European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday tuesday. July 4/5,1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 45 win Over by the associated press san Diego a Tony Gwynn raised his no leading average to .393 saturday night raising questions about whether he can hit .400 this season. A i done to think i can do it a said Gwynn who went 3-for-4 with three Bis to support the four hit pitching of Andy Ashby As the san Diego padres Defeated the new York Mots 4-1 saturday night. A a it a Nice to be this close and swinging the Bat Well a Gwynn said. A a in a not going to let it consume me.�?�. Gwynn batted a career High .370 in 1987, Ashby 4-6who tied a career High with nine strikeouts lowered his Era to 2.82, third Best in the National league. Trying for his first career shutout Ashby lost it with two outs in the ninth when Rico Brogna hit his third Homer in three games and third of the season. In other games saturday expos 10, giants 9 san Francisco Montreal hit five homers including Lenny websters three run shot in the seventh inning to beat the  Cordero Mike Lansing scan Berry and Moiscs Alou also homered to help Keri Hill become the National leagues first 12-game Winner. Hill 12-3 recovered from a four run first inning giving up six runs and nine hits in six innings. The giants closed to 10-8 in the eighth on John Patterson a Homer off Mel Rojas who hit Barry Bonds with his next pitch. Bonds walked slowly toward the Mound Yelling at Rojas. Giants bullpen coach Bob Brenly then bin sided Rojas As both dugouts emptied. Order was quickly restored and Rojas and Brenly were ejected. Braves 5, Martins 0 Miami a Greg Maddux pitched seven shutout innings and Fred Mcgrift homered and drove in two runs lifting Atlanta Over Florida. Maddux 11-4 scattered four hits allowing Only one runner to reach third. Mark Wohlers and Greg Mcmichael with an inning apiece completed the four hit shutout. Reds 8, pirates 2 Pittsburgh a Reggie Sanders and Tony Fernandez had four hits apiece and Cincinnati continued to give Erik Hanson plenty of run support Here. It Hal Morris also kept on tormenting pirates pitching going 2-for-3 with two walks to give him a .407 average and 14 Bis in six games against Pittsburgh. Y Hanson 5-5 has watched the reds outscore the pirates 27-9 in his two starts in Pittsburgh this season. Rockies 7, cardinals 5 St. Louis a Pinch hitter Dante Bichette it a three run Homer and Andres Galarraga singled in the go ahead run in Colorado a five run seventh inning. The loss stopped the cardinals winning Streak at five and snapped the Rockies four game losing Streak. Astros 5, cubs 4 Houston a Craig Biggio a single drove in Andy Stankiewicz from third in the ninth inning giving the astros a Victory Over Chicago. It Biggio a game winning hit came off Chuck Crim 32. Shane Reynolds 6-3 was the Winner. Dodgers 9, Phillies 3 los Angeles a Henry Rodriguez homered and had a career High five Bis for the dodgers. Tom Candiotti 6-3 pitched his fifth Complete game allowing 10 hits and two walks while striking out seven. Tigers Tony Phillips beats Pickoff throw to Ranger first baseman Rusty Greer in Detroit a 6-1 win at Texas saturday. Langston hurls Angels to 1-0 Victory Over o s by the associated press Baltimore a one night after tying a major league record with ii Home runs the California Angels and Baltimore orioles found themselves scratching for hits off Mark Langston and Ben Mcdonald. Californians Langston out dulled Baltimore a Mcdonald pitching a three hitter for a 1-0 Victory his first shutout since blanking Texas on june 14, 1992. Langston walked one and struck out five. A i guess they got them All out of their system last night a said Langston 5-4. The orioles won Friday nights slug est 14-7. Langston retired the last 16 batters he faced after Jeffrey Hammonds reached first on an error by Angels shortstop Gary Disarcina with two out in the fourth. Tim Salmon who had two homers Friday night did the Only damage saturday night. His broken Bat Bloop single with two out in the eighth inning snapped a scoreless tie. Langston stopped Baltimore a club record Streak of 17 consecutive games with a Home run. Mcdonald 10 5 allowed four hits walked five and struck out three. In other games saturday indians 9, twins 1 Cleveland a Charles Nagy pitched a five hitter for Cleveland a third straight Complete game and Albert