European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 15. 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33salmon hot Streak lifts Angels lit from wire reports Seattle a California Angels right fielder Tim Salmon trotted across Home plate Friday night looked at teammate to Jackson and started giggling lowering his head As he made his Way into the dugout. Salmon a exploits in the Angels 11-1 Victory Over the Seattle mariners were such that Jackson stood in front of him dramatically shrugged his shoulders and threw his hands into the air As if to say a i can to believe what in a culminating tie finest three game hitting performance in the american league in the last 42 years Salmon went 5 for 5, including two Home runs and a double drove in five runs and scored four. A Salmon a 13 hits in three games tied an american league record last accomplished by Walt Dropo of the Detroit tigers july 14-15, 1952. The Only other american league player to accomplish the feat was Joe Cronin of the Washington senators june 19-21,1933. In the three games Salmon batted .867 13 for 15 with two doubles one triple three Home runs and eight runs batted in. He has batted .632 in the last seven games with three homers and 14 Bis. A to Tell you the truth a Salmon said to can to believe it myself. In a just zeroed in right the Angels who produced a season High 22 hits including four by Chili Davis Matching a career Best. Chuck Finley 2-3 yielded Only one hit through eight innings but Rich Amaral ended his bid for a one hitter Salmon american league with a Mcadoff Homer in the ninth. He settled for a three hitter. In other games Friday night indians 2, tigers 0 Cleveland a Mark Clark pitched his first american league shutout and kept Tim Belcher win less in eight starts As Cleveland beat Detroit to end a five game losing skid. Clark 3-1who had lasted just 1% innings in his previous Start gave up six hits walked five and struck out three m the indians first shutout of the season. Red sox 5, Blue jays 3 Boston a Joe Hesketh won his first game at Fen Way Park in More than a year As the Rea sox handed the Blue jays their fourth straight loss. Hesketh 2-1who has made six starts and two Relief appearances this year gave up six hits in pitching six innings for just the second time this season. Pat Hentgen 5-3 allowed five runs and 12 hits in six innings. Twins 4, orioles 1 Minneapolis a Kirby Puckett hit a two run Homer in the sixth inning to hand Ben Mcdonald his first loss of the season. Mcdonald 7-1 trying to become the majors first eight game Winner took the loss despite carrying a one hitter into the sixth. Puckett a Homer his fifth gave twins starter Pat a Homes 3-1 a 2-1 Lead and Puckett helped it stand up by scaling the right Field Fence to Rob Chris Hoiles of an extra base hit in the seventh. Royals 16, athletics 6 Kansas City to. A Mark Gubicza went 734 innings in his longest Outing in two years and the royals hit three homers to hand Oakland its 21st loss in 23 games. Mike Macfarlane Terry Shumpert and Gary Gatti homered for the royals As they scored their most runs this season. It was the most runs for the royals since they scored 18 on july 14,1991. Gubicza allowed four runs in the eighth the last swoon Geronimo bar Road a hit a three run Homer in the first and the royals batted around to score five runs in the third off Bobby Witt 3-3. Yankees 10, Brewers 4,12 innings Milwaukee a Crnic Williams Pat Kelly and Luis Polonia each drove in two runs in the 12th inning As the Yankees won their eighth York which improved its major league Best re Cord to 24-10, is off to its Best Start since opening the 1958 season 25-8. _ the Brewers rallied for three runs in the ninth to tie it at 4-4. A a a. In the 12th, Jim Leyritz and Danny Tartabull Drew one out walks off Mike Fetters 0-2. Graeme Lloyd relieved and threw a wild pitch to Advance the runners. Paul of Neill was walked intentionally bringing up Williams who singled to score Leyritz and Tartabull. Of Neill Williams and Tartabull Home red for the Yankees. Rangers 11, White sox 7 Arlington Texas a Juan Gonzalez went 4 for 5 with four Bis to Lead the rangers. Gonzalez hit a two run triple in the first inning and added three singles for his eighth career four hit game. Oddie Mcdowell went 3 for 4 with two steals and Dean Palmer added a two run Homer for Texas after coming off the disabled list before the game. Al note Righetti signed by Blue jays a a a a a by the associated press Boston a the Toronto Blue jays looking for bullpen help with closer Duane Ward on the disabled list on Friday signed 35-year-old Dave Righetti to a minor league contract. Righetti released by Oakland on april 27, has a 79-76 record with 252 saves for the new York Yankees and san Francisco giants. He was 0-0 with no saves for Oakland. Righetti was sent to Toronto a class a affiliate in Knoxville Toronto will be responsible for Only a prorated share of the major league minimum or $85,642.85. The remainder of Righetti a $1.5 million salary is being paid by san Francisco which released him following the 1993 season a a Henderson goes on do Kansas City to. The Oakland athletics placed outfielder Rickey Henderson on the 15-Day disabled list with a sore left knee Friday. Henderson was disabled retroactive to May 10. Manager Tony la Russa said he expected Henderson the american league map in 1990, to recover fully. Henderson batting .210 in 25 games injured the knee in late april and tried to play through it but has continued to experience swelling. Henderson baseball a career steals Leader had just three steals this season Oakland recalled Pitcher Mark acre Silver bullets Tempe Ariz. A the Colorado Silver bullets lost their opener 19-0 to a group of Northern league All stars lowered their sights a bit and lost 7-0 Friday night in their second game. They still fully intend to prove that women have a place in professional baseball. The nations Only All female professional squad scheduled to play 50 games against semipro and Rookie league teams this summer has cancelled six games against teams from the Independent Jordan update Jacksonville Fla apr an update on Michael Jordan s performance with the Birmingham Barons of the a Southern fridays game Jordan was l-for-4 with one run scored As Birmingham lost 7-5 to Jacksonville. He was credited with a hit when his bunt was mishandled at third base a Jordan grounded out twice and popped out. Defensively he registered two putouts in right Field. Season to Date Jordan a batting average is .257 29 for 113 with six doubles no homers and 18 Bis. He has stolen 10 bases second Best in the league. The Heidelberg Golf course Ventour a Itna m e n t from triple a Tacoma and is carrying 13 pitchers. Acre a 6-foot-8 right hander was 1-0 at Tacoma with four saves in 18 innings. Indians bring up infielder Cleveland a the Cleveland indians on Friday purchased the contract of infielder Rene Gonzales from class aaa Charlotte and optioned right handed Pitcher Chad Ogea to Charlotte. Gonzales 32, signed with the indians on april 7 after he was released by Baltimore. In 28 games at Charlotte he hit .259 with two Home runs and 11 Bis Ogea was 0-0 with an 8.10 Era in two Relief appearances for the Semi pros Northern league. On Friday night the Silver bullets lost to the red Mountain bandits a semipro team of local players and retired major leagues in front of a crowd of 3,064. 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