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mm 16 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Friday, August 4, 1989 BASEBALL Major League standings National League East Division Bucs left in loss to stranded Expos i g. I r. MS 1 I Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away Montreal 63 44 .589 7-3 Won 3 33-22 30-22 Chicago 60 47 .561 3 7-3 Lost 1 29-23 31-24 St Louis 55 49 .529 6V 5-5 Won 1 30-25 25-24 IMew York 55 51 .519 7Vi 2-8 Lost 1 33-18 22-33 Pmlw 45 61 .425 17Vi 4-6 Lost 8 22-29 23-32 Philadelphia 43 63 .406 6-4 Won 1 25-28 18-35 West Division Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away San Francisco 62 45 .579 4-6 Lost 1 34-15 28-30 Houston 61 47 .565 1V 5-S Lost 2 32-25 29-22 San Diego 53 54 .495 9 6-4 Won 2 26-26 2728 Cincinnati 50 57 .467 12 5-5 Won 2 27-28 23-29 Los Angeles 50 58 .463 12V. 4-6 Won 1 27-25 23-33 Atlanta 43 64 .402 19 3-7 Lost 2 25-33 18-31 American League East Division Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away Baltimore 55 51 .519 2-8 Won 1 29-21 26-30 Boston 52 52 .500 2 6-4 Lost 1 27-25 25-27 Toronto 53 54 .495 2' 5-5 Won 1 25-27 28-27 i.Cleveland 52 54 .491 3 5-5 Won 1 28-25 24-29 Milwaukee 52 55 .486 3' 7-3 Lost 1 31-25 21-30 New York SO 57 .467 SVi 4-6 Lost 1 28-26 22-31 Detroit 37 68 .352 17' 4-6 Won 1 22-31 15-37 West Division Pet GB L10 Streak Home Away California 64 42 .604 6-4 Won 1 37-18 27-24 Oakland 65 43 .602 6-4 Lost 1 40-20 2523 Kansas City 58 48 .547 6 4-6 Lost 1 35-16 23-32 Texas 57 48 .543 6V 5-5 Lost 1 31-22 26-26 Minnesota 53 54 .495 11 7-3 Won 1 28-24 25-30 Seattle 51 55 .481 13 4-6 Lost 1 29-23 222 Chicago 45 63 .417 20 4-6 Won 1 23-28 22-35 FROM PAGE 13 LaValliere drew an intentional walk, and Jay Bell bounced into an inning-ending fielder's choice. The Pirates had another great opportunity in the seventh inning when Montreal led, 3-0.

LaValliere and Bell opened with singles. But John Cange-losi, with one hit in his last 16 pinch-hitting at-bats, bounced into a double play. The Pirates did score when Spike Owen fumbled Bonds' bouncer near second, but after Bonds stole second, Lind looked at a third strike from Perez. In the eighth, Reynolds singled with two outs, but with King up, Reynolds was thrown out stealing for only the second time in 17 tries this season. "People say, 'What are you doing stealing Ley-land said.

"But we haven't hit home runs all year. We're going to be aggressive. Maybe we can slip in a run there and get another in the ninth. We've been waiting for home runs all year, and we haven't gotten them." The Expos got a much-needed home run in the seventh Inning from Owen, that coming with Tim Wallach on second base and one out. Owen, who fouled off four pitches, lifted a 2-and-2 pitch from Rick Reed over the right-field wall.

That ballooned the Expos' lead from 1-0 to 3-0 and detracted only slightly from Reed's effort. "He pitched outstanding," Leyland said of the righthander who has, at least for now, taken Randy Kramer's spot in the rotation. "I like what I see." Of Reed and the Expos. "They're playing like a first-place club," Leyland said. "They're not ripping the cover off the ball now, but they're pitching well and playing good defense.

