Take 2 Roundup: Games of Sat, 3/15/08

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[size=24:e23d18a818][b:e23d18a818]KISS MY ASTROS[/b:e23d18a818][/size:e23d18a818]
[size=18:e23d18a818]Houston Catches San Diego for 1st Place with 8th Straight W[/size:e23d18a818]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/mike_scott_150x163.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="163" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> Go West, young man - the NL West, for yet another scintillating divisional race. The Houston Astros [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1518][b:e23d18a818]won their 8th straight game[/b:e23d18a818][/url] on Saturday night, stomping all over the league doormat Atlanta Braves, soaring into a tie for 1st place with the San Diego Padres, who [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1517]dropped their 2nd straight to the Reds[/url]. Houston ace Mike Scott went the distance and struck out 11, and light-hitting Dickie Thon popped 2 homers from the 8th spot in the lineup.

[b:e23d18a818]Meanwhile, the Tigers[/b:e23d18a818] dropped out of 1st place on Saturday as suddenly as they'd claimed it on Friday, flip-flopping with the Blue Jays at the top of the AL East standings. They had the misfortune of running into a determined Roger Clemens, as Jim Rice's 8th inning 2-run homerun [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1520]secured Clemens' 19th win of the season[/url]. Toronto had a relatively easy time against the Rangers, [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1521]trouncing them 9-1[/url] behind Jimmy Key's complete game.

[i:e23d18a818]photo: SN Archives[/i:e23d18a818]