Baseball on this Date - Thursday April 17,1958

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Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Washington Senators I	0	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Jack Harshman	Chuck Stobbs	(none)
New York Yankees	3	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Johnny Kucks	Tom Brewer	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Early Wynn	Frank Lary	Gerry Staley
Kansas City Athletics	2	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Mudcat Grant	Duke Maas	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Milwaukee Braves	6	Box	Lew Burdette	Vern Law	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Curt Barclay	Don Newcombe	Marv Grissom
Chicago Cubs	4	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Glen Hobbie	Lindy McDaniel	Ed Mayer

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Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1958 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	2	2	0	1.000	--	10	1	9	0-0	2-0	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium	151	72	79	.477
4	4	4	Kansas City Athletics	3	2	1	.667	0.5	16	7	9	2-1	0-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Selkirk	Municipal Stadium	151	71	80	.470
3	3	6	New York Yankees	3	2	1	.667	0.5	7	4	3	2-1	0-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		George Weiss	Yankee Stadium I	151	90	61	.596
2	2	7	Detroit Tigers	3	2	1	.667	0.5	12	11	1	2-1	0-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		John McHale	Briggs Stadium	151	75	76	.497
7	7	13	Washington Senators I	3	1	2	.333	1.5	6	12	-6	0-2	1-0	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Calvin Griffith	Griffith Stadium	151	60	91	.397
6	6	11	Cleveland Indians	3	1	2	.333	1.5	7	16	-9	0-0	1-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Frank Lane	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	150	76	74	.507
5	5	12	Chicago White Sox	3	1	2	.333	1.5	11	12	-1	0-0	1-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Charlie Comiskey	Comiskey Park	151	81	70	.536
8	8	14	Boston Red Sox	4	1	3	.250	2.0	6	12	-6	0-1	1-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Cronin	Fenway Park	150	78	72	.520
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL -	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1958 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Chicago Cubs	2	2	0	1.000	--	8	3	5	2-0	0-0	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP		John Holland	Wrigley Field	152	70	82	.461
2	2	3	Philadelphia Phillies	1	1	0	1.000	0.5	5	4	1	1-0	0-0	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Roy Hamey	Connie Mack Stadium	153	68	85	.444
3	3	5	San Francisco Giants	3	2	1	.667	0.5	16	17	-1	0-0	2-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Chub Feeney	Seals Stadium	151	78	73	.517
5	5	9	Milwaukee Braves	2	1	1	.500	1.0	9	5	4	0-0	1-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP	Fred Haney	John Quinn	County Stadium	152	91	61	.599
4	4	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	1	1	.500	1.0	5	9	-4	1-1	0-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Joe Brown	Forbes Field	152	83	69	.546
6	6	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	1	2	.333	1.5	17	16	1	1-2	0-0	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Buzzie Bavasi	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	151	70	81	.464
8	8	16	St. Louis Cardinals	2	0	2	.000	2.0	3	8	-5	0-0	0-2	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP		Bing Devine	Sportsman's Park	152	72	80	.474
7	7	15	Cincinnati Reds	1	0	1	.000	1.5	4	5	-1	0-0	0-1	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP		Gabe Paul	Crosley Field	153	76	77	.497

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bud Daley	P	25.192	Traded by Orioles to Athletics for Arnie Portocarrero.
Arnie Portocarrero	P	26.287	Traded by Athletics to Orioles for Bud Daley.

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