An explosion and fire in a Soviet nuclear submarine broke out as the vessel was carrying ballistic missiles in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing at least three people, according to a message from Mikhail Gorbachev to President Reagan. The Soviet leader said there was no danger of nuclear explosion, radioactive contamination or accidental launching of nuclear-armed missiles from the incident, which occurred Friday about 1,200 miles southeast of New York. While a Pentagon official said there appeared to be no danger of radiation either from the nuclear reactor which powers the vessel or the nuclear-armed missiles aboard, the submarine was still emitting smoke late into the night. Mr. Gorbachev’s message also said that Soviet rescue vessels were on the scene and that other vessels were on their way. Mr. Reagan offered American assistance — an offer to which there was no immediate response — and “commended” Mr. Gorbachev for quickly notifying Washington about the accident. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger, who is on his way to China, told reporters on his plane bound for Alaska that he was told of the accident at 7 AM today after indications that the submarine was in trouble had reached the Pentagon. This would have been before Mr. Gorbachev’s message reached Mr. Reagan, at about 9 AM.
A large-scale release of radioactivity from the fire-damaged Soviet submarine in the North Atlantic is highly unlikely, private and Government experts on nuclear technology said yesterday. Even if such a release did occur, they said, its dangers would be minimal to people in the United States and other countries bordering the Atlantic. They also said there was no danger of a nuclear explosion either in the reactor or in the nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles aboard the submarine. A nuclear missile, to detonate, must be armed, and cannot be set off by a fire or a jarring, such as might occur in a collision, the experts said. They noted that Soviet and American submarine commanders are under orders not to arm the missiles unless they are about to be used. And contrary to a widely held belief, it is physically impossible for a nuclear reactor to explode in the sense that a nuclear bomb blows up, the experts said, though smaller chemical explosions of nuclear fuel are possible in a fire or runaway chain reaction. “In a reactor, military or commercial, it’s physically not possible for there to be a nuclear explosion,” said Mark Mills, the president of Science Concepts Inc., an energy and technology consulting firm in Washington. “It’s not a bomb that’s bottled up.” “It’s not appropriate to talk of nuclear explosions — that, I believe, is not a realistic thing,” said A. David Rossin, Assistant Secretary of Energy for nuclear energy. He said it was “entirely possible” that Soviet assurances that there was no danger of explosion or contamination were correct.
President Reagan warned today that some arms-control measures voted by the House of Representatives were undercutting American negotiating strength as he prepares for his meeting next weekend with Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Mr. Reagan made the warning in a weekly radio address in which he appealed for bipartisan cooperation and urged the American public to retaliate against legislators who, he suggested, “trifle with our national security.” “The Soviets must not think that delay could work to their advantage by gaining from Congress what they cannot win at the negotiating table,” he said. “And that’s why we need to send the Soviets a consistent message of clear resolve and national security.” “The members of Congress should know that as I said at the beginning, the people are the experts in any democracy,” the President said, “and you will hold accountable those who, for the sake of partisan advantage, trifle with our national security and the chances for peace and freedom.” The Democratic-controlled House has approved and sent to the Senate a $562 billion spending bill for the fiscal year that began on October 1, which Mr. Reagan said today included legislative restrictions that could “jeopardize the chances for successful discussions with the Soviets.” The House bill includes moratoriums on testing of antisatellite and nuclear weapons and an end to the production of chemical weapons. It would also mandate compliance with the unratified second treaty on limiting strategic arms, which was signed in 1979 but never ratified and which the Administration has threatened to scrap. “I cannot afford to have my hands tied” in those discussions, Mr. Reagan said.
