Take 2 Roundup: Games of Sun, 12/16/07

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=24:1b9bf0ba04][b:1b9bf0ba04]GARY CARTER INJURED[/b:1b9bf0ba04][/size:1b9bf0ba04]
[size=18:1b9bf0ba04]Even Mr. Met can't watch the gruesome replay.[/size:1b9bf0ba04]

<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: 0px 10px;" /> The National League East division race took an unexpected turn, as the New York Mets captain and clubhouse leader Gary Carter was injured in a [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=464][u:1b9bf0ba04]9-5 loss to the Dodgers[/u:1b9bf0ba04][/url]. Carter tore his achilles tendon swinging awkwardly in a first-inning strike out, and the bulging tendon and grimace on Carter's face caused men, women, children and even Mr. Met to have to turn their eyes away. Carter is expected to miss at least New York's next 15 games.

[b:1b9bf0ba04]Elsewhere:[/b:1b9bf0ba04] The Blue Jays won for the 13th time in 15 games, after [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=469][u:1b9bf0ba04]defeating the Cleveland Indians[/u:1b9bf0ba04][/url] 5 to 1. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=465][u:1b9bf0ba04]Philadelphia Phillies defeated San Francisco[/u:1b9bf0ba04][/url] 6 to 2, sending the Giants to their 7th loss in their last 10 games.

[i:1b9bf0ba04]photo: SN Archives[/i:1b9bf0ba04]