Baseball on this Date - Wednesday April 30,1997

Games on 1997-04-30

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Atlanta Braves	12	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Denny Neagle	Kent Mercker	(none)
Chicago Cubs	5	Colorado Rockies	11	Box	Kevin Ritz	Kevin Foster	(none)
Houston Astros	6	Montreal Expos	8	Box	Carlos Perez	Darryl Kile	Ugueth Urbina
San Diego Padres	2	New York Mets	6	Box	Bobby Jones	Sterling Hitchcock	John Franco
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Hideo Nomo	Mark Leiter	Todd Worrell
San Francisco Giants	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Box	Mark Gardner	Jon Lieber	(none)
Florida Marlins	2	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Alan Benes	Al Leiter	(none)
Anaheim Angels	2	Boston Red Sox	11	Box	Chris Hammond	Jason Dickson	(none)
Texas Rangers	6	Chicago White Sox	2	Box	Bobby Witt	Wilson Alvarez	(none)
Oakland Athletics	11	Cleveland Indians	9	Box	Billy Taylor	Jose Mesa	Don Wengert
Milwaukee Brewers	4	Detroit Tigers	8	Box	Justin Thompson	Scott Karl	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	1	Kansas City Royals	0	Box	Roger Clemens	Kevin Appier	Paul Spoljaric
Baltimore Orioles	12	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Scott Kamieniecki	Bob Tewksbury	Armando Benitez
Seattle Mariners	2	New York Yankees	3	Box	David Wells	Dennis Martinez	Mariano Rivera

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	4	Baltimore Orioles	23	16	7	.696	--	132	94	38	7-4	9-3	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	139	82	57	.590
2	5	11	Boston Red Sox	25	13	12	.520	4.0	146	124	22	7-7	6-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	137	65	72	.474
3	6	12	New York Yankees	27	14	13	.519	4.0	156	121	35	7-7	7-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	135	82	53	.607
4	11	18	Toronto Blue Jays	23	11	12	.478	5.0	99	93	6	6-5	5-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	139	65	74	.468
5	13	23	Detroit Tigers	27	11	16	.407	7.0	139	154	-15	5-9	6-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	135	68	67	.504
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	10	Milwaukee Brewers	23	12	11	.522	--	110	120	-10	4-7	8-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	138	66	72	.478
2	9	17	Cleveland Indians	25	12	13	.480	1.0	167	172	-5	7-7	5-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	136	74	62	.544
3	10	19	Kansas City Royals	23	11	12	.478	1.0	112	109	3	7-6	4-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	138	56	82	.406
4	12	22	Minnesota Twins	26	11	15	.423	2.5	124	154	-30	5-8	6-7	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	136	57	79	.419
5	14	26	Chicago White Sox	25	8	17	.320	5.0	106	138	-32	4-8	4-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	136	72	64	.529
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	6	Seattle Mariners	27	16	11	.593	--	161	151	10	9-4	7-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	135	74	61	.548
2	3	7	Texas Rangers	24	14	10	.583	0.5	110	98	12	7-5	7-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	138	63	75	.457
4	7	14	Oakland Athletics	26	13	13	.500	2.5	128	151	-23	5-7	8-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	136	52	84	.382
3	8	15	Anaheim Angels	24	12	12	.500	2.5	124	135	-11	5-5	7-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	138	72	66	.522
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Atlanta Braves	25	19	6	.760	--	140	73	67	7-4	12-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	137	82	55	.599
2	4	5	Florida Marlins	25	15	10	.600	4.0	103	97	6	3-8	12-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	137	77	60	.562
3	7	13	Montreal Expos	24	12	12	.500	6.5	119	129	-10	4-8	8-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	138	66	72	.478
4	9	20	New York Mets	26	12	14	.462	7.5	116	97	19	6-8	6-6	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	136	76	60	.559
5	12	25	Philadelphia Phillies	24	8	16	.333	10.5	90	118	-28	5-8	3-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	138	60	78	.435
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	8	Houston Astros	26	15	11	.577	--	113	92	21	7-6	8-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	136	69	67	.507
2	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	25	12	13	.480	2.5	91	123	-32	7-7	5-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	137	67	70	.489
3	10	21	St. Louis Cardinals	25	11	14	.440	3.5	86	87	-1	4-10	7-4	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	137	62	75	.453
4	13	27	Cincinnati Reds	25	7	18	.280	7.5	94	168	-74	2-12	5-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	137	69	68	.504
5	14	28	Chicago Cubs	25	6	19	.240	8.5	95	133	-38	2-11	4-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	137	62	75	.453
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	3	Colorado Rockies	24	17	7	.708	--	171	120	51	9-4	8-3	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	138	66	72	.478
2	2	2	San Francisco Giants	24	17	7	.708	--	94	76	18	8-3	9-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	138	73	65	.529
3	6	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	24	13	11	.542	4.0	88	88	0	5-5	8-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	138	75	63	.543
4	11	24	San Diego Padres	24	9	15	.375	8.0	100	99	1	3-7	6-8	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	138	67	71	.486

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Wes Chamberlain	RF-LF	31.017	Traded by Pirates with Ramon Espinozo to Mets for Erick Ojeda and John Carter.
Kevin Gross	P	35.326	Released by Rangers.
Brad Pennington	P	28.016	Signed as Free Agent by Royals.
Mike Williams	P	28.275	Signed as Free Agent by Royals.

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