Baseball on this Date - Friday May 17,1996

Games on 1996-05-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	13	Baltimore Orioles	14	Box	Alan Mills	Norm Charlton	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Mike Stanton	Todd Van Poppel	(none)
Texas Rangers	10	Cleveland Indians	12	Box	Alan Embree	Gil Heredia	Jose Mesa
Chicago White Sox	11	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Roberto Hernandez	Richie Lewis	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	2	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Tim Belcher	Juan Guzman	Jeff Montgomery
Milwaukee Brewers	12	Minnesota Twins	1	Box	Scott Karl	Jose Parra	(none)
California Angels	5	New York Yankees	8	Box	Andy Pettitte	Jim Abbott	Mariano Rivera
Cincinnati Reds	2	Atlanta Braves	8	Box	Greg Maddux	John Smiley	(none)
Florida Marlins	1	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Jim Bullinger	Al Leiter	Turk Wendell
St. Louis Cardinals	11	Colorado Rockies	12	Box	Curt Leskanic	Cory Bailey	Bruce Ruffin
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Houston Astros	4	Box	Shane Reynolds	Jon Lieber	Todd Jones
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Hideo Nomo	Mike Grace	Todd Worrell
Montreal Expos	1	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Trevor Hoffman	Mel Rojas	(none)

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	New York Yankees	38	23	15	.605	--	221	186	35	8-9	15-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	124	69	55	.556
2	4	7	Baltimore Orioles	39	22	17	.564	1.5	222	235	-13	9-9	13-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	123	66	57	.537
3	11	20	Toronto Blue Jays	40	18	22	.450	6.0	226	232	-6	9-12	9-10	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	122	56	66	.459
4	13	27	Boston Red Sox	38	15	23	.395	8.0	198	242	-44	5-14	10-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	124	70	54	.565
5	14	28	Detroit Tigers	43	12	31	.279	13.5	204	318	-114	6-21	6-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	119	41	78	.345
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Cleveland Indians	39	27	12	.692	--	237	185	52	14-9	13-3	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	122	72	50	.590
2	5	8	Chicago White Sox	40	22	18	.550	5.5	220	184	36	11-13	11-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	122	63	59	.516
3	9	17	Milwaukee Brewers	38	18	20	.474	8.5	241	211	30	8-10	10-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	124	62	62	.500
4	10	19	Minnesota Twins	39	18	21	.462	9.0	220	223	-3	7-12	11-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	123	60	63	.488
5	12	23	Kansas City Royals	42	18	24	.429	10.5	186	228	-42	11-13	7-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	119	57	62	.479
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Texas Rangers	41	26	15	.634	--	252	190	62	8-8	18-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	121	64	57	.529
2	6	9	Seattle Mariners	40	21	19	.525	4.5	244	213	31	8-8	13-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	121	64	57	.529
3	7	14	Oakland Athletics	39	19	20	.487	6.0	214	206	8	9-8	10-12	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	123	59	64	.480
4	8	16	California Angels	40	19	21	.475	6.5	181	213	-32	6-13	13-8	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	121	51	70	.421
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Montreal Expos	42	27	15	.643	--	239	180	59	11-11	16-4	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	120	61	59	.508
2	2	3	Atlanta Braves	41	26	15	.634	0.5	207	138	69	10-7	16-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	121	70	51	.579
3	6	12	Philadelphia Phillies	40	20	20	.500	6.0	173	188	-15	12-9	8-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	122	47	75	.385
4	9	18	Florida Marlins	43	20	23	.465	7.5	160	187	-27	5-14	15-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	119	60	59	.504
5	14	26	New York Mets	39	16	23	.410	9.5	188	199	-11	7-14	9-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	123	55	68	.447
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	7	13	Houston Astros	43	21	22	.488	--	216	226	-10	13-12	8-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	119	61	58	.513
2	8	15	Chicago Cubs	42	20	22	.476	0.5	203	186	17	5-12	15-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	120	56	64	.467
3	11	22	Cincinnati Reds	36	16	20	.444	1.5	176	209	-33	7-9	9-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Riverfront Stadium	126	65	61	.516
4	12	24	Pittsburgh Pirates	41	17	24	.415	3.0	184	215	-31	10-10	7-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	121	56	65	.463
5	13	25	St. Louis Cardinals	41	17	24	.415	3.0	181	225	-44	8-12	9-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	121	71	50	.587
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1996 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	5	San Diego Padres	42	26	16	.619	--	217	157	60	12-7	14-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Jack Murphy Stadium	120	65	55	.542
2	4	10	San Francisco Giants	39	20	19	.513	4.5	219	226	-7	14-10	6-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Bob Quinn	Candlestick Park	123	48	75	.390
3	5	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	43	22	21	.512	4.5	168	149	19	8-15	14-6	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	119	68	51	.571
4	10	21	Colorado Rockies	38	17	21	.447	7.0	196	242	-46	8-13	9-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	124	66	58	.532

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Larry Bethea	1B	19.220	Released by Dodgers
Randy Knorr	C	27.186	Purchased by Astros from Blue Jays.
Brad Pennington	P	27.033	Claimed on waivers by Angels from Red Sox.

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