Liberty Weekend: A refurbished Statue of Liberty was reopened to the public as the Liberty Weekend party, hardly pausing after the Fourth of July festivities, continued with boat and air races, open houses aboard berthed ships and a huge festival in lower Manhattan. It was a patchwork quilt day: banjos and fiddles reverberated on Wall Street, experts conferred on liberty’s meaning, families explored the mysteries of binnacles and top gallants, classical music drifted in the parks and sailors in dress whites were on the town. But it was again the Statue of Liberty, symbol of a nation and the centerpiece of a harbor teeming with ships and sails, that captured the day, opening to visitors for the first time in more than two years. Surrounded by American and French schoolchildren on sun-washed Liberty Island in the morning, Nancy Reagan cut a red, white and blue ribbon to officially reopen Miss Liberty as birds fluttered up and a band softly played “America the Beautiful.”
The President and First Lady fly to Liberty Island and participate in the formal opening of the rebuilt Statue of Liberty.
President Reagan enjoys receiving a tour of the art treasures and family memorabilia at Pocantico.
The first ordinary Americans to visit the Statue of Liberty since she was closed for restoration last year stood through the night waiting for the reopening. Some had joined the line at dawn. They included the Millers, the Mamarils, the Brownsteins and the of Vasquezes, the Smiths and the Sabhawals. When the call came to make ready for the visit, they began singing “God Bless America.” About 4,000 tourists and New Yorkers were in a queue that snaked through Battery Park.
A team of Western scientists has entered the Soviet Union and is to be allowed to monitor its main underground nuclear test site for the first time since the dawn of the nuclear era. The plan calls for monitoring equipment to be set up at three sites within 100 miles of the main Soviet test site near Semipalatinsk, which is about 1,800 miles southeast of Moscow and is usually off limits to foreigners. Even if the Soviet Union maintains its current moratorium on nuclear testing, the equipment for the first time will give Americans data on how shock waves are transmitted through the Soviet site. Western scientists at remote monitoring locations can use the data to help calibrate estimates of the sizes of Soviet explosions, which are often open to debate. The project, sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group based in New York, is a case study in striking a deal, according to participants: As it turns out, there is something in it for all the principal parties, including the Reagan Administration, which opposes the scientists’ goal of a nuclear test ban and could have stopped the project, had it chosen to do so.
The Soviet leadership has indicted the nation’s system of higher education and announced a sweeping program to make it more responsive to the needs of a modern industrial economy. The new higher education program, presented in the form of a draft decree of the ruling Communist Party, follows an overhaul last year of the system of elementary and high schools. The new plan is an attempt by the administration of Mikhail S. Gorbachev to bring universities and colleges into line with his plans for modernization and to make them a driving force for scientific and technical advances. The aim of the program appears to be to end the traditional use of Soviet higher education as a training ground for narrow vocational and professional specialization. Instead, colleges will be expected to foster a broader-based education that would enable graduates to adapt themselves more readily to new technology and changing conditions.
Rauf Denktaş, leader of the secessionist Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, today turned down a United Nations request for an urgent meeting to lift a blockade on traffic between the zones of this divided island. At the same time, the breakaway government adopted a formal decree closing the border indefinitely to all foreigners, diplomats and United Nations forces and hinting at ending the right of such forces to be stationed in the Turkish occupation zone. Diplomats said they regarded the Turkish Cypriot actions as the most serious challenge ever posed to the United Nations’ role in Cyprus.
France’s experimental combat jet, the Rafale, has made a successful inaugural flight, the Avions Marcel Dassault aerospace firm announced. The prototype, a single-seat, multi-role fighter capable of carrying nearly seven tons of missiles, reached a speed of 1,400 mph on its hourlong flight from the Istres air base near Marseilles. The Rafale is fitted with two General Electric F404 jet engines but will eventually be powered by French-made M-88 engines.
