Baseball on this Date - Friday May 23,1997

Games on 1997-05-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago Cubs	3	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Terry Mulholland	Kent Mercker	Terry Adams
Houston Astros	7	Colorado Rockies	8	Box	Bobby Jones	Donne Wall	Steve Reed
Atlanta Braves	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	John Smoltz	Pedro Astacio	Mark Wohlers
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Pedro Martinez	Steve Cooke	(none)
New York Mets	1	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Garrett Stephenson	Dave Mlicki	Ricky Bottalico
Florida Marlins	3	San Diego Padres	6	Box	Fernando Valenzuela	Alex Fernandez	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	0	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Shawn Estes	Matt Morris	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	4	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Scott Karl	Wilson Alvarez	Doug Jones
Baltimore Orioles	1	Cleveland Indians	6	Box	Chad Ogea	Jimmy Key	(none)
Texas Rangers	1	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Brian Moehler	Darren Oliver	(none)
Seattle Mariners	8	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Randy Johnson	Tim Belcher	(none)
Oakland Athletics	8	Minnesota Twins	4	Box	Steve Karsay	Brad Radke	Billy Taylor
Boston Red Sox	9	New York Yankees	3	Box	Aaron Sele	Jeff Nelson	(none)
Anaheim Angels	12	Toronto Blue Jays	2	Box	Dennis Springer	Juan Guzman	(none)

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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	2	Baltimore Orioles	44	30	14	.682	--	239	166	73	13-7	17-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	118	68	50	.576
2	6	11	Toronto Blue Jays	43	23	20	.535	6.5	160	177	-17	13-9	10-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	119	53	66	.445
3	7	12	New York Yankees	47	25	22	.532	6.5	261	204	57	13-10	12-12	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	115	71	44	.617
4	11	21	Detroit Tigers	45	20	25	.444	10.5	228	214	14	9-15	11-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	117	59	58	.504
5	12	22	Boston Red Sox	44	18	26	.409	12.0	234	246	-12	11-15	7-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	118	60	58	.508
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	7	Cleveland Indians	44	24	20	.545	--	254	235	19	11-12	13-8	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	117	62	55	.530
2	8	17	Milwaukee Brewers	42	21	21	.500	2.0	200	211	-11	6-14	15-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	119	57	62	.479
3	9	18	Chicago White Sox	43	20	23	.465	3.5	222	231	-9	8-11	12-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	118	60	58	.508
4	10	19	Kansas City Royals	44	20	24	.455	4.0	197	217	-20	11-12	9-12	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	117	47	70	.402
5	14	26	Minnesota Twins	46	18	28	.391	7.0	214	261	-47	9-13	9-15	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	116	50	66	.431
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	5	Texas Rangers	44	25	19	.568	--	212	199	13	10-9	15-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	118	52	66	.441
2	3	8	Anaheim Angels	44	24	20	.545	1.0	245	231	14	8-12	16-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	118	60	58	.508
3	5	9	Seattle Mariners	46	25	21	.543	1.0	276	277	-1	15-9	10-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	116	65	51	.560
4	13	24	Oakland Athletics	48	19	29	.396	8.0	222	295	-73	9-18	10-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	114	46	68	.404
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	46	33	13	.717	--	228	141	87	14-7	19-6	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	116	68	48	.586
2	3	3	Florida Marlins	45	27	18	.600	5.5	191	158	33	9-12	18-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	117	65	52	.556
3	4	6	Montreal Expos	45	25	20	.556	7.5	237	217	20	9-14	16-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	117	53	64	.453
4	6	13	New York Mets	47	25	22	.532	8.5	214	168	46	13-12	12-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	115	63	52	.548
5	12	25	Philadelphia Phillies	46	18	28	.391	15.0	164	248	-84	8-14	10-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	116	50	66	.431
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	8	15	Houston Astros	47	24	23	.511	--	197	184	13	11-14	13-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	115	60	55	.522
2	9	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	46	23	23	.500	0.5	183	215	-32	14-11	9-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	116	56	60	.483
3	11	23	St. Louis Cardinals	45	18	27	.400	5.0	163	171	-8	6-18	12-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	117	55	62	.470
4	13	27	Chicago Cubs	45	17	28	.378	6.0	196	210	-14	7-17	10-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	117	51	66	.436
5	14	28	Cincinnati Reds	45	14	31	.311	9.0	161	244	-83	7-18	7-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	117	62	55	.530
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	2	4	San Francisco Giants	45	27	18	.600	--	190	193	-3	11-8	16-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	117	63	54	.538
2	5	10	Colorado Rockies	46	25	21	.543	2.5	281	252	29	12-14	13-7	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	116	58	58	.500
3	7	14	Los Angeles Dodgers	45	23	22	.511	4.0	160	156	4	9-12	14-10	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	117	65	52	.556
4	10	20	San Diego Padres	45	20	25	.444	7.0	200	208	-8	6-12	14-13	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	117	56	61	.479

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Darnell Coles	3B-RF	34.355	Purchased by Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central) from Rockies.

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