Baseball on this Date - Friday August 29,1997

Games on 1997-08-29

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Seattle Mariners	5	Colorado Rockies	6	Box	Jerry DiPoto	Mike Timlin	(none)
Oakland Athletics	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	5	Box	Antonio Osuna	T.J. Mathews	(none)
Anaheim Angels	3	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Ken Hill	Pete Smith	Troy Percival
Texas Rangers	4	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Rich Rodriguez	Bryan Eversgerd	(none)
New York Mets	3	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Arthur Rhodes	John Franco	(none)
Atlanta Braves	9	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	John Smoltz	Aaron Sele	(none)
Houston Astros	4	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Keith Foulke	John Hudek	Matt Karchner
Chicago Cubs	6	Cleveland Indians	7	Box	Jose Mesa	Dave Stevens	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Willie Blair	Tyler Green	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	9	Kansas City Royals	7	Box	Rigo Beltran	Hector Carrasco	Dennis Eckersley
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Scott Karl	Esteban Loaiza	Doug Jones
Cincinnati Reds	5	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Brett Tomko	Frankie Rodriguez	Jeff Shaw
Montreal Expos	4	New York Yankees	3	Box	Anthony Telford	Mariano Rivera	Ugueth Urbina
Florida Marlins	8	Toronto Blue Jays	0	Box	Al Leiter	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	1	Baltimore Orioles	131	85	46	.649	--	669	503	166	44-22	41-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	31	13	18	.419
2	2	3	New York Yankees	132	78	54	.591	7.5	727	559	168	40-27	38-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	30	18	12	.600
3	7	14	Boston Red Sox	135	67	68	.496	20.0	750	741	9	34-32	33-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	27	11	16	.407
4	9	17	Toronto Blue Jays	133	65	68	.489	21.0	550	572	-22	32-34	33-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	29	11	18	.379
5	11	20	Detroit Tigers	133	62	71	.466	24.0	656	666	-10	27-39	35-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	29	17	12	.586
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	10	Cleveland Indians	130	69	61	.531	--	702	668	34	33-30	36-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	31	17	14	.548
2	6	12	Milwaukee Brewers	133	67	66	.504	3.5	584	624	-40	25-41	42-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	28	11	17	.393
3	8	16	Chicago White Sox	134	66	68	.493	5.0	650	691	-41	30-38	36-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	27	14	13	.519
4	12	24	Kansas City Royals	131	54	77	.412	15.5	604	673	-69	27-38	27-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	30	13	17	.433
5	13	25	Minnesota Twins	132	54	78	.409	16.0	622	695	-73	26-39	28-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	30	14	16	.467
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	6	Seattle Mariners	135	74	61	.548	--	772	707	65	36-31	38-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	27	16	11	.593
2	4	8	Anaheim Angels	135	73	62	.541	1.0	708	655	53	32-35	41-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	27	11	16	.407
3	10	19	Texas Rangers	135	64	71	.474	10.0	674	690	-16	32-35	32-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	27	13	14	.481
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	135	53	82	.393	21.0	625	784	-159	23-45	30-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	27	12	15	.444
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	134	83	51	.619	--	656	478	178	41-26	42-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	28	18	10	.643
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	133	78	55	.586	4.5	592	528	64	35-32	43-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	29	14	15	.483
3	5	9	New York Mets	133	71	62	.534	11.5	626	585	41	31-36	40-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	29	17	12	.586
4	8	15	Montreal Expos	133	66	67	.496	16.5	581	615	-34	29-38	37-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	29	12	17	.414
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	130	49	81	.377	32.0	539	712	-173	21-45	28-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	32	19	13	.594
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	11	Houston Astros	134	70	64	.522	--	635	556	79	32-35	38-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	28	14	14	.500
2	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	135	67	68	.496	3.5	591	645	-54	32-36	35-32	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	27	12	15	.444
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	134	62	72	.463	8.0	547	538	9	27-40	35-32	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	28	11	17	.393
4	12	23	Cincinnati Reds	132	59	73	.447	10.0	523	630	-107	27-40	32-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	30	17	13	.567
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	135	54	81	.400	16.5	556	634	-78	19-48	35-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	27	14	13	.519
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	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	136	77	59	.566	--	605	504	101	35-33	42-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	26	11	15	.423
2	4	7	San Francisco Giants	135	74	61	.548	2.5	645	660	-15	35-32	39-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	27	16	11	.593
3	9	18	Colorado Rockies	136	66	70	.485	11.0	762	777	-15	27-42	39-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	26	17	9	.654
4	10	21	San Diego Padres	136	63	73	.463	14.0	674	735	-61	32-37	31-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	26	13	13	.500

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Mark Johnson	1B	29.317	Claimed on waivers by Reds from Pirates.

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