Baseball on this Date - Sunday August 23,1998

Games on 1998-08-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Toronto Blue Jays	2	Anaheim Angels	3	Box	Chuck Finley	Carlos Almanzar	Troy Percival
Cleveland Indians	4	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Dwight Gooden	Sidney Ponson	Michael Jackson
Boston Red Sox	5	Minnesota Twins	1	Box	Pedro Martinez	Brad Radke	(none)
Detroit Tigers	5	Oakland Athletics	4	Box	Seth Greisinger	Jimmy Haynes	Todd Jones
Chicago White Sox	2	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Paul Spoljaric	John Snyder	Jose Paniagua
Kansas City Royals	11	Tampa Bay Rays	5	Box	Pat Rapp	Bryan Rekar	(none)
New York Yankees	10	Texas Rangers	12	Box	Rick Helling	Orlando Hernandez	John Wetteland
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Atlanta Braves	12	Box	Greg Maddux	Carlos Perez	(none)
Houston Astros	13	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Jose Lima	Steve Trachsel	(none)
San Francisco Giants	10	Florida Marlins	5	Box	Kirk Rueter	Kirt Ojala	(none)
San Diego Padres	13	Milwaukee Brewers	11	Box	Trevor Hoffman	Bob Wickman	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	10	Montreal Expos	0	Box	Jason Bere	Javier Vazquez	(none)
Arizona Diamondbacks	4	New York Mets	3	Box	Brian Anderson	Al Leiter	Gregg Olson
Colorado Rockies	5	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	John Thomson	Mike Grace	Jerry DiPoto
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Box	Jason Schmidt	Kent Mercker	Jason Christiansen

Standings as of 1998-08-23

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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	127	94	33	.740	--	776	499	277	46-24	48-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium I	35	20	15	.571
2	2	5	Boston Red Sox	128	76	52	.594	18.5	716	571	145	38-32	38-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	34	16	18	.471
3	5	10	Baltimore Orioles	130	69	61	.531	26.5	683	620	63	32-33	37-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ray Miller	Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	32	10	22	.313
4	7	13	Toronto Blue Jays	131	66	65	.504	30.0	642	642	0	30-39	36-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	31	22	9	.710
5	14	28	Tampa Bay Rays	128	49	79	.383	45.5	473	599	-126	23-37	26-42	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Larry Rothschild	Chuck Lamar	Tropicana Field	34	14	20	.412
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	7	Cleveland Indians	129	71	58	.550	--	672	600	72	37-30	34-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	33	18	15	.545
2	10	22	Kansas City Royals	130	59	71	.454	12.5	582	739	-157	35-29	24-42	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	31	13	18	.419
3	11	24	Chicago White Sox	129	57	72	.442	14.0	635	750	-115	25-40	31-33	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jerry Manuel	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	33	23	10	.697
4	12	25	Minnesota Twins	129	57	72	.442	14.0	593	627	-34	29-35	28-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	33	13	20	.394
5	13	27	Detroit Tigers	129	50	79	.388	21.0	549	678	-129	25-41	25-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	33	15	18	.455
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	8	Anaheim Angels	130	71	59	.546	--	644	610	34	34-26	37-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	32	14	18	.438
2	6	12	Texas Rangers	129	68	61	.527	2.5	738	715	23	29-33	39-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	33	20	13	.606
3	8	19	Seattle Mariners	128	59	69	.461	11.0	673	673	0	25-36	34-33	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	33	17	16	.515
4	9	21	Oakland Athletics	131	60	71	.458	11.5	659	701	-42	25-36	35-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Billy Beane	Network Associates Coliseum	31	14	17	.452
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	130	86	44	.662	--	677	487	190	40-22	46-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	32	20	12	.625
2	4	6	New York Mets	130	72	58	.554	14.0	574	492	82	30-29	42-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	32	16	16	.500
3	7	14	Philadelphia Phillies	130	64	66	.492	22.0	588	659	-71	29-33	35-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Ed Wade	Veterans Stadium	32	11	21	.344
4	14	26	Montreal Expos	131	51	80	.389	35.5	509	641	-132	18-42	33-38	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	31	14	17	.452
5	16	30	Florida Marlins	130	45	85	.346	41.0	539	710	-171	18-44	27-41	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	32	9	23	.281
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	131	81	50	.618	--	725	519	206	39-30	42-20	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	31	21	10	.677
2	5	9	Chicago Cubs	130	71	59	.546	9.5	649	617	32	28-33	43-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	33	19	14	.576
5	10	16	St. Louis Cardinals	130	62	68	.477	18.5	631	650	-19	27-42	35-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	32	21	11	.656
3	11	18	Milwaukee Brewers	130	62	68	.477	18.5	564	629	-65	29-32	33-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	32	12	20	.375
4	9	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	130	62	68	.477	18.5	552	542	10	25-36	37-32	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	32	7	25	.219
6	13	23	Cincinnati Reds	130	59	71	.454	21.5	577	621	-44	33-36	26-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	32	18	14	.563
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	130	83	47	.638	--	628	509	119	37-32	46-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	32	15	17	.469
2	6	11	San Francisco Giants	130	69	61	.531	14.0	643	597	46	33-35	36-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	33	20	13	.606
3	8	15	Los Angeles Dodgers	130	64	66	.492	19.0	546	554	-8	30-40	34-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium	32	19	13	.594
4	12	20	Colorado Rockies	131	60	71	.458	23.5	638	688	-50	28-40	32-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	31	17	14	.548
5	15	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	131	49	82	.374	34.5	536	672	-136	25-47	24-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Joe Garagiola	Bank One Ballpark	31	16	15	.516

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Matt Belisle	P	18.078	signed
Jim Bruske	P	33.320	Traded by Padres with Brad Kaufman to Yankees for Ray Ricken and Shea Morenz.

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