European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 the 90ms and stripes sports saturday May 28,1994 the major leagues by United press International it was Only a matter of time before the Cincinnati reds boiled Over and they did thursday _ Colorado turned out to be the vie Tim although the Rockies managed to extract their Pound of flesh from the reds while they were in Denver after losing three straight to Colorado and five in a Row Overall the reds broke free with a 14-4 Victory thursday at mile High stadium. Hal Morris went 3 for 5 with three runs scored and two Bis to Lead the rout. Cincinnati sent 12 batters to the plate in the second inning and the first eight of them scored a we were due to bust Loose and Morris we did a said red manager Davey Johnson. Its Nice to have a Laugher. We be been on the other end too much lately. John Roper took advantage of the outburst to earn a win in his first decision of the season. He allowed four runs on five hits in seven innings. A with a Lead like that you can just relax a said Roper. A sometimes when the game is close you re tight and it affects your mechanics. I thought i had a Good curve Ball today. I just did what i had to win allowed the reds to increase their Lead in the National league Central to two games Over the Idle St. Louis cardinals. Roper started the second inning onslaught with a single that scored Tony Fernandez and Bret Boone. Run scoring singles by Lenny Harris and Roberto Kefry made it 6-0. Kevin Mitchell followed with a bases loaded walk and Reggie Sanders drove in Kelly before Fernandez drove in Morris As the reds took a 9-0 Lead. Mitchell scored on Boones fielders Choice for a 10-0 Lead. On a Light night around the majors it was California 7, Detroit 5 Kansas City 3, Texas 1, and Boston 13, Cleveland 5 in the american league. In other National league games it was Pittsburgh 11, new York 10 in 13 innings Sanfrancisco 5, san Diego 3, and Houston 8, Atlanta 5. Royals 3, rangers 1 at Kansas City Felix Jose doubled Home two runs in a three run seventh to Back the Strong pitching of Tom Gordon. Trailing 1-0, Kansas City a Brian Mcrae singled off Texas starter Roger Pavlik to open the seventh. Loser Rick Honeycutt 0-2 came on and gave up a Wally Joyner single and a walk to Load the bases. Cris Carpen Ter relieved Honeycutt and got Mark Macfarlane who bounced into a Field Eros Choice that scored Mcrae with the tying run. Jose then doubled Home Joyner and Macfarlane. Angels 7, tigers 5 at Detroit to Jackson slammed a two run Homer and drove in five runs. Jackson had a sacrifice Fly in the first gave California a 4-3 Lead with his sixth Homer in the fifth and stroked a two run single to make it 7-3 in the sixth inning. Joe Magrane 1-2 allowed five earned runs and eight hits and walked four Over 5w innings. Joe Grah pitched the ninth for his eighth save. Tiger starter Jpike Moore 4-4 took the loss after giving up six earned runs and seven hits and seven walks Over 5vi innings. Red sox 13, indians 5 at Boston Mike Greenwell produced two of Bostons eight doubles and Damon Berryhill had two hits and scored twice in an eight run second inning. The red sox set a major league High for doubles this season and they finished with a team season High 17 hits. Boston scored seven unearned runs in the second inning on two Indian errors. The red sox added six hits and sent 13 batters to the plate in the eight run inning which put them ahead 11-2. Pirates 11, mets 10,13 innings at Pittsburgh Lance Parrish singled Home Kevin Young from second with none out in the 13th inning and Alejandro Pena pitched four witless innings. Young doubled to open the 13th off reliever Frank Seminara and Parrish followed with his single. Youngs sacrifice Fly in the ninth tied the score 10-10 to Force extra innings. Pena improved to 2-1 in his longest appearance since 1989, giants 5, padres 3 at san Diego Matt Williams Hom ered in a three run fifth inning to help Bill Van Landingham win Nis first major league Start. The giants won the final two games of the four game series after losing six straight. Williams homered to right Center with two out in the fifth Oft Andy Benes to give the giants a 3-1 Lead. Astros 8, braves 5 in Atlanta Ken Caminiti extended his hitting Streak to 12 games with three doubles to claim the longest current hitting Streak in the National league. He was 3 for 5 and drove in a run for the astros who took two games from the braves in the three game series. Mario Andretti posts fastest Lap in final Warmup a by Mike Harris Indianapolis a Mario Andretti who will make his final Indianapolis 500 Start sunday had the fastest Lap in the final Warmup for the race. Andretti did 19 laps on the 2v6-mile Oval with a top Speed of 223.708 Mph thursday and pronounced himself a ready to race in his 29th indy 500. 