Baseball on this Date - Monday August 31,1987

Games on 1987-08-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	3	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Mike Griffin	Mike Morgan	Tom Niedenfuer
Kansas City Royals	3	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Jose DeLeon	Danny Jackson	Bobby Thigpen
Cleveland Indians	7	Detroit Tigers	2	Box	John Farrell	Frank Tanana	(none)
Oakland Athletics	1	New York Yankees	4	Box	Ron Guidry	Curt Young	Tim Stoddard
California Angels	8	Toronto Blue Jays	7	Box	Willie Fraser	Tom Henke	Gary Lucas
Chicago Cubs	4	Houston Astros	3	Box	Les Lancaster	Danny Darwin	Lee Smith
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Shane Rawley	Bob Welch	Steve Bedrosian
Atlanta Braves	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Mike Dunne	Jeff Dedmon	(none)
New York Mets	6	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Jesse Orosco	Keith Comstock	Roger McDowell
Montreal Expos	0	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Dave Dravecky	Dennis Martinez	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	0	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	John Tudor	Ted Power	(none)

Standings as of 1987-08-31

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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	Detroit Tigers	129	77	52	.597	--	732	598	134	36-28	41-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Lajoie	Tiger Stadium	33	21	12	.636
2	2	3	Toronto Blue Jays	131	77	54	.588	1.0	686	543	143	38-30	39-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	31	19	12	.613
3	3	5	New York Yankees	131	74	57	.565	4.0	642	596	46	33-36	41-21	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	Yankee Stadium I	31	15	16	.484
4	4	7	Milwaukee Brewers	130	70	60	.538	7.5	702	694	8	32-31	38-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	32	21	11	.656
5	9	17	Boston Red Sox	129	62	67	.481	15.0	681	667	14	21-43	41-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	Fenway Park	33	16	17	.485
6	12	20	Baltimore Orioles	131	60	71	.458	18.0	624	689	-65	33-34	27-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	31	7	24	.226
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	132	51	81	.386	27.5	591	771	-180	21-42	30-39	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Klein	Cleveland Stadium	30	10	20	.333
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	5	9	Minnesota Twins	132	69	63	.523	--	662	674	-12	26-43	43-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Andy MacPhail	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	30	16	14	.533
2	6	11	Oakland Athletics	131	67	64	.511	1.5	675	633	42	31-33	36-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	31	14	17	.452
3	7	13	California Angels	132	66	66	.500	3.0	623	639	-16	33-30	33-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Mike Port	Anaheim Stadium	30	9	21	.300
4	8	14	Kansas City Royals	131	65	66	.496	3.5	568	565	3	28-41	37-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Schuerholz	Royals Stadium	31	18	13	.581
5	10	18	Texas Rangers	130	61	69	.469	7.0	685	702	-17	27-38	34-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Grieve	Arlington Stadium	32	14	18	.438
6	11	19	Seattle Mariners	131	61	70	.466	7.5	606	671	-65	27-35	34-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Balderson	The Kingdome	31	17	14	.548
7	13	24	Chicago White Sox	130	55	75	.423	13.0	594	629	-35	30-35	25-40	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Himes	Comiskey Park	32	22	10	.688
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	130	79	51	.608	--	689	571	118	41-27	38-24	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dal Maxvill	Busch Stadium II	32	16	16	.500
2	2	4	New York Mets	131	74	57	.565	5.5	655	578	77	33-30	41-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	31	18	13	.581
3	3	6	Montreal Expos	130	73	57	.562	6.0	600	590	10	34-28	39-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Stoneman	Olympic Stadium	32	18	14	.563
4	5	10	Philadelphia Phillies	131	68	63	.519	11.5	595	609	-14	31-32	37-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Giles	Veterans Stadium	31	12	19	.387
5	6	12	Chicago Cubs	130	66	64	.508	13.0	606	636	-30	32-34	34-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dallas Green	Wrigley Field	31	10	21	.323
6	9	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	131	60	71	.458	19.5	575	620	-45	23-42	37-29	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Syd Thrift	Three Rivers Stadium	31	20	11	.645
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	San Francisco Giants	132	70	62	.530	--	617	555	62	36-32	34-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Roger Craig	Al Rosen	Candlestick Park	30	20	10	.667
2	7	15	Houston Astros	131	65	66	.496	4.5	535	542	-7	27-41	38-25	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Astrodome	31	11	20	.355
3	8	16	Cincinnati Reds	132	64	68	.485	6.0	641	636	5	31-34	33-34	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bergesch	Riverfront Stadium	30	20	10	.667
4	10	22	Atlanta Braves	130	56	74	.431	13.0	614	652	-38	23-43	33-31	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Chuck Tanner	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	31	13	18	.419
5	11	23	Los Angeles Dodgers	131	56	75	.427	13.5	501	551	-50	25-42	31-33	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	31	17	14	.548
6	12	25	San Diego Padres	131	54	77	.412	15.5	550	638	-88	23-41	31-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	31	11	20	.355

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Mike Flanagan	P	35.259	Traded by Orioles to Blue Jays for Jose Mesa and Oswaldo Peraza.
Gene Garber	P	39.292	Traded by Braves to Royals for Terry Bell.
Gary Lavelle	P	38.240	Signed as Free Agent by Athletics.
Dave Leiper	P	25.074	Traded by Athletics with Rob Nelson to Padres for Storm Davis.
Phil Niekro	P	48.152	Released by Blue Jays.
Oswaldo Peraza	P	24.316	Traded by Blue Jays with Jose Mesa to Orioles for Mike Flanagan.
Pat Perry	P	28.208	Traded by Cardinals to Reds for Scott Terry.

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