European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday june 26, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 is hits Winner t by the associated press chasing babe Ruth and Roger Maris Seattle a Ken Griffey or. Got the last word Frank Thomas of the Chicago White sox got the Victory. Baseball Stop two Nome run hitters each had a Home run in Chicago a 6-2 Victory at Seattle on Friday night Griffey a 32nd and Thomas 28th. Thomas hit his 28th Homer in the third inning to break a 1-1 tie and then watched in amusement As the torrid Griffey lived up to a ruthian boast by hitting his 32nd Homer in the ninth. After Griffey singled in the Bottom of the third he leaned across first base and told Thomas he was Ping to hit a Omer before the night was Over. A the told me a i m going deep too Thomas said. A i thought that was hilarious 1 thought we pitched him pretty Tough but he a definitely in a Groove Quot in the ninth Griffey hit the first Thomas pitch he saw from Paul Assenmacher. Griffey who earlier this week broke Ruth a record for most homers before july got a Slider Over the plate. That happens when games Are out of reach he said. A i just swung the Bat a Griffey said. A in that situation i Hurt them. I done to get Good pitches like that until a games out of hand. Its the same with Griffey a 32nd came in his 72nd game with six Days left in june. Maris who broke Ruth a record with 61 homers in 1961, hit his 32nd in his 78th game on july 5 in 1927, the year Ruth hit his 60 homers he had his 32nd Homer in his 95th game on july 26. Scott Sanderson 6-2 allowed six hits walked one and struck out three in eight innings. He retired the last 12 batters he faced As the White sox won their fourth straight. Sanderson held Griffey to a single in three at bats. Thomas led off the third inning with his Home run off Roger Salkeld 2-4 to break the tie. Robin Ventura hit his 12th sex red sox Pitcher Dobson Dies at 77 Jacksonville Fla. A former Boston red sox Pitcher Joseph Dobson who won game 5 of the 1946 world series against St. Louis has died at 77 following a lengthy illness. The lanky right hander pitched a four hitter to give Boston a 3-2 Lead in the series which the cardinals won in seven. Nicknamed a Bur Rhyad a Dobson had a lifetime record of 137-103 in 14 seasons. He played his first two years with the Cleveland indians nine with the red sox and three with the Chicago White sox. American league Homer in the fifth. Salkeld went 5v6 innings giving up three runs on eight hits and five walks. In other games Friday twins 4, royals 1 Jim Deshaies allowed four hits in eight innings for his second Victory since april As Home standing Minnesota snapped a three game losing Streak. Jeff Reboulet had three hits including two doubles and Kent Hrbek singled in two runs for the twins who roughed up Bob Milacki 0-2. Deshaies 4-7who leads the major leagues in homers allowed gave up Nis 22nd of the season to Vince Coleman in the third inning. But after Felix Jose Sladoff double in the fourth Deshaies retired is of his last 16 batters. Orioles 5, Blue jays 1 Chris Sabo homered in the first inning and broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth with a two run double As visiting Baltimore handed Toronto its sixth straight loss. A sabots one out double off Dave Rig Hetti 0-1 bounced off third baseman de Spragues Glove and Down the left Field line and gave the of a a 3-1 Lead. Rafael Palmeiro followed with a two run single. Mark Eichhorn 3-1 gained the Victory going 2vi innings and allowing one hit. Sabo gave the orioles a 1-0 Lead in the first with his sixth Homer a shot into the second deck. Joe Carters league leading 12th sacrifice Fly tied it for the Blue jays in the sixth. Red sox 4, Brewers 3 Damon Berryhill hit a two out two no single in the ninth inning lifting visiting Boston Over Milwaukee. Loser Mike Fetters 1-4 gave up two runs in one third of an inning. Greg Harris 2-4 gained the Victory with a scoreless eighth inning. Ken Ryan pitched the ninth for his fifth save. Milwaukee Salex Diaz scored from third on a passed Ball by Berryhill in the seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie. Athletics 4, tigers 3 _ Steve Ontiveros pitched five Strong innings and Brent Gates hit a two run double to key a four run Oakland fourth. Ontiveros 4-2 made his third straight Strong Start allowing no runs two hits and one Wal before leaving with a tight Groin. The a a broke open a scoreless game in the fourth As Detroit starter David Wells 1-5 walked Mark Mcgwire to Force in a run. Gates followed with his double and Mike Bordick doubled in a fourth run. Alan Trammell hit a Solo Homer in the eighth and Cecil fielder a two run double in the ninth for visiting Detroit. Rangers 2, Angels 1 Kenny Rogers pitched his fourth Complete game a six hitter and Jeff Frye drove in the go ahead run in his first game off the disabled list for the rangers. The Victory was Only the second in 10 games for the rangers. Rogers 9-4 won for the seventh time in eight decisions. The left hander allowed Only three hits after the second inning when the Angels scored on an an infield hit by . Snow. Rogers walked two and struck out six. Texas pulled ahead 2-1 in the fifth inning off Chuck Finley 5-7. Manny Lee scored from second when Finley failed to cover the plate on an infield dribbler by Chris James. Frye who Hadnot played since june 8 because of a pulled left hamstring followed with an rib single. Yankees 9, indians 5, suspended the Cleveland indians 18-game Home winning Streak remained alive a barely a when their rain delayed game was suspended with the new York Yankees leading after seven innings. The game which began nearly three hours late and was interrupted two More times because of rain was suspended because of the american league curfew prohibiting an inning to begin after 1 . Local time. The game was to resume in the top of the eighth inning saturday at 1 05 ., with saturdays scheduled game to follow. Randy Velarde and Danny Tartabull homered for the Yankees who began the night trailing Cleveland by a half game for the Best record in the american league. Cleveland a Streak at Jacobs Field is the Best in baseball since Boston won 24 in a Row at Fenway Park in 1988. Marv Throneberry. Sex big leaguer dead at 60 loses fight with cancer Collierville Tenn. Apr former major leaguer Marv Throneberry who had his Best year for the new York mets during one of the teams worst sea sons has died of cancer. He was 60. Throneberry nicknamed Quot marvelous Marva during his career As a first baseman died thursday night at his Home in Fisherville a Small Rural Community near Collierville 22 Miles East of Memphis. Throneberry played on one of the worst teams in baseball history the 1962 new York acts. The mets were 40120 that year but it was Throneberry a Best year with 16 Home runs and 49 Bis. He played from 1958-1963. He was with the new York Yankees in 195859, including one appearance in the 58 world series. He spent 1960 and part of 1961 with the Kansas City athletics before joining the Baltimore orioles in 1961. He started 1962 with Baltimore but Only nine games. He joined the its during their expansion season of 1962, and played there until he retired in 1963. He hit .237 during his career. 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