Path: utzoo!telly!ddsw1!lll-winken!uunet!looking!clarinews From: clarinews@clarinet.com (STEPHEN C. RUTKOWSKI, UPI Sports Writer) Newsgroups: clari.sports.baseball,biz.clarinet.sample Subject: National League Roundup Keywords: baseball, men's professional Message-ID: <16Rbbn-nlrup:23@clarinet.com> Date: 21 Sep 89 08:03:24 GMT Followup-To: biz.clarinet.sample Lines: 79 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com ACategory: sports Slugword: bbn-nlrup Priority: regular Format: summary X-Supersedes: <15Rbbn-nlrup:22@clarinet.com> ANPA: Wc: 838; Id: s0495; Sel: ns--s; Adate: 9-21-330aed; Ver: sked Codes: ysbpmxx. After winning six straight games, the Chicago Cubs have slumped -- specifically the pitching staff. Cubs pitchers yielded nine runs and 18 hits to the last-place Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field Wednesday afternoon and the result was a 9-8 loss, Chicago's fourth in its last five games. Coupled with the St. Louis Cardinals' victory over the New York Mets Wednesday night, the Cubs lead in the National League East fell to three games. The two teams combined for 36 hits and after four innings the score was 7-7 and there had already been 23 hits. Before the slide, the Cubs put together their winning streak in which they held opponents to nine runs in six games. But during the last five games, including a 10-6 victory over the Mets Monday, Chicago hurlers have allowed 30 runs. ``You don't win championships by 10-9 scores,'' Chicago Manager Don Zimmer said. ``That's not how we got here.'' The Cubs and Cardinals each have 10 games remaining in the season. The two teams meet each other in St. Louis in a season-ending three-game series. Zimmer had a lengthy post-game meeting with his pitchers and catchers but declined to say what occurred. ``It's nobody's business what happened,'' Zimmer said. ``I don't have to tell the world what it was about.'' Presumably, the talk entailed recent events such as the Cubs allowing 20 runs in the first three games of their current homestand. ``We didn't pitch today,'' Zimmer said. ``Everytime I look up early in the game, we're behind. It's difficult to come back in that situation. I mean, how many runs can you score?'' Starter Rick Sutcliffe gave up six hits and four runs in 1 2-3 innings. Reliever Les Lancaster, 3-2, took the loss. ``I had no fastball, and I don't know the reason,'' Sutcliffe said. ``When you give up four runs and six hits in less than two innings, you obviously haven't pitched well.'' Light-hitting Darren Daulton had the first five-hit game of his major-league career, Ricky Jordan delivered three hits, including a tie-breaking single in the sixth inning, and Von Hayes added a three-run home run and an RBI single. The game lasted three-hours and 49 minutes and featured 35 players, 36 hits of which 31 were singles, nine walks, four wild pitches, one error and one passed ball. ``Five hits? That gives me 12 for the season, right?'' said Daulton, who took a .193 batting average into the game. ``I want to play here more often.'' Elsewhere in the National League, Pittsburgh pounded Montreal 9-1, San Diego slipped by Cincinnati 3-1 in 10 innings, Houston held off Atlanta 7-6 in 14 innings, St. Louis defeated New York 5-3 and San Francisco rallied past Los Angeles 8-7. In the AL, it was: Baltimore 9, Detroit 2; Boston 10, Toronto 3; Oakland 8, Cleveland 6; California 9, Minnesota 1; Chicago 7, Kansas City 2; Texas 3, Seattle 2 and the double-header between Milwaukee and New York was rained out. _P_i_r_a_t_e_s_ _9_,_ _E_x_p_o_s_ _1 At Pittsburgh, Bobby Bonilla slammed a three-run homer, Barry Bonds had a two-run triple, and Jay Bell went 3 for 4 with two RBI to push Montreal to the verge of elimination in the NL East. Neal Heaton, 5-7, got the victory. Kevin Gross, 11-12, took the loss. _P_a_d_r_e_s_ _3_,_ _R_e_d_s_ _1_,_ _1_0_ _i_n_n_i_n_g_s At Cincinnati, Jack Clark scored from third base with one out in the 10th inning on a throwing error to help San Diego hand Cincinnati its ninth straight loss. Norm Charlton, 6-3, took the loss in relief. Greg Harris, 7-8, picked up the victory for the Padres, who are five games back in the NL West. _A_s_t_r_o_s_ _7_,_ _B_r_a_v_e_s_ _6_,_ _1_4_ _i_n_n_i_n_g_s At Atlanta, Alex Trevino blasted a home run leading off the 14th off reliever Joe Boever, 4-11, the sixth Atlanta pitcher. Larry Andersen, 4-4, earned the win pitching the 12th and 13th. Brian Meyer, the eighth Astros pitcher, picked up his first major-league save. _C_a_r_d_i_n_a_l_s_ _5_,_ _M_e_t_s_ _3 At St. Louis, Frank DiPino allowed one hit over three innings to collect his eighth straight victory and help St. Louis move within three games of the Cubs in the NL East. DiPino, 8-0, was the first of four St. Louis relievers. Ken Dayley recorded two outs for his 12th save. Starter David Cone, 13-8, lost. _G_i_a_n_t_s_ _8_,_ _D_o_d_g_e_r_s_ _7 At San Francisco, Brett Butler singled home the winning run with none out to cap a five-run ninth inning to rally San Francisco. Trailing 7-3, San Francisco pulled off its biggest last-inning rally this season to stay five games ahead of the San Diego Padres in the NL West. Kevin Mitchell ignited the rally against Jay Howell by hitting his 46th homer.