Amintore Fanfani, the president of the Italian senate, met for an hour with caretaker Prime Minister Bettino Craxi in an effort to resolve a dispute over who will lead a new government following the collapse of the longest-standing of 44 Italian governments since World War II. President Francesco Cossiga gave Fanfani the mandate to “explore” possible compromises in the nine-day-old dispute between Craxi’s Socialist Party and the powerful Christian Democrats. Craxi tendered the resignation of his coalition June 27 after rebels in his government voted against him on a finance decree.
As the jury in the Achille Lauro hijacking trial prepares to consider a verdict in Rome, a top Italian intelligence official has questioned the assertion by the prosecution that it uncovered the true authors of the terrorist action. In a report on Middle East terrorism, the official, Vincenzo Parisi, director of the civilian intelligence agency known as Sisde, says, “It is indeed difficult to believe the hypothesis that the operation was managed only by those whose responsibility has been ascertained by the magistrates.” The intelligence agency report does not specify who is suspected of being behind the operation, but it offers an analysis pointing to the involvement of governments in “a sophisticated strategic plan” aimed at reducing American and Western European influence in the Middle East. Mr. Parisi’s document is likely to add another controversy to those that have continued to arise since the Achille Lauro hijacking in October.
The Church of England’s policy-making general synod refused to allow women priests ordained abroad to conduct services in England, despite support for the proposal from Archbishop of Canterbury Robert A.K. Runcie. About 750 women have been ordained in the 70-million-member Anglican Communion worldwide, but the Church of England, the communion’s mother church, has hung back. The motion before the synod of bishops, clergy and laity, meeting in York, would have allowed women priests from Anglican churches overseas to administer communion and perform other priestly duties in English churches. The motion was supported by a 303-to-195 margin but failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority.
Syrian troops, back in Beirut for the first time in four years, were on patrol today in an expansion of their 10-year-old military role in Lebanon. At least two hundred soldiers armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades patrolled the streets of the Muslim western part of the Lebanese capital to back Lebanese Army and police units enforcing a week-old peace and security plan. Syrian special forces, trained to combat street warfare and sabotage, set up roadblocks and checked cars and identity cards. Under the Damascus-sponsored measures, all militias and political organizations in West Beirut were ordered to close their offices, remove barricades and pull their members off the streets. The troops arrived here Friday from the eastern mountains.
Tens of thousands of anti-Government demonstrators rallied here and in other major cities of Pakistan today as Benazir Bhutto, the opposition leader, resumed her campaign to press for elections to oust President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. The rallies were held to observe the ninth anniversary of the overthrow of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Miss Bhutto’s father, and the imposition of martial law by General Zia. Mr. Bhutto was hanged in 1979 on disputed charges of murder and conspiracy. A death was reported in a clash between the police and anti-Government demonstrators in a rural part of southeastern Pakistan, but the day was generally peaceful. Policemen in trucks were seen in parts of the cities, but their presence was light.
Cruising campaign sound trucks ended their relentless blare tonight as Japan prepared for unusual simultaneous elections on Sunday for both houses of Parliament. Attention was focused mainly on the decision-making lower chamber, where every major poll suggested that the governing Liberal Democratic Party would strengthen its hold on power and could even manage a landslide victory. To a large degree, the dimension of that presumed victory has become the dominant issue. The lineup in the new House of Representatives will decide power relationships within the governing party and determine whether Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone can survive in office or must give way to one of three so-called “new leaders” waiting to take charge.
Former President Ferdinand E. Marcos was quoted today as saying that three African countries — Ivory Coast, Gabon and Ghana — had offered to give him asylum if he would help them build their economies. Mr. Marcos, in an interview published in the weekly magazine New Day, also denied allegations that he ordered a whitewash in the trial last year of 25 soldiers and a civilian charged in the assassination of Benigno S. Aquino Jr.
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is spreading rapidly and now is Haiti’s top health problem, according to Public Health Minister. Michel Lominy. Although there is no official tally, Lominy’s office estimates there may be 150,000 to 675,000 Haitians infected with AIDS. “It’s a considerable number for a country of 6 million people,” he said. The incurable disease, believed to be transmitted through sexual contact and blood transfusions, prevents the body from fighting infections.
