Baseball on Friday August 31, 1973

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MLB Games on Friday August 31, 1973

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VisTeam

vScore

HomeTeam

hScore

Boxscore

Inn

Attendance

Ballpark

TOD

GameTime

Winning Pitcher

Losing Pitcher

Save Pitcher

Home Runs

California Angels

Chicago White Sox

Box | PBP

13,305

Comiskey Park

Night

2:37

Cleveland Indians

Detroit Tigers

Box | PBP

18,442

Tiger Stadium

Night

2:39

Mike Kekich

Mickey Lolich

Tom Hilgendorf

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Oakland Athletics

Kansas City Royals

Box | PBP

36,242

Royals Stadium

Night

2:42

Rollie Fingers

Doug Bird

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Bando (2), Otis

Boston Red Sox

Milwaukee Brewers

Box | PBP

County Stadium

Night

2:33

Milwaukee Brewers

Box | PBP

22,198

County Stadium

Night

4:08

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Box | PBP

20,499

Yankee Stadium I

Night

2:27

Mel Stottlemyre

Jim Palmer

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Minnesota Twins

Texas Rangers

Box | PBP

4,445

Arlington Stadium

Night

2:56

Danny Fife

Jim Merritt

Ray Corbin

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Houston Astros

Los Angeles Dodgers

Box | PBP

31,395

Dodger Stadium

Night

2:31

Tom Griffin

Jim Brewer

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Ferguson, May

Montreal Expos

Philadelphia Phillies

Box | PBP

14,171

Veterans Stadium

Night

2:51

Pittsburgh Pirates

Box | PBP

Three Rivers Stadium

Night

2:18

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Pittsburgh Pirates

Box | PBP

35,884

Three Rivers Stadium

Night

2:40

Cincinnati Reds

Box | PBP

9,518

San Diego Stadium

Night

2:50

Atlanta Braves

Box | PBP

7,750

Candlestick Park

Night

3:19

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New York Mets

Box | PBP

28,594

Busch Stadium II

Night

2:41

Tug McGraw

Diego Segui

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14 record(s)

Glossary:
visTeam Visiting Team Lg League vScore Visiting team runs scored homeTeam Home Team hScore Home team runs scored Boxscore Link to Boxscore (Box) and Play by Play (PBP) Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season TOD Time of Day (Day or Night) GameTime Time of play for the game Winning Pitcher The Pitcher in the game when winning team went ahead for good Losing Pitcher The Pitcher in the game when losing team was losing for the rest of the game Save Pitcher The final pitcher for the winning team in a close game

Standings on Friday, August 31, 1973

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AL East
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
AL East	1	2	4	Baltimore Orioles	130	76	54	.585	-	569	439	130	36-29	40-25	32	21	11	.656
AL East	2	4	7	Boston Red Sox	134	72	62	.537	6.0	595	541	54	35-34	37-28	28	17	11	.607
AL East	3	5	8	Detroit Tigers	135	71	64	.526	7.5	547	557	-10	32-36	39-28	27	14	13	.519
AL East	4	6	9	New York Yankees	135	69	66	.511	9.5	549	510	39	24-43	45-23	27	11	16	.407
AL East	5	7	13	Milwaukee Brewers	133	66	67	.496	11.5	596	576	20	30-35	36-32	29	8	21	.276
AL East	6	11	22	Cleveland Indians	135	57	78	.422	21.5	560	679	-119	28-39	29-39	27	14	13	.519
AL West
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
AL West	1	1	2	Oakland Athletics	133	79	54	.594	-	613	492	121	38-28	41-26	29	15	14	.517
AL West	2	3	6	Kansas City Royals	134	74	60	.552	5.5	630	627	3	34-34	40-26	28	14	14	.500
AL West	3	8	16	Minnesota Twins	133	64	69	.481	15.0	592	569	23	34-31	30-38	29	17	12	.586
AL West	4	9	17	Chicago White Sox	134	64	70	.478	15.5	523	562	-39	31-35	33-35	28	13	15	.464
AL West	5	10	19	California Angels	129	61	68	.473	16.0	473	501	-28	29-37	32-31	33	18	15	.545
AL West	6	12	24	Texas Rangers	133	46	87	.346	33.0	495	689	-194	20-47	26-40	29	11	18	.379
NL East
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
NL East	1	4	10	St. Louis Cardinals	134	68	66	.507	-	537	510	27	32-34	36-32	28	13	15	.464
NL East	2	6	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	130	65	65	.500	1.0	553	564	-11	29-35	36-30	32	15	17	.469
NL East	3	7	14	Montreal Expos	129	63	66	.488	2.5	544	565	-21	29-37	34-29	33	16	17	.485
NL East	4	8	15	Chicago Cubs	133	64	69	.481	3.5	523	551	-28	32-36	32-33	28	13	15	.464
NL East	5	10	20	New York Mets	133	62	71	.466	5.5	493	506	-13	30-36	32-35	28	20	8	.714
NL East	6	11	21	Philadelphia Phillies	134	62	72	.463	6.0	554	565	-11	29-37	33-35	28	9	19	.321
NL West
League	DivRank	LgRank	MLBRank	Team Name	GP	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	rosG	rosW	rosL	rosPct
NL West	1	1	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	136	83	53	.610	-	563	444	119	39-29	44-24	25	12	13	.480
NL West	2	2	3	Cincinnati Reds	134	79	55	.590	3.0	594	520	74	38-28	41-27	28	20	8	.714
NL West	3	3	5	San Francisco Giants	132	73	59	.553	8.0	584	543	41	36-30	37-29	30	15	15	.500
NL West	4	5	11	Houston Astros	137	69	68	.504	14.5	567	551	16	34-36	35-32	25	13	12	.520
NL West	5	9	18	Atlanta Braves	133	63	70	.474	18.5	651	647	4	32-36	30-35	28	13	15	.464
NL West	6	12	23	San Diego Padres	133	48	85	.361	33.5	442	639	-197	20-45	28-40	29	12	17	.414
24 record(s)

Glossary:
League Abbreviation or name of league divRank Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. GP Games Played. Usually refers to a team W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Home Home Team rosG Rest-of-Season Games rosW Rest-of-Season Wins rosL Rest-of-Season Losses rosPct Winning Percentage for Rest of season

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