If their pitching holds up and they get rolling with the NOTEBOOK Rose case decision will be appealed By The Associated Press Pete Rose's lawyers said yesterday they will appeal the decision to keep Rose's suit against baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti in federal court. The lawyers want the case returned to Hamilton County Common Pleas Court in Cincinnati, Rose's hometown, where Judge Norbert Nadel issued a temporary restraining order June 25 preventing Giamatti from conducting a hearing on gambling allegations involving Rose. The case was transferred to federal court on July 5 at the request of baseball's lawyers. On Monday, U.S.

District Judge John Holschuh of Columbus denied Rose's motion to return the case to the state court system. Rose's lawyers said they would appeal Holschuh's order next week in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. Mookie and Maz are ex-Mets hoping to make a difference for a new team in a new league. With the New York Mets this season Mookie Wilson and Lee Mazzilli were platooned, forgotten and, in Mazzilli's case, released.

Welcome to Toronto. A change of location has the former and current teammates surging ahead, with the aim of helping the Blue Jays chase down Baltimore in the AL East. The two combined for five hits, three RBI and three runs Wednesday in Toronto's 8-0 victory over Kansas City, leaving the Blue Jays just 2V4 games behind the Orioles. Mazzilli, hours after arriving in Toronto, had a solo homer, two singles and two walks in five at bats. Wilson, not wanting to be left out, had two hits and a run scored.

Wilson immediately showed PIRATES BOX Wednesday's gams Montreal 3, Pirates 1 MONTREAL PIRATE ab bl ab bl 4 0 10 2010 4 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 10 4 0 0 0 3 110 3 0 10 10 0 0 DMrtnz ef Huson 2b Brooks rf Rainea if Aldrala 1b Burke Wallach 3b Santoven 0 Owen as Perez Galarrg 1b 4 110 3 0 0 0 4 0 10 4 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 0 4 0 0 0 3 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bonds If Lind 2b VanSlyk cf Bonllla 3b RHeylds rf King 1b LVIhere 0 Bell ss GWilsn ph RReed 2 0 0 0 Cangels ph 10 0 0 MSmilh 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 0 Telale Montreal 33 1 3 000 001 2003 OOO 000 1001 Plralea Owen. DP Montreal 1, Piratea 1 LOB Montreal 4, Pirataa 7. 28 Bonilla, Raines, Wallach. HR Owen (5). SB Lind (11), OaMartlnez(13).

Bonds (18). 8 Huson. Montreal pJtching IP ER BB SO 0 3 5 0 0 0 Perez W.6-10 Burke 8,23 1 0 Pfrsle pitching IP RReed L.0-2 7 7 MSmith 2 1 Umpirea Home. McSherrv: ER BB 80 3 0 0 0 0 1 First. Wast; Second, Crawford; Third, Williams.

2:26. A 27.845. bats for a month, they may blow the thing open." NOTES Lind played game despite a stiff neck, sustained when he made a diving stop of Jeff Huson's ground ball in the fourth inning Tuesday night Nelson Santovenia singled to right in the fifth inning Tuesday night, and Glenn Wilson threw the ball over first base. LaValliere caught it on one bounce near the plate. "If Santovenia had tried to score on his hit, he'd have been a dead duck," Wilson said.

"I had him by 200 feet." Montreal's Dennis Martinez (12-1) was trying for his 12th straight victory last night. His 11 -decision streak is the longest in the National League since Dwight Gooden won 14 straight in 1985 (May 30-Aug. 25) Third baseman Chris Brown missed Buffalo's double-header in Louisville Tuesday night because he said he had the flu. Brown didn't even go to the ballpark. Vil 1 I iAlsltfalsYsTtslillliW i I li I I .1 4.

i 1 I i li National League Thursday's result 18 Houston 2 St. Louis 6 New York 5 Montreal at Pirates. i Chicago at Philadelphia. San Diego at Atlanta. San Francisco at Los Angeles.

Saturday's schedule Chicago at Pirate. 3:20 p.m. San Diego at Los Angeles, 3:20 p.m. Houston at San Francisco. 3:20 p.m.

i Atlanta at Cincinnati, 7:05 p.m. Montreal at New York, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m. Wednesday's results 4 Montreal 3 Piratea 1 Cincinnati 5 Houston 2 Philadelphia 6 Chicago 0 San Diego 9 Atlanta 7 New York 4 St.

