Take 2 Roundup: Games of Sun, 11/18/07

[bernieh]

[size=18:d395c3a628]New Oriole Ken Griffey Homers, Breaks 10-Game Losing Streak[/size:d395c3a628]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/cal_ripken_6_150x220.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="220" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> Baltimore leftfielder Ken Griffey, newly acquired for reliever Don Aase in a trade with the Yankees just hours earlier, hit a 2-run homer in [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=147][b:d395c3a628]Sunday night's 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers[/b:d395c3a628][/url], finally ending the Orioles' 10-game losing streak.

Is this win (and fortuitous trade by manager Chris Mottram) a turning point for Baltimore? Shortstop Cal Ripken (pictured instead of Griffey, who was confusingly playing in a Yankee uniform as the trade was so last-minute) said, "I sure hope so. I was gonna start just sitting out games because this sucked so much."

[b:d395c3a628]Also turning it around:[/b:d395c3a628] The Atlanta Braves tomahawked the Dodgers for the 2nd night in a row, [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=144][b:d395c3a628]outslugging LA 9-7[/b:d395c3a628][/url] to win their 3rd game out of their last 4 contests.

[i:d395c3a628]photo: SN Archives[/i:d395c3a628]

[nymets99]

another trade that is not mirroring 86 season. What gives