European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 the stars and stripes sports sunday june 26,1994 Powers win Astro s 3 hrs spark 16-4 rout Over . By the associated press no player is having a bigger year with less fanfare than Jeff  ranks second in the no in batting average homers and runs scored and his 74 Bis Lead All of baseball. Not bad for a player most fans know nothing about Bagwell tied a major league record by hitting two Home runs in one inning and added his third two innings later Friday night leading the Houston astros to a 16-4 rout of the los Angeles dodgers. Bagwell who hit two homers in the sixth became the 28th player to Homer twice in the same inning and the second Astro joining Lee May who hit two in an. April 29, 1974, game. Bagwell added his third Homer in the eighth. A a that a the Best night i Ever had a said Bagwell t hit three Home runs in College once but that was against the University of Richmond. This is the major  Bagwell went 4-for-5 and drove in a Ca rear High six runs to increase his total to 74. The astros who scored nine runs in the sixth inning collected 17 hits to produce their season High run total. Bagwell who is fifth among no first basemen in the All Star voting hit his 23rd Homer in the 8th off Brian Barnes. A the does no to get the kind of notoriety he deserves a outfielder Luis Gonzalez said. A and this Isnit an easy place to hit Home runs in. There a no free agent Home run hitter who wants to play  the last player to hit two homers in one inning was Toronto a Joe Carter on oct. 3,1993, against Baltimore. Shane Reynolds 5-3 gave up one run and five hits in 546 innings. In other games Friday expos 9, marlins 0 at Montreal Darrin Fletcher homered twice and drove in five runs and Butch Henry and two relievers combined on a six hit shutout. Fletcher hit a Solo Homer in the seventh and a three run shot in the eighth pirates Quot a1 Martin slides Back into second base on pick Oft play when met second baseman Jeff Kent fails to come up with the throw. When Montreal scored six runs. He also hit a sacrifice Fly in the third and has 31 Bis in his last 28 games. Henry 4-0making his sixth Start left for a Pinch Nitter after six innings. He scattered six singles in sending Florida to its fifth straight loss. Pat Rapp 4-3 was the loser. Cardinals 3, cubs 1 at Chicago Mark Whiten drove in two runs and Allen Watson 5-3 won his third straight decision. Whitens two rout third inning single came after Chicago starter Anthony Young 3-6 had walked the bases loaded. Braves 9, Phillies 4 at Philadelphia Mark Lemkes three run Homer capped a five run fourth inning for the braves. Lemke Wen 3-for-4 to help Tom Gla Vine 8-7 snap a two game losing Streak. Mike Stanton pitched two witless innings for his second save. Phillie starter Danny Jackson 9-2 gave up nine hits and five earned runs in six innings. Pirates 9, mets 4 at new York Dave Clark homered twice off Dwight Gooden and drove in four runs As Pittsburgh won its fourth straight. Denny Neagle 7-8 scattered five hits in seven innings As Pittsburgh won for the sixth time in seven games. Clarks two opposite Field homers came off Gooden 3-4who was tagged for nine runs a the most in his 11-year career a and seven hits in 5vs innings. Reds 3, padres 2,10 innings at Cincinnati Reggie Sanders tied it with a bases loaded single in the eighth and scored the game Winner on Bret Boones single in the 10th, Scott Sanders shut out the reds on four singles Over seven innings but the bullpen threw away a 2-0 Lead in the eighth and allowed the reds to come from behind for their sixth straight win. Reggie Sanders started the winning rally with a one out single in the 10th off Tim Mauser 2-3anti Tony Fernandez Drew a four pitch walk. Boone then lined a single to left to score Sanders easily. Hector Carrasco 4-3 pitched two per feet innings for the win. Giants 10, Rockies 3 at Denver Matt Williams hit his no leading 27th Home run and san Francisco broke a five game losing Streak. William Vanlandingham 3-0 pitched six innings allowing three runs and five hits before leaving when he was hit by a pitch. Vanlandingham was taken to the Hospital for a rays on his right hand. The Rockies Jed 2-1 after two innings but went downhill when starting Pitcher Marvin Freeman left the game in the third inning with a strained right hamstring. H is re i Ace m e n i w ill in b1 Ai r 03promptly gave up a game tying triple to John Patterson and a two run Homer to Williams to give the giants a 4-2 Lead. Phillies bring Back Fernando Philadelphia not for the third time Fernando Valenzuela has found a Way to the major leagues through Mexico. The Philadelphia Phillies with three fifths of their Pennant winning pitching rotation on the disabled list Friday signed Valenzuela to a contract for the remainder of this season. The Phillies immediately scheduled the storied 33-year-old mexican left hander to Start tuesday night against Florida in Philadelphia and a week from sunday against the dodgers in los Angeles where Valenzuela a dynamic major league career began in 1980, a a we be had so Many problems a Lee Thomas the Phillies general manager said by Telephone from  this Isnit something we be done lightly. He a pitched Well in the mexican league. Everybody knows How he throws and if he has his control he should  Valenzuela compiled a 10-3 record with a 2.70 earned run average in 16 starts for the Jalisco charros. The Caliper of play in the mexican league is considered Between the class aaa and a Levels of the minor leagues in the . Valenzuela began his professional career in the mexican league before joining the dodgers organization in 1979, and that a where he played in 1992, when no major league team wanted him. The Phillies Are the third team he will play for since his dodger career ended. He pitched for the California Angels briefly in 1991, then was a regular member of the Baltimore orioles rotation last season. In 31 starts and one Relief appearance with the orioles Valenzuela had an 8-10 record and a 4.94 Era. The orioles however opted to let him go after the season and finding no interest elsewhere he returned to his Friendly Haven in Mexico. His agreement with Jalisco permitted him to leave if he had a Chance to return to the majors. Earlier this week Richard Moss and Tony Demarco Valenzuela a agents sent a fax to about a dozen teams seeing what interest there might be Thomas responded immediately. The Phillies who traded Terry Mulholland to the Yankees last february have Curt Schilling Tommy Greene and Ben Rivera on the disabled list. Those three have stalled 22 games among them this season instead of a possible 40 to 45. In their places the Phillies have used David West Shawn Boskie Bobby Munoz and Mike Williams. Valenzuela has a career 149-128 record in the majors. He was a 21-game Winner for the dodgers in 1986. In 1981, he became the first player to win the by Young and Rookie of the year  rejoins . A Denver apr after three Days of soul searching san Francisco Pitcher Salomon Torres has rejoined the giants. Torres 2-6 skipped the giants trip to Cincinnati on monday because of personal problems. He returned thursday night and was to Start saturday against the Colorado Rockies. Torres who allowed 10 hits and eight runs in 3% innings in his last Start a on sunday afternoon a before leaving the team apologized to his teammates before fridays 10-3 Victory against the Rockies. A first of All i want to apologize to my learn my teammates and maybe All of baseball a Torres said. A the last couple of Days in be been thinking about the ability god gave me to play baseball. It.  be fair to my family or my team or myself if i did no to play a Torres 22, apparently was having a difficult time blending his lifestyle As a professional baseball player with his life As a devout member of Jehovah a witnesses. A my reasons for leaving were wrong a he said. A somehow i was trying to blame baseball for whatever happened in my life and especially my  giants manager Dusty Baker said Torres will be fined an undisclosed amount