European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports royals win Lith straight As Cone notches no. 16 by the associated press the strike Date of aug. 12 May come at just the right time for the Kansas City royals. Baseball s hottest team Riding an 11-game win Ning Streak that has energized the City of Kansas City is playing itself into postseason Contention Les than two weeks before the planned walkout by play ers by beating Oakland 6-4 on tuesday night in Kan Sas City the royals climbed within 1v4 games of Cleveland for the fourth and last playoff spot in the american league with nine Days of baseball remaining before a walkout. Who can figure this game said right hander David Cone 16-4whose three wins during the. Streak have put him in a tie with new York s Jimmy key for the Al Victory Lead. There have Bee lots of times i pitched better but did Lwin co Esaid Cone who Al Lowed four runs and eight hits in eight  a team s on a Streak like this Good things Al ways seem to  Van Poppel 6-10 gave up five hits and five runs As the a s lost their fourth in a Row. Kansas City chopped a game off Cleveland s mar Gin when the indians coughed up five runs in the ninth and lost 12-9 to Detroit. Tigers 12, indians 9 at Cleveland Mickey Tettleton hit a two run Homer to Cap a comeback from a 9-7 deficit that five Detroit its first win in five games at Jacobs eld. Tony Phillips led off with a single and scored when Carlos Baerga threw wildly into left Field after Fielding Lou. Whitaker s potential double play grounder. Blue jays 8, red sox 7 at Boston de Sprague had three hits and tar oven three runs and John Olerud hit a tie breaking Homer in the seventh. Joe Carter added two Bis giving him 99 for the season. The Blue jays winners of 12 of 17, tied bos ton for third in the Al East. Yankees 7, Brewers 1 at Milwaukee Don Mattingly started a game winning six run rally with a single in the ninth then wrapped it up with a two run double. Jamie Navarro 4-8 surrendered three straight singles to open the ninth and Graeme Lloyd later walked in two runs. Mattingly finished the outburst with a bases loaded double. _ orioles 10, twins 0 at Minneapolis Mike Mussina 15-5 pitched perfect Ball into the fifth inning and settled for a four hitter Over seven innings. Baltimore got its second shutout in 24 hours after going 139. Games without one. Chris Sabo Brady american league a Cleveland fans Chip Hanson left and Tom Sullivan hang a Banner during tuesday s indians tigers game to protest the threatened baseball strike. Anderson and Jeff Tackett each hit Solo homers forthe orioles and Tackett also doubled in two runs. White sox 6, rangers 2 at Arlington Texas any Hopes that Kenny Rog ers would pitch a second straight perfect game were ended when Lead off Batter Norberto Martin singled Rogers 11-7 lasted Only 5v3 innings in his first out ing since becoming the first Al left hander and 12thpitcher Overall to throw a perfect game. Rogers retired nine straight batters before walk ing Julio Franco with one out in the fourth. Robin Ventura then hit a 2-2 fastball for his 17th Homer putting the White sox ahead 3-1. _ =. Mariners 10, Angels 2 at Anaheim calif., Ken Griffey or. Hit his 37thhome run one of four launched by the mariners in snapping a seven game losing Streak. The opener Ofa three game series moved from Seattle because of falling tiles in the kingdom Drew 11,478, the smallest Anaheim stadium crowd since 1978.thursday August 4,1994 Hof expos boost Lead by the associated pres the Montreal expos seem to pick troubled seasons to play Good  Only time they Over bade the playoffs was 1981, a season interrupted for 51 Days by a players  another strike looming just Over a week away the expos have won 13 of their last 14 games and improved the Best record in baseball to 67-38 with a 5-4 Victory Over the visiting  cardinals on tues Day  expos have to Hope that the labor difficulties Are solved quicker this time or there May be no postseason to play for. It s not that we re confident we re simply a goo team said third baseman Sean Berry who hit a two run Homer in the first inning. The key is we take advantage of whatever com sour Way manager Felipe Alou said. I m managing a first place club and when you re in first