Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 5,1987

Games on 1987-08-05

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	1	California Angels	6	Box	John Candelaria	Bert Blyleven	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	3	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Jimmy Key	Richard Dotson	Tom Henke
New York Yankees	5	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Brad Arnsberg	Phil Niekro	Dave Righetti
Kansas City Royals	2	Detroit Tigers	4	Box	Walt Terrell	Bret Saberhagen	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	1	Milwaukee Brewers	5	Box	Teddy Higuera	Eric Bell	(none)
Seattle Mariners	1	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Jose Rijo	Scott Bankhead	Gene Nelson
Boston Red Sox	8	Texas Rangers	9	Box	Jose Guzman	Joe Sambito	(none)
San Diego Padres	7	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Jimmy Jones	Doyle Alexander	Rich Gossage
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Ron Robinson	Fernando Valenzuela	John Franco
San Francisco Giants	5	Houston Astros	6	Box	Larry Andersen	Jeff Robinson	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Randy St. Claire	Ken Dayley	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	New York Mets	13	Box	John Mitchell	Kevin Gross	Randy Myers
Chicago Cubs	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	10	Box	Brian Fisher	Jamie Moyer	(none)

Standings as of 1987-08-05

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Yankees	108	65	43	.602	--	559	485	74	28-26	37-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	Yankee Stadium I	54	24	30	.444
2	2	3	Toronto Blue Jays	107	64	43	.598	0.5	563	439	124	29-24	35-19	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	55	32	23	.582
3	3	4	Detroit Tigers	104	60	44	.577	3.0	569	481	88	27-23	33-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Lajoie	Tiger Stadium	58	38	20	.655
4	7	11	Milwaukee Brewers	105	54	51	.514	9.5	555	571	-16	24-27	30-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	57	37	20	.649
5	11	19	Boston Red Sox	107	50	57	.467	14.5	554	558	-4	19-39	31-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	Fenway Park	55	28	27	.509
6	12	20	Baltimore Orioles	107	48	59	.449	16.5	513	560	-47	29-29	19-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	55	19	36	.345
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	107	39	68	.364	25.5	470	630	-160	16-37	23-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Klein	Cleveland Stadium	55	22	33	.400
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	8	Oakland Athletics	107	56	51	.523	--	548	499	49	25-23	31-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	55	25	30	.455
2	5	9	Minnesota Twins	109	57	52	.523	--	535	556	-21	24-36	33-16	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Andy MacPhail	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	53	28	25	.528
3	6	10	California Angels	108	56	52	.519	0.5	524	509	15	27-24	29-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Mike Port	Anaheim Stadium	54	19	35	.352
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	107	53	54	.495	3.0	443	438	5	22-34	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Schuerholz	Royals Stadium	55	30	25	.545
5	9	17	Texas Rangers	106	51	55	.481	4.5	569	574	-5	20-28	31-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Grieve	Arlington Stadium	56	24	32	.429
6	10	18	Seattle Mariners	107	51	56	.477	5.0	483	549	-66	25-28	26-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Balderson	The Kingdome	55	27	28	.491
7	13	24	Chicago White Sox	105	43	62	.410	12.0	463	499	-36	24-30	19-32	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Himes	Comiskey Park	57	34	23	.596
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	106	65	41	.613	--	578	465	113	34-21	31-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dal Maxvill	Busch Stadium II	56	30	26	.536
2	2	5	New York Mets	107	61	46	.570	4.5	537	470	67	29-26	32-20	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	55	31	24	.564
3	3	6	Montreal Expos	106	60	46	.566	5.0	504	480	24	27-21	33-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Murray Cook	Olympic Stadium	56	31	25	.554
4	5	12	Chicago Cubs	107	55	52	.514	10.5	486	497	-11	26-26	29-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dallas Green	Wrigley Field	54	21	33	.389
5	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	106	53	53	.500	12.0	473	503	-30	26-29	27-24	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Giles	Veterans Stadium	56	27	29	.482
6	11	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	107	47	60	.439	18.5	451	510	-59	21-34	26-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Syd Thrift	Three Rivers Stadium	55	33	22	.600
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	108	58	50	.537	--	560	523	37	27-23	31-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bergesch	Riverfront Stadium	54	26	28	.481
2	6	13	Houston Astros	107	54	53	.505	3.5	434	440	-6	23-29	31-24	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Astrodome	55	22	33	.400
3	8	16	San Francisco Giants	108	53	55	.491	5.0	509	481	28	30-29	23-26	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Roger Craig	Al Rosen	Candlestick Park	54	37	17	.685
4	9	21	Los Angeles Dodgers	107	48	59	.449	9.5	425	469	-44	20-34	28-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	55	25	30	.455
5	10	22	Atlanta Braves	106	47	59	.443	10.0	510	526	-16	19-30	28-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Chuck Tanner	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55	22	33	.400
6	12	25	San Diego Padres	107	40	67	.374	17.5	441	544	-103	19-38	21-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	55	25	30	.455

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Curt Brown	P	27.203	Traded by Brewers to Athletics for Eric Broersma.
Joe Siddall	C	19.285	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Expos.
Roy Thomas	P	34.044	Released by Mariners.

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