Take 2 Roundup: Games of Mon, 1/14/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=24:b83f4eeda9][b:b83f4eeda9]OZZIE STEALS SHOW[/b:b83f4eeda9][/size:b83f4eeda9]
[size=18:b83f4eeda9]Ozzie Smith Steals 4 Bases, Scores Only Run in 1-0 Cardinals Win [/size:b83f4eeda9]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/ozzie_smith_3_150x223.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="223" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> St. Louis' acrobatic shortstop Ozzie Smith stole the show in Pittsburgh Monday night, stealing 4 bases and scoring the lone St. Louis run as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=803][u:b83f4eeda9]Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh 1-0[/u:b83f4eeda9][/url].

Smith got on base all 4 times he came to bat, and manufactured the eventual winning in the 3rd inning when he singled, stole 2nd, stole 3rd, and then scored after racing home on a sac fly.

Elsewhere in the NL: At Chicago's Wrigley Field, Philadelphia's Michael Jack Schmidt blasted 2 HR's as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=804][u:b83f4eeda9]Phillies defeated the Cubs 6-3[/u:b83f4eeda9][/url].

In Atlanta, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=805][u:b83f4eeda9]Reds outlasted the Braves 8-7[/u:b83f4eeda9][/url] in an exciting 12 inning game that ended with one of the messiest scorecards of the '86 season. The teams used a total of 34 players in the 5 hour and 19 minute contest, and by game's end there were 27 hits, 18 walks, 4 errors, 4 stolen bases, and 31 runners left on base.

In the American League... The Yankees scored 3 unearned runs as [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=807][u:b83f4eeda9]New York defeated Boston 3-2[/u:b83f4eeda9][/url]. In Oakland, Mike Davis hit his 17th HR & Chris Codiroli moved to (5-1) as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=811][u:b83f4eeda9]Oakland A's overcame the Kansas City Royals 6-2[/u:b83f4eeda9][/url].

[i:b83f4eeda9]photo: SN Archives[/i:b83f4eeda9]