Take 2 Roundup: Games of Fri, 11/16/07

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[size=18:db95ea1d1e]Phillies Get Revenge, Knock Out Gooden, Mets, Mr. Met[/size:db95ea1d1e]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/mr._met_150x192.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="192" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> A day after Philadelphia shortstop [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/dglanville/118670]Steve Jeltz was assaulted in a New York hotel lobby by the New York Mets' mascot, Mr. Met[/url], the Phillies exacted their revenge on the field by jumping all over Dwight Gooden, knocking him out after just 1.2 IP, and [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=115]blowing out the Mets on Friday night by the score of 16-4[/url].

Every Phillies position player got at least 1 hit, as the team piled on 22 hits in all, including Rick Schu's 3rd homer of the year. In the middle of their gratuitous 6-run 8th, the team's mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, was seen doing a little dance towards Mr. Met that was wholly inappropriate for a family audience.

[b:db95ea1d1e]In the AL:[/b:db95ea1d1e] The Baltimore Orioles, after an impressive opening day victory, [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=121]suffered their 9th straight loss[/url] to the Texas Rangers and an unhittable Charlie Hough. Hough pitched a compete game 2-hitter, and struck out 8, even though after the 4th inning he decided to forego his trademark knuckleball for nothing but 83-mph fastballs.

[i:db95ea1d1e]photo: SN Archives[/i:db95ea1d1e]