you gotta tighten the reins a bit make sure nobody gets  the Victory combined with Atlanta s 4-1 loss to themes increased the expos Lead to 4vz games in the no East. The cardinals last in the no Central have lost nine of 10 games and Are 5-16 since the All Star break. They dropped 151/2 games behind  Hill 15-5 became the no s first 15-game win Ner and Moises Alou went 3-for-4_ including his 20thhomer. In other games tuesday 194 National league reds 9, giants 7 _ at san Francisco Barry Larkin homered twice and doubled driving in three runs and scoring three As Cincinnati overcame three Home runs by Barry Bonds Towin its fifth straight. Larkin who homered in the first inning for a 2-0reds Lead hit his eighth Homer in the eighth inning. He also doubled in the third and scored on an infield out by Tony Fernandez who drove in three runs. Marlins 3, cubs 2,10 innings at Chicago Jerry Browne tripled in the 10th inning and scored on Jeff Conine s sacrifice Fly As Florida ral _ lied to end a seven game losing  Robb Nen 5-5 pitched two witless innings As the marlins won for the fifth time in six extra inning games. Pirates 3, Phillies 2 Lloyd Mcclendon s two out Pinch hit Homer in the top of the eighth lifted the pirates to a Road Victory. Mcclendon s Solo Homer his fourth of the season made a Winner of Rick White 4-5 and a loser of Bobby Munoz 7-4. Mets 4, braves 1 at new York Rico Brogna s two run Homer High lighted a three run eighth inning for the mets. Steve Bedrosian 0-2who relieved starter Ken Mercker in the eighth gave up a Lead off double to Bobby Bonilla who score dam Jeff Kent s single. On out later Brogna hit his seventh Homer. Astros 3, Rockies 1 at Houston Doug Drabek who had a no hitter through seven innings settled for a two hitter As the astros snapped a four game losing Streak. Dodgers 7, padres 6,11 innings Dave Hansen s Pinch hit rib single in the Lith in Ning gave the dodgers a Victory at Home. Schott gets in shots before smoke settles of a ill50 t c tie c e -5 i i r in r ill -1 of a Cincinnati a Cincinnati reds owner Marge Schott on tuesday bolted a City Council meeting set up expressly to get her views on a smoking ordinance then returned to insist there Are More important problems than smoking. Schott turned the meeting into one of the most uproarious in recent years by walking out when one speaker suggested attendance at reds games is Down be cause she has offended fans with her slurs. \ ii _ i Dpn t want to be in the same room with the Man Schutt said. A Council member raced to Stop her on the front Steps of City Hall took her hand and begged her to return. After a few moments of deliberation with team officials she went Back inside and blamed the City s restrictions on smoking at riverfront stadium for lagging Atten dance. She told Council members they should worry More about crime drugs and Chil Dren born to mothers with drug addictions that s where we should be concentrating instead of smoking in an open air stadium Schott said As a group of sup porters in the audience applauded. Several Council members said they regretted that Schott chose to keep the Issue alive by launching a petition drive against the Law last week. I guess that s Why the Issue has Resur faced again said councilman Todd for tune who wrote the smoking Law and confronted Schott when she repeatedly violated it this season. It saddened me. Imean that in All sincerity the committee meeting shown live on Cable television turned into what coun Cilman Phil Heimlich called a  there was committee chairman Tom Luken a Public admirer of the reds owner kissing he before the meeting then apologizing repeatedly when she was offended. Luken called the meeting specifically to give Schott a forum to blast the Law even though he said he saw no reason to change it. The Law which went into effect before the season prohibits smoking in seats at the stadium. Fans Are allowed to smoke in concourse areas a policy More lenient than those of some other baseball teams. Schott said last week that she was embarrassed that Only 25,000 showed up for the first night of a showdown series wit the Houston astros. She blamed the smoking Law for lagging interest an urged fans in scoreboard announcements to sign petitions protesting