Louis 3 Los Angeles 7 San Francisco 4 American League Thursday' result Chicago 6 Oakland 4 Minnesota at New York. Cleveland at Boston. Texas at Detroit. Kansas City at Toronto. California at Seattle.

Only games scheduled. Saturday' schedule Cleveland at Boston, 1:05 p.m. New York at Toronto, 1:35 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m. Texas at Baltimore, 7:35 p.m.

California at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:35 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10:05 p.m. Wednesday' results Cleveland 1 Milwaukee 0 New York 7 Minnesota 6 -Minnesota 4 New York 3 Baltimore 9 Boston 8 Detroit 6 Texas 4 Toronto 8 Kansas City 0 California? Seattle 0 Oakland 2 Chicago 0 1' Allan Barnes Post-Gazette Today's pitching formrecords as starters Cleanup hitter Tim Raines, who doubled in the first run in the Expos' 3-1 win Wednesday, is batting .363 in his past 24 starts. Cards top Mets, Musselman, 6-5 weekday afternoon crowd in Busch Stadium history.

White Sox 6, Athletics 4 OAKLAND, Calif. Ron Karkovice's first career triple broke a sixth-inning tie and Chicago ended Oakland's four-game winning streak. Dan Pasqua led off the sixth with a walk off Bob Welch (11-6) and scored on Karkovice's two-out triple off the wall in right-center. The White Sox added an insurance run in the seventh when Calderon singled, stole second and raced home as Greg Walker beat out an infield hit, knocking the ball out of catcher Terry Steinbach's glove for an error. Oakland made up a 4-2 deficit in the fifth inning when Rickey Henderson led off with a walk against starter Richard Dotson, stole his 50th base of the season and scored on Jose Canseco's double.

Henderson became the first American League player to steal 50 bases in nine different seasons. By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS Tom Pagnozzi's run-scoring single broke a sixth-inning tie and Milt Thompson matched his career high with four RBI as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets, 6-5, yesterday. Pagnozzi, a reserve catcher hitting just .167 in 66 at-bats this season, lined a two-out, run-scoring single in the sixth inning off reliever Jeff Musselman (0-1).

Pedro Guerrero started the inning with an infield hit and advanced on a passed ball before Pagnozzi sihgled to left, driving in only his third run of the season. The loss was the first in the National League for Musselman, who was making his debut with the Mets after being ac-quired on Monday from Toronto. Thompson hit a three-run home run, his third, in the third inning and had a run-scoring groundout to help the Cardinals rebound from a 4-1 deficit. St. Louis also got a solo home run in the second from Terry Pendleton, his seventh.

Dan Quisenberry (3-1) got the last out in the sixth to get the victory. John Costello bSSBSSSBSfSSSM pitched 2 innings, allowing only Juan Samuel's two-out double in the ninth. Ken Dayley intentionally walked Howard Johnson before getting Darryl Strawberry to pop out to second baseman Jose Oquendo for his eighth save. Oquendo caught the ball despite colliding with right fielder John Morris. Kevin Elster hit a three-run home run, his fifth, to cap a four-run second for New York off St.

Louis starter Ken Hill, who was charged with all five New York runs. The Mets' eighth-place hitter has 11 RBI in his last nine games and is hitting .392 (20 for 51) in his last 16 games. Dave Magadan also drove in a run in the inning with a sacrifice fly. After falling behind, 5-4, the Mets tied the score in the sixth on rookie Keith Miller's RBI single. Mets starter David Cone gave up five hits and five runs in five innings.

