Take 2 Roundup: Games of Wed, 3/12/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=22:4a9a57e9fe][b:4a9a57e9fe]ONE TOUGH ATHLETIC[/b:4a9a57e9fe][/size:4a9a57e9fe]
[size=18:4a9a57e9fe]Joaquin Andujar Dominates Mariners in 10-1 A's Victory[/size:4a9a57e9fe]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/joaquin_andujar_150x230.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="230" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> Oakland's fiery, tough Dominican right hander Joaquin Andujar pitched his first complete game of the season to [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1488][u:4a9a57e9fe]lead the A's to a 10-1 win[/u:4a9a57e9fe][/url] over the visting Seattle Mariners.

Andujar (11-9) allowed just 5 hits and 2 walks, and seemed in control for most of the game.

The only Seattle run came on a monstrous 1st inning home run by Danny Tartabull, his 25th.

Andujar has surrendered more home runs than any pitcher in the league, serving up 38 gopher balls in 163 innings.

With the win, the A's kept pace with the Angels, who [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1487][u:4a9a57e9fe]defeated the Twins 7-1[/u:4a9a57e9fe][/url]. Oakland recently trimmed California's AL West lead to 6 games.

In National League Division Races... St. Louis moved back into a tie for the NL East division lead after the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1476][u:4a9a57e9fe]Cardinals defeated the Expos 5-2[/u:4a9a57e9fe][/url] and the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1477][u:4a9a57e9fe]Mets were shutout[/u:4a9a57e9fe][/url] by Kevin Gross and the Phillies 2-0. In the NL West, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1481][u:4a9a57e9fe]Astros won their 5th straight game[/u:4a9a57e9fe][/url], overcoming the Dodgers 4-1 to keep pressure on the division leading Padres. Houston is just 2 games behind San Diego.

[i:4a9a57e9fe]photo: SN Archives[/i:4a9a57e9fe]