Nicholas S. Daniloff, describing for the first time in detail his confinement in a Moscow prison says he was “manipulated into moments of hopeless despair, physical nausea — and even good feelings about some of my captors.” In a five-page account in U.S. News & World Report of his 13-day confinement, which appears in the October 13 issue of the news magazine published today, Mr. Daniloff, who returned to the United States on Tuesday, depicts his prison stay as an ordeal of intense interrogations, spartan accommodations, inadequate food and draining uncertainty about his future. But he denies accounts by Administration officials that he was in danger of cracking under the pressure. “I didn’t lose my marbles,” Mr. Daniloff says in the article.
The authorities have told the wife of Yuri F. Orlov, the dissident, that he has been brought back from Siberian exile and will be put on an Aeroflot flight for New York on Sunday. Mr. Orlov’s wife, Irina L. Valitova, who has been using her maiden name since his arrest in 1977, was told of his deportation by an official of the visa agency on Friday. She was also handed her own ticket for the flight; she paid 900 rubles for the ticket last week.
Polish authorities questioned Solidarity founder Lech Walesa and other prominent union figures about the banned movement’s newly created council of seven former underground leaders, which already has been branded illegal by the government. Speaking from his home in Gdansk, Walesa said his interrogator seemed to be more interested in discovering what the group’s plans were than in delivering a warning. Walesa said he told the official he was legally entitled to form the “temporary council,” of which he is not a member, under the Polish constitution and international treaties signed by Poland.
Steel barriers against the North Sea, each 500 tons in weight and 17 feet thick, are in the most technologically advanced water-control project the Dutch have erected in the nine centuries they have been fighting the sea. Queen Beatrix pulled a lever that sent massive steel gates sliding into the North Sea at the mouth of the Eastern Scheldt River in the Netherlands, forming a flood barrier that will end centuries of Dutch vulnerability to the sea. The two-mile-long barrier in the southwestern Netherlands cost at least $2.4 billion and is the country’s largest public works project. Among foreign dignitaries on hand for the dedication were French President Francois Mitterrand, West German President Richard von Weizsaecker and Britain’s Prince Andrew and his wife, the Duchess of York.
The Labor Party, buoyed by a lead in opinion polls and newfound unity, concluded its annual conference Friday with a prediction of victory over Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives in the next election. The conference ended with a platform to the left of the pragmatic middle-of-the-road Socialism of Labor governments of the 1970’s. The Socialists have been out of office seven years, but for the last year have led public-opinion polls. Elections must be held by mid-1988. “We can win the next general election outright,” the party’s leader, Neil Kinnock, said in a television interview. “People who thought that totally unlikely three years ago are having to change their tune.”
British Airways refused to fly a suspected Irish Republican Army killer from Los Angeles to Britain to stand trial because it feared a terrorist attack, it was reported in London. The Mail newspaper said the airline refused to fly the suspect, William Quinn, 38, held in Los Angeles on charges of killing a London police officer, for fear his transport would lead to terrorist retaliation by the outlawed IRA. Quinn, who is from an Irish family in San Francisco, was arrested in 1981 by the FBI. He has been in prison since.
The World Health Organization has reported a sharp increase in the number of cases of AIDS recorded worldwide in the first nine months of this year. The Geneva-based organization, which began coordinating international activities against the disease this year, also declared that the spread of the viral infection had reached pandemic proportions, affecting 74 countries. “We believe that it is in the interest of the public and of countries to be aware of this epidemic,” said Dr. Jonathan M. Mann, director of W.H.O.’s program to fight AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. “An epidemic that affects all continents is by definition a pandemic. This is in fact the state of infections today.”
The demotion of a top United Nations officer who defrauded the world body, in a case in which seven other employees lost their jobs, has raised a furor among employees here and led to charges of favoritism on the part of the Secretary General. The official who was demoted, Ramaswamy Mani of India, is one of eight employees who obtained more than $100,000 last year by falsely claiming grants for their children’s education, according to records. The Joint Disciplinary Committee, a review board set up by Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, unanimously recommended Mr. Mani’s dismissal. But while the other employees, ranging from a security guard to a personnel officer, lost their jobs, Mr. Mani’s case was personally reviewed by the Secretary General, who ordered that Mr. Mani only be demoted.
