Daily Roundup: Games of Sun, 12/23/07
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:22 pm[size=24:38f00d8e18][b:38f00d8e18]ORIOLES OFFENSE EXPLODES[/b:38f00d8e18][/size:38f00d8e18]
[size=18:38f00d8e18]Cal Ripken Signals "Touchdown" During the 19-2 Slugfest
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<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/cal_ripken_1_150x211.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="211" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=552][u:38f00d8e18]Orioles destroyed Seattle 19-2[/u:38f00d8e18][/url] in front of 39,000 unhappy Mariners fans. Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken was one of five different Orioles with 3 hits, and Rick Dempsey's grand slam was one of four Baltimore home runs, as the Orioles took a season's worth of frustration out on the seemingly helpless Mariners pitching staff. Baltimore scored 5+ runs in 3 different innings to quickly and completely erase any possible visions the Mariners had of winning against the heretofore hapless Orioles.
Elsewhere in the A.L., Jack Morris remained perfect (8-0) as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=548][u:38f00d8e18]Detroit defeated the Oakland A's 4-1[/u:38f00d8e18][/url], and [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=551][u:38f00d8e18]Texas defeated the Red Sox[/u:38f00d8e18][/url] on a Pete O'Brien walk-off HR.
Over in the National League, shutouts were the order of the evening, as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=542][u:38f00d8e18]St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves 1-0[/u:38f00d8e18][/url] and the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=545][u:38f00d8e18]San Francisco Giants defeated the Montreal Expos 2-0[/u:38f00d8e18][/url].
[i:38f00d8e18]photo: SN Archives[/i:38f00d8e18]
[size=18:38f00d8e18]Cal Ripken Signals "Touchdown" During the 19-2 Slugfest
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<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/cal_ripken_1_150x211.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="211" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=552][u:38f00d8e18]Orioles destroyed Seattle 19-2[/u:38f00d8e18][/url] in front of 39,000 unhappy Mariners fans. Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken was one of five different Orioles with 3 hits, and Rick Dempsey's grand slam was one of four Baltimore home runs, as the Orioles took a season's worth of frustration out on the seemingly helpless Mariners pitching staff. Baltimore scored 5+ runs in 3 different innings to quickly and completely erase any possible visions the Mariners had of winning against the heretofore hapless Orioles.
Elsewhere in the A.L., Jack Morris remained perfect (8-0) as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=548][u:38f00d8e18]Detroit defeated the Oakland A's 4-1[/u:38f00d8e18][/url], and [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=551][u:38f00d8e18]Texas defeated the Red Sox[/u:38f00d8e18][/url] on a Pete O'Brien walk-off HR.
Over in the National League, shutouts were the order of the evening, as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=542][u:38f00d8e18]St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves 1-0[/u:38f00d8e18][/url] and the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=545][u:38f00d8e18]San Francisco Giants defeated the Montreal Expos 2-0[/u:38f00d8e18][/url].
[i:38f00d8e18]photo: SN Archives[/i:38f00d8e18]