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lay, June a. iayu 3D Reno Gazette-Journal Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Giants score early, often in routing Reds, 10-1 laat Boston GB 110 Streak JMom Away 5 5 2 14 Ji Ji 12 9 13J 4 hatters he faced to reach base, settled "25 23 Milwaukee Toronto 6 4 Won 1 1 515 12 10 4 6 lost 1 13 10 10-15 Pel 53 1 521 S'8 479 471 3 375 Pel 24 27 CJeveland Baltimoie 22 30 2'l 3 7'a GB Detroit 7-3 Won 3 9 12 15 15 t-3-7 Won 1 9 15 13-15 J2 8 tost 3 10-14 8 16 L10StreakHom Away 1-6 4 lost 2 15 8 18; 8. 1-7-3 Won 1 20 8 10 9 Brett Butler and Leach both singled for the Giants to lead off the first inning. Then Clark hit a line drive to left field that carried past an oncoming Eric Davis of Cincinnati and scored Butler as Clark pulled into second with a double. After Mitchell popped out.

Matt Williams added an RBI single that just bounced past Cincinnati third baseman Chris Sabo. Terry Kennedy then drove home a run with a ground-out and Robby Thompson and pitcher John Burkett both had RBI singles. Burkett, who allowed the first two win. in front of 16,233 fans, did cut Cincinnati's lead over the Giants in the Western Division to 13 games. It was San Francisco's fourth consecutive victory and its sixth out in the last seven games.

This one was all Giants from the outset. San Francisco sent 10 men to the plate and jumped on Cincinnati starter Ron Robinson for five runs on seven hits in the first inning. In all, the Giants had 16 hits, with Rick Leach, Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell, Matt Williams and Jose Uribe getting two each. By Carl Kotala'Gannett News Service SAN FRANCISCO Take that, Cincinnati Reds. And that, and that, and that.

The San Francisco Giants aren't going to give up the defense of their Western Division title without a fight. And round one, Monday night at Candlestick Park, saw the Giants land a solid right hand in the form of a 10-1 win square on the Reds' chins. But this fight is scheduled to go 18 rounds, and the Reds are already way ahead on points. Still, San Francisco's 673 .638 2 New York 18 30 West Oakland 33 16 Chicaji0. 30 17 Minnesota 29 21 California 25 27 Seattle 4'j-7-3 Lost 1 14 7 15-14 580 "481 9' 11-6 4 lost 1 13 13 12 14 462 10' i t-3-7 lost 1 11-17 13-11 449 7-3 Won 2 14-14 22 27 21 30 8 13 9 13 Kansas City Texas 412 13 3-7 Won 1 12-17 NL roundup Kansas City (Dotson 0-3).

5 35 Baltimore (Tibbs 2-5) at Milwaukee (Navarro 1-1), 5 35 Oakland (Welch 7-2) at Texas (Bohanon 0-2), 5 35pm Wednesday's Games Minnesota at Toronto, 9 35 a New York at Boston. 4 35 Detroit at Cleveland, 4 35 Seattle at Chicago. 5 05 California at Kansas City. 5 35 Baltimore at Milwaukee. 35 Oakland at Texas.

5 35pm z-denotes first game was a win Monday's Results Boston 5. New York 3 Baltimore 6. Milwaukee 4 Texas 1. California 0 Only games scheduled Today's Games (All Times POT) New York (Hawkins 1-4) at Boston (Dopson 0-0). 4 35pm Detroit (Petry 4-2) at Cleveland (Candiottt 5-2).

4 35 Minnesota (R Smitn 4-4) at Toronto (Wells 2-1 4 35 Seattle (Holman 6-3) at Chicago (Hibbard 4-3), 5 05 California (langston 3-5) at Martinez down after the first inning. Robinson, who had not allowed a run in his last two starts, but hadn't pitched since May 24, departed in the fourth inning after giving up a two-out walk to Leach and singles to Clark and Mitchell. Tim Layana, who replaced Robinson, endeared himself to Giant fans by wild-pitching Clark home and giving up an RBI single to Kennedy- Burkett (5-1) checked the Reds on seven hits while striking out three. It was only the second complete game a Giants pitcher has thrown all year. Sox survive slam, rally for win over A's By Martin RosalesGazette-Joumai When a pitcher serves up a grand slam, it usually spells the beginning of the end.

