Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 31,2012

Standings as of 2012-05-31

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
2	1	4	Tampa Bay Rays	51	30	21	.588	--	216	206	10	17-10	13-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	111	60	51	.541
1	2	6	Baltimore Orioles	51	30	21	.588	--	230	222	8	16-11	14-10	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	111	63	48	.568
3	6	10	Toronto Blue Jays	51	28	23	.549	2.0	249	223	26	14-11	14-12	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	111	45	66	.405
4	9	19	New York Yankees	50	24	26	.480	5.5	232	217	15	13-12	11-14	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	112	71	41	.634
5	12	26	Boston Red Sox	51	21	30	.412	9.0	268	250	18	12-15	9-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	111	48	63	.432
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	8	Chicago White Sox	51	29	22	.569	--	241	204	37	13-12	16-10	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	111	56	55	.505
2	5	9	Cleveland Indians	50	28	22	.560	0.5	219	243	-24	16-13	12-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	112	40	72	.357
3	7	14	Kansas City Royals	49	25	24	.510	3.0	200	219	-19	9-13	16-11	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	113	47	66	.416
4	8	18	Detroit Tigers	51	25	26	.490	4.0	224	230	-6	14-9	11-17	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	111	63	48	.568
5	14	29	Minnesota Twins	50	19	31	.380	9.5	196	270	-74	10-16	9-15	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	112	47	65	.420
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	Los Angeles Angels	52	30	22	.577	--	199	191	8	13-11	17-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	110	59	51	.536
2	10	20	Texas Rangers	51	24	27	.471	5.5	291	212	79	12-14	12-13	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	111	69	42	.622
3	11	22	Oakland Athletics	51	23	28	.451	6.5	164	202	-38	10-15	13-13	L8	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	81	41	40	.506
4	13	27	Seattle Mariners	53	21	32	.396	9.5	218	216	2	9-13	12-19	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	109	54	55	.495
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Mets	51	32	19	.627	--	220	244	-24	18-9	14-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	111	42	69	.378
2	3	3	Washington Nationals	50	30	20	.600	1.5	192	167	25	16-7	14-13	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	112	68	44	.607
3	4	5	Miami Marlins	51	30	21	.588	2.0	204	202	2	17-9	13-12	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	111	39	72	.351
4	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	52	26	26	.500	6.5	221	211	10	12-12	14-14	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	110	55	55	.500
5	13	24	Atlanta Braves	52	23	29	.442	9.5	251	233	18	9-14	14-15	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	110	71	39	.645
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	11	Cincinnati Reds	50	27	23	.540	--	201	184	17	14-10	13-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	112	70	42	.625
2	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	50	26	24	.520	1.0	147	176	-29	15-12	11-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	112	53	59	.473
3	10	17	Milwaukee Brewers	51	25	26	.490	2.5	223	241	-18	12-12	13-14	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	111	58	53	.523
4	9	16	St. Louis Cardinals	51	25	26	.490	2.5	270	205	65	11-13	14-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	111	63	48	.568
5	12	23	Houston Astros	51	23	28	.451	4.5	212	222	-10	16-10	7-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Mills	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	111	32	79	.288
6	15	28	Chicago Cubs	50	19	31	.380	8.0	185	231	-46	11-16	8-15	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	112	42	70	.375
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	51	32	19	.627	--	221	181	40	20-10	12-9	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	111	54	57	.486
2	6	12	San Francisco Giants	51	27	24	.529	5.0	204	202	2	14-11	13-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	111	67	44	.604
3	11	21	Arizona Diamondbacks	51	23	28	.451	9.0	208	225	-17	10-15	13-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	111	58	53	.523
4	14	25	Colorado Rockies	50	21	29	.420	10.5	263	279	-16	11-16	10-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	112	43	69	.384
5	16	30	San Diego Padres	52	17	35	.327	15.5	167	228	-61	12-16	5-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	110	59	51	.536

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Tyler Pastornicky	ss	22.169	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	Optioned to Gwinnett (AAA)
Andrelton Simmons	ss	22.269	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta Braves (MLB)	Contract purchased from Gwinnett (AAA)
Aaron Laffey	P	27.046	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Optioned to Las Vegas (AAA)
Jorge Padilla	RF-CF	32.294	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Signed to minor league contract
Jorge Padilla	RF-CF	32.294	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Assigned to Tucson (AAA)
Steven Delabar	RP	28.319	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Optioned to Tacoma (AAA)
Nate Robertson	P	34.270	-		Released by Cubs
Tyson Ross	SP	25.039	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	Optioned to Sacramento (AAA)
Manny Acosta	RP	31.030	New York Mets	Buffalo (AAA)	Outrighted to Buffalo (AAA)
Paul Clemens	P	24.107	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)
Jamie Romak	1B	26.243	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)
Paul Phillips	C	35.046	Toronto Blue Jays	Las Vegas (AAA)
Nate McLouth	lf	30.215	-		Released by Pirates
Chuck Fick	RP	26.201	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Optioned to Memphis (AAA)
Brandon Dickson	RP	27.209	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Optioned to Memphis (AAA)
Maikel Cleto	RP	23.030	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Recalled from Memphis (AAA)
Adam Lind	1B	28.319	Toronto Blue Jays	Las Vegas (AAA)	Outrighted to Las Vegas (AAA)
Robert Coello	RP	27.189	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Contract purchased from Las Vegas (AAA)
Matt Kemp	cf	27.250	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	DL-15 Strained left hamstring
Alex Castellanos	lf	25.300	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	Recalled from Albuquerque (AAA)
Troy Tulowitzki	ss	27.233	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	DL-15 Strained left groin muscle
Chris Nelson	3b	26.270	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	Activated from DL
Dallas Martinez	P	17.215	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Signed as undrafted free agent (Mexico)
Israel Cuevas	P	18.254	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati Reds (MLB)	Signed as undrafted free agent (Dom Republic)
Mike Broadway	RP	25.062	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	DL-7 Injured
Darrell Ceciliani	RF	21.343	New York Mets	St. Lucie (A+)	DL-7 Injured

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	7	Boston Red Sox	3	Box	Max Scherzer	Josh Beckett	(none)
Houston Astros	5	Colorado Rockies	11	Box	Jeremy Guthrie	Bud Norris	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Zack Greinke	Chad Billingsley	(none)

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