Take 2 Roundup: Games of Thurs 4/17/08
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:50 pm[size=24:7ee54f4124][b:7ee54f4124]RYNOS AND TROUTS[/b:7ee54f4124][/size:7ee54f4124]
[size=18:7ee54f4124]Big game hunting has Mets in trouble[/size:7ee54f4124]
<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/ryne_sandberg_2_150x238.jpg " align="left" border="1" width="150" height="238" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> On a light schedule, Ryne Sandberg and his teamate Steve Trout helped keep things interesting in the NL East as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1897]Cubs clawed the Mets, 9-6[/url].
In the other big NL East matchup, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1898]Phillies defated the Cardinals, 5-2[/url]. With the Phillie win over the Cards, coupled with the Met loss, [b:7ee54f4124] the Phillies are only 3 back![/b:7ee54f4124]
[b:7ee54f4124]NL West events...[/b:7ee54f4124] saw the NL West lead improve to 4 games as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1899]Astros survived over the Reds, 2-1[/url]. The Astros and Padres begin head to head games again tomorrow night that may end up deciding the division. Stay tuned.
[b:7ee54f4124]AL East events...[/b:7ee54f4124] The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1901]Red Sox beat the Brewers, 8-2[/url] behind a strong performance from Bruce Hurst who picked up his 21st win of the year. The victory has Boston within 6.5 games as the rest of the AL East contenders were idle Thursday.
[i:7ee54f4124]photo: SN Archives[/i:7ee54f4124]
[size=18:7ee54f4124]Big game hunting has Mets in trouble[/size:7ee54f4124]
<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/ryne_sandberg_2_150x238.jpg " align="left" border="1" width="150" height="238" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> On a light schedule, Ryne Sandberg and his teamate Steve Trout helped keep things interesting in the NL East as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1897]Cubs clawed the Mets, 9-6[/url].
In the other big NL East matchup, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1898]Phillies defated the Cardinals, 5-2[/url]. With the Phillie win over the Cards, coupled with the Met loss, [b:7ee54f4124] the Phillies are only 3 back![/b:7ee54f4124]
[b:7ee54f4124]NL West events...[/b:7ee54f4124] saw the NL West lead improve to 4 games as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1899]Astros survived over the Reds, 2-1[/url]. The Astros and Padres begin head to head games again tomorrow night that may end up deciding the division. Stay tuned.
[b:7ee54f4124]AL East events...[/b:7ee54f4124] The [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1901]Red Sox beat the Brewers, 8-2[/url] behind a strong performance from Bruce Hurst who picked up his 21st win of the year. The victory has Boston within 6.5 games as the rest of the AL East contenders were idle Thursday.
[i:7ee54f4124]photo: SN Archives[/i:7ee54f4124]