Take 2 Roundup: Games of Wed, 4/2/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=24:da689453a5][b:da689453a5]DIAZ A VU[/b:da689453a5][/size:da689453a5]
[size=18:da689453a5]Mike Diaz Stays in Headlines, Hits Two More HR's[/size:da689453a5]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/mike_diaz_1_150x186.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="186" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> Pittsburgh's Mike Diaz made the headlines again Wednesday night, this time hitting two HR's, but this time his [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1729][u:da689453a5]Pirates came out on the losing end[/u:da689453a5][/url] of their game with the Cincinnati Reds.

Diaz started the scoring with a two run home run in the first inning and finished the scoring with a solo home run in the 9th.

In between those three runs, however, the Reds outscored the Pirates 11-6 to eventually win the exciting game by a score of 11 to 9.

The Pirates are tied with the Phillies for third place, six games back in the NL East.

[b:da689453a5]In Playoff Races...[/b:da689453a5]

Darryl Strawberry hit his major league leading 36th home run, but the N.Y. [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1726][u:da689453a5]Mets lost to the Giants 6-4[/u:da689453a5][/url]. Meanwhile, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1730][u:da689453a5]Cardinals defeated Atlanta 4-1[/u:da689453a5][/url] to move into (yet another) 1st place tie in the National League East.

The Houston Astros rallied in the 9th... but fell short, [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1728][u:da689453a5]losing to the Cubs 5-4[/u:da689453a5][/url]. However, the 2nd place Padres could not capitalize, as they [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1727][u:da689453a5]lost to the Phillies 6-4[/u:da689453a5][/url], losing for the 9th time in their last 10 games.

[i:da689453a5]photo: SN Archives[/i:da689453a5]