But for Garry Clark, it was only the beginning. Clark, one of Reno's free agent players, survived a rocky start and then pitched a strong six innings to lead the Reno Silver Sox to victory against the Modesto A's, 6-5, Monday in a California League game at Moana Municipal Stadium. Clark was rushed into service after starter David Palmer continued to experience shoulder pain. Palmer, 32, left after hurling a scoreless first inning and has apparently decided to retire from baseball. "He's going to give it up," said Reno manager Mike Brown.

"He said if his arm didn't get healthy he would go home. He doesn't want to spend his whole summer just spinning his wheels here." So Palmer went out and an unprepared Clark came in to earn his first win of the season in 10 appearances. "I only took about 15 to 20 warm-up pitches in the bullpen," Clark said. "Next time, I'm going to take more practice throws." Tim Vannaman started the second with a single, James Waggoner walked and Dean Borrelli singled to load the v- NATIONAL LEAGUE East Pet GB 110 Streak Home Away Pittsburgh 31 19 620 7-3 Won 1 17-6 14-11 Montreal 28 22 560 3 6-4 Won 2 14-9 14-13 Philadelphia 26 22 542 4 1-4-6 lost 1 12-11 14-11 St Louis 23 28 451 8' 4 6 Won 2 12-16 11-12 NewYork 21 26 447 8'? 1-3-7 lost 3 14-12 7-14 Chicago 22 29 431 9' 3-7 lost 2 8-15 14-14 West I Pet GB 110 Streak Home Away Cincinnati 33 13 717 z-7-3 lost 1 13-6 20-7 San Diego 26 24 520 9 t-7-3 Won 1 15-14 11-10 LosAnqeles 26 26 500 10 z-4-6 Won 1 15-13 11-13 San Francisco 23 29 442 13 6-4 Won 4 10-16 13-13 Atlanta 19 29 396 15 4-6 lost 1 10-13 9-16 Houston 20 31 392 15' i 1-4-6 lost 4 11-14 9-17 From page 10 Martinez struck out a batter in every inning except the ninth. He issued his only walk with two outs in the ninth, to Jeff Treadway on a full-count pitch, and then Jim Presley grounded out to end the game.

"When I warmed up. I felt great," Martinez said. "I felt like nobody was going to hit me." Martinez struck out the side in the first two innings and fanned 14 of the first 19 batters. He ended the evening as the major leagues' strikeout leader with 87, ahead of Clemens' 80. Clemens struck out 20 against the Seattle Mariners on April 29, 1986.

Carlton fanned 19 for St. Louis in a 4-3 loss to the New York Mets on Sept. 15, 1969, and Seaver struck out 19 against San Diego on April 22, 1970. Koufax fanned 18 San Francisco Giants on Aug. 31, 1959, and struck out 18 Chicago Cubs on April 24, 1962.

The only hits off Martinez were Treadway's first-inning single, Ron Gant's seventh-inning double and Gant's single in the ninth. Martinez's strikeout total eclipsed the season's major-league high of 16 by Nolan Ryan on April 26 against the Chicago White Sox. The previous National League high was 15, recorded by Dwight Gooden against the Dodgers on May 11 at New York in a seven-inning effort. Martinez, a right-hander, got all the z-denotes first game was a win Diego (Ftasmussen 5-2). 7 05 Atlanta (P Smith 4-4) at Los Angeles (Morgan 6-3).

7.35 m. Cincinnati (Armstrong 8-1) at San Francisco (Garrelts 1-6). 7 35 Wednesday's Games Cincinnati at San Francisco, 12 25pm. Houston at San Diego, 1 05 Montreal at New York. 4 35 p.m.

Chicago at Pittsburgh, 4 35 p.m. Philadelphia at St Louis. 5 35 Atlanta at Los Angeles. 7:35 p.m. Monday nesuiis Montreal 5.

New York 3 Pittsburgh 6. Chicago 2 St. Louis 3. Philadelphia 2. 11 innings San Diego 10.

Houston 2 San Francisco 10. Cincinnati 1 Los Angeles 6. Atlanta 0 Today's Games (All Times PDT) Montreal (Boyd 3-2) at New 35pm. Chicago (Pico 1-0 or Wilson 0-4) at Pittsburgh (Terrell 2-4), 4 35 m. Philadelphia (Ruffin 3-5) at St Louis (Magrane 2-8), 5 35 Houston (Deshaies 3-2) at San AssooaieJ r-tes New attitude, new pitch have Welch breezing for Oakland By Steve SneddonGazette-Joumai ARLINGTON, Texas Games used to slip away from him, lost in a blur of failed concentration.

