European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 the stars and stripes sports wednesday. May 4.1994if 1reds push cubs Streak to 11 by the associated press Chicago a John Smiley pitched a two hitter and the Cincinnati reds beat Chicago 0 monday night sending the embarrassed cubs to their club record 11th straight loss at Wrigley Field. The cubs remained win less at Home this season. Not even a change in unit form could change the cubs Luck or their woeful pitching. On sunday they had tied the 1974 club record of 10 straight losses at Wrigley. The cubs came out in Blue jerseys in Quot Stead of their Trade. Tonal White a the Only time they be Ever worn anything but White at Wrigley a but it did t matter. Bret Boone drove in four runs and the reds scored five times after two were out in the third inning to make an easy night for Smiley 2. Willie Banks 3 was the loser. In other games monday giants 10, mels 3 new York a Mark Portugal got two hits during a Nice run third inning and also pitched two hit Ball for seven shutout innings As san Francisco beat new York. A two out error by shortstop Jose Vizcaino made All nine runs in the third unearned Matt Williams hit his major league leading 12th Homer after the error. Portugal tripled singled and drove in two runs during the inning the biggest for the giants since they scored nine on aug. 18, 1982, at Pittsburgh. The giants combined six hits two errors two walks and a wild pitch in the burst. Portugal 2 struck out three and walked five Bobby Jones 2 lasted 2ft. Innings. A Phillies 7, padres 2 Philadelphia a Lenny Dykstra who bruised his Back crashing into the Wall a Day earlier doubled three times stole two bases drove in two runs and cubs shortstop Shawon Dunston applies the lag too late As Roberto Telly of the reds steals second in the fifth inning monday night scored twice As Philadelphia beat san Diego. The benches emptied in the fourth when Philadelphia a Mariano Duncan who was hit on the Arm by a pitch in the second was knocked Down with a High and tight pitch from Andy Ashby 3. Four players were ejected including Duncan. Dykstra was originally was expected to miss at least one game after tumbling Inlo the Canter Field Wall in the third inning sunday and leaving the game. In Stead he hit three doubles in a game for Only the second time and also walked twice. Danny Jackson 0 pitched his second Complete game of the season allowing six hits walking none and striking out nine a a a a a a a a a expos 10, dodgers 5 Montreal a Ken Hill survived a shaky first inning to win his third straight game arid Montreal used a 19-hit attack to defeat los Angeles for its sixth consecutive Victory. Hill 1 gave up three runs on four hits in the first but no other hits until Mike piazzas single in the eighth. He retired 20 of 21 batters during the stretch with Only Brett  reaching on an error. / a a a  a a a a a a Hill worked 1ft innings struck out eight and walked one to Send Montreal to its 11th Victory in its last 12 games. The dodgers made two costly mistakes As Montreal scored five times off Kevin Gross 1. Botox basking in West Success ily Sean Morgan the Hartford courant Boston a if the Boston red sox were returning to ancient Rome instead of Fenway Park the triumphal Arch might already be under construe Tion. And Why not the red sox were to open their shortest Home stand of the season tuesday night a two games against the Seattle mariners a with the scent of their 2 West coast trip still lingering. A this was a big big trip for us a infielder Tim Naehring said after a 10-1 rout of the California Angels sunday Niolu. A we usually come out to the West coast and struggle a not this time. It May have looked bad when the red sox 6 on their first West coast trip in 1993, lost the first two games in Seattle but they rebounded with five consecutive victories against the Oakland athletics 17 and the Angels 17. The result was the red sox a Best record in april 17-7 and the Best record in baseball 18-7. A i can to say any More about this team a manager Butch Hobson said. A i m proud of the Way they play from the  they re also starting to attract converts. A this red sox club is a Good bal club a Angels manager Buck Rodgers said. A a they re making a believer out of u me. The red sox a objective now however is to Avert the catastrophe of last season when they started 11-3 before a 19-35 run left them tied for fifth place june 20 13 games out of first a i done to think that a going to happen again this season a said first baseman to Vaughn who hit .348 on the trip including .545 6 for 11 in the three game sweep of the Angels a this year we got some Young players Back who have that year of experience and we have some More veterans. Everybody a got to know their roles because everybody is going to be called on to contribute a the main thing is to keep playing the game. And play the Vaughn game hard. And this team does  there is a balance to this team that did not exist last season. The offence was on sabbatical the first six games of the trip and the red sox still won four. The Only two players who hit consistently were Vaughn and third baseman Scott Cooper. Cooper had the trip of his dreams. He hit .364 8 for 22with two Home runs and nine rib a four in a 1 Vic tory Over the athletics. A the was really locked in on this trip a Hobson said. A whenever he got a mistake he hit it  but Cooper was an exception. At the other end of the spectrum were Billy Hatcher .077, ending a for-22 slump to two hits sunday ,.-. Otis Nixon .190john Val Ctm ,077v Mike arc Cowell .182dave Valle .167damon Berryhill .182 and Andre Dawson .214. They hit .191 As a team in the first six games and did no to get 10 hits in any of them. They broke out sunday tying a season High for hits 16while improving the team baiting average for the trip to .226. But it was the starting pitching that earned the red sox. The starters were 51, with a 1 16 Era on the trip. Frank Viola finally found his change up Aaron Sele continues to be one of the finest Young starters in the game Roger Clemens had a Vintage performance saturday and Danny Darwin 1, 5.17 Era keeps winning. Even fifth starter Joe Hesketh pitched Well. He had a no decision last tuesday in Seattle and beat the Angels sunday his first Victory As a starter since april 17, 1993. The red sox Are off thursday then have a three game series with the Yankees m new  on or Detroit up a Kirk Gibson hit a three run Homer with one out in the 10th inning monday night leading the Detroit tigers to a 10-8 Triumph Over the Texas rangers it was the Only game scheduled in the american league monday Texas had rallied from a. Four run ninth inning deficit to Send the game into extra innings and took the Lead in the 10th on a one out rib single by Doug strange. Mike Gardiner 0 got credit for the Victory despite giving up the loth Innig run while Tom Henke 3 absorbed the loss for Texas. A it wast a bad pitch a said Henke a it was nowhere in the strike zone. He just flicked his Bat at it i thought it was a routine Fly Ball but it just kept  a a in be seen Gibson do that so Many times it does no to Surprise me a said tigers manager Sparky Anderson. A forget his batting  Gibson who hit a three run Homer on sunday came into the game batting .232 _ Tom Henke came on to pitch the 10th for Texas. Eric Davis led off with a single of cent Ranc Unju a Fex Drew a walk. After Mickey Tettleton popped out Gibson hit his fourth Homer of the season to the left Field seats to win the game. A an Ceci fielder each Hom Ere for Detroit