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[size=24:d9087e18bd][b:d9087e18bd]ARE YOU HOT OR NOT[/b:d9087e18bd][/size:d9087e18bd]
[size=18:d9087e18bd]Blue Jays, Astros Are; Red Sox Not So Much[/size:d9087e18bd]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/gbell_lmoseby_jbarf_150x221.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="221" style="margin-right: 0px;" /> Blue Jays rightfielder Jesse Barfield homered twice in [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=390]Toronto's 7-3 win over the Mariners[/url] Sunday night, claiming the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/stats/index.php?pos=0&order_by=hr+DESC&qual=1&univ=sim]Major League lead for long balls[/url] at 11 on the season. Just when we thought the 20-9 Detroit Tigers would never be caught, here the Blue Jays preen (left), winners of 8 out of their last 9, in a virtual [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/standings/]tie for the AL East lead[/url].

[b:d9087e18bd]Also hot:[/b:d9087e18bd] The Astros [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=380]slid by the Pirates 1-0 in 11 innings[/url] Sunday night, to move 2 games behind the division-leading Padres in the NL West. Houston is 11-2 over their last 13 games.

[b:d9087e18bd]Opposite of hot:[/b:d9087e18bd] The disappointing Red Sox fell to 14-17 on the season, [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=389]succumbing to the Oakland A's 4-2[/url], and are now 4-10 over their last 14 contests.

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