Also blurred was what might have been for the Oakland Athletics' Bob Welch. FIREBALLER: Ramon Martinez gets ready to issue his 11th strikeout Monday. support he needed during a three-run fourth capped by Juan Samuel's two-run homer off Tom Glavine (2-4). PIRATES 6, CUBS 2 at Pittsburgh Bob Patterson pitched well in his second consecutive victory as a starter and Barry Bonds hit a two-run triple, leading surging Pittsburgh. Patterson (4-1), moved into the rotation when John Smiley went on the disabled list last month, had a 3-7 record and 5.97 ERA as a starter before this season.

In his two 1990 starts, he has allowed 11 hits and four runs, striking out nine in 13V3 innings. Patterson, who had a 6.14 career ERA entering 1990, lowered his ERA this season to 2.91 while allowing five hits in seven innings. Bill Landrum, the fourth Pittsburgh pitcher, got the last two outs for his eighth save as the Pirates won for the seventh time in nine gameS. Chicago lost for the ninth time in 12 games. Pittsburah took a 1-0 lead in the second on Welch, 33, has a 156-105 lifetime record in 13 major league seasons but has never finished with more than the 17 victories he had in each of the past two seasons for the Athletics.

pi -ifA The runners advanced on a wild pitch and Guerrero was intentionally walked with one out before Pendleton's hit off Marvin Freeman (0-1). The victory was the Cardinals third in four games and snapped a five-game losing streak against the Phillies. But St. Louis has scored three runs or less in 28 games. PADRES 10, ASTROS 2 at San Diego Garry Templeton had four hits and San Diego enjoyed its biggest inning of the season.

Templeton had a two-run single to cap an eighth-run eighth inning. Bip Roberts had three of San Diego's 15 hits and Tony Gwynn and Benito Santiago had two-run singles as the Padres won for the sixth time in seven games, beating Jim Clancy (1-5). Glenn Davis extended his Houston club record and his National League lead with his sixth homer in four games and 16th of the season, a solo shot in the ninth. run pinch single with the bases loaded in the seventh inning. Since Bud Harrelson replaced Davey Johnson last Tuesday as manager, the Mets have dropped four of five games.

Meanwhile, the surprising Expos, who outhit the Mets 13-5, have won seven of their last eight road games and six of seven overall. CARDINALS 3, PHILLIES 2 at St. Louis Terry Pendleton's RBI single over a drawn-in outfield in the 11th inning gave St. Louis the victory. The Cardinals won despite getting only four hits in the last 10 innings after Pedro Guerrero's two-run double in the first.

The Phillies got seven hits and four walks in the last four innings but only one run while stranding eight runners. Vince Coleman bounced a single high off the plate to lead off the 1 1th. He stole second and Ozzie Smith was intentionally walked. This season, Welch, who is i-i with a 2.07 earned run average, hasn let any games sup away and is poised for a 20-victory Jose Lind's one-out RBI single off Shawn Boskie (1-3). After Bonds tripled into the right-field corner in the fourth, Sid Bream, hitting .419 in his last eight games, added an RBI single as the Pirates won for the 15th time in their last 19 home games.

EXPOS 5, METS 3 at New York Nelson Santovenia, hitting only .150, delivered a two- bases. John Hosey then worked the count to 3-2 before smashing the ball deep over the right-field fence. It was his fourth homer and gave Modesto a 4-0 lead. "I threw him a fastball and he was just sitting on it," Clark said. "There was no doubt that ball was gone.

"After that inning I just concentrated on keeping the ball down low. I was throwing the sinker and I let the infield-ers do all the work." Thanks to a double-play that erased a walk, Clark retired 14 straight hitters after the grand slam and a bunt single. Eleven of the putouts came on infield grounders. "Once I got into a groove I felt great," said Clark, who missed about 20 games with tendinitis in his right shoulder. Reliever Mike Soper came on in the ninth and picked up his 10th save.

The Silver Sox cut the 4-0 lead in half with two runs in the second. Ken Whitfield led off with a solo homer to left, his team-high seventh of the season. The second run scored on a groundout by Dan Firova, allowing Mike Sarbaugh to come home from third. Reno got to Modesto starter Brons-well Patrick (3-5), 19, for three runs and the lead in the fifth. The Silver Sox sent eight batters to the plate.

