Take 2 Roundup: Playoffs, Wed, 5/7/08

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[size=24:9b3670001a][b:9b3670001a]HOUSTON DODGES A PROBLEM[/b:9b3670001a][/size:9b3670001a]
[size=18:9b3670001a]Ace Mike Scott Leaves Early, but Astros Still Take Game 1[/size:9b3670001a]

<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;" /> Houston ace [b:9b3670001a]Mike Scott[/b:9b3670001a] had to leave the game after straining a back muscle at the plate in the 3rd inning of Wednesday's NLCS Game 1, but the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=2113][b:9b3670001a]Astros went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-2[/b:9b3670001a][/url], to take a 1-0 series lead. Scott is listed as day-to-day, but fortunately for Houston, he is expected to make his next start (Game 5).

In ALCS Game 2, there was considerably less drama than Game 1's 11-inning affair, as [b:9b3670001a]Ron Guidry[/b:9b3670001a] and [b:9b3670001a]Dave Righetti[/b:9b3670001a] combined on a [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=2112][b:9b3670001a]3-0, 6-hit shutout of the Angels[/b:9b3670001a][/url] to take a 2-0 series lead.

[i:9b3670001a]photo: SN Archives[/i:9b3670001a]