Among Nicaraguan guerrillas, in their border bases and hidden bunkers, there is a prickly sense of preparing for war. With American aid coming, the battles that lie ahead seem to be approaching with a rush. The signs that fighting will come soon are all around. Two top guerrilla leaders, Adolfo Calero and Arturo Cruz, flew into Honduras this week to discuss with other rebel officials how to use the millions of dollars in American weapons and training that the House of Representatives has approved. There were also celebrations of having finally won the crucial vote in the House for renewed American assistance. At a rebel camp, pallets stacked with ammunition cases, food and boots lay neatly arranged in row after row, rigged with parachutes and ready to be loaded onto cargo planes that are to drop the supplies to rebel patrols deep inside Nicaragua.
Pope John Paul II issued a stinging attack on the Nicaraguan Government today for expelling a Roman Catholic bishop, describing the move as an act of the “dark ages.” At the conclusion of a mass here attended by more than a million people, the Pope said the expulsion of Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla, the Bishop of Juigalpa and vice president of the Nicaraguan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, was “an almost incredible act.” The Pope said he was “deeply saddened” by the expulsion and said he “strongly deplored” the Sandinista Government’s action. Later, the Pope issued a clear warning to Catholic activists to avoid ideologies foreign to their faith and reminded them that their first commitment was “religious and spiritual,” not political.
Peru has destroyed 141 airstrips used by drug traffickers and dismantled 26 cocaine laboratories in its U.S.-backed drive against the drug trade, Interior Minister Abel Salinas Izaguirre said in an interview. He also said 63 traffickers have been arrested since President Alan Garcia took office nearly a year ago and that 46 tons of coca paste-enough to produce 18 tons of cocaine-have been seized. The United States has provided $30 million to eradicate narcotics in Peru, where farms reportedly generate nearly half the raw material for the world’s supply of cocaine.
Chilean troops raided the working-class neighborhood of Cuatro Alamos in western Santiago, rounding up hundreds of men between the ages of 18 and 60, and took them to a soccer field for questioning by secret police, witnesses said. The semiofficial ORBE news agency said that the identities of 812 people were checked during the operation and that 33 were arrested for various unspecified offenses. The mass detentions occurred two days after a general strike against the military government of President Augusto Pinochet, in which six people were shot to death in demonstrations. The raid, the 11th by government forces in Santiago in the last two months, was aimed at stopping further protests.
Anti-Government gunmen armed with Soviet-designed AK-47 assault rifles shot and killed five black municipal officials early today, the authorities said. Two of the assailants, reportedly driving through segregated black townships in search of targets, were said to have been killed by the police after a high-speed car chase. The attacks seemed to be among the most audacious guerrilla assaults on black supporters of Government authority since the current unrest began in September 1984. The battles appeared to represent a stepping up of urban guerrilla warfare in South Africa after a spate of bomb attacks, mainly in white areas.
South African security forces have arrested a black trade union leader, James Mndaweni, president of the Council of Unions of South Africa, according to labor monitoring groups. Mr. Mndaweni is being held on charges of attending an illegal gathering May 1, the groups said. The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, which is based in Brussels, said 165 trade unionists had been detained under the state of emergency decreed in South Africa, according to a Reuters report.
The Statue of Liberty centennial came as American patriotism and confidence in the future are running high. In the latest Gallup Poll, 9 in 10, or 89% of the respondents, said they were “very proud” to be Americans, up 9 points since 1981. Three of four Americans polled, or 76%, said they had “quite a lot” of confidence in the nation’s future, while 19% reported having “some confidence” and 4% said they had “very little.” Seven in 10, or 69%, expressed satisfaction with the way things are going. Responses differed little with age, sex, race, education level, income or region.
The Public Health Service has proposed more than doubling the federal budget for all activities related to AIDS, including investigation and treatment of the deadly disease. The proposal, reflecting the best judgment of dozens of Government scientists, is remarkable because it comes just five months after President Reagan asked Congress to cut federal spending for AIDS. Congress appropriated $233.8 million for the current fiscal year 1986, which ends Sept. 30. Mr. Reagan proposed cutting this to $213.2 million. Confidential budget documents show that the Public Health Service is now proposing much larger amounts: $351.1 million for 1987 and $471.1 million for 1988.