Mike Easley and Tom Eiter-man hit RBI singles and Easley scored the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded walk by Sarbaugh. Reno could have scored more runs in the inning but Whitfield struckout with the bases loaded and Brad DeJardin hit into an inning-ending double play. "I got a little too anxious," Whitfield said. "I was trying too hard to drive them in." The victory was Reno's fourth straight and gave the Silver Sox a sweep of the three-game series. Reno (24-31) moved ahead of Modesto (24-32) into third place in the Cal League Northern division by half a game.

The first half of the season ends in two weeks. "At this time we're just trying to get things together for the second half," said Whitfield. Reno begins a seven-day road trip tonight against the San Jose Giants. Brunansky blooming in Beantown AL roundup ORIOLES 6, BREWERS 4 at Milwaukee Cal Ripken, in an 8-for-57 slump, hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the sixth inning that lifted Baltimore over Milwaukee in manager Frank Robinson's return to the Orioles. Baltimore's third straight victory came on a night when Robinson came back from a three-game suspension for abusing an umpire.

The Orioles squandered an early 4-1 lead and then pushed across the go-ahead run thanks to Milwaukee's 58th error of the season. YANKEES DEAL FOR NOKES The New York Yankees obtained catcher-designated hitter Matt Nokes from the Detroit Tigers on Monday for pitchers Lance McCullers and Clay Parker. Nokes, a left-handed hitter, was batting .270 with 3 homers and 8 RBIs in 44 games. New York has been looking for a left-handed hitter to take advantage of the short right-field porch at Yankee Stadium. As a rookie in 1987, he was named to the American League All-Star team.

He hit .289 with 32 homers and 87 RBIs that year but slipped to just .250 with 9 homers and 39 RBIs last year. McCullers, obtained by the Yankees from San Diego last year, is primarily a short reliev- From wire service reports Tom Brunansky and Fenway Park: a perfect fit. Brunansky drove in four runs with a homer, a sacrifice fly and a tie-breaking double in the eighth inning Monday night as the Boston Red Sox beat New York 5-3, the Yankees' eighth loss in nine games. "Any time I come to this ballpark I feel very comfortable, no pressure at all," Brunansky said after powering the Red Sox to their fifth victory in seven games. In eight games at Fenway since being acquired from St.

Louis in a trade for Lee Smith on May 4, Brunansky is 13-for-31 (.419) with four homers and 13 RBIs. "He kind of likes Fenway, let's hope he continues to like it for 10 years," Boston manager Joe Morgan said. Ellis Burks drew a leadoff walk from Jeff Robinson (0-4) in the eighth, stole second and continued to third on catcher Bob Geren's throwing error. Brunansky welcn "I think he has a good chance to win 20," said Oakland pitching coach Dave Duncan said. "If he's won 17 before, all you have to do is win three of those games that got away." For years, Welch, tonight's starter against the Texas Rangers at Arlington Stadium, was a succes-ful pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He was 16-11 in 1982, 14-4 in 1985 and 15-9 in 1987. But there was always a sense of failure. Welch said he remembers just the games that could've given him three additional victories last year. "There's a couple of games last year, if I had done my job, bearing down, not getting any more runs than I did, I would've been knocking on the door," he said. "I would've gotten the 20 myself." Welch said there are parallels between life and pitching.

He and his wife, Mary Ellen, were rocked by adversity. His mother died a day after the couple's first child, a son, Dillon, was born. In October, their new home in San Francisco's Marina district was severely damaged by the Oct. 17 earthquake. "It seems like we got busted in the chops a couple of times," Welch said.

"You couldn't run from it. You couldn't hide. "I see other guys on the club who are close with their moms Dave Stewart, Rickey Henderson. It still crushes your heart sometimes. No doubt about it.

It's made me a better person. It's the most devastating thing I've had to undergo in my life." Welch likened overcoming setbacks on the mound to life. "You think about the positives," he said. "You don't let the negatives get to you. It doesn't compare in magnitude (to life), but it's similar.

"If you're having difficulty, you can't change that. You can only deal with what's at hand, the next hitter." On the mound, things have settled nicely. Welch has a different approach to pitching, and a new pitch. This is the second year he has thrown the split-fingered fastball. Welch said he has a sense, too, of when to use the pitch.

"Before, I would think, 'Let me throw 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 fastballs," Welch said. "I've definitely incorporated a variety of pitches into what I do. I've incorporated them from the beginning of a game." followed with a double high off the left-center field wall for a 4-3 lead and scored on Mike Greenwell's single. Jeff Reardon (2-1) pitched two scoreless innings, sending the Yankees to their third straight loss. "What can I say, what can I say?" New York manager Bucky Dent asked.

