Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 5,1988

Standings as of 1988-05-05

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1988 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	New York Yankees	28	20	8	.714	--	164	116	48	11-3	9-5	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Piniella	Yankee Stadium I	133	65	68	.489
2	3	6	Cleveland Indians	27	17	10	.630	2.5	132	103	29	7-4	10-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Cleveland Stadium	135	61	74	.452
3	4	7	Detroit Tigers	26	16	10	.615	3.0	116	108	8	7-4	9-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Lajoie	Tiger Stadium	136	72	64	.529
4	5	8	Boston Red Sox	25	15	10	.600	3.5	117	83	34	6-2	9-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	Fenway Park	137	74	63	.540
5	6	10	Milwaukee Brewers	25	14	11	.560	4.5	115	94	21	3-7	11-4	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	137	73	64	.533
6	10	19	Toronto Blue Jays	27	11	16	.407	8.5	129	130	-1	6-7	5-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	135	76	59	.563
7	14	26	Baltimore Orioles	27	3	24	.111	16.5	72	151	-79	1-15	2-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Memorial Stadium	134	51	83	.381
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1988 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Oakland Athletics	28	21	7	.750	--	166	115	51	14-3	7-4	W11	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	134	83	51	.619
2	7	11	Kansas City Royals	27	14	13	.519	6.5	125	114	11	8-8	6-5	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Schuerholz	Royals Stadium	134	70	64	.522
3	8	13	Chicago White Sox	26	13	13	.500	7.0	113	119	-6	6-4	7-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Himes	Comiskey Park	135	58	77	.430
4	9	17	Seattle Mariners	29	13	16	.448	8.5	130	154	-24	7-9	6-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Balderson	The Kingdome	132	55	77	.417
5	11	20	California Angels	28	11	17	.393	10.0	135	143	-8	7-10	4-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Mike Port	Anaheim Stadium	134	64	70	.478
6	12	21	Texas Rangers	26	10	16	.385	10.0	70	110	-40	6-9	4-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Grieve	Arlington Stadium	135	60	75	.444
7	13	24	Minnesota Twins	25	9	16	.360	10.5	99	143	-44	3-10	6-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Andy MacPhail	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	137	82	55	.599
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1988 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Mets	25	18	7	.720	--	135	93	42	10-4	8-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	135	82	53	.607
2	3	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	26	17	9	.654	1.5	116	98	18	9-8	8-1	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Syd Thrift	Three Rivers Stadium	134	68	66	.507
3	6	14	Chicago Cubs	26	13	13	.500	5.5	127	121	6	11-9	2-4	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Frey	Wrigley Field	136	64	72	.471
4	8	16	Montreal Expos	26	12	14	.462	6.5	101	97	4	5-8	7-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Stoneman	Olympic Stadium	136	69	67	.507
5	9	18	St. Louis Cardinals	26	11	15	.423	7.5	92	102	-10	7-10	4-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dal Maxvill	Busch Stadium II	136	65	71	.478
6	10	23	Philadelphia Phillies	25	9	16	.360	9.0	91	106	-15	2-11	6-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	Veterans Stadium	136	56	80	.412
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1988 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	24	16	8	.667	--	113	80	33	7-2	9-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	137	78	59	.569
2	4	9	Houston Astros	25	15	10	.600	1.5	102	80	22	5-6	10-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Wood	Astrodome	137	67	70	.489
3	5	12	Cincinnati Reds	27	14	13	.519	3.5	113	112	1	6-5	8-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Murray Cook	Riverfront Stadium	134	73	61	.545
4	7	15	San Francisco Giants	27	13	14	.481	4.5	94	100	-6	5-4	8-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Roger Craig	Al Rosen	Candlestick Park	135	70	65	.519
5	11	22	San Diego Padres	25	9	16	.360	7.5	67	105	-38	1-6	8-10	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	136	74	62	.544
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	24	6	18	.250	10.0	70	127	-57	5-7	1-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Chuck Tanner	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	136	48	88	.353

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	3	Boston Red Sox	16	Box	Bruce Hurst	Ricky Horton	(none)
Detroit Tigers	8	California Angels	5	Box	Guillermo Hernandez	Chuck Finley	Mike Henneman
New York Yankees	5	Kansas City Royals	3	Box	Richard Dotson	Mark Gubicza	Cecilio Guante
Texas Rangers	1	Milwaukee Brewers	9	Box	Bill Wegman	Bobby Witt	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Oakland Athletics	8	Box	Eric Plunk	Jose Nunez	(none)
Cleveland Indians	2	Seattle Mariners	7	Box	Bill Swift	Rich Yett	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Cincinnati Reds	10	Box	Jose Rijo	Bill Dawley	(none)
Atlanta Braves	1	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Bryn Smith	Rick Mahler	Jeff Parrett

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Lary Sorensen	P	32.214	Released by Reds.

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