Take 2 Roundup: Games of Fri 1/18/08

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[size=24:aaec619f8d][b:aaec619f8d]DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE[/b:aaec619f8d][/size:aaec619f8d] and [size=18:aaec619f8d]Dykstra's double in 10th helps Mets keep pace with Cardinals[/size:aaec619f8d]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/lenny_dykstra_2_150x197.jpg " align="left" border="1" width="150" height="186" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra fell a single short of the cycle Friday night to help the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=850]New York Mets defeat the Chicago Cubs 8-7[/url]. Darryl Strawberry hit a 2 run homer in the 9th to tie the game, and Dykstra drove in pinch hitter George Foster for the game winner in the 10th.

In other action around the league: The Cardinals extended their division lead to 2 games over Pirates as they played another close one at Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia with the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=840]Cardinals defeating the Phillies 4-3[/url].

Meanwhile, the Tigers have won 4 straight and are back within 2 games of the division leading Blue Jays after Frank Tanana and Willie Hernandez pitched a [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=857]2-0 shutout over the Brewers[/url].

[b:aaec619f8d]On this day in 1986:[/b:aaec619f8d] Dionne Warwick’s single for AID’s research, [i:aaec619f8d]That’s What Friends are For[/i:aaec619f8d], became her second #1 song on the music charts.



[i:aaec619f8d]photo: SN Archives[/i:aaec619f8d]