European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 38 the stars and stripes Mcdowell lifts wednesday september 13,1995 by the associated press the new York Yankee i f bounded from a 3-10 Road trip with a 10-3 Home stand keeping them in the Al wild card race. A. A. A they started a seven game Road trip with a Victory monday night and it meant first place in the Pursuit of the fourth playoff berth. Jack Mcdowell threw a four hitter As the Yankees beat Cleveland 4-0, and they took Over the wild card Lead when Minnesota beat Seattle 12-10. A it keeps you focused. It keeps you there every pitch a Mcdowell said of the wild card race. 1 Mcdowell 14-10 improved to 3-0 Over the indians this season. \ v. A a a the loss snapped Cleveland a 14-game Home winning Streak and it was the Yankees fifth straight win. Mcdowell struck out eight and walked four in his eighth Complete game. In his last eight starts he is 6-2 a a v a a a a a with a 1.71 Era five Complete games and two shutouts. The Yankees had no assists in the game the fourth time that has happened in major league history. In addition to the strikeouts there were two unassisted grounders to first baseman Don Mattingly and 17 flies pop ups and line outs. Dennis Martinez 0o->who gave up three runs and five hits in seven innings dropped to 2-14 lifetime against the Yankees. A a 1in other games monday twins 12, mariners 10 Seattle self destructed at Home when two errors and a passed Ball led to five unearned Minnesota runs in the eighth. A trailing 8-7, the twins tied it on Pinch hitter Pat Meares rib single and went ahead when Marty Cordova scored from third on Dari Wilson a passed balk Chuck Knoblauch a infield single made it 10-8, and Rich Becker s two run double capped the scoring. Knoblauch and Becker each had four hits while Becker had four Bis and Knoblauch three. Ken Griffey or. Hit a two run Homer his 17th, with one out in the ninth. Jay Buhner had five Bis for Seattle including a three run Homer his 31st. Tigers 3, Blue jays 2 at Toronto Travis Fryman led off the top of the 10th with a Homer to give the. Detroit its third straight win. Frymann a Homer off Jimmy Rogers 2-4 made a Winner of Mike Christopher 3-0. V Brian Bohanon relieved with a runner on second and no outs in the 10th and retired three straight hitters for his first career save. Toronto a Joe Carter had two Solo homers his 34th career Multi Homer game and fourth this year. Orioles 10, red sox 7 Boston lost its season High fourth straight As Baltimore rallied with a five run eighth. Curtis Goodwin and Bobby Bonilla had rib singles in the eighth Gal Ripken had a sacrifice Fly and Harold Baines hit a two run Homer for the orioles. Mike Greenwell hit two homers and Jose Canseco and to Vaughn had one each for the visiting red sox. Canseco a Homer was the 300th of his career. A Angels 4, White sox 1 at Anaheim Shawn Boskie snapped his three game losing Streak with a five hitter and California scored All its runs in the first Boskie 7-4 lost his bid for his first career shutout when Robin Ventura hit his 26th Homer in the eighth. Reds Hal Morris slaps a tag on diving Marlin Quilvio Veras who was picked off first in third inning monday night. A big cat keys Rockies win by the associated press its a Basic lesson of nature done to rub the big cat the wrong Way. The Atlanta braves tried it monday night and paid. Reliever Brad Woodall walked Colorado a Larry Walker in the 12th inning to get to the Rockies other slugger Andres a big cat Galarraga. A i believe they left Woodall a left hander in to pitch to me after head walked Walker a said Galarraga a right handed hitter. A i took it personal. I got a Slider up High and nearly hit it Galarraga slammed a pitch from Woodall off the 347-foot sign in left scoring Mike Kingery from second and giving the Rockies a 5-4 Victory Oyer Atlanta. A Walker is hot and you done to want to pitch to him a Atlanta manager Bobby Cox said. A i Felt we could get the double the Rockies thus moved a game ahead of los Angeles in the no West and prevented the braves from clinching at least a tie for the no East title. Los Angeles fell off the Pace by losing to Chicago 12-1. Atlanta a Tom Glavine seeking to improve a 14-6 record pitched seven innings yielding nine hits arid exited with a 3-2 Lead. Walker took care of that with a two run Homer in the eighth his 30th, off reliever Brad Clontz. The braves tied it 