Take 2 Roundup: Playoffs, Sat, 5/10/08

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[size=24:4b19239861][b:4b19239861]HOT FOR TUDOR[/b:4b19239861][/size:4b19239861]
[size=18:4b19239861]Cardinals Southpaw Shuts Down Astros for 2-1 NLCS Lead[/size:4b19239861]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/john_tudor_150x220.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="220" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> Lefty [b:4b19239861]John Tudor[/b:4b19239861] (13-11, 2.94 during the regular season) tossed an absolute gem at the Houston Astros on Saturday night, going 8 innings and allowing just 1 run, as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=2117][b:4b19239861]Cardinals took Game 3 of the NLCS, 5-1[/b:4b19239861][/url]. St. Louis moves out to a 2-1 series lead.

[b:4b19239861]Meanwhile, the Angels[/b:4b19239861] took advantage of yet another costly error by the Yankees - this time a misjudged flyball by normally reliable leftfielder Gary Roenicke - to [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=2116][b:4b19239861]squeeze by with a 5-4 Game 4 win[/b:4b19239861][/url], evening the ALCS at 2 games apiece. California overcame homeruns by MVP favorite Don Mattingly and Mike Pagliarulo (each one's 2nd of the postseason), while Bobby Grich hit his first of the playoffs for the victors.

Sunday sees both Series in action again:
[b:4b19239861]ALCS Game 5:[/b:4b19239861] Yankees (Rasmussen) at Angels (McCaskill)
[b:4b19239861]NLCS Game 4:[/b:4b19239861] Astros (Scott) at Cardinals (Horton)

[i:4b19239861]photo: SN Archives[/i:4b19239861]