Take 2 Roundup: Games of Mon, 3/10/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=22:c90506d889][b:c90506d889]BOSTON SWEEPS TIGERS[/b:c90506d889][/size:c90506d889]
[size=18:c90506d889]Roger Clemens Leads Red Sox to Sweep in Detroit[/size:c90506d889]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/roger_clemens_1_150x191.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="191" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> Boston's young ace Roger Clemens out-dueled veteran Jack Morris to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1459][u:c90506d889]victory over the Detroit Tigers[/u:c90506d889][/url] in front of 45,700 fans at Tiger Stadium Monday night.

Clemens (18-7) pitched seven strong innings, allowing just 5 hits while striking out seven.

Calvin Schiraldi pitched the final two innings in relief to earn his 14th save on the season.

Jack Morris (14-5) pitched well enough to keep Detroit in the game, allowing just 6 hits and notching 10 strikeouts, but in the end the Tigers sputtering offense could only manage one run.

With the win, Boston completed an impressive 4 game sweep of the Tigers... in Detroit. The Red Sox now trail Toronto by just 6 games in the AL East.

In National League Playoff Races... The Mets regained the East division lead after [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1452][u:c90506d889]New York defeated the Phillies 6-4[/u:c90506d889][/url] and [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1451][u:c90506d889]St. Louis lost 1-0[/u:c90506d889][/url] as Floyd Youmans tossed a two hitter for the Expos. Meanwhile out in the NL West, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1456][u:c90506d889]Astros defeated the Dodgers 5-2[/u:c90506d889][/url], but the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1455][u:c90506d889]Padres outlasted the Braves 7-6[/u:c90506d889][/url], allowing San Diego to maintain their three game division lead over Houston.

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