Pope John Paul II called today for all guerrilla groups, terrorists and nations at war to lay down their weapons for one day this month. The worldwide 24-hour truce sought by the Pope would coincide with a day of prayer for peace he is leading in the Italian town of Assisi on October 27. Leaders of every major religion are expected to gather then for an interfaith spiritual effort. John Paul issued what he called “an ardent and pressing appeal to all parties in conflict in the world” as he began his visit to this city, where 10,000 policemen have been mustered to guard against terrorist attacks.
Gary Kasparov needs just a draw to retain the world chess championship. He won the 22nd game of his rematch with Anatoly Karpov, giving him a commanding lead. Karpov would have to win the next two matches to wrest the title.
Lebanese guerrilla suspect Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, whose release was the object of a series of Paris bomb attacks, has been moved from La Sante prison in the French capital to another jail, French Justice Ministry officials said. They declined to say where Abdallah, presumed leader of the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions, was being held. Ten people died and more than 160 were injured during last month’s bombing campaign aimed at forcing the release of Abdallah, who is serving a four-year term for carrying false documents, and two other inmates.
The first of 1,324 young Egyptian security police draftees charged with going on a rampage last February went on trial today, but the proceedings were immediately put off for a month because the court had been unable to photocopy documents in time. When the delay was announced, loud groans were heard from the security cage in which the 106 defendants were locked. “We are innocent!” came a shout from the cage. “We are just peasants who have done nothing!”
Iran said 27 workers were killed in Iraqi air raids in the southern province of Khuzistan and vowed to respond with artillery strikes against economic and military installations in Iraq. The Iranian news agency IRNA said artillery would shell targets in Basra and Khanaqin for 48 hours starting today. Iraq said its warplanes had attacked Iranian sugar and paper factories in the southwestern town of Dezful.
Two bold assassination attempts, apparently by Sikh extremists, have shaken the Indian Government of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi this week and exposed major flaws in India’s security apparatus, Government officials said today. The officials said several reviews of the security system were under way, focusing on the lapses that permitted a gunman to shoot at Mr. Gandhi at a memorial service on Thursday. The Prime Minister was unharmed.
President Corazon C. Aquino voiced restrained gratitude today that the United States Senate had reversed itself and voted to increase aid to the Philippines by $200 million. But the measure’s initial defeat earlier this week was greeted in many quarters with shock and gave impetus to an emerging examination of the country’s new relationship to its former colonial master. “While I do reiterate my appreciation to both houses of the United States Congress for the aid, I must also thank the American people who during my recent visit to the United States welcomed me with open arms,” Mrs. Aquino said in a brief statement issued by her office. A day earlier, Art Borjal, a columnist, was calling what then appeared to be the defeat of the aid one of “the saddest chapters in Philippine-American relations.”
Nicaraguan rebel leaders remain divided by serious political differences, but appear to be forging an uneasy tactical alliance after three days of meetings here, according to rebel sources. In anticipation of the $100 million in new American aid that is expected to begin flowing to the guerrillas soon, the new rebel headquarters in a modern office building here was filled with activity this week. Rebel military specialists and prominent Nicaraguan exile businessmen, as well as members of the rebel human rights commission, diplomatic office and supply network, met to discuss strategy, flying in from Costa Rica, Honduras and, reportedly, even Nicaragua. But beneath the shared agenda, the three directors of the American-backed United Nicaraguan Opposition rebel movement continue to have strong disagreements over policy, key rebel officials said.
Antiterrorist policemen today interrogated suspects in bombings that rocked two Peruvian Andean cities and the military said soldiers killed nine Shining Path rebels. The police blocked off poorer sections of the regional capital of Huancayo to interrogate residents about 15 dynamite blasts that shook the city the night before, a police spokesman said. The explosions smashed windows of the telephone company, regional education board, a public irrigation project and at other municipal buildings. No injuries were reported. In Ayacucho, a Shining Path stronghold, a dynamite blast at 5 AM today shattered windows and ripped down the front door of the house of a municipal official. One man was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds. Soldiers and policemen flooded the district after the explosion, arresting residents without proper identification and rebel suspects, witnesses said.