The paid crowd of 44,496 was the largest National League Yr.todsts Vi.opp. at sits Last 3 starta Prababls 1889 1989 1SB1 Tm pitchsr(H) Odd! Timt W-l ERA W-L IP EBA W-L IP ERA Chicago Bielecki (R 7:35 10-5 2.84 2-0 22 1.99 Pirates Dra5ek(R) E-6 p.m. 8-7 2.94 0-0 9 0.00 1-1 19V, 6.98 Montreal Smilh(R) 7:35 9-4 2.13 0-1 7 1.29 0-1 20 2.70 New York Ojeda(L) 6-7 p.m. 6-9 3.85 1-0 18 1.93 Ttlanta Smith (Rl 7:35 2-11 4.99 0-1 13 6.92 Cincinnati Mahler (R (W p.m. 9-10 3.43 0-2 19VS 5.59 Philadelphia Cook (I) 8:35 5-3 2.97 1-0 8 2.25 2-0 20 3.92 St.

Louis Magrane(L) 7-8 p.m. 12-7 2.95 1-0 9 1.00 2-1 23 2.66 San Diego Whitson(R) 10:35 14-7 2.78 1-0 7 1.29 2-1 18 4.00 Los Angeles Wetteland(R) Pick p.m. 0-1 3.45 0-1 15 3.45 'Houston Portugal(R) 10:35 2-1 3.65 2-0 20 1.74 SanFran. LaCoss(R) 6-7 p.m. 2-2 4.71 1-1 20 3.15 American League Yr.todila Vs.

opp. at site Lm! 3 Harts Probable 1999 1989 1M pitcher (H) Oddl Tima W-L ERA W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA Oakland Stewart (R) 6'A-7Vi 4:35 15-6 3.52 1-0 6 6.00 2-1 23 3.47 "Seattle Holman(R) p.m. 4-2 3.64 1-1 18 4.34 1 Cleveland Black (L) 7:35 7-8 3.84 1-0 6 6.75 1-1 17 6 75 Boston Boddicker(R) VlrVh p.m. 9-7 4.31 1-0 5 3.18 2-0 18 0.98 NewYork Parker(R) 7:35 3-1 426 0-0 16 7.16 Toronto Slieb(R) 6-7 p.m. 10-6 4.11 1-1 15 5.74 "Texas Hough (R) 8:05 5-11 5 22 0-2 16 8 44 Baltimore Schmidt (R) Pick p.m.

8-11 5.34 0-3 14 7.71 Kansas City Aquino (R) 8:05 4-4 3 23 3-0 25 0.72 Minnesota Anderson (L) Pick p.m. 11-9 4.13 0-0 9 3.00 2-1 17 5.19 California Finley(L) 8 30 12-7 2 44 2-1 24 2 25 "Milwaukee Reuss(L) Pick p.m. 8-5 4.85 1-0 19 3.79 'Detroit Morris (R) 8:30 2-8 4 95 0-2 16 8.10 Chicago Rosenberg (L) E-6 p.m. 2-6 5.29 1-2 19 5.12 Today's picks: Boston (BoddickerlSS. Kansas City (Aquino)SS.

St. Louts (Magrane)SS. Bottom team is home team. Favored team is designated by odds beside pitcher's name. All pitching data re- tied the pitcher's past performance as a "starter." The odds are estimated lines.

Best bet. Above average play. Average play. Pirates calendar Home his straight-ahead hustle, turning a sure first-inning single into a sparkling, fist-pumping double. Upon joining the Blue Jays, Wilson and Mazzilli become the latest castof fs from a team that won the NL East last season.

Last month, the Mets released Mazzilli, whose role had been reduced to pinch-hitting and spot duty. He went 11-for-60 (.183) for New York this season. Wilson, unhappy with part-time status, had often asked for a trade to a team he could play for every day. With an injury to starter Junior Felix, Wilson has that chance with Toronto. With just two months left in the season, the American League West poised to reverse a 12-year-old trend.

On its current pace, the East will win fewer games than the West for the first time since 1977. Last year, the East won 568 games to the West's 563, and that was the closest the two divisions had been since '77. Going into yesterday's games, the East had won 351 games to the West's 392. "A few years ago, there was no comparison between the East and West," Joe Carter of Cleveland said. "Now, you see the rise of the AL West.

