Take 2 Roundup: Playoffs, Tue, 5/13/08

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[size=24:b80ad0caa9][b:b80ad0caa9]YANKEES ADVANCE[/b:b80ad0caa9][/size:b80ad0caa9]
[size=18:b80ad0caa9]Mattingly Leads Yanks to World Series in 8-4 Clincher Over Angels[/size:b80ad0caa9]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/don_mattingly_3_150x211.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="211" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> American League MVP [b:b80ad0caa9]Don Mattingly[/b:b80ad0caa9] went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI as the [b:b80ad0caa9]New York Yankees advance to the World Series[/b:b80ad0caa9] for the first time since the strike-shortened 1981 season with an [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=2121]8-4 beating of the Angels[/url], winning the ALCS 4 games to 2.

Mattingly, who earlier this week won his second straight AL MVP Award by hitting .340 with 41 HR and a ridiculous 153 RBI, takes home the ALCS MVP trophy as well, hitting .462 with 2 HR and 7 RBI in the 6 games.

The World Series starts on Saturday, for which the Bronx Bombers await the winner of the NLCS. [b:b80ad0caa9]Game 6 between the Cardinals and Astros in Houston is Wednesday[/b:b80ad0caa9] (Bob Forsch vs. Nolan Ryan), with St. Louis leading the series 3-2.

[i:b80ad0caa9]photo: SN Archives[/i:b80ad0caa9]