A 28-year-old Argentine pilot killed in the 1982 Falklands war was buried at Darwin, East Falklands, with full military honors in the presence of his father and sister, who became the first Argentines to visit the islands since the war. Lieutenant Miguel Angel Gimenez, whose body was found still strapped to the wreckage of his plane in August, was killed on May 28, 1982. Because the London and Buenos Aires have no diplomatic relations, the father, Isaias Gimenez, and his daughter Maria, 24, were forced to fly to Spain from Buenos Aires and then to Britain, where they caught a British military jet to the Falklands. Argentina still claims sovereignty over the South Atlantic islands, and Britain and Argentina remain technically at war.
Energy Minister Andrew Kayiira and five senior officers from his Uganda Freedom Army have been detained in what appears to be a crackdown on groups sharing power with the governing National Resistance Movement. Family sources said armed men in plain clothes stopped Mr. Kayiira’s car at 10 PM Friday in the southeastern suburbs of Kampala and took the minister away to the capital’s central police station. Five other commanders of the Uganda Freedom Army were picked up this morning.
The United States Ambassador left South Africa tonight after four and a half years here, a tenure that has seen little but setbacks for the Reagan Administration’s policy of “constructive engagement.” At an airport news conference, however, the envoy, Herman W. Nickel, said he saw no “rational alternative” to the policy, which holds that discussion and persuasion are more likely to produce racial change in South Africa than confrontation. During Mr. Nickel’s ambassadorship, many radical black leaders seeking the end of South Africa’s racial policies have expressed increasing disenchantment with the Reagan Administration, accusing it of sheltering Pretoria from outside pressure.
The effect on state taxes of the new Federal tax code is generating concern across the nation. There is wide agreement that the new Federal code, passed by Congress last month, may require changes that will be even more complex and difficult than those at the national level, and that must be done more quickly. “The states have only a few months to sort it all out,” said one expert.
President Reagan spends most of the day working on homework and reading.
The Senate passed two amendments Friday to its $558 billion spending plan, including one that would overturn a District of Columbia law that bars insurance companies from testing people applying for policies for exposure to the AIDS virus. The amendment to the catchall appropriation measure, which must be reconciled with the House’s version, was offered by Senator Jesse Helms, Republican from North Carolina. The city law, the most comprehensive in the nation dealing with acquired immune deficiency syndrome and insurance, has been assailed by insurance companies. Several companies have stopped writing policies in Washington since the law was enacted earlier this year.
Federal District Judge Harry E. Claiborne, the first sitting Federal judge ever to be convicted of a felony, will have what is likely to be his final day in court this week. The court is the Senate of the United States, which will try the 69-year-old judge on four articles of impeachment voted unanimously by the House of Representatives in July. It will be the first impeachment trial in 50 years. Only 14 Federal officials have been impeached by the House, and four of those, all judges, have been convicted by the Senate. The last was Judge Halsted Ritter in 1936.
CBS newsman Dan Rather was attacked and beaten by two well-dressed men who accosted him as he walked home from a friend’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, police said. He was treated at Lenox Hill Hospital for blows to the jaw and the side of his back, and was released, a hospital administrator said. A police spokesman said Rather, 54, was approached by two men, one of whom reportedly asked, “Kenneth, what’s the frequency?” Rather said: “I think you have the wrong guy.” The man then punched Rather, knocking him to the ground. Rather ran into a building but was followed by the man, who knocked him down and kicked him.
Representatives of 40,000 Boeing Co. machinists and negotiators for the aircraft maker met in Seattle with a federal mediator and agreed to continue bargaining and try to avoid a strike. After the 90-minute session, the mediator said the talks would reconvene today. Union officials said employees were remaining on the job although they voted last week to reject Boeing’s current contract offer and to reaffirm a strike authorization.
