Take 2 Roundup: Games of Sat, 4/12/08

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[size=24:7856897f8d][b:7856897f8d]TIGER UPPERCUT[/b:7856897f8d][/size:7856897f8d]
[size=18:7856897f8d]Trammell Crushes 2 HRs; Keeps Pressure on AL East[/size:7856897f8d]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/alan_trammell_2_150x207.jpg " align="left" border="1" width="150" height="207" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> All-Star shortshop Alan Trammell hit 2 homeruns in the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1844]Tigers' 11-7 slugfest win over the hapless Orioles[/url] on Saturday night, extending their winning streak to 5 games and their lead over the 2nd place Yankees to 2.5. Detroit's 85-58 (.594) record is the best in the Majors, as is their 786 runs scored on the season.

[url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1842]The Yankees fell to the Red Sox, 7-4[/url], as [b:7856897f8d]Bruce Hurst[/b:7856897f8d] became Boston's [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/teams/team.php?id=24752][b:7856897f8d]second 20-game winner[/b:7856897f8d][/url] (the other being, of course, this guy). New York had crept to as close as a 1/2 game out, but is finding keeping up with Detroit to be a tall order.

[i:7856897f8d]photo: SN Archives[/i:7856897f8d]