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	BALTIMORE (UPI) -- Mention pennant pressure and Oriole designated
hitter Mickey Tettleton smiles.
	``What pressure?'' Tettleton said after driving in four runs
Wednesday night in Baltimore's 9-2 win over the Detroit Tigers.
	``We weren't even supposed to be here in the first place,'' said
Tettleton, who had two singles and his 25th home run. ``This is fun. How
many times are you going to be here as a player in your career?''
	The victory, coupled with Toronto's 10-3 loss to Boston, moved the
Orioles to within a game of the first-place Blue Jays.
	Tettleton, who missed six weeks due to knee surgery, had only two
hits in his past five games.
	``I don't know if my swing is back because I didn't know where it
was before,'' added Tettleton. ``I'm going after good at-bats to help
the club any way I can, but I feel good up there.''
	Tim Hulett collected four of the Orioles' 17 hits to back the
pitching of Jeff Ballard, 18-7, who allowed five hits over seven
innings.
	``I got out of a jam in the fourth inning and once again, our team
scored a lot of runs for me.''
	``It would be an incredible year for me to win 20,'' added Ballard,
7-1 over his last nine starts. ``Team goals come first, but if I win 20,
that means the team won the two games I was pitching and that's why I'm
out there.''
	Frank Tanana, 9-14, was hammered for ten hits and four runs in
three innings.
	``You have those ball games where you seem to do everything
right,'' said Tanana. ``That was one of those nights for them.
	``The truth is this is one of my best seasons,'' he added. ``I've
had good control, but don't have much to show for it. When you lose 96
games it's hard to get a lot of wins.''
	Tettleton's home run in the third inning gave the Orioles a 3-1
lead. ``He (Tanana) was rough on us the last time,'' said Tettleton.
``He's the type of pitcher who keeps you in the game. You scrape for
every run you can get off him.''
	The Orioles host New York Friday for a three-game series, then play
their last six games on the road in Milwaukee and Toronto.
	``I hope it does come down to the last three,'' said Tiger manager
Sparky Anderson. ``Let them settle it. They're the only two involved.
That's the way it should be.''