I wouldn't say the East has gotten worse, but the West has caught up. There is parity now." Only one West team, the Chicago White Sox, has a losing record against the East, 26-33. IN PEBATES STA7S Excluding yeeterday'a game) Batting wonders on sun works thing I'm very fortunate to play," he said. "I love the game very much. Not as Hank Aaron says nobody loves it any more.

I really do love it. I play it because I couldn't be a brain surgeon. Maybe I would have loved being a brain surgeon, too. But I didn't get my high school diploma." Actually, Blyleven went to high school in Garden near Anaheim Stadium. Last season obviously rankles him.

Asked if he thought he should be considered for AL Comeback Player of the Year, Blyleven the wrong place." California Managaer Doug Rader said he doesn't know where the Angels would be without Blyleven. He has the best record and the best ERA among the Angels starters. In his 22 starts, California is 16-6. "The bottom line is he can do remarkable things for a ball-club," Rader said. "He could very easily have 15 or 16 wins without even stretching it.

Whatever Bert Blyleven gets, he's going to earn and he's going to deserve it. I don't think godsend is too strong a word for him." PIRATES DATA California FROM PAGE 15 Blyleven halted a three-game Angels losing skid. He says he enjoys the pressure of pitching in big games. He ended a five-game California losing streak when he beat Toronto, 1-0, in the Sky Dome July 18. The man who was born in Zeist, Holland, has pitched for Texas, Cleveland and the Pirates in addition to two stints in Minnesota.

His a big-league career began in 1970, the season he was the AL Rookie Pitcher of the Year for the Twins. "I look at baseball as some CUBS STATS (Excluding yeaterday'a game) Batting Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon.

Tue. Wed. Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 Chicago Chicago Chicago SI. Louis St. Louis St.

Louis 7:35 p.m. 3:20 p.m. 1:35 p.m. 7:35 p.m. 7:35 p.m.

7:35 p.m. P2RATES SCQUmiG REPORT LEAGUE LEADERS Baaed on 300 at-bata. Excluding yesterday's gamea. National League AB LarkinCin 62 315 GwynnSD 107 416 L. Smith Atl 85 308 "'w Clark SF 107 394 GraceChi 90 319 Guerrero StL 104 356 fcaines Mon 92 317 H.

Johnson NY 99 363 OquendoStL 103 362 Mitchell SF 102 360 Ft 45 107 59 139 60 102 69 130 40 102 36 106 65 94 76 107 40 106 67 105 Avg .340 .334 .331 .330 .320 .298 .297 .295 .293 .292 Agricultural report: Buffalo (66-48) beat Nashville, 7-2, Wednesday. Morris Madden i (9-5) got the win. First baseman Orlando Merced, just up from Harrisburg, went 4-for-5 with an RBI. Harrisburg (56-50) had the day off. Salem (52-56) beat Lynchburg, 8-0.

Paul Miller (6-9) pitched the shutout. Shortstop Mike Huyler hit a two-run home he replied dryly, "I didn't go anywhere." Then he said, "I think the Comeback Player of the Year should be someone who comes off of surgery or something like that. There was nothing wrong with me last year other than a couple physical things. Now, I've got proof that I'm OK." With the Angels and his career pointed in the right direction, Blyleven even can find humor in his sore thumb of last season. "That's the Dutch in me," he said.

"I just put the thumb in aa of the Month, Mark Grace, Is fifth in the league in batting and holds a lifetime average of .500 (23-for- 64) against the Pirates Ryne Sandberg has gone hltless in his last 13 at-bats against Pittsburgh pitching. Sutclifte leads the Cubs with five complete games and is 2-1 with two complete games against the Pirates this season. Reliever Mitch Will-lams leads the majors In saves (27), earning two against the Pirates in six appearances. Domingo Ramos Is hitting .435 against the Pirates with one home run and six RBI Former Pirate Bielecki leads the Cubs with a 2.84 ERA and two shutouts. He has faced his former teammates twice this season and is 1-1 with a 2.55 ERA (14.1 innings pitched, four earned runs) and has an ERA of 1.61 (22V4 Innings pitched, four earned runs) in four career appearances vs.

the Pirates. Pirates shortstop Rafael Belliard Is hitting .389 (7-for-18 with two RBI) vs. Chicago this season. Belliard has driven in 18 career runs against the Cubs, his highest output against all NL opponents. Drabek Is 5-1 In 11 career games against the Cubs, including a 1-0 record this year and a 0.50 ERA (8 innings pitched, one earned rin).

