European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 the stars and stripes sports saturday june 11, 1994 ii amp a Chicago s Joey Corn comes up empty thursday diving for a shot Oit the Bat of Minnesota s Matt Walbeck. Gonzalez fuels rangers by the associated press Juan Gonzalez does no to Rule the Home run lists anymore. Not yet anyway. Going 99 at bats and 26 games without a Home run will do that to a player even one who led the majors in that category in 1992 and 1993. A a in a still working hard. In a looking for a hot month a Gonzalez said thursday night after ending his Hom Eriss drought to help the Texas rangers beat the Kansas City royals 7-4. The Homer was Only Gonzalez a seventh of the season. Ken Griffey leads the majors with 24, and Frank Thomas and Matt Williams each have 21. Gonzalez Hasni to Given up on catching those two or anyone else who May go on a Long Ball Streak. A you never know a he said of the possibility of a third straight Al Home run Crown. A i could be hitting 50 in one month. A to feeling More comfortable and being More patient. There a still a Little Kenny Rogers 8-3 allowed eight hits and two runs and struck out five in eight innings. He is 8-1 in his last 11 starts. Texas which opened a 7-0 Lead against Mark Gubicza 4-5 and the royals has scored an average of 8.8 runs during Rogers Streak Quot its easy to win when you have the run support a Rogers said a it always helps getting seven or eight runs a game when you re on the Mound. I know our offence can get runs. When you get a big Lead you re ate to get Guys out without having my Best Gonzalez had a Solo shot in the second to get the rangers scoring underway then added an rib single in a four run third lie finished 3-for-4, in Only other games thursday Blue jays 7, Yankees 5 at Toronto Joe Carter had three Bis increasing his league leading total to 62, and Woody Williams 1 1 pitched five innings of scoreless Relief after Juan Guzman was pulled from the game after one inning because of shoulder pain. Paul Molitor had three hits scored twice and drove in a run for the Blue jays who took a 7-0 Lead against Terry Mulholland 5-6 before the Yankees rallied. The five teams in the Al East Are now separated by a total of 6vi games with the Blue jays in last but closing 8, White sox 4 at Minneapolis Kirby Puckett had two Home runs a double and four Bis and Scott Leius also homered for the twins in a game that had eight runs 13 hits and three Lead changes in the first two innings. Puckett a first Home run in the fifth inning gave Minnesota the Lead for Good at 5-4 against Scott Sanderson 4-1. Pat Mahomes 6-2 survived a shaky Start in which he allowed four runs and five hits in the first two 4, indians 3 at Milwaukee Jose Valentines bases loaded single capped a ninth inning rally that denied Jack Morris his 250th career Victory. Mike Ignasiak 2-1 got the Victory with two innings of Relief striking out four and walking 7, Angels 4 at Anaheim calif., Juan Samuel drove in the tying and go ahead runs with a seventh inning double and Junior Felix had a Home run and two other hits As Detroit sent the Angels to their ninth loss in 11 games. Joe Boever 4-0 earned the 9-0. By the associated press Moises Alou did it again. Only three nights after making headlines with a two Homer five rib night against Houston the Montreal expose left fielder duplicated the performance and added a pair of singles thursday night in a 9-0 rout of the new York mets. The barrage spoiled Dwight goodens return to the Metsy rotation. Gooden making his first Start since april 21, when he was sidelined with ligament damage in his right big toe gave up six runs on six hits in five innings. Aloud a night also overshadowed a three hit shutout by Pedro Martinez the expose Best pitching performance of the season. It was Martinez a first career Complete game and the first shutout the mets have suffered this season Alou did most of his damage against Gooden the one time Metsy Ace who has been battling injuries and ineffectiveness for almost 2vt seasons. Perhaps the met right hander could take a Cue from Alou who missed All of 1991 after rotator cuff surgery and the last month of last season because of a dislocated left ankle and fractured Fibula. A the biggest Factor this year is my attitude a Moises Alou said a once i got injured last year i developed an even stronger appreciation of the it s showing. Thursdays 4-for-5 lifted his batting average to .357, second Only to Tony Gwynn of san Diego a .376 Mark in the National league. He has also hit nine homers and 34 runs. He hit his eighth Homer of the season with two outs in the first and added an rib single in the third in the fifth he chased Gooden with a three run Homer following walks to Marquis Grissom and Cliff Floyd. A Yalou hit me pretty Good hit a couple of mistake pitches a Gooden said. Other than that Gooden seemed relatively pleased. He struck out four and walked two a i still have to build my Arm strength and get better command of my pitches/1 he said a no Way do i consider this a setback. In thursdays other games Phillies 6, cardinals 2 at Philadelphia Ricky Jordan and Jim Eisenreich hit two run homers in the first inning and Philadelphia reached .500 for the first time since april 21. Bobby Munoz 1-2 went six innings to earn his first no Victory and Paul que Amril pitched the last three innings for Nis first no 7, Rockies 1 Jose Rijo won his third straight Start and Cincinnati capitalized on an error to score four times in the first inning keeping Colorado wingless in eight games at riverfront stadium. Rico 5-3 scattered four hits Over seven innings and struck oat eight. Hal Morris was 3-for-3 and drove in three in the reds fourth win in five 3, marlins 1 at Pittsburgh Orlando Mercedes two run double snapped his 1 for-17 slump and helped Zane Smith improve to 4-0 in his career against expansion perfectly Happy with his stint in Atlanta by Tom salad1no. Atlanta a the Atlanta braves me nearly perfect in the nine games since Roberto Kelly arrived from Cincinnati and that suits him Fine. A a that a the Way i wanted to Start a said Kelly who Lias hit .351 with 13 hits 10 runs scored one Home run four Bis and four stolen bases since the braves traded Deion Sanders for him on May 29. A by doing this it makes it easier to be a part of the team and for the fans to accept me a he said. The braves who were Idle thursday before a weekend series in 1 Louston have lost Only one game with Kelly on the roster and have raised their record to 37-19, the Best in the majors. A the was a big part of All nine games scored the winning runs in a couple of games and stole some bases a said manager Bobby Cox. A a he a been in the Middle of the 29-year-old outfielder a two time Alt Star had a .302 average when he came Over from the reds. Since then he has raised his season totals to .310, four homers 25 Bis and 13 stolen bases. think what in be done is what they expected out of me a he said. Kelly a .285 career hitter first came to the majors in 1987 with the new York Yankees he was traded to Cincinnati in november of 1992. He has never played in the postseason and is excited about his chances with the braves who have been to the playoffs three straight years. A if i had to be traded what better team to be traded to a he asked a i like my chances a lot better Here of going to the playoffs than i did in Cincinnati. A i done to think anybody in baseball doubts that the braves May be the Best team in the braves believe they have a Fine Center fielder. A everything he does is solid a Cox said. A we knew what we were getting a Guy who could bunt steam a Good hit and run Guy and a Good defensive player with a we 11-above ave rage a pm. A general manager John Schuerholz said the Deal was made because the braves needed a right handed hitter to help bal Ance their left handed Power. Kelly does no to see too Many differences Between himself and Sanders on the Field. A a he a a Little faster than me. Other than that i done to think he has anything on me a Kelly said. Off the Field a like night and Day a he said. A de Ion a a flashy Type Guy. I played with Deion when we were both with the Yankees. We became Good friends. A maybe the Way the Public sees him it might be different but he a a Good person. I guess he does what he does for the commercials. But whatever the reason that a Deion. I done to think anybody a going to change
