Take 2 Roundup- Games of Fri 1/11/08

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[size=24:cd782a1ec0][b:cd782a1ec0]METS FALL TO THIRD PLACE[/b:cd782a1ec0][/size:cd782a1ec0] and [size=18:cd782a1ec0]Cardinals now in second[/size:cd782a1ec0]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/osmith_wmcgee_150x221.jpg " align="left" border="1" width="150" height="221" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> After seeing the out of town scoreboard last night, Ozzie Smith gave the sign for "solid" while chatting up the infield with team mate Willie McGee. Thier pleasure was the result of more macabre in Flushing, NY.

After holding nobody to no runs, no hits and not committing any errors as a team on Thursday, the Mets were back to business last night and lost to the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=762][b:cd782a1ec0]First Place Pirates 5-1.[/b:cd782a1ec0][/url] The Pirates did a good job of teasing the Met fans and scored one run in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings, allowed the Mets to come back with their lone run in the 5th on a Lenny Dykstra double in the 5th, only to watch their closer Jesse Orosco give up 2 runs in the top of the 8th. Since the Mets don't win much, Orosco needed the work. Jesse let up 4 hits and 3 walks in his 2 innings of "work".

In other games played Friday... Who is that masked man on the mound for the Oakland A's? The player yearbook shows a C. Young on the roster. Could that be Cy Young's illegitimate great grandson Curt Young? Not sure about the DNA investigation there, but Curt is pitching like Cy as he tied Jack Morris for the AL lead in wins with his 9th on the year, helping the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=773][b:cd782a1ec0]A's shut out the Rangers 12-0[/b:cd782a1ec0][/url]... Speaking of pitchers with 9 wins, Fernando Valenzuela and his Fernandomania nonsense were handled by Eric Show as the Padres [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=767][b:cd782a1ec0]beat the Dodgers 4-1[/b:cd782a1ec0][/url]



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