Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 7,1997

Games on 1997-08-07

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
St. Louis Cardinals	0	Atlanta Braves	3	Box	Denny Neagle	Todd Stottlemyre	Mark Wohlers
San Francisco Giants	3	Chicago Cubs	6	Box	Geremi Gonzalez	Wilson Alvarez	(none)
San Diego Padres	0	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Brett Tomko	Danny Jackson	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	9	Montreal Expos	4	Box	Hideo Nomo	Jim Bullinger	(none)
Colorado Rockies	4	New York Mets	12	Box	Mark Clark	Bill Swift	(none)
Houston Astros	5	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Billy Brewer	Tom Martin	(none)
Florida Marlins	1	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Box	Marc Wilkins	Al Leiter	(none)
Detroit Tigers	8	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Glenn Dishman	Tim Belcher	(none)
Boston Red Sox	7	Minnesota Twins	6	Box	Aaron Sele	Shane Bowers	Jim Corsi
Milwaukee Brewers	4	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Dane Johnson	Doug Jones	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Jeff Fassero	Scott Eyre	Heathcliff Slocumb
New York Yankees	4	Texas Rangers	2	Box	David Cone	Bobby Witt	Mariano Rivera
Cleveland Indians	0	Toronto Blue Jays	4	Box	Roger Clemens	John Smiley	(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	1	Baltimore Orioles	110	70	40	.636	--	571	420	151	39-20	31-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	52	28	24	.538
2	2	3	New York Yankees	112	66	46	.589	5.0	592	460	132	32-22	34-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	50	30	20	.600
3	7	15	Boston Red Sox	115	56	59	.487	16.5	642	617	25	29-28	27-31	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	47	22	25	.468
4	9	16	Toronto Blue Jays	112	54	58	.482	17.0	438	470	-32	27-28	27-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	50	22	28	.440
5	10	19	Detroit Tigers	112	53	59	.473	18.0	568	562	6	21-30	32-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	50	26	24	.520
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	5	11	Cleveland Indians	109	57	52	.523	--	580	567	13	29-26	28-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	52	29	23	.558
2	6	14	Milwaukee Brewers	112	55	57	.491	3.5	491	530	-39	20-37	35-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	49	23	26	.469
3	8	17	Chicago White Sox	112	54	58	.482	4.5	537	561	-24	26-33	28-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	49	26	23	.531
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	113	50	63	.442	9.0	551	589	-38	25-29	25-34	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	49	18	31	.367
5	13	25	Kansas City Royals	111	47	64	.423	11.0	505	557	-52	21-32	26-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	50	20	30	.400
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	3	5	Anaheim Angels	114	65	49	.570	--	612	549	63	29-29	36-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	48	19	29	.396
2	4	6	Seattle Mariners	113	64	49	.566	0.5	655	603	52	33-26	31-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	49	26	23	.531
3	11	21	Texas Rangers	113	52	61	.460	12.5	542	573	-31	23-29	29-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	49	25	24	.510
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	116	45	71	.388	21.0	531	670	-139	20-40	25-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	46	20	26	.435
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	2	Atlanta Braves	116	73	43	.629	--	582	418	164	37-24	36-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	46	28	18	.609
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	113	66	47	.584	5.5	491	449	42	29-27	37-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	49	26	23	.531
3	3	7	New York Mets	113	64	49	.566	7.5	533	479	54	29-31	35-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	49	24	25	.490
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	112	58	54	.518	13.0	504	508	-4	23-29	35-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	50	20	30	.400
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	112	38	74	.339	33.0	441	635	-194	15-42	23-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	50	30	20	.600
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	6	10	Houston Astros	115	61	54	.530	--	526	471	55	28-31	33-23	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	47	23	24	.489
2	8	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	115	57	58	.496	4.0	493	541	-48	28-30	29-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	47	22	25	.468
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	114	52	62	.456	8.5	461	457	4	23-37	29-25	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	48	21	27	.438
4	12	24	Cincinnati Reds	112	48	64	.429	11.5	430	534	-104	19-33	29-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	50	28	22	.560
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	115	46	69	.400	15.0	479	539	-60	16-41	30-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	47	22	25	.468
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	4	8	San Francisco Giants	115	64	51	.557	--	539	552	-13	30-26	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	47	26	21	.553
2	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	114	62	52	.544	1.5	515	434	81	26-29	36-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	48	26	22	.542
3	9	18	San Diego Padres	114	54	60	.474	9.5	580	630	-50	28-28	26-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	48	22	26	.458
4	10	20	Colorado Rockies	116	54	62	.466	10.5	651	665	-14	25-38	29-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	46	29	17	.630

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
John Johnstone	P	28.255	Claimed on waivers by Athletics from Giants.
Steve Montgomery	P	23.167	Claimed on waivers by Indians from Athletics.
Lou Pote	P	25.346	Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals.

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