Take 2 Roundup: Games of Sun, 2/3/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=24:6aa72024e4][b:6aa72024e4]STRAWBERRY DELIGHTS[/b:6aa72024e4][/size:6aa72024e4]
[size=16:6aa72024e4]Mets Win 6-4 on Darryl Strawberry's Grand Slam[/size:6aa72024e4]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/darryl_strawberry_1_150x190.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="190" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> The New York Mets [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1044][u:6aa72024e4]defeated the Astros 6-4[/u:6aa72024e4][/url] on Sunday, thanks to outfielder Darryl Strawberry's 8th inning grand slam off Astros reliever Charlie Kerfeld. Strawberry's home run, his 18th of the season, broke the game open and allowed the Mets to move back to within one game of first place in the National League East division.

[b:6aa72024e4]Also in the N.L. East Division...[/b:6aa72024e4] The St. Louis [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1049][u:6aa72024e4]Cardinals won easily 8-1[/u:6aa72024e4][/url] over the San Francisco Giants, and the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1048][u:6aa72024e4]Pittsburgh Pirates lost 6-3[/u:6aa72024e4][/url] to the L.A. Dodgers, which puts the Cardinals atop the N.L. East... meanwhile both the Pirates and the Mets remain just 1 game back of the Cardinals.

[b:6aa72024e4]Elsewhere...[/b:6aa72024e4] in Texas, Kirk Gibson paced the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1056][u:6aa72024e4]Tigers to a 10-4 win[/u:6aa72024e4][/url] as Detroit snapped the Texas Rangers' 10 game win streak. In San Diego, the Chicago [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1047][u:6aa72024e4]Cubs beat the Padres 6-3[/u:6aa72024e4][/url], for their 7th consecutive victory. Third baseman Ron Cey's 3-run home run provided the eventual winning runs for Chicago.

[i:6aa72024e4]photo: SN Archives[/i:6aa72024e4]