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BTHE ADVOCATE MESSENGER riday September 4 1992 Expos Piniella not writing rout Reds out of race yet i Braves 3ft GAME ACTS ft upset with Piniella pitch limit and losing 5'1 I I 92 DODGE CARAVAN SE i PURCHASE Major League Base ball 1 I By Joe Kay AP Sports Writer But no reason to give it to which has effectively made him a seven inning pitcher He has just two complete games both before the arm problems Rijo and Piniella agreed on one thing: the losing streak is magnifying frustra tions think when you start los ing a lot of things become is Piniella said you win non issues Since in charge they all come to roost on my not happy with the situ ation in losing ev ery day When you lose not Rijo said team made me a winner in 1990 I live with losing every day I Dual ront Passenger Air Bags Anti Lock Brakes 33 Litre 6 Engine 4 Speed Automatic Advanced Cab orward Design Compare to Olds Delta 88 ord Taurus ord Crown Victoria Mercury Sable Mercury Grand Marquis Honda Accord Toyota Camry nosed it as a strain think the main diagnosis should be oster said "Of course full of a lot of oster has made 17 relief appearances and was a spot starter last riday for the doubleheader in New York He might have been in line for another start next Sat urday against the Mets at Riv but not entirely satisfied was just very sad and dis appointed by what I read to Rijo said just like the way it sounded It sounded like I was bailing out because of my bad arm that I can only go 100 pitches and it not true got more than 100 pitches in my ann think just weak to say he had to pull me out of the game because my elbow was sore or whatever If asked he should say did it because the Piniella told reporters the same thing he told Rijo: just trying to protect him Rijo has been on a pitch limit since elbow tendinitis disabled him from April 18 to May 3 doing best for Piniella said (pitch limit) program is work ing In his last seven or eight starts been superb going to continue with the pro gram know he gets unset at times What can I Rijo has repeatedly com plained about the pitch limit Bad Throw Steve oster has come up with the most unusual injury of 1992 He hurt his pitching shoulder while mov ing his equipment The reliever strained his right shoulder when the threw a heavy bag of equipment into his truck oster said Thurs day that doctors have diag iii ATLANTA (AP) Perhaps as simple as having confi dence played well in a certain city the confidence is Marquis Grissom said Thursday after the Expos continued their mastery of the Atlanta Braves 11 2 It was fifth vic tory in six games in Atlanta The Expos completed the sea son series with an 8 4 edge on the Braves just baseball" said Grissom who had two dou bles scored twice and drove in two runs as both teams lost an off day to make up a rainout exactly one week earlier some teams that play us real tough like Hous Grissom said play good against some teams bad against some It was the fifth victory in a row for the Expos who trail Pittsburgh by three games in the NL East race Despite the loss Atlanta still commands the West with a 6V2 game lead over Cincinnati come to Atlanta and for some reason the guys get up and play Grissom said explain it If we knew why we beat them try to use that against every The latest victory over the Braves came rather easily The Expos jumped on Char lie Leibrandt (11 6) for six runs and seven hits in the first three innings and the Braves never seriously threat ened to catch up Atlanta did have a bases loaded no out situation off Brian Barnes (5 5) in the sixth but settled for only one run on Brian sacri fice fly when Kent Bottenfield retired three batters in a row Pirates 9 Giants 3 At Three Rivers Stadium Orlando Merced drove in five runs as Pittsburgh continued to match Montreal win for win catching up with the The Mets surprised that the odds finally caught up with them in the ninth won their last 116 games when they took a lead into the ninth a streak stretching to Sept 30 1990 tough losing but you know going to happen one Young said The Mets were in command through seven behind Dwight Gooden who pitched his finest game since returning from a sore shoulder last month He allowed just three singles and struck out a season high nine leaving with a 3 1 lead Barry Jones gave up an RBI single to Barry Larkin in the eighth and Young (2 10) opened the ninth by walking Reggie Sanders double to the gap in left center tied it and Joe 01 sacrifice moved NEXT GAME: Tonight 7:35 PM SITE: Cincinnati PROBABLE PITCHERS: Reds Belcher (11 2) Mets ernandez (11 9) TV: None 7 Passenger Seating Automatic Transaxle Driver's Side Air Bag Air Conditioning AMM Stereo America's Best Mini Van erfront Stadium but the in jury took him out of consider ation The Reds announced Thurs day that right hander Bobby Ayala will be called up from Class AA Chattanooga to start Saturday Ayala 23 will make his major league debut Ayala was 12 6 with three shutouts in 27 games for Chattanooga things have hap in 1990 we wanted it to end pened ONeill said 1 know when we were in their position AP Photo New Bobby Bonilla looks back at home plate um pire Terry Tata after striking out on a called third strike Thursday with the bases loaded in the eighth inning The Reds rallied to win 4 3 By Joe Kay AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) Jose Rijo and Cincinnati Reds man pager Lou Piniella had an ani mated 10 minute meeting on the field Thursday to try to straighten out an apparent 1 misunderstanding that had £the pitcher angry Rijo arrived at the ballpark Cupset after reading of a pitching change during the Reds Jloss the previous night toMontreal Rijo thought Pin Piella was being critical when kJie told reporters that the couldn go beyond the seventh inning because of a Lstiff elbow forcing him to L'make a pitching change The overworked bull pen gave up five runs in two innings for the straight loss Piniella sought out Rijo dur ing batting practice Thursdayand told him he placing blame Piniella frequently ges tured with his arms to under score his points during their £talk Rijo was calmer afterwards lo CINCINNATI (AP) Man ager Lou Piniella thinks his reeling Cincinnati Reds still could get the last laugh ifThe Reds ended their sev en game losing streak Thurs day night by scoring twice in the ninth to beat the New York Mets 4 3 Their first win in a week moved them 6 Via be hind Atlanta in the NL West with just 29 to play Not great odds But Piniella writing off his team just yet When a room full of report ers laughed at a suggestion that the pennant race is heat ing up Thursday Piniella kept a straight face ahead and he said lot of funny things have happened in this crazy game of Several improbable ones cme together to end the longest losing streak of the season The Mets blew a ninth in ning lead for the first time in nearly two years Reliever An thony Young perfect in 12Save opportunities finally blew one Paul 0 for tI2 doubled home the tying prun And Jeff Branson also 0 Jfor 12 hit a potential double splay grounder but beat the re tlay to let score the game winner been Branson said luck is starting to 'catch up with me Maybe to third The Mets then set up the double play by walking Bill Doran Branson came to bat trying to avoid one thing a dou ble play grounder He fouled off seven pitches before slap ping a fastball softly back to the mound Young went for the double play but Branson a left handed hitter was able to beat shortstop Dick relay to first base by a full step ONeill took off for home as soon as Young threw to sec ond and scored easily runner just got down there faster than I Young said actually made a mis take by not breaking for home immediately but speed made it turn out all right job was to get caught in a rundown so they get a double said he hit it I know what to do I stopped As soon as he wheeled to throw to sec ond I It was a modest win for a team wasted a week full of chances to make a move on Atlanta The Reds were just 3 V2 games back when they 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