The nation’s major airports are entering the peak summer travel season with a range of stepped-up security measures designed to thwart terrorist attacks. The measures, overt and covert, have in some cases slowed passenger departures and worsened congestion, according to spot checks and interviews around the country. In other cases, the security shield may be less formidable than officially portrayed. But skepticism and grumbling apart, many travelers welcome the heightened vigilance. Cleveland-bound Phyllis Kroeger, for example, was going through security at Los Angeles International Airport the other day when a guard suddenly shouted, “Purse check!” and opened her handbag for a search. “I was little embarrassed,” said Mrs. Kroeger, who was then quickly waved on her way, flustered but impressed.
The president of the nation’s largest teacher union won an unprecedented vote of confidence as a rules change allowing her and other officials to seek a third term won approval. Delegates to the National Education Association’s annual convention in Louisville, Kentucky, voted 4,218 to 1,607 to amend the 1.8-million-member union’s constitution. The president, Mary Hatwood Futrell, is halfway through her second two-year term. She was expected to announce today that she will run again.
Philadelphia police arrested eight striking workers outside a city water treatment plant and charged them with blocking the entrance to the plant in violation of a federal judge’s order limiting picketing activities. The arrests came just hours after City Managing Director James White asked union officials in a strongly worded letter to stop “senseless violence.” Meanwhile, as a strike by 15,400 city workers dragged into its fifth day, Mayor W. Wilson Goode announced plans to offer striking workers a 12% wage increase over three years and increased health and welfare payments when the two sides meet for talks Monday.
Six members of the crew of a 167-foot fishing boat that sank June 21 were rescued after two weeks adrift in life rafts. The U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Indomitable picked up the survivors 300 miles east of Honolulu, said Coast Guard spokesman Scott Hartvigsen. One of the original group reportedly died and was buried at sea before the rescue, and the first mate of the West I, a tug converted to fish processing, remained missing. Hartvigsen said all the men, whose names were not immediately available, were in satisfactory condition. The Navy initially was reluctant to release information because of the sensitive mission of the Indomitable, a Coast Guard source said. It reportedly tows an underwater listening device from which detected signals are relayed to monitoring stations on shore via satellite.
Congressional critics of chemical weapons and Pentagon officials pressing for their production are quarreling over how to interpret the latest test data on a new chemical bomb. The Pentagon officials judged the latest tests on the Bigeye chemical bomb to be a qualified success although at least one key component repeatedly failed and must be modified. But a bipartisan group of 20 senators wrote Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger on June 26 saying that “all of us will vote against producing any weapon that has failed its tests for utility, reliability and effectiveness.”
A deadline that is more symbolic than real in the long land dispute between the Navajo and Hopi Indians passes at midnight Sunday with the problem still far from resolved. Between 240 and 500 Navajo families — even that number is in dispute — still say their home is on part of the 900,000 acres allocated to the Hopis a decade ago when Congress and Federal courts partitioned 1.8 million acres between the Hopis and the far more numerous Navajos. But the midnight deadline for the families’ relocation to the surrounding Navajo reservation has been lifted pending the completion of housing and other facilities for them. The Federal Government says that will take at least 18 months.
Washington Senator Slade Gorton has run into political trouble after his last-minute switch on the confirmation of a controversial nominee for a Federal judgeship. Some of the trouble is linked with animosities arising from a 23-year-old libel suit. Mr. Gorton, a Republican seeking re-election, voted June 26 to confirm Daniel Manion, an Indiana lawyer, for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals in Chicago. Mr. Manion’s qualifications have been widely questioned. Mr. Gorton acknowledged that he had been swayed just before the Senate roll-call by a telephone conversation with a White House official, whose identity he said he could not remember. He said the caller told him a vote for Mr. Manion would remove barriers to his own choice of William L. Dwyer as a Federal district judge for western Washington state.
