Take 2 Roundup: Games of Wed, 4/16/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=24:f3fcbe6e21][b:f3fcbe6e21]TIGERS DOWN BLUE JAYS[/b:f3fcbe6e21][/size:f3fcbe6e21]
[size=18:f3fcbe6e21]Trammell's 2 Home Runs Keeps Detroit in 1st[/size:f3fcbe6e21]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/alan_trammell_2_150x207.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="207" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> Shortstop Alan Trammell hit two home runs and drove in 5 runs to almost single handedly lead the Detroit Tigers to an [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1891][u:f3fcbe6e21]8-7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays[/u:f3fcbe6e21][/url].

Thanks to Trammell's offensive heroics, Detroit was able to maintain a narrow one game lead over the second place Yankees in the American League East. New York had earlier [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1890][u:f3fcbe6e21]defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-3[/u:f3fcbe6e21][/url].

With the loss, Toronto finds themselves a full three games behind Detroit. The Blue Jays and Tigers have four games remaining against each other. They square off in a four game series starting next Monday.

[b:f3fcbe6e21]Over in the NL East...[/b:f3fcbe6e21] The Mets got a solid outing from Dwight Gooden to [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1884][u:f3fcbe6e21]defeat the Chicago Cubs 3-1[/u:f3fcbe6e21][/url]. New York regained sole possession (for the moment) of 1st place in the NL East. [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1885][u:f3fcbe6e21]St. Louis lost to Philadelphia 7-6[/u:f3fcbe6e21][/url] in ten innings, after allowing the Phils to tie the game with a 2 run 9th inning rally.

[b:f3fcbe6e21]Out in the NL West...[/b:f3fcbe6e21] Houston maintained its 3.5 game lead over the Padres after both teams won. The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1886][u:f3fcbe6e21]Astros defeated the Reds 3-1[/u:f3fcbe6e21][/url], scoring two runs in the 8th inning. [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1888][u:f3fcbe6e21]San Diego shut out the Giants 2-0[/u:f3fcbe6e21][/url], as Neal Heaton and Craig Lefferts combined on an impressive four hitter in a clutch circumstance.

For those keeping score at home... four American League ballclubs have already been eliminated from playoff contention.... Milwaukee (64-82), Baltimore (56-90), Minnesota (60-85), Seattle (56-90)... meanwhile the National League still has 11 of 12 teams alive, as only Atlanta (51-94) has been mathemetically precluded from the playoffs.

[i:f3fcbe6e21]photo: SN Archives[/i:f3fcbe6e21]