The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed a charge of unfair labor practices against Geo. A. Hormel & Company. The company had been accused of delaying payment of $1.2 million in profit-sharing funds to meatpackers in Austin. Ronald Sharp, the labor board’s regional director, said Friday that his office had dismissed the charge, filed by the workers’ union local, because Hormel paid the funds in July. Each meatpacker received about $800. Workers at Hormel’s flagship plant in Austin ratified a contract last month, ending a strike that began in August 1985 in a dispute over wages and benefits.
Explosive powder found in a police raid on the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, home of a security officer for the white-supremacist Aryan Nations church is similar to powder used in five bombings, a federal expert said. He said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms planned to file charges, but he declined to name a suspect. State and federal officers investigating the bombings raided the home of David Dorr, the security officer, and held Dorr and two others on charges of counterfeiting.
American oil reserves, already shrinking, will plunge by 1990 to their lowest levels since shortly after World War II at the current rate of drilling, a Library of Congress study showed. The study said domestic oil reserves will fall from 28.4 billion barrels in 1985 to 23.2 billion in 1995. Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas), who requested the study, called the estimates conservative and urged the imposition of an oil import fee to stabilize the industry after this year’s dramatic drop in prices. The study showed that the most significant declines in reserves will occur in the older oil producing areas of the western part of the United States — Texas, the Gulf Coast and the mid-continent.
Mormon Church leaders warned the 6 million members about the evils of drug abuse and said any judge who treats drug dealers lightly “isn’t worthy of his office.” The church’s semi-annual General Conference was opened in Salt Lake City to a theme laced with warnings against drugs, alcohol and illicit sex. An elder told members it is their duty to follow the golden rule in business dealings and in their personal lives.
Government officials say the monthly premium that 30 million Medicare patients pay for physicians’ services will climb 15.5 percent, to $17.90 from $15.50, on Jan. 1. However, about 600,000 retirees who receive relatively low Social Security benefits will be unaffected by the premium increase because of a special provision. Most beneficiaries have these monthly premiums deducted from their Social Security checks.
Heavy rains and flooding in the Midwest are causing a financial burden on farmers already hurt by declines in exports and depressed prices. How much more they suffer, they say, will depend on how soon the current siege ends and whether they get five to seven days of warm, rainless days to permit additional maturing of some crops and to dry out the soil enough to support harvesting or planting equipment.
Computer security experts and law enforcement officials are conducting an electronic manhunt in search of a sophisticated hacker who has broken into dozens of university and business computers around the country. The intruder, who uses the password “Pink Floyd,” has been eluding authorities and taunting them since the break-ins began August 25. The hacker has used telephone connections to break into computers at Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois and several companies in the Silicon Valley in Northern California. He did not change or steal any information, authorities said. They said the hacker may just be trying to make a point about computer systems that are particularly vulnerable to break-ins.
A California man was arrested at an undisclosed site in Connecticut by U.S. customs agents and charged in Hartford with exporting Hawk missile technology without authorization of the State Department. Arif Durrani of Westlake in San Mateo County was ordered held without bond pending a Wednesday hearing. The U.S. attorney’s office in Hartford said Durrani had placed an order with a Connecticut supplier for components for the surface-to-air missile, which is designed for low-altitude defense against air attack, and asked that the parts be shipped to. the Royal Jordanian Air Force in Amman.
Illegal drug traffic is believed to be the major reason for an increased murder rate in San Francisco and Oakland, law agencies say. There have been 92 homicides in San Francisco so far this year, compared to 86 for all of last year, a 43% increase if the trend continues. Oakland reported 106 murders to date, compared to 114 for all of last year. Most of the murders were young men suspected of having connections with the cocaine business, police said.