The Houston City Controller has refused to accept a 3 percent salary decrease imposed on other municipal workers, instead promising to set aside that portion of his income to help employees hurt by the pay cuts. The City Council cut the salaries on June 26 as a way to avoid layoffs, but state law required that the the cut be voluntary for the Controller, Lance Lalor, and 48 other elected officials. Mr. Lalor, the only one of the officeholders to exempt himself, called the pay cuts an “undeserved slap in the face” and an “unconscionable attack on city employees.” He said he would put 3 percent of his $76,610 annual salary, or about $2,300, in a relief fund.
Snow and cold nearly emptied national parks in Oregon and Montana over the holiday weekend, and tornadoes in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin injured four people. In Wyoming, a cold front carried tornadoes, hail, snow and 60 mph winds through parts of the state. Snow continued falling in mountainous areas of Oregon and Montana, while on the Oregon coast, power was being restored after high winds knocked down lines. Glacier National Park in Montana, usually filled with tourists on Fourth of July weekend, was nearly deserted as showers and northwest winds gusting up to 40 mph whipped through.
The number of people who reported getting sick after eating possibly contaminated Polar B’ar ice cream bars grew to 40, but federal officials said no illness has been positively linked to the treats. Kraft Inc. shut its Polar B’ar plant in Richmond, Virginia, after a batch of ice cream was found to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. Because the bacteria do not multiply when frozen, there is little risk of infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. People in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and North Carolina reported flu-like symptoms after eating the product.
A single-engine plane slammed into a tree after takeoff Friday from South Lake Tahoe Airport, killing all four people aboard, the authorities said. The plane was attempting to make a turn when it crashed in a wooded area next to a road, missing a parked truck by about 100 yards, and ignited a one-acre forest fire, officials said.
The father of an infant girl has sued his former wife, contending that she used his sperm without permission to conceive a child and asking that he be freed from supporting their daughter. The plaintiff, Danny Eller of Pipersville, asserts in the suit that his former wife, Donna, asked him for sperm samples several times in their nine-year, childless marriage, saying she wanted sperm counts taken.
Inaugural edition of the Goodwill Games open in Moscow, USSR.
Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Hana Mandlíková 7–6, 6–3 for her 7th Wimbledon singles title. This is an era when an air of inevitability hangs over Centre Court the day the women’s singles final is played at Wimbledon. Fans cannot help but think the match itself is just part of some elaborate ceremony ending with Martina Navratilova’s raising the treasured challenge trophy above her head. There have now been seven such moments in Miss Navratilova’s career — five in succession — an impressive montage to hang on her wall. It is not her fault that Wimbledon is a two-week exercise in futility for 127 aspiring women who only dream about winning. Miss Navratilova won her seventh Wimbledon singles title today by defeating Miss Mandlíková. She overcame some early jitters and Miss Mandlíková’s uncanny return of serve to win routinely. Suzanne Lenglen is the only other woman to win five in succession; Helen Wills Moody, who has won eight singles championships over all, is the only woman who has won more than Miss Navratilova. Remarkably, Miss Navratilova has lost only two sets in those five straight finals.
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Tim Wallach hit two home runs and the pitcher Bryn Smith helped himself with a three-run homer, leading the Montreal Expos to a 12–5 victory over the Atlanta Braves today. Wallach, who has 14 homers this season, and Wayne Krenchicki each drove in three runs. Smith (6–5) was 0 for 17 going into the game. He allowed two unearned runs over six innings for the victory. Dan Schatzeder got his first save for pitching the last three innings. The Expos took the lead in the first on Tim Raines’s sacrifice fly and scored four times each in the fourth and fifth. Wallach’s one-out homer in the fourth made the score 2–0 against Craig McMurtry (1–5). After Mike Fitzgerald doubled and Al Newman was intentionally walked, Smith hit his homer over the center-field fence. George Wright’s double and Tim Raines’s triple led off the fifth, and chased the reliever Ed Olwine. Wallach’s single, Krenchicki’s infield grounder, and Jeff Dedmon’s wild pitch brought in one run each. Wallach hit another homer in the ninth.
