European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 2, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 the associated press san Francisco a Javier Lopez broke a ninth inning tie with a Mcadoff Homer tuesday As the Atlanta braves beat the san Francisco giants 6-3. J Matt Williams homered in the first inning tying the no record for homers in the first two months of the season at 19. The no record was set in 1987 by Eric Davis of Cincinnati. Ken Griffey or. Of Seattle set the major league record with 22 this year. Roberto Kelly hit a two run Homer in the seventh his first since Atlanta acquired him from Cincinnati on sunday for Deion Sanders. Lopez hit his 10th Homer on the first pitch from Dave Burba 0-4. Mark Wohlers 4-0 pitched 1w innings and Greg Mcmichael got the save. Wild thing will walk at Houston Houston apr Mitch Williams who gave up the world series winning Home run to Joe Carter last october was let go by the Houston astros on tuesday Williams,29, was placed on waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. If he Isnit claimed a and no claims Are expected a he will be released Friday and become a free agent. The astros Are responsible for the remainder of his $2.5 million salary this season. Quot we Felt it was in the Best interests of the �?T94 astros to make this move at this time a astros general manager Bob Watson said at a news conference. The 29-year-old reliever known As Quot wild things was Williams acquired by Houston on dec. 2. The Philadelphia Phillies said they traded him a for his own Good after he gave up the ninth inning Home run in game 6 of the world series which gave Toronto an 8-6 Victory and its second straight championship. Williams lived up to his a wild things nickname in Houston. He was 1-4 with six saves a and two blown chances a in 20 innings with a 7.65 Era. He gave up 21 hits and walked 24. The decision was made based on his performance the level of Confidence we had in him in the late innings and the direction our team is headed a Watson said. Williams came to Houston for pitchers Doug Jones and Jeff Judyn. But he lost his role As the astros closer Early in the season and watched from the bullpen As Rookie John Hudek took Over As closer. Manager Terry Collins said he understood Williams frustration at not pitch-0 ing More often in close games but became More reluctant to stick with a wild thing a the team informed him of their plans on monday night. Williams was successful on 43 of 49 save chances last year going 3-7 with a 3.34 Era. He was 2-0 with two saves in the no playoffs against Atlanta and 0-2 with one save in the world series. Williams began his big league career in 1986 in Texas and pitched for the Chicago cubs before joining the Phillies. He has 192 career saves. That includes 102 saves for the Phillies one behind Steve Bedrosian steam record. Rockies 3, mets 2 new York a Greg Harris allowed five hits in eight innings to Lead the Rockies Walt Weiss went 3 for 4 and and drove in a run and sex met Howard Johnson went 2 for 4 with an rib for Colorado. Harris 3-4 struck out three and allowed one walk before giving Way to Bruce Ruffin who got his fifth save astros 5, marlins 3------------- Houston a Andujar Cedeno hit a two run single to break an eighth inning tie for the astros. In the eighth Luis Gonzalez and Chris Donnels hit two out singles and Pinch hit tar Kevin Bass walked to Load the bases Cedeno followed with a single to left off Richie Lewis 1-3. David Veres 2-2 pitched a perfect eighth for the win and John Hudek worked the ninth for his sixth save. Phillies 8, cubs 7 Chicago a Jim Eison Reich a two out rib single in the eighth inning helped the Phillies snap Chicago a seven game Home winning Streak. Trailing 7-5 in the eighth the Phillies rallied and scored three runs against Jose Bautista and Randy Myers 0-2. Mariano Duncan hit 3 two run double to tie it at 7 before Eisenreich followed with a clean single to left. Larry Andersen 1-1 pitched two innings of scoreless Relief for the win. Reds 5, expos 4,13 innings Cincinnati Reggie Sanders led off the Bottom of the 13th inning with his second Homer to end the four hour 29-minute