The Pirates have hit only one home run against Chicago this season. AB H2b3b HR RBI Avg. 204 33 68 19 3 5 32 .333 319 40102 20 0 7 51 .320 286 35 85 19 2 4 28 .297 160 30 47 6 1 9 28 .294 119 9 35 4 1 1 14 .294 284 35 75 13 4 7 31 .264 397 64105 15 3 15 43 .264 23032 60 10 3 3 17 .261 51 5 13 2 0 0 4 .255 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 237 36 69 10 5 10 40 .249 283 32 70 12 0 4 39 ,247 131 14 31 4 2 1 9 .237 301 29 70 16 2 5 31 .233 70 6 16 4 0 1 6 .214 83 5 17 1 0 1 6 .205 48 5 9 2 0 0 5 .188 33 1 3 0 0 0 2 .091 33 1 2 0 0 0 1 .061 42 0 1 0 0 0 2 .024 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 AB H2b3b HR RBI Avg. Garcia 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Bair 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 LaVallere 81 9 28 2 0 0 11 .346 Reynolds 238 32 69 14 0 38 .290 Heaton 28 2 8 0 0 0 2 .286 Redua 189 24 53 11 4 3 17 .280 Wilson 271 39 73 15 3 9 43 .269 Bonilla 40164104 22 7 13 52 .259 Bonds 39165 98 24 4 14 42 .251 Reed 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Ortiz 195 16 47 5 0 1 21 .241 Cangelosl 106 14 25 2 1 0 7 .236 Lind 407 42 96 14 3 2 34 .236 Van Slyke 294 44 69 10 7 3 27 .235 Belliard 126 7 29 4 0 0 8 .230 Walk 45 2 10 1 1 0 8 222 -Bream 36 3 8 3 0 0 -4 .222 Distelano 109 9 24 5 0 0 9 .220 Bilardeilo 31 5 6 2 0 0 2 .194 King 75 7 13 4 3 2 6 .173 Kramer 26 1 4 1 1 0 1 .154 Bell 59 3 8 2 0 0 2 .136 Prince 52 1 7 4 0 0 5 .135 Kipper 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 .125 Dranek 46 1 4 0 0 0 1 .087 Smiley 47 5 2 0 0 5 .106 Robinson 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Landrum 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Little 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 American League AB 106 424 87 305 100 390 96 345 100 349 104 413 105 406 104 388 104 431 87 30d 53 54 67 45 69 69 66 59 59 21 146 104 132 113 113 134 132 124 136 95 Avg .344 .341 .338 .328 .324 .324 .324 .320 .316 .308 Puckett Min A. Davis Sea Boggs Bsn Lanslord Oak Baines Tex Sierra Tex Yount Mil Franco Tex Sax NY Steinbach Oak RUNS-RHenderson, Oakland, 81; McGriff, Toronto.

69; Sierra. Texaa, 69; Boggs, Boston, 67; Tettleton, Baltimore. 67. RBI-Sierra, Texas, 79; Franco, Texas. 73; Mattingly.

NewYork. 73; Yount. Milwaukee, 71; Carter. Cleveland. 70.

HITS-Puckett, Minnesota. 146; Sax. New York, 136; Sierra. Texas, 134; Boggs, Boston, 132: Yount. Milwaukee.

132. OOUBLES-Boggs. Boston. 36; Puckett, Minnesota, 33; Reed, Boston, 30; Sierra, Texas. 29; Yount.

Milwaukee. 28. TRIPLE 8-DWhite. California. 10: PBradlay.