Belle homered again As the indians beat Minnesota. Belle s 24th Home run a two run shot off Eddie Guardado 0-1put Cleveland ahead to stay 2-1 in the first. White sox 5, Brewers 0 Chicago a Alex Fernandez pitched a four hitter and Darrin Jackson drove in three runs for the White sox. Fernandez 7-7 matched a career High with 10 strikeouts and did no to yield a walk. Cal Eldred 9-8 lost for the first time in four starts scattering nine hits in his fourth straight Complete game. Jackson hit a two run Homer and drove in a run with a basis loaded fielders Choice. Blue jays 7, royals 6 Kansas City to. Red Spragues sacrifice Fly in the eighth broke up reliever Rusty Meacham a club record Streak of 221/j scoreless innings and gave Toronto a Victory Over the royals. Meacham 0-1 had broken the royals record of scoreless innings by a reliever of 20 /3 innings set by Dan Quison Berry in 1981. Tony Castillo 3-1 pitched 3v6 innings for the win. Tigers 6, rangers 1 Arlington Texas a Mike Moore rebounded from the shortest Outing of his major league career with a seven hitter As Detroit beat Texas. Moore 8-7who lasted Only one third of an inning on june 26 in a 10-5. Loss to Oakland shut Down a rangers lineup that banged out 18 runs and 23 hits in a doubleheader sweep of the tigers Friday night. Moore retired the first 10 rangers before Jeff Frye got a one out single in the fourth. Texas got a Home run from Jose Canseco in the ninth hut the rangers again disappointed a crowd of 46,668, the largest in club history. Roger Pavlik 1-4 gave up four runs in the first. Red sox 10, athletics 2 Boston a Tom Brunansky hit his seventh career grand slam and to Vaughn hit his 21st Homer As the red sox ended Oakland a eight game winning Streak. Brunansky hit Billy Taylor a first pitch Over the Green monster with two outs in the fifth it was his fourth Homer this season All coming since he was traded Back to Boston by Milwaukee on june 19. Aaron Sele 7-4 allowed five hits in eight innings to get his first Fenway Park win since May 11. Vaughn hit a two run Homer in the first of Todd Van Poppel 4-7. Mariners 12, Yankees 6 new York a Keith Mitchells two run single ignited an eight run fifth inning As Seattle snapped Jimmy keys 11-game winning Streak. Key 12-2who had not lost since april 9, allowed 10 hits and six runs before departing without retiring a Mariner in the fifth. Ken Griffey or. Failed to Homer for the seventh straight game but went 5-for-6 with five singles. Bar Niez Williams homered for the Yankees. Strawberry says this time the treatment will fake by Larry Stone san Francisco examiner san Francisco a relaxed fit and sometimes emotional Darryl Strawberry faced the Media saturday looking Forward to a new life of sobriety with the san Francisco giants. A a in be Learned so much about myself As a person about my sickness that i have to Deal with a Strawberry said. A it does no to make me a bad person it just makes me a sick person that a getting  who will begin his minor league rehabilitation assignment monday with triple a Phoenix said he considered quitting baseball after entering the Betty Ford Center in april for treatment of a substance abuse problem. A there were times through the period 1 was going through i did no to know if i wanted to return a Strawberry said. �?o1 thought about retiring and a lot of things. 1 had to look inside myself. A admitting to a problem made me see it was of to have a  the giants Are carefully refraining from putting a timetable on Strawberry a return to the majors. A we will not Rush Darryl up to the big club a said general manager Bob Quinn. A when he tells us he a ready is when hell join the  Strawberry went to the giants clubhouse and greeted his future teammates. He will Wear no. 17. His old number 44,was retired in Honor of Willie Mccovey. Sitting in the front Row at the press conference was Strawberry a wife of seven months Charisse and his sons Darryl jr., 8, and Jordan 3 months and daughter Diamond 5. Joining him on the dais was his brother Michael who has resigned from the los Angeles police department to accompany Darryl the remainder of the season and help coordinate his aftercare program. A me being a police officer an sex professional player he played in the dodgers minor league system and a Deacon in the Church adds balance to Darryl a life a said Michael. A that s Why in a Here not As a baby