Danny Tartabull and Ken Phelps hit homers, and Dave Henderson broke a 3–3 tie with a two-run double in the seventh inning today as the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox for the first time this season, 9–5. The Mariners, who had lost six games to the American League East leaders, jumped on Al Nipper (4–5) for 12 of their 17 hits. Phil Bradley began the seventh inning by beating out a high bouncer over the mound for a single. Jim Presley then got a double on a line drive that went under the glove of the rookie shortstop, Rey Quinones.
When the questions persisted, Dennis Rasmussen allowed himself to finally think about the All-Star Game, about going to Houston over the three-day break this month and perhaps pitching in the sport’s midseason showcase. And he grinned. There was a certain amount of satisfaction to the smile. Four months ago, Rasmussen was regarded as a distant shot to make the New York Yankees’ pitching staff. Today, he sat back and absorbed his finest moment: a three-hit, 8–0 triumph over the Chicago White Sox, his ninth victory of the season and his first major league shutout.
The Indians downed the Royals, 10–5. Joe Carter hit two bases-empty home runs as the Indians won their sixth consecutive game. Kansas City tied a club record with its eighth straight loss. Cory Snyder of Cleveland, in his 20th major-league game, hit his seventh homer and fifth in seven games. Ken Schrom (9–2) won his sixth straight start in his second complete game. He gave up eight hits but four homers — two by Jorge Orta, one by Frank White and one by Steve Balboni. Bret Saberhagen, the 1985 Cy Young winner, slipped to 4–10 as he lost his fourth straight start. His ERA is 11.25 during those four starts and is 4.51 for the season. The Indians knocked him out in their four-run fourth inning.
Bob Walk pitched a four-hitter and Barry Bonds hit a three-run homer Saturday night, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5–0. It was the first shutout and complete game of the season for Walk, 4–4, who was making his fifth start after 21 relief appearances.
The Brewers edged the A’s, 2–1. Rookie Dale Sveum climaxed a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning with a run-scoring single as the Oakland A’s lost their seventh straight game. Rookie Eric Plunk, 2–4, took a two-hit shutout into the ninth for the A’s, but he gave up a leadoff single to Ben Oglivie, a walk to Billy Jo Robidoux and a one-out single by Rick Manning, tying the score. Sveum’s single to left field off reliever Steve Ontiveros then knocked in pinch-runner Bill Wegman. The only hits other allowed by Plunk were a leadoff single to Mike Felder in the first and a leadoff double to Manning in the second. Plunk struck out five and walked four in 8 ⅓ innings.
At the Metrodome, Frank Viola bends but doesn’t break, giving up 11 hits, including two homers, but beats the Orioles, 7–6. Gary Gaetti hits a 1st inning grand slam and Kirby Puckett solos in the 2nd. The Twins opened a 5–0 lead in the first against Mike Flanagan (2–6). With one out, Mickey Hatcher reached base on an error by the first baseman Juan Beniquez. Kent Hrbek then walked, Tom Brunansky beat out an infield single and Gaetti hit his 18th homer of the season and fourth career grand slam. Steve Lombardozzi then singled and scored on Roy Smalley’s double to left. Puckett made the score 6–0 with a leadoff homer in the second, his 16th homer this year and first in 150 times at bat since May 28.
The largest crowd of the season at Shea Stadium was conducting wave races. Bob Knepper of the Houston Astros allowed a home run, a double and four line-drive outs in the first three innings, and the Mets had every reason to expect more. “You’re struggling already,” Knepper said, “and you think, ‘I have to go six or seven more innings, and I can’t give up anything.’ ” Manager Hal Lanier was forced to watch new adventures in base-running, as two Astros were picked off in the eighth. But at the end of the night, Denny Walling’s ninth-inning, pinch-hit single led to a 2–1 victory that gave Roger McDowell his first defeat of the season after seven victories. The crowd of 50,939, the sixth sellout of the season, went home quietly. “I never thought I’d be undefeated for the whole year,” said McDowell, the first pitcher in the history of the franchise to win his first seven decisions in a season. “You get in a lot of games as a reliever. I might get in tomorrow. I might be the hero. I was the goat tonight.” His streak was the longest in the National League this season.
