Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 27,1997

Games on 1997-05-27

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Cincinnati Reds	1	Box	Curt Schilling	Brett Tomko	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	8	Colorado Rockies	6	Box	Alan Benes	John Thomson	Dennis Eckersley
Florida Marlins	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Al Leiter	Hideo Nomo	Robb Nen
New York Mets	4	Montreal Expos	5	Box	Marc Valdes	Mark Clark	Lee Smith
Chicago Cubs	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Geremi Gonzalez	Jon Lieber	Terry Adams
Atlanta Braves	9	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Greg Maddux	Joey Hamilton	(none)
Houston Astros	4	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Rod Beck	Billy Wagner	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Jim Corsi	Joel Adamson	Heathcliff Slocumb
Cleveland Indians	2	Chicago White Sox	8	Box	Doug Drabek	Albie Lopez	(none)
Anaheim Angels	2	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Justin Thompson	Matt Perisho	Mike Myers
Oakland Athletics	8	Kansas City Royals	6	Box	Billy Taylor	Hipolito Pichardo	Dane Johnson
Seattle Mariners	10	Minnesota Twins	11	Box	Rick Aguilera	Norm Charlton	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	10	New York Yankees	6	Box	Scott Kamieniecki	Kenny Rogers	Armando Benitez
Texas Rangers	15	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	John Burkett	Robert Person	(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	48	33	15	.688	--	271	188	83	16-8	17-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	114	65	49	.570
2	4	10	Toronto Blue Jays	47	25	22	.532	7.5	178	199	-21	13-9	12-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	115	51	64	.443
3	6	14	New York Yankees	50	26	24	.520	8.0	277	224	53	13-10	13-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	112	70	42	.625
4	9	18	Detroit Tigers	49	23	26	.469	10.5	257	229	28	9-15	14-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	113	56	57	.496
5	12	22	Boston Red Sox	47	20	27	.426	12.5	246	258	-12	11-16	9-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	115	58	57	.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	3	7	Cleveland Indians	48	26	22	.542	--	276	261	15	12-13	14-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	113	60	53	.531
2	8	17	Milwaukee Brewers	46	22	24	.478	3.0	225	236	-11	7-17	15-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	115	56	59	.487
3	10	19	Chicago White Sox	47	22	25	.468	3.5	249	260	-11	8-11	14-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	114	58	56	.509
4	11	20	Kansas City Royals	48	22	26	.458	4.0	219	235	-16	11-12	11-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	113	45	68	.398
5	13	23	Minnesota Twins	50	21	29	.420	6.0	247	294	-47	9-13	12-16	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	112	47	65	.420
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	48	27	21	.563	--	241	229	12	12-11	15-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	114	50	64	.439
2	5	12	Anaheim Angels	48	25	23	.521	2.0	253	248	5	9-15	16-8	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	114	59	55	.518
3	7	13	Seattle Mariners	50	26	24	.520	2.0	307	311	-4	16-12	10-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	112	64	48	.571
4	14	25	Oakland Athletics	52	21	31	.404	8.0	242	316	-74	11-20	10-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	110	44	66	.400
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	50	35	15	.700	--	252	160	92	16-9	19-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	112	66	46	.589
2	2	3	Florida Marlins	49	30	19	.612	4.5	217	177	40	12-13	18-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	113	62	51	.549
3	4	6	Montreal Expos	49	27	22	.551	7.5	258	236	22	9-14	18-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	113	51	62	.451
4	6	8	New York Mets	50	27	23	.540	8.0	230	180	50	15-13	12-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	112	61	51	.545
5	13	27	Philadelphia Phillies	50	19	31	.380	16.0	179	273	-94	9-16	10-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	112	49	63	.438
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	51	25	26	.490	--	216	201	15	12-17	13-9	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	111	59	52	.532
2	9	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	50	24	26	.480	0.5	202	238	-36	15-12	9-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	112	55	57	.491
3	10	21	St. Louis Cardinals	49	21	28	.429	3.0	196	192	4	9-19	12-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	113	52	61	.460
4	12	26	Chicago Cubs	49	19	30	.388	5.0	212	229	-17	9-19	10-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	113	49	64	.434
5	14	28	Cincinnati Reds	50	18	32	.360	6.5	189	261	-72	7-18	11-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	112	58	54	.518
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	4	San Francisco Giants	49	29	20	.592	--	205	218	-13	11-8	18-12	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	113	61	52	.540
2	5	9	Colorado Rockies	50	27	23	.540	2.5	304	279	25	12-14	15-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	112	56	56	.500
3	7	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	49	26	23	.531	3.0	182	170	12	9-12	17-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	113	62	51	.549
4	11	24	San Diego Padres	49	20	29	.408	9.0	216	244	-28	6-12	14-17	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	113	56	57	.496

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Billy Brewer	P	29.042	Signed as Free Agent by Phillies.
Larry Casian	P	31.211	Claimed on waivers by Royals from Cubs.
Dario Delgado	3B	17.058	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Phillies
John Kelly	P	24.165	Released by Mets
Samir Martinez	P	17.171	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Rockies
Scott Samuels	OF	26.008	Signed by Expos
Tim Scott	P	30.192	Signed as Free Agent by Rockies.
Don Slaught	C	38.258	Released by Padres.
Tim Spehr	C	30.329	Released by Royals.

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