European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A. A. A. ,. Quot a i a a a. A a a Quot Page .34 the stars and stripes sports sunday july 10, 1994 statue of Pittsburgh a just like in 12 other Summers Roberto a Clemente  a giant Shadow Over the All Star game. Clementes statue the showpiece of tuesdays game at three Rivers stadium was unveiled Friday in a moving ceremony that began with cheers from 2,000 Pittsburgh youth leagues and ended with the tears of his family and dozens of former pirates teammates. Thanks to a 12-foot Bronze likeness that captures not Only the essence of one of baseball a greatest swings but also the intensity of the Man they called the great one Clemente will again be the Standard by which All pirates Are judged. A a it was such an emotional Day for the Clemente family and t almost started crying too a said pirates outfielder Orlando Merced who flew in from Cincinnati to attend. A i did not want to miss this Day for  Merced grew up  Street from the Clemente family and was Only 6 years old when the four time National league batting Champion died in a plane crash dec. 31,1972, while on a Relief Mission to earthquake ravaged Nicaragua. Merced now plays the same position As his idol the Man who already had a statue in his native puerto Rico and now has one in the Only City he wanted to play in. A the wrote my dad and i a very Long and personal letter after the 1971 world series a former pirates president Dan Galbreath said. A the. Said a when you done to think in a contributing to this teams Success i will ret ire. I will never play for another  a Clemente was signed by the Brooklyn dodgers in 1953, but a year later was drafted for $4,000 by the pirates As perhaps the biggest bargain in baseball his toy. He played for pirates world championship teams in 1960 and 1971, was chosen for 12 All Star games and just As Many Gold Glove awards and defined How right Field should be played. The $200,000 Bronze statue by Pittsburgh sculptor Susan Wagner stunningly depicts Clemente on a Granite steel and Glass Diamond dropping his Bat and watching the flight of a Ball he has just struck. His eyes Are fixed and intense his concentration unbroken. The diamonds Glass topped bases contain dirt from his three Home Fields Forbes Field three Rivers and Santurce Field in puerto Rico. A stainless steel rim is engraved with 15 highlights of his career with one Blank space representing the incomplete Circle of his life. Mets shortstop Jose Vizcaino dives in vain for hit by dodgers Raul Mondesi in sixth inning of Friday nights game at los Angeles. Williams ties for or Lead with 2 in giants 3-2 win by the associated press step aside Junior. Matt Williams is coming through. The National Quot leagues All Star third baseman hit two More Home runs Friday night to tie Ken Griffey or. Of Seattle for the major Deague Lead and give the san Francisco giants a 3-2 Victory against the Philadelphia Phillies. A Williams now has 10 homers in his last 16 games three Ini two games since Darryl Strawberry moved into the batting order behind him and 33 Overall tied with the Seattle. Mariners More celebrated slugger for the most in the majors. They Are both on Pace to Challenge Roger Marisa 1961 record of 61 homers. Williams three hits Friday a he also singled a gave him 82 this season 43 of them for extra bases. He also has 68 Bis fifth in the no. Mickey Morandini a Homer gave the Phillies a 1-0 Lead against Mark Portugal 7-6 in the second but Williams first Homer tied it in the fourth. After Philadelphia went ahead on Billy hatchery sri single in the fifth Barry Bonds hit his 23rd Homer to tie it in the sixth and Williams followed by hitting a 2-0 pitch from Fernando Valenzuela 02 into the left Field seats. In other games Friday dodgers 3, mets 2 at los Angeles Mike Piazza hit a two run Homer in the first inning and an rib single in the 10th As the dodgers ended new Yorkus four game win Streak. Delino Deshields Drew a walk from Roger Mason 2-4 with two out in the 10th, stole second and scored when Piazza slapped a 32 pitch into right. Todd Worrell 4-4 pitched two scoreless innings for the Victory. Brett Butler robbed Todd Hundley of a three run Homer in the seventh. Piazzas 20th Homer in the first enabled him to join Eric Karros As the Only dodgers in history to hit 20 Home runs in their first two seasons. Expos 14, padres 0. Montreal had 11 