[size=24:6be5a37c46][b:6be5a37c46]AVAST![/b:6be5a37c46][/size:6be5a37c46]
[size=18:6be5a37c46]Pirates Tie Mets for NL East Lead[/size:6be5a37c46]
<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/mets_collapse_dvd.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="205" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> The Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of a 9th inning bases-loaded error by Cubs shortstop Shawon Dunston in their [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=731][b:6be5a37c46]5-4 win over Chicago[/b:6be5a37c46][/url] Tuesday night, pulling them up into a first place tie in the NL East with the reeling New York Mets. The Mets were [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=730][b:6be5a37c46]shut out by the Phillies, 2-0[/b:6be5a37c46][/url],
for their [i:6be5a37c46]15th loss in their last 17 games[/i:6be5a37c46]. It's a whole new season in the East folks...
[b:6be5a37c46]In the AL:[/b:6be5a37c46] The Royals continue to make noise of their own. Their [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=742][b:6be5a37c46]5-1 win over the Mariners[/b:6be5a37c46][/url] on Tuesday night marks their 6th consecutive win, pulling them to within 3 games of the first place Angels, who [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=740][b:6be5a37c46]lost a close one to the White Sox[/b:6be5a37c46][/url] (themselves just 4 games out).