Baseball on this Date - Friday August 8,1997

Games on 1997-08-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Florida Marlins	6	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Alex Fernandez	Paul Byrd	Robb Nen
San Diego Padres	1	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Marc Pisciotta	Doug Bochtler	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	10	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	Tom Candiotti	Mike Morgan	Darren Dreifort
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Colorado Rockies	5	Box	Jamey Wright	Jon Lieber	Jerry DiPoto
San Francisco Giants	4	Montreal Expos	0	Box	Mark Gardner	Carlos Perez	(none)
Houston Astros	1	New York Mets	6	Box	Brian Bohanon	Shane Reynolds	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Donovan Osborne	Mark Leiter	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	6	Anaheim Angels	2	Box	Mike Mussina	Dennis Springer	Randy Myers
Kansas City Royals	2	Boston Red Sox	8	Box	Steve Avery	Ricky Bones	(none)
Texas Rangers	6	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Scott Bailes	Michael Jackson	John Wetteland
New York Yankees	1	Minnesota Twins	9	Box	LaTroy Hawkins	Dwight Gooden	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	Seattle Mariners	5	Box	Randy Johnson	Chris Clemons	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Toronto Blue Jays	6	Box	Woody Williams	Willie Blair	Kelvim Escobar

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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	111	71	40	.640	--	577	422	155	40-20	31-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	51	27	24	.529
2	2	4	New York Yankees	113	66	47	.584	6.0	593	469	124	32-23	34-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	49	30	19	.612
3	6	14	Boston Red Sox	116	57	59	.491	16.5	650	619	31	29-28	28-31	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	46	21	25	.457
4	8	16	Toronto Blue Jays	113	55	58	.487	17.0	444	473	-29	27-28	28-30	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	49	21	28	.429
5	10	20	Detroit Tigers	113	53	60	.469	19.0	571	568	3	21-31	32-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	49	26	23	.531
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	110	57	53	.518	--	585	573	12	29-26	28-27	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	51	29	22	.569
2	7	15	Milwaukee Brewers	112	55	57	.491	3.0	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	9	17	Chicago White Sox	113	54	59	.478	4.5	537	566	-29	26-34	28-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	48	26	22	.542
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	114	51	63	.447	8.0	560	590	-30	25-29	26-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	48	17	31	.354
5	13	25	Kansas City Royals	112	47	65	.420	11.0	507	565	-58	21-33	26-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	49	20	29	.408
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	Seattle Mariners	114	65	49	.570	--	660	603	57	33-26	32-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	48	25	23	.521
2	4	7	Anaheim Angels	115	65	50	.565	0.5	614	555	59	29-29	36-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	47	19	28	.404
3	11	21	Texas Rangers	114	53	61	.465	12.0	548	578	-30	24-29	29-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	48	24	24	.500
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	117	73	44	.624	--	586	424	162	37-24	36-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	45	28	17	.622
2	2	3	Florida Marlins	114	67	47	.588	4.5	497	453	44	30-27	37-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	48	25	23	.521
3	3	6	New York Mets	114	65	49	.570	6.5	539	480	59	29-31	36-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	48	23	25	.479
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	113	58	55	.513	13.0	504	512	-8	23-29	35-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	49	20	29	.408
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	113	38	75	.336	33.0	442	641	-199	15-43	23-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	49	30	19	.612
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	116	61	55	.526	--	527	477	50	28-32	33-23	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	46	23	23	.500
2	8	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	116	57	59	.491	4.0	496	546	-50	28-31	29-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	46	22	24	.478
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	115	53	62	.461	7.5	467	458	9	23-37	30-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	47	20	27	.426
4	12	24	Cincinnati Reds	113	48	65	.425	11.5	435	544	-109	19-33	29-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	49	28	21	.571
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	116	47	69	.405	14.0	482	540	-58	16-41	31-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	46	21	25	.457
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	116	65	51	.560	--	543	552	-9	31-26	34-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	46	25	21	.543
2	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	115	63	52	.548	1.5	525	439	86	27-29	36-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	47	25	22	.532
3	9	18	Colorado Rockies	117	55	62	.470	10.5	656	668	-12	25-38	30-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	45	28	17	.622
4	10	19	San Diego Padres	115	54	61	.470	10.5	581	633	-52	28-29	26-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	47	22	25	.468

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Manny Alexander	SS-2B	26.141	Traded by Mets with OF Lance Johnson and a player to be named to Cubs for RHP Turk Wendell RHP Mel Rojas and OF Brian McRae
Tilson Brito	2B-3B	25.072	Claimed on waivers by Athletics from Blue Jays.
Julio Franco	SS-2B	38.350	Released by Indians
Lance Johnson	CF	34.033	Traded by Mets with Manny Alexander and Mark Clark to Cubs for Turk Wendell, Mel Rojas and Brian McRae.
Darnell McDonald	OF	18.264	signed
Brian McRae	CF	29.347	Traded by Cubs with Turk Wendell and Mel Rojas to Mets for Manny Alexander, Mark Clark and Lance Johnson.
Terry Mulholland	P	34.152	Claimed on waivers by Giants from Cubs.
Mel Rojas	P	30.241	Traded by Cubs with Turk Wendell and Brian McRae to Mets for Manny Alexander, Mark Clark and Lance Johnson.
William Van Landingham	P	27.023	Released by Giants.
Turk Wendell	P	30.081	Traded by Cubs with Mel Rojas and Brian McRae to Mets for Manny Alexander, Mark Clark and Lance Johnson.

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