European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 19, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 3t 1 ��,4 a 5 i a us i i i 1griffey s 30th makes big splash by the associated press for Ken Griffey Home run no. 30 was the hardest of them All. Not the toughest the hardest. Griffey a shot travelled 428 feet and landed in the upper water Fountain in right Center Field at Kaufman stadium. It helped the Seattle mariners to a 5-1 Victory Over Kansas City on Friday night. A when you first come Here you think you a like to hit one in the water a he said. A but i have Only hit four Here and this is the Only one i knew was gone. A it was probably the hardest Ball in be hit this  the Homer enabled him to match babe Ruth a Mark for most Home runs before june 30. Ruth hit 30 by that Date in both 1928 and 1930, finishing with 54 in 1928 and 49 two years later. A a he a pretty amazing a said Royal Pitcher David Cone who gave up the blast. A a he saying it everywhere. He did it in this Park and that a certainly no Fluke not in the second deck of  Edgar Martinez added a three run Homer for Seattle which pulled to three games behind Al West leading Texas. Dave Fleming 4-9 ended a five game losing Streak by out pitching Cone 10-3. Fleming allowed four hits Over six innings. In other games Friday indians 8, red sox 1 at Cleveland the indians won their 16th in a Row at Home and their seventh straight Overall. Dennis Martinez 5-4 gave up one run and eight hits in eight innings striking out four and throwing 35 of his final 38 pitches for strikes. Boston scored a run in the first but Cleveland scored seven runs by the third inning against Nate Minchey 0-2. A we weren to joking. We re really serious about winning this division a Martinez said. The indians Lead the Al Central by 2vz  jays 7, tigers 4 at Detroit Paul Molitor had three hits including a three run Homer and Toronto ended a three game losing Streak. A a in be hit Well Here in the last couple years but it is a cyclical thing a Molitor said. A when i was younger 1 did no to have a lot of Luck against Guys like Jack Morris and Dan  it was a different Story against Mike Gardiner 2-1 and starter John Doherty. Dave Stewart 5-5 won for just the second time in five starts allowing four runs on seven hits in 5v5  9, twins 2 at Baltimore Ben Mcdonald won his 10th game and the orioles ended seven game winning streaks by Minnesota and Pitcher Kevin Tapani 8-3. It was the orioles biggest margin of Victory since a 13-5 win Over Milwaukee on May 24. Baltimore had 13 hits providing Mcdonald 10-4 with More than enough offence. A a we re capable of doing that a manager Johnny Oates said. A when you be got More than one or two Guys hitting you re going to put some runs on the  Angels 5, White sox 3 at Chicago Chili Davis bit a two run  Cap a five run rally in the ninth inning. Roberto Hernandez 1-3who blew his third straight save Opportunity relieved Wilson Alvarez with the bases loaded and none out. He walked Jim Edmonds gave up Art infield single to Spike Owen and walked Tim Salmon to Force in the lying run. Davis followed with a Linc drive single to left. Brian Anderson 5-1 pitched eight innings for the  8, Yankees 1 at new York Cai Eldred 7-7 pitched a three hitter and put Paul of Neill below ,400 Tor the first time this season and Dave Nilsson hit a grand slam. Of Neill was hitlers in four at bats dropping his average to ,397. Scott Kaminiecki 4-3 walked three batters in a five run fifth that gave Milwaukee control of the  4, rangers 2 at Arlington Texas Sian Javier homered twice and Todd Van Poppel 3-5 got the Victory in his Hometown. Hector Fajardo 2-3 took the loss allowing three runs and six hits Over 6v5 innings. Name to no adversaries by the associated press Pete Smith Dallas Green and the rest of the National league Are quickly learning Greg Colbrunn a name. Colbrunn who spent seven weeks on the disabled list earlier this season hit a three run Homer following an intentional walk and Kurt Abbott homered for the fourth consecutive game Friday night powering the Florida marlins past the visiting new York mets 6-5. With the score tied 2-2 and a runner on second in the third inning new York starter Smith was instructed by Green the mets manager to intentionally walk Jeff Conine and pitch to Colbrunn. Colbrunn followed with his second Homer to give Florida a 5-2 Lead. A the manager makes the decision a Smith 3-7 said. A i should have got him out whatever his name is a Colbrunn a Colbrunn has an eight game hitting Streak with 14 Bis in the past seven games. A a in a still missing some pitches i  be missing but in a Happy with the Way in a swinging the Bat a he said. Dave Weathers 7-5 pitched seven plus innings As Florida won its fourth consecutive game to climb Back Over the .500 Mark. Abbott hit a Solo Home run in the second to make the score 2-2 and set a team record by hovering in his fourth game in a Row. The Rookie now has seven homers and is 6-for-17 during the stretch. A the Home runs Are coming easier than the hits arc a said Abbott who is batting .253. A you take what the baseball gods give  the mets have lost eight of 11. Green said he would meet with his players before saturdays game. A a in la Tell them some of the things in a not real Happy about coming from this old time Pitcher manager a he said. New Yorkus Bobby Bonilla had a Solo Homer his 11th, and an rib triple. In other games Friday braves 6, reds 5 at Atlanta Jeff Blauser hit a two run Home run in the Bottom of the ninth to rally the braves to their fourth straight Victory. Barry Larking a two out two run double in the top of the inning had Given the reds a 5-4 Lead. Roberto Kelly led off Atlanta a ninth with a single off Jeff Brantley 4-3 and Blauser followed with his second Homer of the season Over the left Field Fence. The Victory was the 1,000th for Atlanta manager Bobby Cox. Phillies 10, expos 8 at Montreal Pete Incaviglia a single drove in the go ahead run and Darren Daulton followed with a two run double As the Phillies scored six runs in the eighth. Incaviglia singled off John Wetteland 2-4 to bring m Mariano Duncan and Daulton followed with a two run double. Paul Quantrill 2-0 pitched two innings for the win. Pirates 7, cardinals 4 at St. Louis Rookie Jon Lieber pitched eight effective innings and a1 Martin went 4-for-5 for the pirates Lieber 3-2 gave up three runs and scattered nine hits in his seventh major league Start. Padres 3, astros 2 at san Diego Eddie Williams hit his first big league Homer in nearly four years and Andy Benes pitched eight Strong innings for the padres. Bip Roberts went 2-for-4 to extend his hitting Streak to 20 games longest in the no this year As the padres snapped Houston a three game winning Streak. Benes 5-9 broke a personal four a raves Greg Maddux scores As red Catcher Eddie Taub Ansce jumps for High throw. Game losing Streak to the astros. Rockies 13, dodgers 5 at los Angeles Andres Galarraga and Charlie Hayes each hit two run homers and Dante Bichette drove in four runs. Sex dodger Eric Young had four hits including three doubles. Colorado grabbed a 7-3 Lead in the Foutty against Orel Hershiser 3-4who gave up seven runs in four innings his shortest stint this season. Giants 6, cubs 1 at san Francisco Rill Swift k-4 gave up eight hits but was bailed out by three double plays and Royce Clayton went 3-for-4. Dave Martinez robbed cub Mark Grace of a Home run in the fifth