Take 2 Roundup: Games of Mon, 1/28/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=24:cea25284d0][b:cea25284d0]MORRIS WINS AGAIN[/b:cea25284d0][/size:cea25284d0]
[size=16:cea25284d0]Jack Morris (11-2) Pitches Detroit Past the Yankees[/size:cea25284d0]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/jack_morris_1_150x194.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="194" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> Detroit's ace Jack Morris moved to (11-2) on the 1986 season, pitching 7 strong innings as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=977][u:cea25284d0]Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 5-4[/u:cea25284d0][/url].

Willie Hernandez picked up the difficult save, allowing a 2-run 9th inning home run by N.Y.'s Butch Wynegar before finally closing the door on the Yankees comeback. With the victory, Detroit remained 1.5 games behind the Blue Jays in the A.L. East, who earlier had [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=976][u:cea25284d0]defeated Boston 11-6[/u:cea25284d0][/url].

Elsewhere... the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=972][u:cea25284d0]Cardinals defeated the Mets 2-1[/u:cea25284d0][/url] to open up a 3 game lead in the N.L. East race. Texas reached .500 after a [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=979][u:cea25284d0]9-5 win over the Twins[/u:cea25284d0][/url], their sixth consecutive victory.

[i:cea25284d0]photo: SN Archives[/i:cea25284d0]