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Sunday, April 6,2008

Sunday, April 6,2008

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 New York Mets  1 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Turner Field John Smoltz Johan Santana Rafael Soriano 39,414 2:35
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Houston Astros  2 Chicago Cubs  3 box | pbp Wrigley Field Carlos Zambrano Oscar Villarreal Kerry Wood 40,929 2:31
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Cincinnati Reds  8 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Edinson Volquez Brett Myers -- 26,566 2:46
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Arizona Diamondbacks  5 Colorado Rockies  2 box | pbp Coors Field Brandon Lyon Micah Bowie Chad Qualls 42,865 3:27
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Pittsburgh Pirates  9 Florida Marlins  2 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Ian Snell Rick van den Hurk -- 10,431 3:10
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 San Francisco Giants  0 Milwaukee Brewers  7 box | pbp Miller Park Ben Sheets Barry Zito -- 44,014 2:31
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Los Angeles Dodgers  3 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp PETCO Park Jonathan Broxton Trevor Hoffman Takashi Saito 44,165 2:50
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Washington Nationals  0 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium III Kyle Lohse John Lannan Jason Isringhausen 41,912 2:19
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Texas Rangers  10 Los Angeles Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Vicente Padilla Jon Garland -- 39,242 3:00
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Seattle Mariners  2 Baltimore Orioles  3 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Dennis Sarfate Mark Lowe -- 19,215 2:23
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Chicago White Sox  13 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Comerica Park Mark Buehrle Justin Verlander -- 35,230 2:45
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Kansas City Royals  3 Minnesota Twins  1 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Brett Tomko Boof Bonser Joakim Soria 21,765 2:44
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Tampa Bay Rays  0 New York Yankees  2 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Chien-Ming Wang James Shields Mariano Rivera 51,279 2:53
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Cleveland Indians  2 Oakland Athletics  1 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Cliff Lee Joe Blanton Joe Borowski 16,384 2:37
2008 reg season 2008-04-06 Boston Red Sox  4 Toronto Blue Jays  7 box | pbp Rogers Centre Roy Halladay Josh Beckett Jeremy Accardo 30,114 2:58
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 5 4 1 .800 0.0 27 22 5 W4 4-1 0-0 1 1 3 Yes dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 0.5 32 17 15 W3 3-0 1-2 2 2 4 Yes dnq
2008 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 5 3 2 .600 1.0 31 20 11 L1 0-0 3-2 3 5 10 -- Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 1.5 17 28 -11 W1 3-3 0-0 4 8 17 -- dnq
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 7 3 4 .429 2.0 23 34 -11 L3 0-0 3-4 5 11 20 -- Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 0.0 38 28 10 W4 0-0 4-2 1 3 8 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 0.0 23 16 7 W1 0-0 4-2 2 4 9 Yes dnq
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 1.0 24 25 -1 W1 2-1 1-2 3 7 19 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 7 3 4 .429 1.5 19 27 -8 L1 3-4 0-0 4 12 23 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 6 0 6 .000 4.0 15 39 -24 L6 0-6 0-0 5 14 30 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 7 4 3 .571 0.0 29 30 -1 L1 1-2 3-1 1 6 12 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 0.5 30 25 5 W1 0-0 3-3 2 9 16 -- dnq
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 7 3 4 .429 1.0 24 20 4 L1 3-4 0-0 3 10 22 -- dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 6 2 4 .333 1.5 23 24 -1 L3 2-1 0-3 4 13 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 0.0 40 27 13 W2 3-2 0-1 1 8 15 Yes dnq
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 0.0 21 40 -19 L1 3-3 0-0 2 7 14 Yes dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 7 3 4 .429 0.5 30 29 1 L4 1-0 2-4 3 11 21 -- dnq
2008 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 5 2 3 .400 0.5 30 21 9 L2 0-0 2-3 4 12 24 -- dnq
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 6 2 4 .333 1.0 27 35 -8 L2 1-2 1-2 5 13 25 -- Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 6 5 1 .833 0.0 40 19 21 W3 3-0 2-1 1 1 1 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 6 5 1 .833 0.0 25 13 12 W5 5-1 0-0 2 2 2 Yes dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 1.0 27 24 3 W2 4-2 0-0 3 5 6 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 2.0 26 28 -2 W2 3-3 0-0 4 9 18 -- Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 6 3 3 .500 2.0 34 38 -4 W1 0-0 3-3 5 10 13 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 7 2 5 .286 3.5 25 30 -5 L2 0-0 2-5 6 14 27 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 0.0 31 16 15 W3 0-0 4-2 1 3 7 Yes dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 6 4 2 .667 0.0 20 11 9 W1 2-1 2-1 2 4 5 Yes Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 7 4 3 .571 0.5 22 23 -1 L1 4-3 0-0 3 6 11 -- dnq
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 6 1 5 .167 3.0 10 32 -22 L5 0-3 1-2 4 16 29 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 6 1 5 .167 3.0 12 34 -22 L3 0-0 1-5 5 15 28 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jack Wilson Pittsburgh Pirates Injury DL - Strained left calf
John Smoltz Atlanta Braves Hist Activated from Disabled List
Josh Beckett Boston Red Sox Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)