Cincinnati after taking a perfect game into the eighth inning. Montreal has won four in a Row and san Diego has lost three straight. Mel Rojas got three outs for his seventh save in his last seven appearances. The expos scored four runs in the third against a a. Sager 0-2who came on alter Scott Sanders strained his left rib Cage while swinging the  1, Phillies 0 Philadelphia John Burkett allowed seven hits in Lei innings and Matt Williams hit his 10th Homer As the giants snapped a three game losing Streak. Burkett 3-1 struck out four and walked two before being relieved by Mike Jackson in the eighth. Jackson worked out of a two on Jam and Rod Beck activated earlier in the Day pitched the ninth for his second save. _ Curt Schilling 0-4 allowed three hits in seven innings striking out six astros 15, cardinals 5 Houston a Jeff Bagwell and Steve Finley each homered drove in four runs and scored three times powering the astros 20-hit attack. Last saturday night in St. Louis the astros routed the cardinals by the same 15-5 score Bagwell went 4 for 5 with a double As the astros got 20 a hits. Finley doubled singled and tied a career High for Bis. Pete Harnisch 2-2 gave up one run and three hits in six innings before leaving because of the flu. He helped himself with a double and single