Take 2 Roundup: Games of Sat, 1/26/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=24:733d49382d][b:733d49382d]CANSECO DELIVERS[/b:733d49382d][/size:733d49382d]
[size=17:733d49382d]Heralded Rookie Launches 11th Inning HR in A's Win[/size:733d49382d]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/jose_canseco_2_150x193.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="193" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> Rookie Jose Canseco launched a game-winning walk-off home run to open the A's 11th inning on Saturday night, giving[url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=954][u:733d49382d]Oakland a 3-2 win[/u:733d49382d][/url] over the Chicago White Sox.

Oakland tied the game in the bottom of the 9th on Dwayne Murphy's one out home run against White Sox closer Bobby Thigpen. That set up Canseco's opportunity for extra inning heroics, which Jose delivered in style by launching his 16th HR of the season. Curt Young pitched the entire 11 inning game to earn his 11th win.

Elsewhere, in the battle for the American League East division... the first place [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=949][u:733d49382d]Toronto Blue Jays won their 6th straight game[/u:733d49382d][/url], defeating the N.Y. Yankees 4-1. Keeping pace, however, were the 2nd place [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=951][u:733d49382d]Detroit Tigers who also won their 6th straight[/u:733d49382d][/url], a 9-6 victory over the Brewers, who lost for the 7th time in 8 games.

[i:733d49382d]photo: SN Archives[/i:733d49382d]