Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 26,1997

Games on 1997-08-26

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Houston Astros	6	Atlanta Braves	7	Box	Brad Clontz	Billy Wagner	(none)
Florida Marlins	11	Chicago Cubs	0	Box	Livan Hernandez	Miguel Batista	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	5	Colorado Rockies	9	Box	Mike DeJean	Pedro Martinez	(none)
San Francisco Giants	6	New York Mets	2	Box	Wilson Alvarez	Rick Reed	(none)
San Diego Padres	2	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Mike Grace	Sterling Hitchcock	Ricky Bottalico
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Darren Dreifort	Ricardo Rincon	(none)
Montreal Expos	7	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	Marc Valdes	Dennis Eckersley	Ugueth Urbina
Cleveland Indians	7	Anaheim Angels	8	Box	Darrell May	Eric Plunk	(none)
Kansas City Royals	5	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Matt Whisenant	Armando Benitez	Jeff Montgomery
Texas Rangers	10	Milwaukee Brewers	11	Box	Doug Jones	Bryan Eversgerd	(none)
Detroit Tigers	2	Minnesota Twins	8	Box	Rich Robertson	Justin Thompson	Mike Trombley
New York Yankees	18	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	Andy Pettitte	Mike Oquist	(none)
Boston Red Sox	2	Seattle Mariners	8	Box	Jamie Moyer	Steve Avery	(none)
Chicago White Sox	8	Toronto Blue Jays	5	Box	James Baldwin	Woody Williams	Matt Karchner

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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	128	83	45	.648	--	657	492	165	44-22	39-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	34	15	19	.441
2	2	3	New York Yankees	130	78	52	.600	6.0	717	547	170	40-26	38-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	32	18	14	.563
3	8	16	Boston Red Sox	133	66	67	.496	19.5	740	727	13	33-32	33-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	29	12	17	.414
4	9	17	Toronto Blue Jays	130	63	67	.485	21.0	534	560	-26	32-34	31-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	32	13	19	.406
5	11	21	Detroit Tigers	131	61	70	.466	23.5	649	662	-13	27-38	34-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	31	18	13	.581
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	128	67	61	.523	--	685	658	27	32-30	35-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	33	19	14	.576
2	6	13	Milwaukee Brewers	131	66	65	.504	2.5	579	616	-37	25-41	41-24	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	30	12	18	.400
3	7	15	Chicago White Sox	131	65	66	.496	3.5	641	671	-30	30-36	35-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	30	15	15	.500
4	12	24	Kansas City Royals	128	53	75	.414	14.0	589	656	-67	26-37	27-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	33	14	19	.424
5	13	25	Minnesota Twins	130	53	77	.408	15.0	617	690	-73	26-39	27-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	32	15	17	.469
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	132	74	58	.561	--	757	683	74	36-29	38-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	30	16	14	.533
2	4	8	Anaheim Angels	132	72	60	.545	2.0	699	635	64	31-34	41-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	30	12	18	.400
3	10	19	Texas Rangers	132	62	70	.470	12.0	652	679	-27	30-34	32-36	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	30	15	15	.500
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	132	52	80	.394	22.0	612	765	-153	23-43	29-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	30	13	17	.433
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	131	81	50	.618	--	639	469	170	40-26	41-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	31	20	11	.645
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	130	76	54	.585	4.5	577	521	56	33-31	43-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	32	16	16	.500
3	5	9	New York Mets	131	70	61	.534	11.0	608	575	33	31-35	39-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	31	18	13	.581
4	8	14	Montreal Expos	130	65	65	.500	15.5	569	597	-28	28-36	37-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	32	13	19	.406
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	128	48	80	.375	31.5	530	699	-169	21-44	27-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	34	20	14	.588
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	131	69	62	.527	--	623	543	80	31-33	38-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	31	15	16	.484
2	7	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	133	67	66	.504	3.0	585	632	-47	32-35	35-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	29	12	17	.414
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	131	59	72	.450	10.0	523	523	0	26-40	33-32	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	31	14	17	.452
4	12	23	Cincinnati Reds	130	58	72	.446	10.5	513	620	-107	26-39	32-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	32	18	14	.563
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	132	53	79	.402	16.5	543	620	-77	19-47	34-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	30	15	15	.500
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	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	133	74	59	.556	--	584	494	90	34-33	40-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	29	14	15	.483
2	4	7	San Francisco Giants	132	73	59	.553	0.5	629	630	-1	35-31	38-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	30	17	13	.567
3	9	18	Colorado Rockies	133	63	70	.474	11.0	740	762	-22	27-42	36-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	29	20	9	.690
4	10	20	San Diego Padres	133	62	71	.466	12.0	658	723	-65	32-36	30-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	29	14	15	.483

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Matt LeCroy	C-1B	21.257	signed
Bill Swift	P	35.303	Signed as Free Agent by Orioles.
Randy Veres	P	31.274	Released by Royals.
Paul Wagner	P	29.286	Released by Pirates.

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