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Games on 1998-08-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Anaheim Angels	5	Chicago White Sox	7	Box	Mike Sirotka	Jason Dickson	Bill Simas
Anaheim Angels	3	Chicago White Sox	4	Box	Chad Bradford	Shigetoshi Hasegawa	(none)
Seattle Mariners	9	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Ken Cloude	Brian Powell	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	6	Minnesota Twins	3	Box	Sidney Ponson	Brad Radke	Jesse Orosco
Kansas City Royals	1	New York Yankees	14	Box	Orlando Hernandez	Glendon Rusch	(none)
Cleveland Indians	6	Tampa Bay Rays	2	Box	Charles Nagy	Bryan Rekar	(none)
Boston Red Sox	11	Texas Rangers	1	Box	Tim Wakefield	Aaron Sele	(none)
Oakland Athletics	5	Toronto Blue Jays	6	Box	Dan Plesac	Mike Fetters	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	0	Cincinnati Reds	4	Box	Dennys Reyes	Steve Woodard	(none)
New York Mets	4	Colorado Rockies	3	Box	Armando Reynoso	Bobby Jones	John Franco
Philadelphia Phillies	6	Houston Astros	7	Box	Doug Henry	Mark Leiter	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Antonio Osuna	Jason Christiansen	(none)
Arizona Diamondbacks	3	Montreal Expos	5	Box	Dustin Hermanson	Amaury Telemaco	Ugueth Urbina
Atlanta Braves	14	San Francisco Giants	6	Box	Kevin Millwood	Danny Darwin	(none)
Chicago Cubs	8	St. Louis Cardinals	9	Box	Bobby Witt	Dave Stevens	(none)

Standings as of 1998-08-08

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	112	83	29	.741	--	683	427	256	42-21	41-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium I	50	31	19	.620
2	2	5	Boston Red Sox	114	67	47	.588	17.0	626	502	124	34-30	33-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	48	25	23	.521
3	6	12	Baltimore Orioles	115	60	55	.522	24.5	607	568	39	27-30	33-25	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ray Miller	Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	47	19	28	.404
4	7	15	Toronto Blue Jays	117	57	60	.487	28.5	558	584	-26	26-36	31-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	45	31	14	.689
5	14	28	Tampa Bay Rays	113	44	69	.389	39.5	414	526	-112	20-32	24-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Larry Rothschild	Chuck Lamar	Tropicana Field	49	19	30	.388
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	Cleveland Indians	115	65	50	.565	--	620	533	87	35-26	30-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	47	24	23	.511
2	9	20	Chicago White Sox	115	52	63	.452	13.0	581	682	-101	24-34	27-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jerry Manuel	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	47	28	19	.596
3	10	21	Kansas City Royals	116	52	64	.448	13.5	508	659	-151	31-27	21-37	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	45	20	25	.444
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	114	51	63	.447	13.5	531	538	-7	27-28	24-35	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	48	19	29	.396
5	13	27	Detroit Tigers	114	46	68	.404	18.5	491	594	-103	23-35	23-33	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	48	19	29	.396
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	7	Texas Rangers	115	63	52	.548	--	663	636	27	27-27	36-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	47	25	22	.532
2	5	11	Anaheim Angels	115	60	55	.522	3.0	564	564	0	28-24	32-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	47	25	22	.532
3	8	18	Seattle Mariners	115	53	62	.461	10.0	616	585	31	23-32	30-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	46	23	23	.500
4	11	22	Oakland Athletics	116	52	64	.448	11.5	586	639	-53	23-31	29-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Billy Beane	Network Associates Coliseum	46	22	24	.478
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Atlanta Braves	117	78	39	.667	--	619	440	179	36-19	42-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	45	28	17	.622
2	5	9	New York Mets	114	62	52	.544	14.5	508	429	79	26-26	36-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	48	26	22	.542
3	9	16	Philadelphia Phillies	115	56	59	.487	21.0	518	590	-72	25-30	31-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Ed Wade	Veterans Stadium	47	19	28	.404
4	14	26	Montreal Expos	117	48	69	.410	30.0	463	566	-103	16-35	32-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	45	17	28	.378
5	16	30	Florida Marlins	116	41	75	.353	36.5	491	643	-152	15-39	26-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	46	13	33	.283
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	4	Houston Astros	116	70	46	.603	--	641	473	168	34-28	36-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	46	32	14	.696
2	4	8	Chicago Cubs	117	64	53	.547	6.5	582	552	30	24-30	40-23	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	46	26	20	.565
3	8	14	Milwaukee Brewers	116	57	59	.491	13.0	510	554	-44	27-26	30-33	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	46	17	29	.370
4	10	17	St. Louis Cardinals	115	55	60	.478	14.5	568	578	-10	24-37	31-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	47	28	19	.596
5	11	19	Cincinnati Reds	117	53	64	.453	17.5	514	559	-45	30-33	23-31	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	45	24	21	.533
6	13	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	117	51	66	.436	19.5	463	489	-26	20-34	31-32	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	45	18	27	.400
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	San Diego Padres	116	75	41	.647	--	569	455	114	34-29	41-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	46	23	23	.500
2	6	10	San Francisco Giants	117	62	55	.530	13.5	573	528	45	30-32	32-23	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	46	27	19	.587
3	7	13	Los Angeles Dodgers	117	60	57	.513	15.5	498	496	2	28-36	32-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium	45	23	22	.511
4	12	24	Colorado Rockies	117	52	65	.444	23.5	566	630	-64	25-36	27-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	45	25	20	.556
5	15	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	116	44	72	.379	31.0	481	593	-112	23-43	21-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Joe Garagiola	Bank One Ballpark	46	21	25	.457

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Jody Gerut	RF-LF	20.324	signed
Alex Gordon	OF	18.158	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Orioles
Ricardo Jordan	P	28.042	Released by Reds.

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