game. Cincinnati a third Victory in its last 11 games improved the reds to 7-1 in extra innings this season. Padres 15, pirates 5 san Dpi amp so a san Diego tied a team record by scoring 13 runs m the second inning. _3 the padres set a club record by having the first ii batters reach base in the inning and matched a club Mark for runs Ana hits in an inning set last aug. 24 in the first inning against St Louis. Cardinals 6, dodgers 0 los Angeles Rick Sutcliffe pitched a solid 741s innings and Tom Pagnozzi and Bernard Gilkey hit two run doubles for the cardinals. Sutcliffe 2-1 gave up seven hits walked four and did t record a strikeout in his fifth Start with the cardinals. Sutcliffe left after the dodgers loaded the bases with two outs. But Rinc Arocha got Henry Rodriguez to hit into a Force out to end the threat. Turns on Power again by the associated press new York Wade Boggs hit his sixth Home run of the season a All of them since May 15 a and the new York Yankees trounced the Chicago White sox 10-1 tuesday night. Boggs also had an rib single and Gerald Williams homered As new York ended a two game losing Streak. The Yankees with the Best record in the majors have not lost three in a Row since the second week of the  Kami Ciccki 4-0 and Sterling Hitchcock combined to scatter seven hits. Kamieniecki pitched seven innings and gave up a Home run to Ron Karko vice in the seventh. Boggs hit a Solo Homer in the first inning off Alex Fernandez 5-6. In other games tuesday red sox 9, royals 7 Boston a Mike Macfarlane made up for an error and getting thrown out at Home by hitting a grand slam As Kansas City beat Boston. Brian Mcrae had the first five hit game of his career with four singles and an rib double in the ninth. He went 5-for-5 and scored once. Macfarlane was hit by a pitch for a major league leading eighth time before Greg Gagney a third Homer of the year in the sixth made the score 7-4, Tom Gordon 5-3 was the Winner and Rusty Meacham got his first save. Joe Hesketh 3-3 was the loser. To Vaughn hit his 13th Homer for Boston. Tigers 7, orioles 6 Baltimore a Cecil fielder Kirk Gibson and Junior Felix homered in a five run fifth inning that lifted Detroit past slumping Baltimore. Leo Gomez Harold Baines and Mark Mclemorg Hope red for the orioles who have lost four of five. Mike Moore 5-4 allowed four runs and eight hits in 5vh innings but still got his 150th career win. He is 150-155 in 13 seasons. Detroit snapped a 2-2 tie in the fifth against Rookie Mike Oquist 1-1. Athletics 7, Blue jays 2 Toronto a Ron Darling gave up two hits in 7v5 innings and Troy Neel and Rickey Henderson drove in three runs apiece As Oakland Defeated Toronto Darling 4-6 struck out eight and walked five As the a a won their fourth straight Over the Blue jays. Dennis yanks Wade Boggs slaps the hand of coach Willie Randolph at third alter Homer. Ecker sly pitched the ninth for his fifth save. Pat Hentgen 6-5 gave up three runs and six hits in six innings. Rangers 7, Brewers 4 Milwaukee Oddie Mcdow. Ell drove in three runs and Roger Pavlik earned his first Victory with seven solid innings As Texas beat Milwaukee. Mcdowell and Rusty Greer each had two run singles off Jaime Navarro 2-5 in the first inning for the rangers who won for the fourth Lime in five games. Pavlik 1-2 scattered nine hits in seven plus innings in his fourth Start since returning from the disabled list on May 15. Jay Howell got the last out for his second save. Twins 6, mariners 2 Minneapolis a Scott Erickson made a successful return from the disabled list limiting Seattle to four hits in six innings As Minnesota Defeated the mariners. Kirby Puckett drove in three runs with a Basus loaded single and a walk. The twins sent Seattle to its sixth loss in eight games. Minnesota shut out on two hits by Randy Johnson on monday broke a 19-inning scoreless Streak with four runs in the sixth inning. Erickson 5-4activated before the game after missing two starts because of strained Muscles in his Side struck out seven. Carl Willis got nine outs for his third save. Dave Fleming 3-7 was the loser Angels in plans postponed Cleveland the California at Cleveland game was rained out