Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 8,1987

Games on 1987-08-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	11	Baltimore Orioles	5	Box	Bobby Witt	Mike Boddicker	Mitch Williams
Kansas City Royals	3	Boston Red Sox	8	Box	Bruce Hurst	Mark Gubicza	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	5	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Ray Burris	Jose DeLeon	Chuck Crim
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Chicago White Sox	8	Box	Floyd Bannister	Chris Bosio	Bobby Thigpen
Toronto Blue Jays	1	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Tom Candiotti	Jose Nunez	(none)
New York Yankees	7	Detroit Tigers	0	Box	Tommy John	Eric King	(none)
Oakland Athletics	2	Minnesota Twins	9	Box	Steve Carlton	Curt Young	(none)
California Angels	3	Seattle Mariners	5	Box	Mike Morgan	Mike Witt	Bill Wilkinson
Atlanta Braves	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	David Palmer	Orel Hershiser	(none)
Chicago Cubs	5	New York Mets	3	Box	Mike Mason	Don Schulze	Lee Smith
St. Louis Cardinals	9	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Todd Worrell	Don Carman	(none)
Montreal Expos	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Doug Drabek	Bryn Smith	John Smiley
Houston Astros	3	San Diego Padres	4	Box	Rich Gossage	Dave Meads	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Atlee Hammaker	Tom Browning	(none)

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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	111	66	45	.595	--	571	505	66	29-28	37-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	Yankee Stadium I	51	23	28	.451
2	2	3	Toronto Blue Jays	110	65	45	.591	0.5	584	457	127	30-26	35-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	52	31	21	.596
3	3	4	Detroit Tigers	107	62	45	.579	2.0	589	493	96	27-23	35-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Lajoie	Tiger Stadium	55	36	19	.655
4	5	9	Milwaukee Brewers	109	57	52	.523	8.0	584	594	-10	26-28	31-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	53	34	19	.642
5	11	19	Boston Red Sox	109	52	57	.477	13.0	566	564	2	19-39	33-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	Fenway Park	53	26	27	.491
6	12	21	Baltimore Orioles	110	49	61	.445	16.5	535	584	-49	29-30	20-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	52	18	34	.346
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	110	41	69	.373	24.5	488	651	-163	16-37	25-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Klein	Cleveland Stadium	52	20	32	.385
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	7	Minnesota Twins	112	60	52	.536	--	562	566	-4	24-36	36-16	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Andy MacPhail	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	50	25	25	.500
2	6	10	Oakland Athletics	110	56	54	.509	3.0	558	526	32	25-26	31-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52	25	27	.481
3	7	12	California Angels	111	56	55	.505	3.5	531	543	-12	27-27	29-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Mike Port	Anaheim Stadium	51	19	32	.373
4	8	16	Seattle Mariners	110	54	56	.491	5.0	517	556	-39	25-28	29-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Balderson	The Kingdome	52	24	28	.462
5	9	17	Kansas City Royals	109	53	56	.486	5.5	449	450	-1	22-36	31-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Schuerholz	Royals Stadium	53	30	23	.566
6	10	18	Texas Rangers	108	52	56	.481	6.0	582	588	-6	21-29	31-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Grieve	Arlington Stadium	54	23	31	.426
7	13	24	Chicago White Sox	108	44	64	.407	14.0	478	517	-39	24-30	20-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Himes	Comiskey Park	54	33	21	.611
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	109	67	42	.615	--	597	487	110	36-22	31-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dal Maxvill	Busch Stadium II	53	28	25	.528
2	2	5	New York Mets	110	63	47	.573	4.5	554	482	72	29-26	34-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	52	29	23	.558
3	3	6	Montreal Expos	109	61	48	.560	6.0	515	497	18	28-23	33-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Murray Cook	Olympic Stadium	53	30	23	.566
4	5	11	Chicago Cubs	110	56	54	.509	11.5	498	514	-16	27-28	29-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dallas Green	Wrigley Field	51	20	31	.392
5	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	109	54	55	.495	13.0	495	522	-27	26-29	28-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Giles	Veterans Stadium	53	26	27	.491
6	10	22	Pittsburgh Pirates	110	49	61	.445	18.5	468	521	-53	21-34	28-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Syd Thrift	Three Rivers Stadium	52	31	21	.596
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	8	Cincinnati Reds	110	58	52	.527	--	563	531	32	27-25	31-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bergesch	Riverfront Stadium	52	26	26	.500
2	6	13	San Francisco Giants	110	55	55	.500	3.0	517	484	33	30-29	25-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Roger Craig	Al Rosen	Candlestick Park	52	35	17	.673
3	8	15	Houston Astros	109	54	55	.495	3.5	438	451	-13	23-31	31-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Astrodome	53	22	31	.415
4	9	20	Atlanta Braves	109	49	60	.450	8.5	527	543	-16	21-30	28-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Chuck Tanner	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	52	20	32	.385
5	11	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	109	48	61	.440	9.5	435	482	-47	20-34	28-27	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	53	25	28	.472
6	12	25	San Diego Padres	110	43	67	.391	15.0	459	552	-93	20-38	23-29	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	52	22	30	.423

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Roy Thomas	P	34.047	Signed as Free Agent by Indians.

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