4-4 in the ninth on singles by Chipper Jones Fred Mcgriff and Dwight Smith. Atlanta a other runs came on David justices three run Homer in the third his 22nd. Bryan Hickerson 3-3 pitched the final two innings for the Rockies. In other games monday a a Quot expos 5, Metso Pedro Martinez 13-8 improved to 7-0 against new York by scattering four hits for his second shutout at Montreal. Rookies Shane Andrews and . Santangelo each drove in two runs As Bill Pulsipher 5-7 took his first loss in seven starts. Cardinals 13, giants 4 at St Louis Ray Lankford and Brian Jordan each homered and drove in three runs and Ozzie Smith lied a major league Fielding record. The cardinals scored a season High six runs in the second off giants starter Jaime Brewington 4-3. Jordan led off with a first pitch Home run his 19th, Lankford hit his 21st Home run in the fourth. Smith turned his 1,553rd double play tying the majors Mark for shortstops held by Luis Aparacio. Matt Williams was 3-for-3, including his 19th Homer for the giants he has 10 hits in his last 14 at bats. Pirates 7, padres 5 at Pittsburgh Andy Ashby was his own worst enemy with wildness As san Diego a losing Streak reached four. Ashby 9-10 lost his fourth consecutive decision As the padres continued to fall out of the wild card race. A1 Martins double keyed the pirates third inning rally and Ashby a wild pitch scored a run Martin singled in a run to break a 4-4 tie in the fifth. Reds 2, marlins 1. At Cincinnati Jerome Walton a single with two outs in the Bottom of the 11th inning lifted Cincinati past Florida Only the reds fourth win in 12 games and snapping a four game losing Streak against the marlins. Rich Garces 0-2 gave up a one out single to Hal Morris and a walk to Barry Larkin before striking out Reggie Sanders. Walton then singled to right. Cubs 12, dodgers 1 at Chicago Kevin Foster threw a five hitter for seven innings arid also had a two run double and a run scoring single for Chicago. Mark Grace hit three doubles increasing his league leading total to 46. Foster 10-10 lost a shutout when Delino Deshields hit his eighth Home run leading off the seventh. In Minneapolis apr the Minnesota twins almost certainly will leave the state after the 1998 season if they done to get a new stadium or a complicated $35 million overhaul of the metronome. Twins president Jerry Bell was careful to avoid direct ultimatums during a two hour presentation monday to the advisory task Force on professional sports. But he presented a Bleak picture of the teams finances and called the 13-year-old metronome a economically obsolete for baseball. A i did no to hear the word threat a said House minority Leader Steve Sviggum a task Force member. A but the language they use comes pretty close to Bell emphasized that the twins priority is to solve their financial problems and stay in Minnesota where they moved from Washington in 1961. But he outlined an expensive list of needs. He also noted the clause in the stadium lease that will let the twins out after the �?T98 season if in the previous three years their average attendance is less than 80 percent of the american league average or they have a net operating loss. That the twins will not meet that provision seems to be a forgone conclusion. They lost about $12 million last year be cause of the strike and with the worst record in the majors this year Bell projected another $8 million in losses. The twins generated about $21 million in stadium revenues in 1994, 23rd of the 26 teams. They Are among eight teams with no Revenue from parking or suites. All metronome suite revenues go the nil Vikings. A Kevin Mather the teams chief financial officer said the twins must generate another $13 million annually in stadium revenues a from suites concessions parking ticket sales seat licensing fees and signage a to be competitive. He and Bell said there was no Way to do that the Way the metronome is currently configured. A the fact is that the metronome which saved this franchise 15 years ago no longer provides enough Revenue to keep this team a Bell said. A Only the financial strength of our owner has kept us Carl Pohlad who saved the twins from moving when he bought them for $36 million in 1984, is Worth an estimated $700 million. He attended mondays meeting. A emr. Pohlad a goal is to keep the team in Minnesota a Bell said. A however or. Pohlad will not continue subsidizing the team a
