European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It Page 34 the stars and stripes sports wednesday july 6,1994 rangers Lead to by the associated press in the weak Al West where no wins seem to come simply the Texas rangers were glad to get a gift from Mike Gardin  Clark Drew a four pitch walk from Gardiner with the bases loaded and one out in the Bottom of the ninth inning monday night giving the rangers a 4-3 win Over the Detroit tigers a the never threw me anything so it was fairly easy a Clark said. The Victory increased Texas Lead in the division to four games Over Seattle and Oakland. The rangers Are Only 3942, however making them the first team in Majo Deague history to be in first place on the fourth of july with a below .500 record. Dean Palmer homered for Texas which won Folio of five games in the series with the tigers. Cecil fielder Horn ered for Detroit which completed its longest Road trip of the year at 2-9. In other games monday 0 Blue jays 9, royals 4 Joe Carter hit his 17th Homer and drove in four runs As Toronto won at Kansas City. The Victory was Only the third in 16 games for the Blue jays. The Blue jays were held witless by Bob Milacki 0-3 before breaking Loose for five runs in the sixth. John Olerud keyed the burst with a two run double making him 5 for-8 with the bases loaded this season. Sunday in the majors at monday White sox 3, Brewers 2 Pinch hitter Norberto Martin doubled Home the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning lifting Chicago past Milwaukee at Comiskey Park. Athletics 4, Yankees 0 Steve Ontiveros extended his scoreless Streak to 24 innings As Oakland won at Yankee  _ Ontiveros 5-2 gave up four hits in 6 innings and four pitchers finished with witless Relief. Red sox 4, Angels 1 Roger Clemens struck out 10 and allowed Only two hits in seven shutout innings As Boston beat California at Fenway Park. Indians 7, twins 1 Dennis Martinez won his sixth straight decision and Cleveland completed a sweep at Jacobs Field. _ the indians outscored the twins 32-12 in their first four game sweep against Minnesota since 1984. Orioles 9, mariners 3 Leo Gomez homered twice and Baltimore again hit a lot of Long balls in defeating Seattle at Camden Yards. Chris Hoiles and Mark Mclemore also homered. The orioles have hit 13 Home runs in their last four games. The rangers jul Frye is out at second As the tigers Chris Gomez fires to first to Complete a double play sunday night. Detroit shortstop Alan Trammell looks on. Oakland escapes basement on Witt s 3rd shutout in Row by the associated press Jimmy key and David Cone can revel in their All Star selections and let everyone argue Over which of them should Start next tuesdays game Bobby Witt can be satisfied with the fact that he a not Cone not key not Mike Mussina a is currently the hottest Pitcher in the american league. A. A. Witt 72 tossed his third consecutive shutout sunday blanking the Boston red sox 10-0 with a six hitter As the Oakland athletics once again moved out of last place in the Al West. In his two previous outings Wilt had a one see Page 30 for Box scores of sunday and monday games hitter against Kansas City on june 23 and a two hitter against California on june 28,. In other Al games sunday Kansas City beat Toronto 11-6, new York Defeated Seattle 5-2, Baltimore swamped California 10-3, Milwaukee stopped Chicago 9-2, Texas topped Detroit 5-3, and Cleveland edged Minnesota 10-9 in 11 innings. A a a meanwhile Andy Bones flirted with a no hit tar for seven innings before settling for a one hit Ter sunday leading the san Diego padres to a 70 Victory Over the new York mets Bones who matched his career High with 13 strikeouts lost his bid to become the first san Diego Pitcher to throw a no hitter when Rico Brogna doubled leading off the eighth. The padres Are one of four major league teams along with the mets Colorado Rockies and Florida marlins to never have a Pitcher throw a no hitter. In other no games sunday it was los Angeles 3, Philadelphia 1 san Francisco 8, Montreal 5-Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 3 Houston 12, Chicago 6 Colorado 5, St. Louis 2 and Atlanta 12, Florida 6.trueat Wrigley by the associated press on a Lazy Holiday afternoon the Colorado Rockies and Chicago cubs started playing a doubleheader under almost perfectly Cleat skies. More than 10 hours later monday a. After three lengthy rain delays a broken hand an a i got it no you got it Fly Ball and other assorted oddities a everyone finally went Home. A i done to know if i be Ever been through anything Tike that a Dante Bichette said As he sat slumped at his locket. So it went on a strange fourth of july at Wrigley Field where the Rockies and cubs split a doubleheader. Chicago won the opener 4-3 Colorado win the Nightcap 4-2 in 15 innings. It took 10 hours and 10 minutes to finish both games and Only about 1,000 fans remained at the end from a crowd that numbered 37,167 earlier in the Day. One of them was Bob Ferguson a 57-Ycar-old banker whose half Day at the Ballpark seemed to Warp his sense of what a True baseball fan is. A i m a real fan. I want to see the end of it a my wife who is a real baseball fan left after the 12th inning a the first game offered no hint of what was to come. It was simply a close game that was decided in the Bottom of the ninth when Glenallen Hill tied the game with a sacrifice Fly and Derrick May won with a two out single a a a a. Then As lightning and thunderstorms roiled in off Lake Michigan things got progressively weird. A 34-minute rain delay interrupted the sixth inning. Then Chicago Pinch hitter Kevin Roberson struck out and punched a door in the clubhouse in anger. Bad move. Roberson broke his hand and the cubs announced he was going on the 15-Day disabled list. And the game Wasny to even Over yet. Mike Harkey an sex cub lost his shutout in the ninth on Steve Buecheler a Bloop rib single. Colorado scored a run in the 11th, going ahead 2-1, but shortstop Walt Weiss made two straight errors in by Chettel monday the Bottom of the inning allowing the cubs to lie it. In the top of the 14th, rain stopped play for 59 minutes. A in the top of the 15th, Bichette lifted a High Fly Ball to right Center and outfielders Sammy Sosa and Eddie Zambrano let it drop Between them at the base of the Wall. Two runs scored making it 4-2. Then it rained. Again finally 52 minutes later play resumed. The game ended when Greg Harris retired Sosa on a liner to Center. A Quot its the longest double header in be Ever been involved in a cubs Catcher Rick Wilkins said. A we even ran out of food. That a a Long Day right  Bruce Walton 1-0the sixth of seven Colorado pitchers got the Victory by pitching the 13th and 14th. Randy Myers 1-4 took the loss. In the first game Jose Bautista 2-3 got the win and Colorado closer Bruce Ruffin 3-4 blew his fifth save Opportunity in 18 chances. In other games monday Pittsburgh and Atlanta were rained out expos 5, dodgers 1 at los Angeles Butch Henry pitched Gib scoreless innings and Larry Walker had three hits including his -15th  13, cardinals 6 at St. Louis Tony Eusebio had a career High four hits and four Bis and Andujar cede no also drove in. Four runs. Houston had 15 hits and 11 walks to win for the sixth time in eight  10, padres 4 it at san Diego Todd Pratt who entered the game hitting .150 with no Bis had a three run double and a two run Homer. Mels 2, giants 1 at san Francisco Jim Lindemants Lead off Homer in the 10th inning gave new York the Victory. It came off Rod Beck 2-4who has yielded nine homers in 29 innings. Reds 5, marlins 1. At Miami All Star Jose Rijo 7-4 pitched six scoreless innings and Reggie Sanders broke the game open with a two run eighth inning Homer. Florida starter Pat Rapp 4-5 allowed two runs in the first