Take 2 Roundup: Games of Wed, 11/21/07

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[size=24:6be04cfe1c][b:6be04cfe1c]RICH GET RICHER[/b:6be04cfe1c][/size:6be04cfe1c]
[size=18:6be04cfe1c]Top Teams Putting Pressure on the Pack[/size:6be04cfe1c]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/jesse_barfield_1_150x188.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="188" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> The hottest teams in the Majors stayed hot Wednesday night, with the Tigers (11-4), Blue Jays (10-5), A's (10-5), and Padres (11-5) all winning and continuing to mark their territory on the young 1986 baseball season.

While Detroit steam-rolled Boston, 14-2, behind [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=181]Lance Parrish's 2 HR, 7 RBI night[/url], Jesse Barfield (left) homered and kept the Blue Jays hot on their heels in the AL East as [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=182]Toronto downed the Rangers, 3-1[/url]. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=186]A's beat the Angels in 10[/url] as the two teams flip-flopped in the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/standings/]AL West standings[/url] with Oakland now assuming a 1/2-game lead. And in the NL, Padres closer [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=178]Craig Lefferts socked a 3-run homer AND notched the save[/url] in San Diego's 5-1 win - their 7th straight - over the Reds.

"It ain't over," Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra famously said, "'til it's over." (... but had he seen the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=187]1986 Mariners[/url] play?)

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