European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mariners halt Royal Streak at 14 the stars and stripes arts augusts 1994 r Page 40 Kansas City to. A Ever time Kansas City gets on a winning Streak of historic note along comes Seattle to Stop it. The mariners who ended the royals franchise record 16-game Streak in 1977, put a halt to Kansas City s 14-game  night with an 11-2  Davis went five innings in his firs major league Start Reggie Jefferson drove in four runs and Edgar Martinez hit a three run Homer As the royals los for the first time since july 22.it was a valuable lesson for every one said Royal manager Hal Mcrae. To talk about it is one thing but to Actu ally go out and do it is More meaningful More saturday baseball on Page 36 than a lot of  the loss ended baseball s longest win Ning Streak since the Minnesota twins won 15 straight in 1991. The mariners were playing their 15thgame on the mad since the kingdom was closed for structural repairs. The mariners handed Davis 2-2 a 9-0 Lead after four innings. Davis gave up seven hits and two runs in five innings. Jeff Nel son pitched two hit Relief Over three innings and Goose Gossage finished up. Mark Gubicza 7-9who was 12-4 life time against Seattle was ripped for 11 Gordon steals show  or boy of 23 tops of by Shaw Click the los Angeles times Indianapolis the Good of boys of Lascar brought their Stock car show to the Home of the Indianapolis 500for the first time saturday Only to have a youth from Indiana steal the show. Jeff Gordon who turned 23 thursday and grew up dreaming of racing in the 500, fought off Rusty Wallace and Ern Eirvan in one of the most exciting finishes the brotherly feud see Page 33 in Indianapolis motor Speedway s storied history to win the Brickyard 400. Six Lead changes Wallace from Gor Don Gordon Back again Irvan from Gor Don Gordon Back again then Irva again and Gordon for the final time when Irvan had a Flat tire kept the sellout crowd of nearly 300,000 on its feet through the final 28 laps of the inaugural Winston cup race. Gordon earned a Lascar record $613,000, More than double the previous record of $294,450 won by Kyle Petty in 1990 at Rockingham . To me this is the indy 500 for Stock car racing said Gordon who lives in Pittsboro a suburb of  the end saturday the most important Stock car race Ever held came Downto a Chevrolet is. Ford Duel. The Way Ernie and me were swapping the Lead if his tire had t gone Down we would have come right Down to the Heckerd Flag Side by Side Gordon said. Brett Bodine after surviving a tag team Duel with brother Geoff in a family feud played out at 180 Mph finished Sec Ond 0.53 seconds behind. Bill Elliott Wallace Dale Earnhardt Darrell Waltrip Ken Schrader Michae Waltrip Todd Bodine and Morgan Shep Herd followed As Only 9.3 seconds Sepa rated the first and 10th finisher. Gordon led 93 of the 160 laps after Tak ing the Lead from pole Sitter Rick Mast on the second Lap when Earnhardt the six time series Champion and pre race favor Ite scraped the Wall in the fourth turn and and had to pit for new  Drivers led and . Foyt Al most made it 14. Foyt was running Sec Ond behind Ted Musgrave waiting for the Leader to pit but Foyt miscalculated and ran out of Gas. By the time he coasted in he had lost a Lap and was never again a Factor in what was his 36th race at Indianapolis. Four accidents kept the average Speed Down to 131.932 Mph As 25 laps were run under caution but the Accident involving pit Row gets crowded Midway through saturday s service Date Earhart it the Bodine Brothers did the most damage physically and sociologically. Brett Bodine had taken the Lead on Lap 96 when brother Geoff came up behind him gave him a tap and then drove underneath to take the Lead. Once he got ahead however he seemed to hesitate and Brett hit him in the rear  Ford started to lose traction and when he tried to make a correction the 3,800-Pound car got away from him. It first hit the Wall then rebounded inthe Middle of the track and did a com plete spin. Only Dale Jarrett got caught Ard 400 at Indianapolis motor round and four others. In the tangle As the rest of the Fieldes caped. F " we in the midst of a personal feud and. He Brett took it out on therace rack doff iodine said. I Sti love him but he spun me out said Brett my car got Loose and i got into him. That s All. No Way i would a Erdo anything deliberate on the race track i was toying to win this race that s All begot into me and got by and when i tried � get bby�1 8ot to him. I got into the Gas hard he must have left off and i ran into the Back of him " hits and seven runs in three innings. I was definitely ineffective said Gubicza. Jefferson got his first of three doubles in the first inning and scored on Jay Buhner s single. The mariners tacked on three run sin the third on Felix Fermin s rib single and Jefferson s two run double. The mariners made it 9-0 with five runs in the fourth highlighted by Jeffer sons second two run double and Marti Nez s 13th Homer a three run shot off Hipolito Pichardo. The royals scored in the fourth on rib singles by Mike Macfarlane and Chico Lind. Buhner had an rib single in the Seattle sixth and another run scored on an error by Lind at second. Sunday update sunday s baseball reds 3, braves 2 Cincinnati a Kevi Mitchell hit his 30th Homer one of three by Cincinnati. Expos 6, Phillies 4 Philadelphia a Ken Hill became the National league s first 16-game Winner As Montreal beat Philadelphia for its 17th Victory in 19 games. Montreal s win ensured that Atlanta will be in Sec Ond place in the no East trailing the expos on the players aug. 12strike Date. Marlins 2, mets 0 new York a Ryan Owen making his first Start in nearly three months allowed just two nits in 7v1 innings and scored the game s first run leading Flor Ida past new York. Padres 5, cubs 1, Chicago a Tony Gwynn baseballs leading hitter went 3-for-5 to lift san Diego Ove Chicago. Tigers 8, Blue jays 7 Toronto a Kirk Gib son hit a tie breaking two run Homer in the eighth inning lifting Detroit Over Toronto. Red sox 4, indians 1 Boston a Joe Hesketh allowed three hits in eight innings and Carlos Rodriguez went 5-for-5 and had three of Boston s six Dou Bles As Boston Defeated Cleveland in the first game of the teams Sec Ond straight doubleheader. Belle Marks return Boston a Albert Bell homered in his first at Bat since completing a seven game Susie Ision for using a cooked Bat blasting a shot 439 feet to left Field at Fen Way Park in the second game of sunday s doubleheader Between Cleveland and Boston. It was his36th of the season. _ world basketball puerto Rico 72, Greece 64 Toronto a puerto Rico needing a five Point Victory to Advance to the quarterfinals of the work championship of basketball beat Greece a sufficient margin to eliminate Germany from medal Contention. China 78, Spain 76 Hamilton Ontario a China held Spain to two Field goals Over a 9vi-minute stretch late inthe second half and made six of six free throws in the final minute for its first berth in the quarterfinals. 0"246850"000504