5 . Sunday on an radio and to a a. The car is Good and the team is ready Quot said Andretti who will retire at the end of the season. All 33 starters and second alternate Mark Smith made it onto the track during the traditional two hour a carburetion Day practice the Only time Between the end of qualifications last sunday and the Start of the race that the cars Are allowed to run. Other than caution flags for debris two Tow ins and a track inspection there were. No incidents. That continued the Safe month that has seen Only five crashes and no serious injuries since practice began May 7. It also meant that Davy Jones would not Start the race after All. Jones qualified team owner Kenny bernsteins backup car solidly in the lineup while primary Driver Scott Goodyear sentry was bumped on the last of four Days of time trials. On monday Bernstein announced Goodyear would replace Jones in the car. But then he found out that Jones would have become the second alternate instead of the first alternate so on tuesday the owner requested the original substitution be withdrawn pending thursdays practice. If something had happened thursday to keep one of the other starters from the race then both Bernstein cars would have been Able to Start. Instead Goodyear who finished second in 1992 after a similar substitution was returned into the lineup and will Start 33rd in Jones car. Gooc year practice in that car thursday at 216.601. The other car remained in the teams garage. A a it a a Tough situation a Goodyear said. A Tough on Davy and Tough on me. We wanted to get two cars in the Field but it just did no to work out. A a it a been a frustrating two weeks. We had things going but then it slipped away from us. We were never Able to catch up when we tried to Scott Brayton was second fastest thursday at 222.905, followed by defending race Winner Emerson Fittipaldi at 222.872, Nigel Mansell 222.552, Eddie Cheever 221.315 and Robby Gordon 220.897. Teo Fabi was next at 220.577, with Michael Andretti at 220.000, Rookie Jacques Villeneuve 218.606 and Paul track 218.468. 3 pole Winner Al Unser or. Was 11th at 218.050. A the idea was to get the car ready to race and that a what we did a Unser said. A we weren to trying for Indianapolis 500 lineup Ltd \ r a the 3$ qualifiers for the indy 500and qualifying Speed in Mph. The Field is determined by four Days of qualifying. Starting positions Are determined by Speed with the fastest of Driver on the first Day of a % qualifying winning the pole Row Scott Marco Mike Goodyear x Greco r Groff 223.817 221.216 221.355 Bobby Al John Mart do Paulsr. Guge min 222500 f 223,104 Stefan Adrian Johansson Fernandez r Tracy 221.518 222.657 222.710 Rahal 224.094 Paul Teo Fabi 223.394 Brian till r 221.107. I Ltd to. ,-.i Vav a her Matsushita 221.382 Dennis Vitolo r 222.439 Scott Brayton 223,652 i f a s s Roberto Guerrero 221.278 so. Sharp r 222.091 Hideshi Matsuda r 222.545 Bryan. Herta r 220.992 Robby Gordon 221.293 Jimmy Vasser 7-n 221262 Stan Fox 222.867 Dominic k Dobson 222.970 Mario Andretti 223.503 Lyn. St James 224.154. Emerson Fittipaldi 227.303 Cheever. 223.163 Arie v Luyendyk 223.673 Michael Andretti 22&205 Raul Boesel 227.618 John Andretti 223.263 Nigel Mansell 224.041 Jacques Vusten Euver 1 226.259 a Unser or. 228.011 pole position record Field average223.479 Mph 1992 r .rooki0 a Slot Quot x car qualified 223.270 Mph by Davy Jones aped de Gaser Villeneuve s pit Crew grabs first place Cash Indianapolis apr Jacques Villeneuve the fastest Rookie Driver in sunday s Indianapolis 500, also has the fastest Crew. Led by Crew chief Kyle Moyer the team changed four tires and simulated a refuelling in 12.867 seconds thursday to win the annual Miller pit Stop championship and a $25,000 first prize. A i think Jacques is a bit surprised How we did a said Moyer who also served As the fuel Man Quot the team has been really working hard to get Here. Its More than the Money. Its something for Pride in the final round after thursdays practice the Forsythe Green team of Moyer Tony Cotman Tony Brunetti Eric Halverson Dave Popielarz and Jim Wilson beat the pro Mormance team of Driver John Paul jr., whose time was 13.599. Second place paid $15,000. Villeneuve who will Start from the inside of the second Row on sunday with a qualification average Speed of 226.259 Mph is Only the second Rookie whose Crew has won the annual pit Stop contest. The first was Michael Andretti a in 1984. Quot our teams been working hard All month both on the track and in the pits a Villeneuve said. A the team gave 100 percent of themselves in the semifinals Villeneuve steam beat Raul Boeselt a 13.599-15.393, and Paul steam upset pole Winner Al Unser �?Ts team 15.670-29.636. Unser steam was penalized 10 seconds for running Over a Hose and five seconds for having a Loose wheel. Unser was trying for a record fourth pit Stop win
