Daily Roundup: Games of Sun, 2/17/08
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:57 pm[size=24:fdabdeaa47][b:fdabdeaa47]ANOTHER GUIDRY SHUTOUT[/b:fdabdeaa47][/size:fdabdeaa47]
[size=16:fdabdeaa47][b:fdabdeaa47]Lefty's 3rd Shutout of Season Leads Yankees to 7-0 Win[/b:fdabdeaa47][/size:fdabdeaa47]
<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/ron_guidry_2_150x195.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="195" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> New York left hander Ron Guidry tossed his third shutout of the season to lead the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1194][u:fdabdeaa47]Yankees to a 7-0 win[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url] over the visiting Chicago White Sox.
Guidry moved to (9-5) on the 1986 season after allowing 7 hits, no walks, and striking out six.
Rickey Henderson and Mike Pagliarulo each hit their 21st HR of the season to pace the offense.
New York's victory, combined
with [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1198][u:fdabdeaa47]Toronto's 5-2 loss to California[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url] allowed the Yankees to pull to within 3 games of the Blue Jays in the A.L. East. The Detroit Tigers sit between the two teams, currently 2.5 games back of Toronto.
In the National League East... St. Louis, New York, and Pittsburgh continued their 3-way battle for the National League East, as each team won Sunday. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1191][u:fdabdeaa47]Cardinals defeated the Dodgers 6-2[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url], thanks to a 4-run 7th inning. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1193][u:fdabdeaa47]Mets shut out the Astros 6-0[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url] in Houston. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1189][u:fdabdeaa47]Pirates beat the Padres 4-2[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url] on Jim Morrison's 8th inning homer. After the wins, St. Louis sits atop the division, the Mets remain 1 game back, and Pittsburgh still trails by 3 games.
[i:fdabdeaa47]photo: SN Archives[/i:fdabdeaa47]
[size=16:fdabdeaa47][b:fdabdeaa47]Lefty's 3rd Shutout of Season Leads Yankees to 7-0 Win[/b:fdabdeaa47][/size:fdabdeaa47]
<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/ron_guidry_2_150x195.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="195" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> New York left hander Ron Guidry tossed his third shutout of the season to lead the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1194][u:fdabdeaa47]Yankees to a 7-0 win[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url] over the visiting Chicago White Sox.
Guidry moved to (9-5) on the 1986 season after allowing 7 hits, no walks, and striking out six.
Rickey Henderson and Mike Pagliarulo each hit their 21st HR of the season to pace the offense.
New York's victory, combined
with [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1198][u:fdabdeaa47]Toronto's 5-2 loss to California[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url] allowed the Yankees to pull to within 3 games of the Blue Jays in the A.L. East. The Detroit Tigers sit between the two teams, currently 2.5 games back of Toronto.
In the National League East... St. Louis, New York, and Pittsburgh continued their 3-way battle for the National League East, as each team won Sunday. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1191][u:fdabdeaa47]Cardinals defeated the Dodgers 6-2[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url], thanks to a 4-run 7th inning. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1193][u:fdabdeaa47]Mets shut out the Astros 6-0[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url] in Houston. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1189][u:fdabdeaa47]Pirates beat the Padres 4-2[/u:fdabdeaa47][/url] on Jim Morrison's 8th inning homer. After the wins, St. Louis sits atop the division, the Mets remain 1 game back, and Pittsburgh still trails by 3 games.
[i:fdabdeaa47]photo: SN Archives[/i:fdabdeaa47]