Chris Welsh pitched his first complete game in nearly four years and added his first major league home run to lead Cincinnati over Philadelphia, 7–2. Welsh scattered five hits in raising his record to 3–2. He survived a run-scoring triple by Juan Samuel and a run-scoring groundout by Ron Roenicke in the eighth to record his first complete game since September 6, 1982, when he was with San Diego. He capped his night in the eighth inning with a home run off Don Carman. Charles Hudson (4–8) was the loser.
Jody Davis hit a home run with one out in the ninth inning, breaking a tie and giving the Chicago Cubs a 3–2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Gary Matthews and Ron Cey hit bases-empty homers for Chicago’s other runs. Davis hit a 2–2 pitch from the reliever Craig Lefferts (5–3) over the left-field wall for his 11th homer this season. The reliever Dave Gumpert (2–0) pitched two hitless innings for the victory in relief of Steve Trout. Lee Smith struck out all three batters he faced for his 13th save. The Padres took a 2–0 lead in the first. Jerry Royster led off with a single and went to third on the first of Tony Gwynn’s three singles. Kevin McReynolds’s sacrifice fly scored Royster and Gwynn went to second on the throw home. Steve Garvey’s single scored Gwynn. Matthews hit his second homer in two games with two outs in the third, pulling the Cubs within a run, and Cey’s leadoff homer to right in the fifth tied the game. The Padres’ starter, Dave Dravecky, pitched six innings, allowing five hits and two walks. Trout also pitched six, giving up eight hits and six walks
The Cardinals beat the Giants, 7–4. Ozzie Smith’s two-run triple capped a three-run 10th inning as St. Louis ended its eight-game losing streak. The Cardinals loaded the bases in on three walks, then Willie McGee scored the tiebreaking run in the 10th when the pinch-hitter Jose Oquendo hit into a force play. Smith then hit his two-run triple to right field. The reliever Todd Worrell (6–8) went one and two-thirds innings for the victory. San Francisco’s Juan Berenguer, who retired only one batter and was charged with all three walks, dropped to 1–1. Ken Dayley pitched the bottom of the 10th for his fifth save. The Giants, trailing 4–1 after Mike Heath’s three-run homer, tied the game with Chris Brown’s two-run single in the sixth and a run-scoring single in the eighth by Candy Maldonado.
Pete O’Brien, Pete Incaviglia and Larry Parrish all homered in the fourth inning, tying a Texas team record, as the Rangers beat Detroit, 9–3. The record was for homers in an inning. O’Brien and Incaviglia homered on consecutive pitches, Gary Ward walked, then Parrish homered on the first pitch.
The Toronto Blue Jays beat the California Angles, 7–3. Jim Clancy and Tom Henke combined on a two-hitter, and Cliff Johnson, Tony Fernandez and Garth Iorg each drove in two runs. Johnson hit a two-run homer, his 11th home run of the year, to tie the score in the fourth. Fernandez hit a two-run double in Toronto’s four-run sixth inning. Iorg had two run-scoring singles. Clancy (8–5) pitched eight innings and allowed both hits and all three runs, only one of which was earned. He surrendered only singles — one to Rick Burleson in the fourth, one to Gary Pettis in the eighth — and three walks.
Montreal Expos 12, Atlanta Braves 5
Seattle Mariners 9, Boston Red Sox 5
New York Yankees 8, Chicago White Sox 0
Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 10
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Oakland Athletics 1, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 7
Houston Astros 2, New York Mets 1
Cincinnati Reds 7, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego Padres 2
St. Louis Cardinals 7, San Francisco Giants 4
Detroit Tigers 3, Texas Rangers 9
California Angels 3, Toronto Blue Jays 7
Born:
Alexander Radulov, Russian National Team and NHL right wing (Olympics, 2010, 2014; Nashville Predators, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Mavericks), in Nizhny Tagil, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
Terrence Johnson, NFL defensive back (Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons), in Braddock, Pennsylvania.
Adam Young, American singer and multi-instrumentalist (founder of Owl City), in Owatonna, Minnesota.
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