European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sports saturday. July 9,1994 j a. A j. J a f. V a  a % Vit. Vhf a it. A. I -1 Quot Quot i v a 1 w a it be a \ s a �?T.?/>  the expose Cliff Floyd slides safely past Lii is Lopez of the padres at second base thursday night in san Diego. Reds 3rd Raily does it by the associated press the Cincinnati reds were beat and the game had t even started. An All night flight from Miami sapped them of their Energy and it seemed that this night would be one to write off to travel trouble. Red Alert red Alert. Demonstrating a resiliency not seen in Cincinnati since the mid-70s and a fighting spirit that would make Pete Rose proud the reds rallied three times thursday night and. Beat the Pittsburgh pirates 8-7 in 11 innings Kevin Mitchell singled Home the winning run with one out in the 11th. Reds manager Darcy Johnson who let his tired team arrive at the Ballpark two hours later than usual after their 4 . Return from a 10-Day Road trip said his teams Wake up Call came in the sixth inning. A a a. A a a we were kind of Flat the whole first part of the game a he said a we were tired from getting in at 4 ., and those 10-Day Road trips take a lot out of you. In the sixth inning we realized we were at . About the same Lime the pirates realized they were in Cincinnati where they a lost six straight games and Hadnot won since july 2,1993,. A. Pittsburgh took a 5-3 Lead into the eighth but lost it on Tony Fernandez sri single and a bases Loadell walk to Hal Morris. They took a 7-5 Lead in the 10th on rib singles by Carlos Garcia and Jay Bell but saw that margin evaporate when Mitchell doubled and Morris hit Bias minors first pitch Over the Wall in right Center for his seventh Home run. After Johnny Ruffin 4-0 blanked the pirates in the 11th, minor 0-1 gave up a pair of walks and Mitchells single just inside the. Third base line. A you get into those situations and the Odds Are against you winning a Morris said. A a that a no secret its exciting Quot and the reds have mastered the Art. The latest Victory was no. 50, and half of them Are come from behind wins. At riverfront stadium Cincinnati is 28-11, the Best Mark in the National league and an impressive Fatm extra innings. A a we be played real Well at Home a said Morris who is hitting .355. A we feel if we can keep it close late Well find some Way to score a few runs. We be been fortunate to do it in the tight situations this  Don Slaught went 5-for-5 for the pirates and Jay Bel had three hits and three Rols but manager Jim Leyland said his team squandered other chances. A we should have had about 10 runs a Leyland said. A but that was not the bal game. We still had the ballgame in hand and did no to get the Job  7, padres 0 at san Diego Ken Hill pitched a five Hitler to join Jimmy key of the Yankees As baseball a Only 13-game winners and Darrin Fletcher hit a three run Homer leading Montreal to its sixth win in As Many games against san Diego. Hill 13-3 pitched his first shutout an wins second Complete game striking out eight and walking one. He has won his last five decisions. Mets 3i dodgers 0 at los Angeles Jason Jacome blanked los Angeles on six hits in his second major league appearance and new York won its fourth straight. Jacome 1-1who joined the Melsa rotation when Dwight Gooden was suspended for violating his substance abuse aftercare program did not walk a baiter struck out four and allowed four hits in the final 8 a innings. Giants 5, Phillies 4 at san Francisco Matt Williams. 31st Homer highlighted a three run sixth As san Francisco edged Philadelphia to snap its three game losing Streak. Darryl Strawberry robbed of a Homer by Milt Thompson in the sixth went 0-for-3 with a walk in his debut with the giants and first major league game since june 1993. He underwent treatment for drug and alcohol abuse last month astros 9, cubs 3 at Chicago Craig Biggio had four hits against Chicago for the third time this season and drove in three runs As Houston won its sixth straight. Rockies 2, marlins 1 at Miami David Nied retired the last nine batters in a seven hitter and Andres Galarraga hit a tie breaking single in the eighth inning As Colorado beat Florida for its fourth straight Victory. 10of leaders by the associated press. Halfway to the expanded playoffs the american league has three pretty do cent looking divisional races. The Cleveland indians became the last Al team to play their 81st game thursday losing to the Texas rangers 6-4 in a matchup of first place teams. Texas maintained its three game Lead in the Al West Over Oakland and Cleveland saw its Al Central Lead shrink to. One game Over Chicago. A it would be Nice to be in their division but first place in any division is still first place. I played Here for a Long time and i know it there a a Pennant flying in Texas this place will go crazy just like it will in Cleveland a said indians manager Mike Hargrove a member of the rangers from. 1974-78, in the Al East new York increased its Lead Over Baltimore to i games by beating California 5-2. The orioles lost 64 to the a a. No team has been Able to coast this season but the Yankees have been in first longer than the indians or rangers. New York moved into first on May 9 and has been there for the past 60 Days. Cleveland has been in front of Chicago for 27 Days and the Texas has held first for 39 Days. Among the three Texas has the biggest Lead. The rangers kept their advantage at three games Over Oakland by getting another surprisingly Good Outing from Tim Leafy one of baseball a biggest  6, orioles 4 at Baltimore Geronimo Berroa single Din two runs to Cap a three run sixth inning that carried streaking Oakland past Baltimore and ended the orioles four game winning  4, red sox 3 at Roston Brian Turang singled in the winning run in the 10th inning As Seattle overcame a 3-0 deficit. The win ended the mariners four game losing Streak and increased Bostons slide to three  8, Brewers 3 at Kansas City Mike Macfarlanee a three run Homer climaxed a six run seventh inning against Cal Eldred 9-9the Pitcher of the month for  jays 4, twins 3 at Minneapolis Rick Aguilera a two. Out ninth inning wild pitch scored Pinch runner Rob Butler and gave Toronto the  sox 9, tigers 5 at Detroit Chicago won for the 15th time in 19  Alvarez 10-4 allowed six hits in 5vi innings striking out seven and Jose Deleon struck out five in .3 i innings of  say baseball salaries Are too High new York a about three quarters of baseball fans support a salary Cap according to a Gallup poll commissioned by owners and released thursday by the commissioners office. Seventy two percent of the 1,000 fans surveyed from june 22-28 say salaries Are too High and salary Caps in sports Are necessary. Fifty percent say they strongly favor a salary Cap in baseball and 26 percent say they re somewhat in favor. The Survey which has an error margin of three percept was limited to people who said they attended three or More games last season said they tuned in to at least one game per week or said they were a close observers of baseball. Owners Are demanding a salary Cap and the major league baseball players association is considering a strike in order to prevent owners from unilaterally implementing their plan after the season. The Union immediately dismissed the re sults of the Survey. A this does not represent an informed judgment and they done to want an informed judgment a Union head Donald Fehr said. A do they say the owners income is close to $2 billion a year do they say that a salary Cap Means restrictions where players can work do they say that in the Aba no Small Market team has won since the salary Cap began a. Owners have offered to split Revenue 50-50 with the players in Exchange for a salary Cap agreement. Of those surveyed 18 percent said the offer was very reasonable and 47 percent said it was somewhat reasonable. A if you want to spend a lot of Money on Public relations for its own Sake this is one of the things you do a Fehr said. A unless you give people a lot of information it does no to mean anything. I Hope they consider it Money Well spent god bless them. Its not