Take 2 Roundup: Games of Wed, 12/12/07

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[size=24:b577121023][b:b577121023]PITCHING BEATS HITTING[/b:b577121023][/size:b577121023]
[size=18:b577121023]5 Shutouts Thrown; Hitters Consider Strike[/size:b577121023]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/dwight_gooden_1_150x224.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="224" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> The pendulum swung decidedly towards the pitchers on Wednesday night, as 4 complete game shutouts were thrown, in addition to 1 that 2 pitchers combined on. Young phenom Dwight Gooden headlined the night, leading his steamrolling Mets to a [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=419]4-0 win over their cross-division rivals the Astros[/url]. New York has won 4 straight games and holds the Major Leagues' best record at 22-9.

Dennis Rasmussen ([url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=420]5-0 over the White Sox[/url]), Mark Langston ([url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=426]9-0 vs. the Brewers[/url]), Bob Welch ([url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=418]2-0 beating the Cardinals)[/url], and Ken Dixon ([url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=421]2-0 with help from Nate Snell over the Twins[/url]) joined Gooden in the collective onslaught of the Majors' hapless hitters.

"You know that old adage, 'Pitching beats hitting,'" said Pittsburgh's Rafael Belliard after [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=416]losing 4-1 to Dave Dravecky and the Padres[/url]. "Well, I sure wish it were the other way around."

[i:b577121023]photo: SN Archives[/i:b577121023]