Take 2 Roundup: Games of Fri 2/8/08

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[size=24:10a35524c9][b:10a35524c9]CANSECO'S GRAND SLAM[/b:10a35524c9][/size:10a35524c9] and [size=18:10a35524c9]A's punish Henke and Blue Jays[/size:10a35524c9]

<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;" /> Oakland A's slugger and future book author Jose Canseco hit a grand slam in the 9th inning, nailing the coffin for the Toronto Blue Jays as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1115]
A's held on to win 12-7[/url]. Canseco's homer run was his 18th of the seaon, which leaves him 1 behind his teammate Carney Lansford who leads the A's with 19 so far. Tom Henke was uncharacteristically hittable, and surrendered 4 earned runs last night.

[b:10a35524c9]In shutout action...[/b:10a35524c9] The New York Mets were treated to not only a recovery in the standings due in part to their [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1109]9-0 win over the Braves[/url], but they also were the beneficiary of a Bob Ojeda complete game shutout.

[b:10a35524c9]In the "Wow he writes some great blogs" action...[/b:10a35524c9] The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1110]Phillies lost to the Astros 3-2[/url] and have not been kind to manager Doug Glanville of late. Astros closer Dave Smith recorded his 29th save of the season.

[b:10a35524c9]In the "which Mahler had a better night" action...[/b:10a35524c9] The winner was Mickey Mahler who picked up a relief win in the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1116]Rangers 1-0 win over the Indians[/url]. Rick Mahler was on the receiving end of a good beating in the previously mentioned 9-0 loss to Bobby Ojeda and the Mets.



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