Take 2 Roundup: Games of Weds, 12/26/07

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=24:7371c744a4][b:7371c744a4]YANKEES DESTROY SEATTLE[/b:7371c744a4][/size:7371c744a4]
[size=18:7371c744a4]Mattingly, Pagliariulo Provide Free Hitting Lessons[/size:7371c744a4]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/don_mattingly_3_150x211.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="211" style="margin: 0px 10px;" />In a philanthropic act of holiday kindness, Yankee hitters Don Mattingly & Mike Pagliarulo provided free hitting lessons to nearly 20,000 Seattle Mariner fans in attendance at last night's game as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=586][u:7371c744a4]Yankees crushed the Seattle Mariners 14-6[/u:7371c744a4][/url]. Mattingly drove in 5 runs, while Pagliarulo had 6 RBI's despite batting in the ninth position in the lineup. Each had two home runs and they together combined for 5 of the Yankees' 17 hits. The Yankees remained two games back of the A.L. East division leading Toronto Blue Jays.

Elsewhere in the American League, close games were the theme of the evening, as [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=581][u:7371c744a4]Toronto[/u:7371c744a4][/url], [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=585][u:7371c744a4]Baltimore[/u:7371c744a4][/url], [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=580][u:7371c744a4]Boston[/u:7371c744a4][/url], [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=583][u:7371c744a4]Chicago[/u:7371c744a4][/url], and [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=582][u:7371c744a4]Kansas City[/u:7371c744a4][/url] each came out victorious in one-run games.

In the National League, Fernando Valenzuela and Greg Brock led the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=575][u:7371c744a4]Dodgers to a 4-2 win against New York[/u:7371c744a4][/url], as the Mets lost their fourth straight game. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=579][u:7371c744a4]Astros overcame the Cardinals 3-2[/u:7371c744a4][/url] to end St. Louis's 7 game win streak. In Pittsburgh, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=577][u:7371c744a4]Pirates defeated the Braves 5-2[/u:7371c744a4][/url], and with the loss the Atlanta now stands 15 games out of first place in the N.L. West division.

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