Baltimore. 10; Sierra, Texas, 10; Boggs, Boston. 4 are tied with 6. HOME RUNS-McGriff, Toronto. 28; Dear.

Milwaukee. 25; BJackson, Kansas City. 22; Tettleton. Baltimore. 22; Whitaker.

Detroit, 22. STOLEN BASE8-RHenoerson. Oakland, 49; Espy, Texas, 32; Guillen. Chicago. 30; Sax, New York, 30; DWhlte, California.

28; Pettis. Detroit. 28 PITCHING (a 1 1-2. 846. 2 31: Swindell.

Cleveland. 13-3. .813, 2 69; Montgomery. Kansas City. 7-2, .778.

1.32: Moors. Oakland. 14-5, .737. 2.25, Gordon. Kansas City, 1 1-4, .733.

3 17 STRIKEOUTS-Ryan, Texas. 190; Clemens. Boston. 150; Viola. Minnesota.

138; Bosio. Milwaukee. 131; CFinley, California, 120; Moore. Oakland. 120.

SAVES-Plesac. Milwaukee. 25: DJones. Cleveland. 24; Russell, Taxaa.

22; Thigpan, Chicago, 22; Schooler, Seattle, 21. STARTERS For the first tima sine 1984. the Chicago Cubs have three 10-game winners on their staff Ptk Sutclifte, Greg Maddux and Mike Bielecki Oakland is thai only team this season with tour 10-game winners Dave Stewart. Mike Moore, Bob Welch and Storm Davis. Pirates vs.

Cubs: Three games at Three Rivers Stadium, tonight at tomorrow at Sunday at 1:35. Starters: Mike Bielecki (10-5) vs. Doug Drabek (8-7); Rick Sutclifte (11-9) vs. John Smiley (9-6); Paul Kilgus (6-10) vs. Jeff Robinson (5-9).

TV-Radio: Tonight's game will be televised by KDKA; tomorrow's game can be seen on NBC's Game of the Week; Sunday's game will be televised by the KBL Entertainment Network. All Pirates games can be heard on KDKA (1020 AM) and The Pirates Radio Network. Notes: The Cubs are one of two teams (Houston being the other) that the Pirates have not beaten this season at Three Rivers. The Cubs lead the 1989 series, 6-3, including a three-game sweep In Pittsburgh, June 20-22 Chicago has won 10 of its past 15 games against the Pirates and has had only two losing road trips this season. The Cubs are second in the league in hitting and third in pitching.

Dwight Smith and Jerome Walton lead NL rookies In batting. Smith ts batting .340 with five homers and 32 RBI in 64 games and Walton Is hitting .297 with four homers and 28 RBI In 70 games, including a .375 average 1 5-for-40) in nine games against the Pirates. July's National League Player Smith Grace Walton McClendon Ramos Dunston Sandberg Webster Maddux Lancaster Pico Dawson Berryhill Wilkerson Law Jackson Girardi Sutclifte Kilgus Sanderson Bielecki Schiraldi Williams Wilson Pitching 8 IP Lancastr 3 0 2 26 Williams 1 227 57 Bielecki 10 5 0 133' Wilson 4 0 2 52 Maddui 11 8 0 146t Suicnra 11 9 0 155 Pico 2 1 0 57' Schiraldi 3 4 4 68 Sandrsn 9 7 0 108' Kilgus 610 2 115 ER 16 0 43 10 113 42 48 17 133 48 126 59 59 22 51 30 110 52 127 56 BB 80ERA 5 18 0 00 34 46 1 58 49 96 2 84 12 32 2 94 59 76 2 95 42 102 3 42 22 27 3 45 44 48 3 93 19 58 4 32 37 44 4 38 STARS In his first game with Toronto. Lee Mazzilli went 3-tor-3 with a homer, two RBls and two runs scored as the Blue Jays beat Kansas City B-O. SIDELINED The Pirates placed left-hander Bob Kipper on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a hyperextended left elbow sustained when ha swung and missed a pitch in batting practice.

