European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday augusts 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 tribe cuts Chison Lead to half game a f by the associated press i the Yankees have run away with the1 Al East. T. The rangers have pretty much won \ the Al West by default. That leaves the Al Central where there s still a great divisional race with one week left before the strike Date. The Cleveland indians pulled a half game Back of Chicago on thursday by beating Detroit 5-0 while the White so were losing 4-1 at Texas. / Kansas City meanwhile won its 13th straight game 5-2 Over Oakland. The Vic a tory put the royals who were nine i games out before their Streak started just two games behind the White sox. In other games thursday new Yok beat Minnesota 9-2, Seattle beat califor Nia 4-2, Milwaukee beat Baltimore 5-3 and Toronto beat Boston 5-2. Albie Lopez pitched a five hitter for Cleveland and struck out a career High 11 in his first Complete game. The crowd of 41,926 the largest yet at Jacobs Field gave the indians their 28th straight sellout in their last Home game before the strike Date. I think i proved i can pitch up Here now the 22-year-old Lopez said. I think i can  he was recalled from class aaa Charlotte on july 25 after Mark Clark Cleveland s winning est Pitcher had his right wrist broken by a line drive. Lopez was 3-1 with the indians last year and 12 2 at Charlotte this season. Carlos Baerga had a two run Home for the indians and Wayne Kirby Sandy Alomar and Omar Vazquel had rib sin Gles. Kenny Lofton helped Lopez with a sensational leaping catch of Dan Bautis Albie Lopez first Complete game to s drive to the Fence in left Center Lead ing off the fifth. The Guy hit it and i said Kenny s got it " Lopez said. Then it kept going and i said no Kenny does to then Kenny got  a. The indians have eight games left be fore the strike Date of aug. 12. The White sox have 11. Rangers 4, White sox 1 at Arlington Texas Brian Bohanon had his Best Start of the season and Rusty Greer we fat 2-for-4 with a two run Homer in the eighth inning As Texas stretched its Lead in the Al West to 4v$ games Jeff Frye and Juan Gonzalez added rib singles to help the rangers move within four games of .500. Bohanon 2-1 allowed seven hits wit five strikeouts in 6v6 innings his Long est Outing 6i the season. Chicago had won four straight before dropping the final two games of the three game series. We were playing Well coming in but i thought we played poorly the last two nights White sox manager Gene la Mont said. We be got to get Back on track. You Don t want to hit a  royals 5, athletics 2 at Kansas City Felix Jose had three three hits and Kevin Appier 7-6with Only one decision in his eight previous starts pitched a four hitter. The royals Streak is the longest in the major leagues since Atlanta won 13 straight in 1992. We were due for a hot Streak but nobody s due to win 13 straight said manager Hal Mcrae. The attitude is positive and it flows through the dugout. Carlos Reyes 0-3 took the loss As the athletics lost their sixth straight. Yankees 9, twins 2 at Minneapolis the Yankees won their seventh straight and opened a 10 game Lead in the Al East. Jim Abbott 9-7 allowed six hits in 5% innings to win for Only the third time since May 30. Bernie Williams had three doubles and Luis Polonia Wade Boggs and Paul o Neill also had three hits each As the Yankees tied their season High with 19 hits. Scott Erickson 8-11 had another bad night allowing 10 hits in 436 innings mariners 4, Angels 2 at Anaheim Calif. Goose Gossage 3 0 got the Victory in his 1,000th career appearance and Eric Anthony hit a two fun Pinch Homer in the eighth inning. Only Hoyt Wilhelm 1,070 and Kent Tekulve 1,050 have pitched in More major league games than Gossage. It has t really registered yet but if you Stop and think about it that s a lot of games Gossage said. Mark Leiter 4-5who entered the game in the eighth protecting a 2-1 Lead gave up three runs in the inning. Brewers 5, orioles 3 at Baltimore Jose Valentin hit a two run Homer and John Jaha had a pair of rib doubles As Milwaukee snapped its three game losing Streak. Cal Eldred 11-10 won his second straight game allowing seven hits in 616 innings. Mike Fetters pitched the ninth for his 17th save. Mark Williamson 3-1 took the loss giving up nine hits and four runs. Blue jays 5, red sox 2 at Boston Joe Carter reached 100 Bis for the sixth straight season and John Olerud knocked in two runs with a  Stottlemyre 6-7 allowed two runs on seven hits in seven innings. He struck out five fanning the Side in the sixth. Roger Clemens 9-7 lost his fifth straight decision against the Blue jays. Astros Stop Rockies As Kile turns up heat by the associated press Don Baylor thought his Colorado Rockies were about to erupt. Darryl Kile was feeling the heat. The Houston astros playoff Hopes were in danger. False alarm. After a single and a double put two Rockies in scoring position with nobody out and the meat of the order coming up Kile turned the heat into smoke that blew by Dante Bichette and Charlie Hayes. That s the inning we be been looking for for a while runners on second and third with nobody out Baylor said thursday night. Six pitches later we re out of  and Kile was into it. He retired 13 in a Row after the two hits scattered eight hits Over 6% innings and pitched the astros to their third straight Victory Over their least favorite opponent. I was just hoping to get out of that  with Oher Urr said Kile 8-6. For us tonight getting out of it was a big lift i  .