extra base hits including a team record four triples and Kirk Rueter pitched seven Strong innings at san Diego. A the expos 7-0 against the padres this season had a season High is hits. Rueter 4-2 allowed three hits in seven innings. Andy Benes 6-10 gave up seven runs on nine hits eight for extra bases in just two plus innings. Cardinals 2, braves 0 Bob Tewksbury pitched a four hitter for his first shutout in almost four years and Mark Whiten hit a two run double to provide All the runs As St Louis won at Atlanta to end its season High five game losing Streak. Tewksbury 10-7 retired 17 straight until Jeff Blauser singled with two outs in the ninth. He then got David Justice on a grounder to wrap up his fourth career shutout. Greg Maddux 11-5who yielded six hits in losing for the third time in four decisions. Reds 12, pirates 4 at Cincinnati Thomas Howard a three run Homer highlighted an eight run third that powered Cincinnati past Pittsburgh for its 26th comeback win. It was Pittsburgh a eighth straight loss at riverfront stadium where the pirates Haven to won since july 2 of last year John Smiley 9-8 won his fifth straight Start and Jon Leiber 4-4 lost after allowing All eight runs in the third. Marlins 5, Rockies 2 at Miami Gary Sheffield and Jeff Conine homered and three pitchers combined on a five hitter As Florida ended Colorado a four game winning Streak. Dave Weathers 8-7 went 6a innings allowing All five hits. Joe Girardi ended Weathers shutout with a two run Homer in the seventh. Cubs 6, astros 5 at Chicago Mark Grace led off the tilth with his third Homer As the cubs snapped their four game losing Streak and Houston a six game winning Streak. The astros had 14 hits including homers by Kevin Bass and Luis Gonzalez and the cubs 11. Shawon Dunston had four hits including his ninth  Harvey faces surgery May be out for year 1 by the associated press Miami a Florida marlins closer Bryan Harvey who has pitched Only 10w innings this year because of injuries will undergo Groin surgery this week and May miss the rest of the season. A Harvey has been bothered by a Groin ailment periodically since last september. He was examined Friday by Duke University Hospital doctors and they recommended an operation to tighten his abdominal musculature. Rehabilitation is expected to take at least six weeks. A Bryan is convinced he s going to pitch in september a marlins general manager Dave Dombrowski said a a Complete recovery is  Harvey who has a $3,375 million contract this season strained his pitching Elbow april 25 and was sidelined for two months. He returned june 23 and said his Elbow Felt Fine but he returned to the disabled list june 30 because of the Groin  injury notes the Groin injury first sidelined Harvey at the end of last season after he had saved 45 games for the marlins. This year he has six saves and an Era of 5.23. Harvey 31, the marlins player representative will undergo surgery after he attends labor meetings in Pittsburgh during this weeks All Star break. The marlins regained the services of another Pitcher. Right hander Luis Aquino sidelined since May 30 by. A broken toe was activated from the disabled list. Giants lose Thompson for season san Francisco a Robby Thompson the giants All Star second baseman will be out for the year after undergoing surgery Friday on his right shoulder. Thompson 32, underwent a hours of surgery to repair a Tendon in the rotator cuff and remove damaged tissue and cartilage from the shoulder. The infielder had been placed on the 15-Day disabled list wednes Day the second time this year he was pulled from action. He was batting .209 with two Home runs and 7 Bis in 35 games. The giants were 18-17 with Thompson in the lineup 18-33 without him. In 1993, Thompson batted .312 with 19 Home runs. Also Friday the giants placed reliever Mike Jackson on the 15-Day disabled list a retroactive to thursday a due to recurring tendinitis in his right Elbow Jackson was 3-2 with four saves and a 1.49 Era. Jays Ward has surgery Toronto a Toronto Blue jays reliever Duane Ward underwent an arthroscopic procedure Friday in Birmingham ala., and is finished for the season. Ward who has been on the disabled list All season was diagnosed with a partial tear of the rotator cuff As Well As some deterioration in the upper lip of the cuff. The 30-year-old Pitcher led the american league with 45 saves last season. To to l 1 t