New Orleans will close city offices every Friday and put employees on a four-day work week with a 20 percent pay cut. Saying there was no other way to remedy a $10 million budget deficit, the New Orleans City Council took the actions, which affect City Hall, the courts, the public library and other municipal offices.
Charles E. Hewett, director of the Maine Audubon Society, says the plan to reintroduce caribous to Maine may have to be postponed for a year. “I don’t think it would be a disaster if the project is put off for a year, ” he said on Friday. The caribous, which have been absent from the state for 100 years, had been expected to arrive later this month from Newfoundland. Most of the them were to be sent to the University of Maine at Orono. But a group of state officials and private citizens must raise more than the $60,000 that has already been collected within the next few weeks to assure the university’s participation.
Eastern filbert blight, a potentially devastating fungus disease, has been found near Damascus, Oregon, and threatens the state’s entire $16-million filbert industry. There is no known cure, and infected trees must be destroyed. State officials are expected to put a quarantine into effect after determining the extent of the infested area in Clackamas County. All nuts harvested in the region will be fumigated in hopes that the disease will not spread to other counties that produce the nuts, a state agriculture official said.
Astronomers are questioning the existence of an object that a team of Arizona scientists had believed was the first planet detected outside the Solar System.
Rachel Oliver of Massachusetts, 20, is crowned the 19th Miss Black America.
Major League Baseball:
The Detroit Tigers rolled over the Baltimore Orioles, 11–4. Mike Heath and Kirk Gibson hit three-run homers with two outs in the second inning, and Gibson drove in four runs for the second straight game for Detroit. It was Gibson’s 28th homer of the season. Beating last-place Baltimore for the 11th time in 12 games, the Tigers moved to within one-half game of third-place Toronto in the American League East. The Orioles have lost 41 of their last 55 games.
On the next-to-last day of the season, Dave Righetti saves both ends of the Yankees doubleheader sweep of the Red Sox to give him a Major League-record 46 saves. The Yankees were taken out of the race a week ago, but somehow they have found worth in their failed season. While the Boston Red Sox merely went through the obligatory motions of ending the season and preparing for the playoff, Dave Righetti and Don Mattingly put some drama into a long afternoon today. The Yankees swept the Boston Red Sox, 5–3 and 3–1, and Righetti saved both games to set a major league record. His total of 46 saves this season broke the mark shared by Dan Quisenberry and Bruce Sutter.
The Chicago Cubs edged the St. Louis Cardinals, 8–7. Brian Dayett and Rafael Palmeiro drove in two runs each to lead the Chicago. A double-header was scheduled, but the second game was postponed by darkness before it got underway. It was rescheduled as part of tomorrow’s double-header.
At Riverfront, the Reds hit 3 homers in subduing the Padres, 10–7. Dave Parker, Eric Davis and Tony Perez homer for the Reds, while Kevin McReynolds hits a grand slam for the Pads. For Perez, it is his second homer of the year, the 379th of his career, and the last roundtripper of his distinguished career. Barry Larkin drove in four runs.
The Cleveland Indians edged the Seattle Mariners, 6–5. Julio Franco hit a home run, a double and a single and Joe Carter got his league-leading 120th run batted in for Cleveland. The loss was Seattle’s eighth in a row. Mark Langston (12–14), the losing pitcher, struck out nine and raised his season total to 245, taking over the American League lead from Roger Clemens of Boston. Clemens finished the season with 238. Playing for the Indians, Forty-seven-year old Phil Niekro “steals” the first base of his career. With the Tribe at bat in the 8th inning, and behind 5–2 against Seattle, there is a runner on first base when Niekro, wearing a red bandanna over his face, lumbers out of the Cleveland dugout. He rambles towards second base, diving in headfirst, and ump Vic Voltaggio signals safe. To the delight of the fans, “Knucks” rips the bag out of the ground and triumphantly returns to the dugout with his first steal.
