Take 2 Roundup: Games of Sat, 12/15/07

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[size=24:71bb347457][b:71bb347457]CLEMENS: UNNATURAL TALENT[/b:71bb347457][/size:71bb347457]
[size=18:71bb347457]Boston Ace Shuts Out Rangers; League Taking Notice[/size:71bb347457]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/roger_clemens_2_150x195.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="195" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> 23-year-old phenom Roger Clemens threw a [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=453]complete game, 2-hit shutout[/url] against the Rangers on Saturday night, continuing to build on his apparent breakout season (6-2, 2.23 ERA, .94 WHIP) with style. The struggling Red Sox have pulled to within 2 games of .500, at 17-19.

[b:71bb347457]Elsewhere:[/b:71bb347457] The Orioles, who recently became the last team in the Majors to reach double figures in wins, won their 4th game in a row, [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=455]beating the A's, 10-5[/url]. Baltimore's mini-resurgence has come in large part to Ken Griffey, who is leading the team in every major offensive category (.370/.388/.728, 8 HR, 22 RBI since coming over from the Yankees in a trade earlier in the year). We shudder to think where they would be had they not acquired him... or how scary the Yankees' lineup (already leading the Majors in Runs) would have been had they found a place to play him instead of letting him go.

[i:71bb347457]photo: SN Archives[/i:71bb347457]