RUNS-HJohnson. New York. 76; WCIark. 'fcan Francisco. 69; Mitchell, San Francisco, 67; RThompson, San Francisco, 67; Bonds, 65.

RBI-Mitchell, San Francisco. 90; WCIark, San Francisco, 76, HJohnson, New York. 67; Guerrero, St. Louis. 66; GDavis.

Houston. 62; Murray. Los Angeles, 62; ONeill. Cincinnati, 62. Francisco, 130: RAIomar.

San Diego. 113; Wallach, Montreal, 112; Butler, San Francisco, 108 DOUBLES-Wallach. Montreal. 33: Guerrero. St.

Louis, 29; HJohnson, New York, 28; Hamilton, Los Angeles, 25; Mitchell, San Francisco. 25. TRIPLES-RThompson, San Francisco. Roberts, San Diego, Van 8lyke, Pirates, Bonilla, Pirates, Coleman. St.

Louis. TGwynn. 6an Diego. 6: Uribe. San Francisco, 6.

ui" HOME RUN8-Mitcheil. San Francisco, 33; HJohnson. New York, 26; GDavis. Houston. 23: i Strawberry, New York, 22: EOavia.

Cincinnati. tft STOLEN BASES-Coleman, St. Louis. 45: Young. Houston, 33; TGwynn.

San Diego. 32; HJohnson, New York, 29; ONixon, Montreal, -28 PITCHING decielona)-DeMartinez. Montreal. 12-1, 923. 3 04; Darwin, Houston, 10-2, .833.

2 16; Scott. Houston, 17-5. 773. 2 45: Fernandai. New York.

9-3, .750, 2 75; Garrefts, San Francisco. 9-3. .750, 2.42: Langston. Montreal. 9-3.

.750, 2 02. STRIKEOUTS-OeLeon. St. Louis. 135: oi-Belcner.

Loa Angelea, 134; Smottt, Atlanta. 132; Hurst. San Diego, 128; Scott. Houaton, 125 i SAVES-MaOavta, San Diego. 27: MIWil-tiame, Chicago.

27; Franco, Cincinnati, 25; Burke. Montreal. 23; OaSmtth, Houaton. 21; JHowell, Los Angelea. 21.

run, his third. Second baseman Jeff Stout went 3-for-4. Augusta (66-49) beat Fay-etteville, 4-3. Third baseman Flavio Williams went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Wetland 1 6-28) lost at Geneva, 5-2.

Shortstop Austin Man-ahan had two hits. Princeton (23-20) split a double-header at Johnson City, losing, 3-2, and winning, 4-0. In the first game, first baseman Bill Holmes hit his fifth home run. Ramon Valdez (4-1) pitched a complete game in the second game. Bradenton (15-23) lost to the Expos, 5-3.

Left fielder Keith Rogers hit his first home run. STREAKS Oakland has not allowed stun In 21 Innings Baltimore snapped a five-game losing streak with a 9-8 victory over Baltimore Wednesday. Pitching 0 0 115 2 0 6 0 1 7 0 IP 4 3 ER BB 0 0 3 19 7 10 49 40 50 53 24 30 43 43 36 40 6 7 80ERA 3 0 00 36 0 52 25 2 05 99 2 78 71 2 94 48 3 21 32 3 99 33 4 12 6 4 38 50 4 44 58 4 48 13 4 50 4 5 69 6 7 07 8 7 94 9 8 44 Smith Landrm Bair Smiley Orabek Kipper Heaton Kramer Easley Walk Robnan Reed Madvm Madden Fisher Garcia 52' 29 30 24 I ISS' 132 153 134 67' 49 I 97 95 I 78'1 68 I 12'4 I 127 136 I 84' 88 I 20 20 I El 6 I 14 17 I 17 25 63 46 42 37 10 3 5 11 13 15 10 15 a 0 16 25 -On disabled list. HOME ATTENDANCE (48 detee) tan S13 041 (Avg. IS S33) 1BS 1,177.775 (Avg.

22.560).