"All I can say is every night we're in a game. I haven't seen anything quite like this as far as being in every game and not winning a few." RANGERS 1, ANGELS 0 at Arlington Kevin Brown outdueled Kirk McCaskill and Texas scored an unearned run in the third inning to edge California. Brown (6-4) gave up five hits in seven-plus innings. He struck out a season-high seven, walked none and ended his four-game losing streak. Kenny Rogers escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and got his first save.

McCaskill (3-3) allowed four hits in seven innings. He struck out three and walked four as the Angels lost for the seventh time in 21 games. SILVER SOX NOTES Catcher Tom Lach-mann joined the team Monday after coming from Cleveland's extended spring training program in St. Petersburg, Fla. Will Van Poppel accept Oakland's pitch? A's notebook Osborne I By Steve SneddonGazette-Joumai ARLINGTON, Texas The Oakland Athletics aren't sure if they can sign righthanded pitcher Todd Van Poppel, their first choice in Monday's draft, but Oakland general manager Sandy Alder-son said it's worth the gamble.

The A's used the 14th pick in the draft to select Van Poppel, from Arlington, Texas, Martin H.S., who has repeated his intention to go to the University of Texas. "We would characterize it as not excessive, prudent," Alderson said. "We see it as a risk, but the risk is minimized by a couple of things." If the Athletics are unable to sign Van Poppel, they would receive a compensation pick after the first round in next year's draft. Alderson said the Athletics also compared Van Poppel's potential with the talent left on the 14th pick. "If he signs, we have a player we think can be central to our success in the near future," Alderson said.

Asked if a landmark contract for an amateur free agent could sign Van Pop- pel, 9-3 with a 0.97 ERA this year, will face Duncanville right-handed pitcher Todd Ritchie, who was drafted by Minnesota as the 12th pick of the first round. "I'll be going to college," said the younger Van Poppel. "Things I want to achieve, I have to go to college." IRON MAN Canseco is the only Athletics' player who has started in all 49 of the team's games. In the first half of Canseco's major league career (1985-87), he batted .253 (335 for He's batting .301 (308 for 1023) from 1988 to 1990. PICKING UP THE PACE Infielder Mike Gallego is a .250 hitter (1 6 for 64) in his last 20 games.

He began the season with only four hits in his first 44 at bats KINGS OF THE HILL The pitching matchups for the A series against Texas are Bob Welch (7-2, 2.07 ERA) against Brian Bo-hannon (0-2, 5.81) tonight, Scott Sanderson (6-2, 3.07) facing Nolan Ryan (4-2, 5.28) Wednesday and Mike Moore (4-5, 4.59) against Bobby Witt (2-7, 5.09) Thursday. Both Bohannon (tender left shoulder) and Ryan (back) are returning from Injuries. pel, Alderson said, "It's possible." Alderson said Van Poppel won't visit Arlington Stadium this week where the Athletics open a three-game series Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers. Van Poppel's Arlington Matin team plays in the Texas high school 5-A state tournament at Austin beginning Thursday night. Both Van Poppel and his father, Hank, sound skeptical that the right-handed pitcher will sign with the club, but there might be a way.

Van Poppel's coach at Arlington Martin has a proposal for Athletics' manager Tony La Russa. "I'll get Todd to sign with Oakland if he'll loan me (Jose) Canseco for Thursday night," King said. Aside from that proposal, the Van Poppels don't sound as if the pitcher will sign with Oakland. "I feel very strongly nothing is going to change his mind," said the father. In the semifinals at Austin, Van Pop- From page 1D to move up to higher levels and excel.

"It's a thrill for me to have coached all of them. As a coach you always hope to be able to bring out that talent. Osborne and the others had that talent to begin with, though." Osborne said he expected to go high in the draft. In fact, he was surprised to have lasted so long. "I was up at 8 in the morning and just spent most of the day waiting," he said.

"I finally got a call at about 11:30 but it wasn't the Cardinals, it was some newspaper guy from Las Vegas. I still haven't talked to St. Louis. Maybe we keep missing each other or else I should try calling them. "I didn't even think St.

Louis would pick me because I didn't talk to them at all. I expected to be picked by San Francisco or Oakland." Associated Press THANKS, BUT NO Even the world champion A's might have trouble signing Todd Van Poppel..