Daily Roundup: Games of Mon, 2/4/08
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:09 pm[size=24:0bcd4fc317][b:0bcd4fc317]FISKY BUSINESS[/b:0bcd4fc317][/size:0bcd4fc317]
[size=16:0bcd4fc317]Carlton Fisk's RBI Single Leads White Sox to 5-4 Victory[/size:0bcd4fc317]
<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/carlton_fisk_1_150x195.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="195" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> In Chicago, the White Sox rallied in the 8th and 9th innings to [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1065][u:0bcd4fc317]defeat the Cleveland Indians 5-4[/u:0bcd4fc317][/url]. Veteran catcher Carlton Fisk's RBI single scored the winning run in the bottom of the 9th, sending the 39,000 White Sox fans into a wild frenzy.
The White Sox trailed by a run entering the 8th inning, but tied the game via John Cangelosi's base running. Cangelosi stole 2nd & stole 3rd, then scored on a ground out to tie the game at 4-4, setting up Fisk's heroics the next inning.
Cleveland starting shortstop Rick Burleson was injured while batting in the 2nd inning and is expected to miss a week.
[b:0bcd4fc317]In Other Games...[/b:0bcd4fc317] In a battle of best (most wins) vs. worst (most losses), the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1063][u:0bcd4fc317]Toronto Blue Jays crushed the Seattle Mariners 14-0[/u:0bcd4fc317][/url]. In the N.L. East, both St. Louis and Pittsburgh won on the road... as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1061][u:0bcd4fc317]Cardinals defeated L.A. 3-2[/u:0bcd4fc317][/url] and the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1060][u:0bcd4fc317]Pirates shut out San Diego 3-0[/u:0bcd4fc317][/url].
[i:0bcd4fc317]photo: SN Archives[/i:0bcd4fc317]
[size=16:0bcd4fc317]Carlton Fisk's RBI Single Leads White Sox to 5-4 Victory[/size:0bcd4fc317]
<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/carlton_fisk_1_150x195.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="195" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> In Chicago, the White Sox rallied in the 8th and 9th innings to [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1065][u:0bcd4fc317]defeat the Cleveland Indians 5-4[/u:0bcd4fc317][/url]. Veteran catcher Carlton Fisk's RBI single scored the winning run in the bottom of the 9th, sending the 39,000 White Sox fans into a wild frenzy.
The White Sox trailed by a run entering the 8th inning, but tied the game via John Cangelosi's base running. Cangelosi stole 2nd & stole 3rd, then scored on a ground out to tie the game at 4-4, setting up Fisk's heroics the next inning.
Cleveland starting shortstop Rick Burleson was injured while batting in the 2nd inning and is expected to miss a week.
[b:0bcd4fc317]In Other Games...[/b:0bcd4fc317] In a battle of best (most wins) vs. worst (most losses), the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1063][u:0bcd4fc317]Toronto Blue Jays crushed the Seattle Mariners 14-0[/u:0bcd4fc317][/url]. In the N.L. East, both St. Louis and Pittsburgh won on the road... as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1061][u:0bcd4fc317]Cardinals defeated L.A. 3-2[/u:0bcd4fc317][/url] and the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1060][u:0bcd4fc317]Pirates shut out San Diego 3-0[/u:0bcd4fc317][/url].
[i:0bcd4fc317]photo: SN Archives[/i:0bcd4fc317]