Take 2 Roundup: Games of Tues, 4/15/08

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[size=18:88b2fbd69c]Barfield files state and federal with 2 homers[/size:88b2fbd69c]

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Hope you paid your taxes? The Tigers sure would like a refund after Jesse Barfield went deep twice as [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1878]Toronto defeated Detroit, 5-2[/url] on Tuesday. Doyle Alexander pitched a solid game for the Jays as Toronto won their 6th straight. Jack Morris remains stuck on 18 wins as he took the loss.

Toronto's win, coupled with Andy McGaffigan dropping a CG shutout as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1877]Yanks spanked the O's, 7-0[/url], have tightened things in the AL East. The Tigers are only up one game on the Yankees and 2 up on the Blue Jays.

[b:88b2fbd69c]Over in the NL East...[/b:88b2fbd69c] In preparation of the Papal visit, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1872]Cardinals beat the Mets, 7-5[/url]. That win puts St. Louis and New York back into a tie once again. Capitalizing on the two leaders beating each other up, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1871]Phillies handled the Pirates, 10-4[/url] and sit at 4 games back of the leaders.

[b:88b2fbd69c]Out in the NL West...[/b:88b2fbd69c] The race is also getting tight once again as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1873]Reds whomped the Astros, 11-4[/url] handing Houston it's second straight loss. Out in the house that Jack built, the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1875]Padres surpassed the Giants, 4-3[/url] on a Gary Templeton walk off homer in the bottom of the 11th.

The Giants took the lead in the top of the ninth, but Templeton singled home a run in the bottom of the ninth. In the 11th, he won the hearts of light hitting shortstop fans across the nation as his 3rd homer of the year, breathed life back into the home team's playoff chances.

[b:88b2fbd69c]In the most interesting move of the night...[/b:88b2fbd69c] during the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1876]Red Sox 5-1 win over the Brewers[/url], where rookie sensation Roger Clemens notched his 23rd in of the year, Nostradamus would have been proud. In the bottom of the 7th with the Sox sporting a 3-1 lead, the Red Sox manager pulled Bill Buckner for a defensive sub, Dave Stapleton. Maybe he knows something John McNamara doesn't.



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