European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september. 1 1995 sports the stars and stripes Page 37 National league Toronto s Paul Molitor fails to score on a flout to left Field As Cleveland Catcher Tony Pena makes the tag. A in do Tim by the associated press can you beat the Cleveland indians the Way they be been pulling out games this year once again the indians finished a game in Holly Wood fashion As they beat Toronto 4 wednesday night with two runs in the Bottom of the 14th inning capped by Albert Betje s Home  All should be beyond the surprised stage by now Indian manager Mike Hargrove said. You anticipate  indians have been just fantastic in the late going. Wednesday night marked the eighth time they have ended a Home game with a Home  be won 23 games in their last at Bat this sea son and they re 10 in extra inning games while posting a remarkable major league Best record of 79-35. The More improbable it gets the More these Guys do it Hargrove said. The indians who have won seven straight Over All reduced their magic number for clinching the Al Central to 10. In other games wednesday White sox 10, tigers 7 at Chicago Ron Karkovice hit a three run Homer inthe seventh As the White sox rallied to beat Detroit. Matt Karchner 2 pitched 1% innings for the win and Roberto Hernandez the ninth for his 24th save. Brian Maxcy 4 was the  Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammel tied an Al record by appearing together in their 1,914th game. They share the Al record with George Brett and Frank White of Kansas City. The major league records �015 held by the Chicago cubs Billy Williams and Ron. Santo. ,. Red sox 7, mariners 6 recently promoted Matt stairs hit a three run Dou Kkt keying a five run seventh and leading Boston Over citing Seattle. Belle american league the Victory by the Al East leading red sox left the wild card race tighter than Ever. Seattle Milwaukee land Kansas City Are All one half game behind Texas for the top spot. A -., royals 2, Brewers 1 Mark Gubicza and Jeff Montgomery combined on four hitter and Kansas City held off visiting Milwaukee in a game Between wild card contenders. 7 Henry Mercedes hit a two out two run double of Rookie Scott Karl in the seventh As the royals won for the sixth time in seven  10-11 beat the Brewers at Home for the fifth straight time. Athletics 7, orioles 2 at Baltimore Terry Steinbach homered Bren Gates got three hits and Rookie Doug Johns won his third straight Start As Oakland Defeated  Ripken playing in his 2,124th consecutive game doubled in the eighth inning his 2,300th hit during the Streak. But the orioles shortstop is mired in a 4 for-20 drought As he draws closer to leu Gehrig s re Cord of 2,130 straight games. Oakland pulled 2yi games behind in the wild card Lead with its eighth Victory in 10 games. The a a whole 6 after five innings moved three games under .500 57-60 for the first time since july 21. Twins 6, rangers 2 Kirby Puckett and Marty Cordova homered during a five run rally in the eighth and Minnesota handed vis iting Texas its fourth consecutive  twins completed their first three game sweep of the season. Minnesota matched its longest winning Streak of the year at three. Kenny Rogers 12 took a four hitter and a 2 Lead into the eighth before the twins rallied. Eddi Guardado 3 got one out and was the Winner. Yankees 4, Angels 1 at new York Andy Pettitte pitched a five hitter that led the Yankees past California the fifth straight loss for the Al West leading Angels. The Angels lost for the eighth time in nine games. Ruben Sierra had three hits and drove in two runs As the Yankees won for the third time in four games Fol lowing an eight game losing Streak. Rockies make Pittsburgh 1st m by the associated press the team with All the homers finally has shutout. The Colorado Rockies who Lead the majors with 169 homers became the last team in base Ball to get a shutout this season a 6 Victory on the Road wednesday night Over the Pittsburgh pirates night. � Brian Rekar went eight innings and Steve Reed finished the seven hitter As the Rockies re bounded from Anear no hitter arid ended for them a Homer drought. On tuesday night Paul Wagner came one put away from no hitting the Rockies their Sec Ond straight game without a  changed wednesday nigh with Ellis Burks smashing a three run Homer and Larry Walker and Burk Jayhawk Owens hitting Solo shots Over the Fence. In other games wednesday giants 4, Phillies William Van Landingham improved to 9 in16 career starts at candlestick Park while the Phillies lost their ninth straight there. Van Landingham 5 allowed five hits and struck out eight in s a innings. Rod Beck finished for his 26th save. Marlins 4, cubs 1 John Burkett took a shutout into the ninth in Ning finished with a five hitter and set a fran Chise record for wins in a season. Burkett 12-11 walked three and stuck out five. Sammy Sosa homered with  in the lop of the ninth his 30th of the season and 10th in 13 games. Cardinals 4, reds 3 David Bell whose Grandfather Gus and father buddy played for the reds hit his first major league Homer in his Hometown. The two run shot in the sixth off Mark Portu Gal 8 broke a 2 tie and prevented the Cardi nals the no s worst Road team from being swept at riverfront stadium. Astros 2, braves 0 Shane Reynolds and two relievers combined on a seven hitter As the astros won their second straight after losing a team record 11. Reynolds 9 struck out five and walked two in eight innings. Todd Jones got the last out Fortis 13th save. The braves were shut out for the third time this season and lost their third straight. Mets 8, dodgers 1 Mike Piazza the league s leading hitter struck out three consecutive times with the bases loaded As new York beat los Angeles for the fifth straight time. Dave Mlicki 7 got Piazza twice and reliever Doug Henry did it the third time As the Dodg ers dropped into a tic for first in the my West with Colorado. Rico Brogna hit his 16th Homer Jose Vizcaino singled Home two runs and Ryan Thompson and Carl Everett each had an rib double to help the mets to their 10th win in 13 games. Los Angeles tied a season High by stranding 15baserunnerscn route to its ninth loss in 13 tries. Padres 3, expos 2 Archi Cianfrocco was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the Bottom of the ninth. Greg Harris 1 allowed one out singles to Steve Fin Ley Tony Gwynn and Ken Carni Niti. He then hit Cianfrocco on the left Knet with a 1 cur Mcball