Jim Deshaies became the first rookie in the Astros’ 25-year history to win 12 games in a season, leading Houston to a 3–2 victory today over the Atlanta Braves. Deshaies (12–5) worked five scoreless innings, allowing four hits while walking three and striking out three. Larry Andersen worked two scoreless innings in relief and Aurelio Lopez gave up a two-run single.
Fernando Valenzuela wins his 21st as the Dodgers edge the Giants, 2–1. Fernando Valenzuela completed his winningest season in the major leagues with a five-hitter. Valenzuela (21–11) struck out seven to set a career high for strikeouts in a season. His 242 strikeouts left him second in the league to Mike Scott of Houston, who has 306. The victory, which ended the Dodgers’ four-game losing streak against San Francisco, was Valenzuela’s major league-leading 20th complete game, also a career high; he is the last pitcher to complete 20 games. Steve Sax of the Dodgers went 2 for 3 in his race with Tim Raines and Tony Gwynn for the league batting title. Sax is batting .332 to .335 for Raines and .329 for Gwynn.
At the Metrodome, the Twins Greg Gagne lines a 2nd inning inside-the-park homer off Chicago’s Floyd Bannister. In his next at bat, there are two runners on when he repeats, again off Bannister, to tie the American League record. Gagne almost sets a 20th-century record with a third home run, but settles for a triple as the Twins win. 7–3. Tim Laudner added another home run for Minnesota. Chicago’s John Cangelosi set a league rookie record with his 50th stolen base.
In their next-to-last performance of the regular season, the Mets swept a doubleheader from the Pittsburgh Pirates with great flair yesterday and headed for their final game this afternoon with 107 victories, the most in the big leagues in 11 years. They also got convincing work from several pitchers making their final appearances before the playoff for the National League pennant, which opens Wednesday night in Houston. They won the opener, 6–1, after Bob Ojeda pitched six scoreless innings of three-hit ball for his 18th victory. And they won the second game, 5–2, after Rick Aguilera worked five innings of three-hit ball for his 10th victory.
The Kansas City Royals shut out the Oakland Athletics, 2–0. Mark Gubicza and Bud Black combined on a five-hitter to lead Kansas City. Gubicza, 12–6, finished the season with a five-game winning streak. He gave up five hits in six-plus innings and Black finished for his ninth save.
The Montreal Expos bowed to the Philadelphia Phillies 5–4. John Russell’s two-out single scored Glenn Wilson in the bottom of the 14th inning, giving Philadelphia the victory. With one out, Mike Schmidt and Wilson hit consecutive singles. Juan Samuel followed with a single, but right fielder Andre Dawson threw out Schmidt at the plate. Russell then hit the first pitch off loser Bert Roberge, 0–4, into center field, scoring Wilson with the game-winner.
The California Angels blanked the Texas Rangers, 2–0. John Candelaria and Vern Ruhle combined on a two-hitter and Brian Downing drove in both runs for California. Ruhle relieved Candelaria (10–2) and earned his first save with three hitless innings. Candelaria struck out five and didn’t allow a walk in six innings as he won his fourth straight decision.
The scheduled game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Blue Jays at Toronto was postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader tomorrow.
Detroit Tigers 11, Baltimore Orioles 4
New York Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 3
New York Yankees 3, Boston Red Sox 1
St. Louis Cardinals 7, Chicago Cubs 8
San Diego Padres 7, Cincinnati Reds 10
Seattle Mariners 5, Cleveland Indians 6
Atlanta Braves 2, Houston Astros 3
San Francisco Giants 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota Twins 7
Pittsburgh Pirates 1, New York Mets 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 2, New York Mets 5
Kansas City Royals 2, Oakland Athletics 0
Montreal Expos 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5
California Angels 2, Texas Rangers 0
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Stephen Fife, MLB pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers), in Boise, Idaho.
Yuridia [Gaxiola], Mexican R&B and Latin pop singer, in Hermosillo, Mexico.
