European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                While the cubs were los Irig their 12th straight Home game tuesday three a a fans at Wrigley Field preferred to remain Anonymous. Cubs make club history with no. 72 Chicago apr Mike Morgan knows about losing. The Pitcher was on the 1988 Baltimore orioles who lost 21 consecutive games at the Start of the season. So he is taking the Chicago cubs current skid in stride. The cubs broke a 92-Ycar-old club record by losing their 12th consecutive Home game falling to the Cincinnati reds 5-2 tuesday. A a in a sure we will win one at Home he fore the season is Over. Id give Odds and in a from Las vegas a said Morgan 0-4who lasted Only four innings against the reds. Chicago manager Tom Trebelhorn has. Tried changing lineups and uniforms. He see pages 30,31 and 32 for More baseball. Even held a firehouse Chat with fans Friday. All to no Avail. Even Turk Wendell a Pitcher full of superstitions is out of ideas. A maybe i could find he Goat that put a hex on us a said Wendell who cats Licorie Between innings and hops Over foul lines As part of his repertoire to Ward off evil spirits. A we just have to keep the Faith a he said a a it a a Long year. In october Well be alright and people will say a look How they started a the clubs previous Home futility record goes Back to 1902 when the cubs played at West Side grounds. The previous Wrigley Field record was 10. The no Mark is 14 by the 1911 Boston braves. A you have to think about the no record Quot Trebelhorn said. The cubs Crew of starting pitchers dropped to 4-14 for the season As Morgan gave up four runs and seven hits. Erik Hanson 2-1 allowed two runs a one earned a and six hits in five innings. Jeff Brantley pitched the ninth for his third save. The jazz do a number on s a n a n t o n to by the associated press the san Antonio spurs who had a miserable shooting Day in losing game 2, got worse in game 3. The spurs shot 35 percent from the Field and scored just ,25 Points in the Middle two periods including an Aba record Low nine in the second Quarter against Utah on saturday they figured to rebound tuesday night at Salt Lake City even without three time rebounding Champion Dennis Rodman. The however held sail Antonio to .31.8 percent shooting and routed the spurs 105-72 to take a Malone 2-1 in the Best-of-5 first round series. A a we just got a Good old fashioned whipping for the second night in a Row a san Antonio coach John Lucas said. Quot what you re seeing is a frustrated team. They expected to play  the spurs lost for the 20th time in 21 games in Salt Lake City including four straight this season. Rodman was absent after lie was suspended for one game and fined $10,000 for flagrant and technical fouls in Utah a 96-84 win in game 2 on saturday Atman Antonio a. The jazz shot 53 percent from the Field with Karl Malone finishing with 24 Points and 13 rebounds. Jeff her Aba playoffs Napeek scored 15 Points and John Stockton had 12 assists for Utah the Host for game 4 on thursday. David Robinson and Antoine Carr scored 16 Points apiece for the spurs. In other playoff games tuesday night Chicago completed a sweep of Cleveland with a 95-92 overtime Victory Miami opened a 2-1 Lead on favored Atlanta with a 90-86 decision and Portland stayed alive against Houston with a 118-115 win. Trail blazers 116, rockets 115. Rod Strickland scored 25 Points 10 in the fourth Quarter and tied a team playoff record with 15 assists As port land avoided playoff elimination at Home against Houston. / the blazers withstood a 36-Pojnt performance by Hakeem Olajuwon to prevent a first round sweep. Bulls 95, Cavaliers 92 of Chicago did again what it has done on the Way to three straight Aba championships a sweep a first round playoff series a Scottie Pippen Sank the go ahead Basket on a driving left handed Layup with 1 25 left in overtime at Clever land. Heat 90, Hawks 86 Steve Smith averaging 23.7 in the playoffs led Host Miami in scoring for the third straight game with 25 Points pulling the heat within one Victory of winning their first Ever series. It would also be the first time an eighth seed ousted a no. 1 seed. I the stars and stripes ports May 5,1994 Page 36 Bruins get 2-0 jump on devils by United press International like a Pesky Little brother that wont quit the Boston Bruins tuesday night kept shoving themselves Back into a game. The new Jersey devils had. Claimed As their own. A time again the devils took the Lead on their Home ice Only to watch the Bruins prevail stealing a 6-5 overtime Victory to seize a 2-0 Lead in their Eastern conference semifinal nil playoffs series. A. V a it seemed like we kept playing the same game but they just played better a said devils coach Jacques Lemaire. New Jersey now Heads to Boston for a pair of games at the Garden on thursday and saturday. Don Sweeney scored at 9 08 of overtime to lift the Bruins. Adam Oates skated into the new Jer. Sey zone and put the puck Between devils defens Eman Scott Niedermayerd a legs. Oates kept control of the puck and passed it to Sweeney who scored his second goal of the playoffs to give the Bruins their second straight Road Victory in the Best of seven series. A we had resiliency whatever you want to Call it a said Sweeney. A we worked real hard to get Back in it. John Casey made some great saves. Adam Oates made a hell of a play and luckily i was prepared to  the devils forced overtime when Bruce Drivers fluttering shot from Between the face off circles went Over the Back of a fallen Casey with four seconds left in the third period the Bruins took a 5-4 Lead by scoring two goals in a Span of 2 10 in the third period Ted Donato tied the score at 4-4 with his fourth goal of the playoffs a Power play tally at 11 37 of the third. Steve Heidi be shot a puck off a Devil de sense Many a skate into the net to give Boston a 5-4 tie at 13 55 of the third. In the Only other playoff game of the night the new York rangers downed Washington 5-2. R rangers 5, capitals 2 at new York Esa Tikkanen notched a goal and an assist helping the rangers take a 2-0 Lead in their Eastern conference semifinal series. Mike Richter collected 22 saves for the rangers and improved to 6-0 in the playoffs. A a. A a. / Tikkanen cashed the game winning goal at 10 04 of the second period after coming onto the ice As a sixth Man when the capitals were called for a delayed penalty. Adam Graves and Stephane Matteau added two goals 19 seconds apart in the third period to make it 5-2. Tufa it its Felt re i a x v j 246850 005