European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Atlanta blows Lead but rallies to nip dodgers by the associated press Atlanta a the Atlanta braves arc so hot right now they can even survive blowing a four run Lead in the ninth inning. _ the braves took a 7-3 Lead into the ninth tuesday night at Atlanta Only to see los Angeles rally for five runs. But the braves came right Back with two runs in the Bottom of the ninth to beat the dodgers 9-8. Rafael Bill turd hit reliever Roger Mcdowell s first pitch to Center Field for a Nin scoring single to Cap the rally. A i had never gotten a hit off him until now a a said Belliard previously 0 for 10 against Mcdowell. A usually in that situation they arc looking to Pinch hit for me they re looking for a Good  it was Atlanta a season High sixth straight win and 15th in 17 games. The dodgers meanwhile lost their sixth straight and 11th in 14 games. The braves tied it 8-8 on a Pinch single by Jerry Willard scoring Terry Pendleton who led off the inning with a single against Jay Howell. After Pendleton shit Howell retired Ron Gant and John Candelaria 0-1 came on and walked David Justice. Jim Gott relieved and Willard Bloop cd a single to Center. Gott then struck out Damon Berryhill but walked Mark la Mac to Load the bases bringing on Mcdowell. Juan Bare Nguc 3-1 got the Victory despite giving up a two run Homer to Eric Karros to put the dodgers ahead 8-7, capping their five run ninth. In other games tuesday reds 5, giants 3 Cincinnati a Hal Morris two run Homer in the sixth inning for Cincinnati offset Cory Snyder a two homers. The reds have won five straight and 17 of 21. Morris pulled the first pitch from san Francisco reliever Bryan Hickerson for his first Homer of the season breaking a 3-All tic. Jose Rijo 3-5 struck out 10 in six  6, Phillies 5 Plit Burgh a the pirates bullpen twice blew two run leads then shut out Philadelphia for the final five innings before Mike Lavallit Rcd a game winning rib single in the 12th. Jay Bell tied the score 5-5 with a Home run in the seventh after Mariano Duncan s three run shot in the top of the inning put Philadelphia ahead. The pirates blew leads of 2-0 and 4-2. Relievers Denny Neagle Stan Belinda the stars and stripes june 18,1992 b Page 32 and Bob Patterson 4-0 shut Down the Phillies on one hit Over the final five  5, expos 2 new York a David Cone who was questionable because of a sprained right ankle pitched a the acc hitter for his sixth Complete game As new York beat Montreal to snap a five game losing Streak. With the score 2-2, Cone 6-4 led off the fifth with a double and took third on an infield out. Eddie Murray walked with two outs and Bobby Bonillas single put the mets ahead. When Larry Walker displayed the hit in right Murray raced to third and Bonilla to second. Howard Johnson walked to Load the bases and Dave Magadan singled Home two More  2, cardinals 1 Chicago a Ryne Sandberg who tripled and scored the tying run in the fourth inning homered in the sixth inning off Mark Clark 0-2 to help Chicago win its sixth straight game. It was the eighth win in nine games for the cubs and put them into a second place tie with the cardinals in the no East. Sandberg a Homer made a Winner of Bob Scanlan 2-3who took Over for Jeff Robinson in the top of the  11, padres 0 Houston a Brian Williams pitched six shutout innings for his first major league Victory and hit a two run double As Houston routed san Diego. The astros had 15 hits including the first three hits of Catcher Scooter Tucker a major league career. Williams 1-0called up from Tucson on Friday gave up six hits struck out five and walked four. Xavier Hernandez pitched three innings for his first save. Loser Rich Rodriguez 3-2making his first Start pitched four innings. Bulls John Paxson left and Horace Grant savor rally and Aba trophy foreground. Thousands in Chicago celebrate twice As Nice Chicago apr winning was sweeter the second time around for the Chicago bulls who stood victorious tuesday before thousands of cheering fans in a downtown Park. A last year 1 talked about How Nice it would be to be Back Here a guard John Paxson told the crowd at the City sponsored rally celebrating sunday s Aba championship Victory Over the Portland Trail blazers. A we got our first in �?T91, our second in 92 and maybe our third in �?T93.�?� bulls coach Phil Jackson said a a it a twice As Nice is it not Quot the throng swelled to tens of thousands on a Balmy Day in Grant Park before the bulls made their appearance on the Petrillo band shall stage. Some fans camped out overnight while others rushed to the Park Early in the morning and still More climbed Trees to get the Best Vantage Point. �?o1 called in sick to work just to be Here Quot said Vinnel Thomas of Chicago a this is great. The first is always the Best of course and the third will be sweeter. A Dennis Moore and two co workers from a downtown office said they were taking an extended lunch a without their Bossy knowledge a to Root for their team. A no Job is More important than the bulls a Moore said. The rally was similar to last years Victory Celebration although there was no motorcade this time. The crowd this year appeared to be smaller and More manageable than in 1991, when the bulls won the championship for the first time in their 25-year history. The crowd roared As each player was introduced. But the biggest cheers were saved for Michael Jordan who carried the a bad so Brien trophy on stage. A without you Guys support there s no Way we would have done it twice Jordan said. Officers on duty said the crowd was Well behaved a a marked contrast to the looting and arson that occurred in p0�?T cts throughout the City after sunday nights  lose Jordan to baseball s cards by the associated press the number of two sport stars on the Atlanta Falcons dwindled to one tuesday when Brian Jordan said he agreed to a St. Louis cardinals offer of a three year guaranteed contract Worth $2.3 million. Jordan a safety with the Falcons said the baseball cardinals asked him to give up football As a condition of signing the lucrative Deal. Quot its a Lough decision but a Good business decision a Jordan said from his Denver hotel in a Telephone interview. Jordan was in Denver with the triple a Louisville cardinals a St. Louis farm team on rehabilitation assignment after being sidelined with a strained hamstring. There was no immediate reaction from the Falcons. The Falcons could face another problem before training Camp opens next month a trying to keep cornerback Deion Sanders from jumping ship for the Atlanta braves. Both Jordan and Sanders Are outfielders and both have been with major league clubs this season. A in order to invest the Money that they did they got to think of the to Jackson situation a a Jordan said. Jackson a double pro career in football and baseball came to an end during the 1990 season when he suffered a hip injury while playing for the los Angeles raiders. He was under contract with the Kansas City royals who released him after the football injury. Jordan was the third leading Tacker for the Falcons last year with 145 tackles. He had four sacks two pass interceptions and recovered one Fumble forcing two others. He said he decided against playing pro football after talking with his Wile and other family members. He said be did not discuss the matter with Sanders. 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