European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes june 15,1992 c page28 Gamache takes lightweight title Portland Maine a Joey Gamache of Lewiston stopped Chil Sung Chun of Korea after the eighth round saturday to earn the world boxing association lightweight championship his second world title. Referee Stanley Christodulon halted the scheduled 12-round bout when trainers were unable to Stop bleeding from cuts Over both of chunks eyes. Two uppercuts opened a Cut Over the koreans left Eye in the second round and a Cut was opened Over the right Eye red hot reds rip bumbling dodgers 11-1 by the associated press Cincinnati a the Cincinnati reds did no to have to do anything fancy to beat Tom Candiotti a knuckle bal this time around. They just hit it right at the los Angeles dodgers bumbling Field is. The reds cashed in on three errors and a passed Ball in the first in la and piled up 14 hits for an 11-1 Victo. V saturday their 14th win in 18 games. The reds scored four first inning runs a Only one earned a off Tom Candioty no saturday grounder id a costly to 6-5 As the Nln a worst Fielding team booted a botched a relay throw and Hai collision on a Popup. Candiotti a Knuckles and his defense failed him in the first when the reds had three hits and the dodgers botched three routine plays. Barry Larkin doubled Home two runs and two More runs scored when shortstop Jose Offerman and second baseman Juan Samuel collided on a potential inning ending Popup starting the dodgers towards their eighth loss in 11 games. Candioli allowed the reds just six hits in a 1-0 Victory june 7 in los Angeles. Larkin said he pitched about the same this time. Tim Belcher 6-6 allowed just four hits Over seven innings including Eric Karross eighth Homer in the sixth inning. In other games saturday braves 4, padres 2 a Tanta a David justices two run double keyed a four run third inning As the surging braves got their third Victory in a Row and 12th in 14 games. The Victory pushed the braves to 3220, the first time All season the defending National league champions have been three games Over .500. John Smoltz 7-5 allowed six hits in his second consecutive Complete game against the padres and fourth Complete game of the season. He also beat san Diego 0-4 last  4, expos 3 Chicago a Light hitting Gary Scott drove in two runs including the tiebreaker in the sixth inning. It was the third straight win and fifth in the last six games for the cubs who climbed out of the National league East cellar ahead of the  4, Phillies 1 St. Louis a Ray Lankford had a two run Homer and Omar Olivares just in the fourth. A i think i proved myself tonight but there Are still bigger Hills to climb a said Gamache who was sporting a Cut lip after the fight at the Cumberland county civic Center. After the Bell sounded ending the third round Gamache threw two late punches then a third hard blow that clearly came after the Bell. A i got caught up in the emotion of it once he stuck his Chin out a Gamache said. A the did no to stick it out again. A in the sixth he was More in a survival Mode he was frustrated a Gamache said. Gamache won the Aba Junior lightweight title last summer when he stopped South african Jerry no go Beni but vacated that title to move up to a higher weight class. The Aba lightweight title became vacant when Champion Pernell Whitaker moved up to welterweight. Gamache remains undefeated at 29-0 with 18 knockouts. Chun the top ranked contender going into the fight is 18-2. Off the disabled list worked 6% Strong innings for St. Louis. Olivares 3-3activated just before the game following a Groin pull on May 26, allowed five hits with five strikeouts and two walks. Lee Smith who had blown three of his last four save opportunities finished for his league leading 16th save. Curt Schilling 5-4 gave up a two run single to Pedro Guerrero in the first which ended a string of 20 consecutive scoreless  4, giants 1 Houston a Luis Gonzalez who spent two weeks in the minors because of prolonged slump hit a tic breaking three run Homer to Lead Houston Over san Francisco snapping the astros six game losing Streak. Jeff Brantley 2-3 walked Ken Cami Niti and Jeff Bagwell in the seventh inning before Gonzalez hit a 3-2 pitch to right for his second Homer of the season. Xavier Hernandez 5-0 worked 13a innings for the Victory and Doug Jones closed for his 15th save by striking out four of the five batters he faced. Will Clark hit his seventh Homer of the year. A pirates 3, mets 2 new York a Bariy Bonds tied the score in the eighth inning with a Home run and Pinch hitter Orlando Merced put Pittsburgh ahead with a run scoring double As the pirates beat slumping new York. Pittsburgh has won four straight games and nine of its last 11. Meanwhile the mets have lost four straight and seven of nine to fall six games behind the first place pirates in the National league East a and just 1 i games out of last place. The pirates tied the score 2-2 in the eighth against reliever Wally Whitehurst 1-3 when Bonds broke an o-for-17 slump with his league leading 15th Homer an opposite Field shot to left. One out later Don Slaught reached on a bunt single for his fourth hit of the game. Jose Lind followed with a Bloop single and was forced at second. Merced then chopped a double Over third base off reliever Jeff Innis to score Pinch run Ner Gary Varsho from third. Jeff Robinson 1-0making his first appearance for Pittsburgh since being padres Dan Walters tags braves Delon Sanders As Kirwin Dante makes the out  sports Senna keeps Canadian Uppole Page 21 Griffin wins 106 final at trials a Page 22 saturday s major league Box scores a Page 23 Holmgren will take Over whalers a Page 27 claimed on waivers from Texas pitched i innings for the Victory. Stan Belinda the seventh Pittsburgh Pitcher got the final out for his eighth save. Vicente Palacios tossed five shutout innings but the mets rallied in the sixth off Jerry Don Gleaton on Howard Johnson a two run double. Pittsburgh has won five of six games against new York this season and 17 of 24  sunday braves 4, padres 2 Atlanta a Charlie Leibrandt pitched 8 2-3 Strong innings and Ron Gant and Jeff Blauser homered As the Atlanta braves beat san Diego 4-2 Sun Day for their fourth straight Victory and 13th in 15 games. The braves won their sixth consecutive game against the padres sweeping the three game series Here and taking three games last week in san Diego. Leibrandt 6-2who Hasni to lost since May 3, has won four in a Row with four no decisions. He was one out away from a six hit shutout when Tim Teufel hit a two run Homer. Mark Wohlers got the last out for his third save. Gant hit his ninth Homer in the second inning off Bruce Hurst 6-5who had won three in a Row and five of six decisions. Blauser hit a two run Homer a his third of the year a in the fifth after an Otis Nixon single and Leibrandt a .091 hitter drove in another with a run scoring single in the sixth chasing  5, mete 4 new York Andy Van Slyke hit the first pitch he saw from Metsy Relief Ace John Franco for a ninth inning sacrifice Fly that drove in the winning run sunday As Pittsburgh completed a three game sweep at Shea stadium. Gary Varsho reached on a bunt single took third on Willie Randolph a throwing error and scored on Van Slykes drive to