Baseball on this Date - Monday July 16,2012

Standings as of 2012-07-16

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
1	1	1	New York Yankees	89	54	35	.607	--	437	368	69	30-15	24-20	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	73	41	32	.562
2	6	11	Baltimore Orioles	89	48	41	.539	6.0	368	423	-55	25-20	23-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	73	45	28	.616
3	9	16	Tampa Bay Rays	90	46	44	.511	8.5	374	375	-1	26-21	20-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	72	44	28	.611
4	11	21	Toronto Blue Jays	90	43	47	.478	11.5	447	424	23	24-21	19-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	72	30	42	.417
5	12	25	Boston Red Sox	90	39	51	.433	15.5	450	399	51	21-26	18-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	72	30	42	.417
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	2	4	Chicago White Sox	89	50	39	.562	--	424	366	58	28-18	22-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	73	35	38	.479
2	4	6	Detroit Tigers	90	50	40	.556	0.5	412	397	15	27-16	23-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	72	38	34	.528
3	7	14	Cleveland Indians	89	47	42	.528	3.0	398	430	-32	24-21	23-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	73	21	52	.288
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	88	46	42	.523	3.5	363	408	-45	22-19	24-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	74	26	48	.351
5	13	29	Minnesota Twins	89	34	55	.382	16.0	383	472	-89	16-30	18-25	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	73	32	41	.438
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	5	Los Angeles Angels	90	50	40	.556	--	402	361	41	24-19	26-21	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	72	39	33	.542
2	5	7	Texas Rangers	89	49	40	.551	0.5	450	373	77	27-18	22-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	73	44	29	.603
3	10	17	Oakland Athletics	89	45	44	.506	4.5	343	326	17	23-21	22-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	43	19	24	.442
4	14	30	Seattle Mariners	91	34	57	.374	16.5	355	376	-21	17-27	17-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	71	41	30	.577
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	2	Washington Nationals	87	50	37	.575	--	361	298	63	25-15	25-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	75	48	27	.640
2	3	8	New York Mets	89	49	40	.551	2.0	407	395	12	28-18	21-22	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	73	25	48	.342
3	6	10	Miami Marlins	89	48	41	.539	3.0	342	403	-61	28-20	20-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	73	21	52	.288
4	8	18	Atlanta Braves	88	43	45	.489	7.5	412	370	42	20-25	23-20	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	74	51	23	.689
5	12	23	Philadelphia Phillies	91	41	50	.451	11.0	386	410	-24	19-25	22-25	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	71	40	31	.563
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
2	4	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	89	48	41	.539	--	363	336	27	26-17	22-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	73	31	42	.425
1	5	9	Cincinnati Reds	89	48	41	.539	--	373	328	45	24-19	24-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	73	49	24	.671
3	10	20	Milwaukee Brewers	89	43	46	.483	5.0	404	410	-6	24-23	19-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	73	40	33	.548
4	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	90	42	48	.467	6.5	436	370	66	21-22	21-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	72	46	26	.639
5	13	24	Chicago Cubs	88	39	49	.443	8.5	332	389	-57	21-21	18-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	74	22	52	.297
6	15	27	Houston Astros	90	37	53	.411	11.5	351	427	-76	26-19	11-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Mills	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	72	18	54	.250
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	3	San Francisco Giants	89	51	38	.573	--	349	351	-2	29-16	22-22	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	73	43	30	.589
2	7	13	Los Angeles Dodgers	91	49	42	.538	3.0	344	340	4	27-20	22-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	71	37	34	.521
3	9	19	Arizona Diamondbacks	89	43	46	.483	8.0	383	383	0	23-21	20-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	73	38	35	.521
4	14	26	San Diego Padres	91	38	53	.418	14.0	320	393	-73	17-28	21-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	71	38	33	.535
5	16	28	Colorado Rockies	89	36	53	.404	15.0	430	498	-68	21-26	15-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	73	28	45	.384

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Jaime Garcia	P	26.008	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Trevor Rosenthal	RP	22.048	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Contract purchased from Springfield (AA)
Maikel Cleto	RP	23.076	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Optioned to Memphis (AAA)
Neftali Feliz	P	24.075	Texas Rangers	Frisco (AA)	Assigned to Frisco (AA) for rehab
John Eshleman	2B-3B	23.099	San Francisco Giants	Richmond (AA)	Suspended
Justin De Fratus	P	24.269	Philadelphia Phillies	Clearwater (A+)	Assigned to Clearwater (A+) for rehab
Garett Claypool	P	23.329	Philadelphia Phillies	Clearwater (A+)	Activated from DL
Zack Hardoin	P	24.005	-		Released by Astros
Joshua Magee	2B	20.289	-		Released by Astros
Daniel Vargas-Vila	P	23.039	-		Announced retirement
Dana Eveland	RP	28.261	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Outrighted to Norfolk (AAA)
Chris Tillman	SP	24.092	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	Recalled from Bowie (AA)
Steve Johnson	P	24.320	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Optioned to Norfolk (AAA)
Jim Miller	RP	30.079	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Activated from Paternity List
Pedro Figueroa	P	26.235	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	Optioned to Sacramento (AAA)
Carl Crawford	lf	30.345	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Activated from DL
Brent Lillibridge	1b	28.302	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Trevor Crowe	LF-CF	28.242	-		Released by Indians
Kosuke Fukudome	RF	35.081	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Signed to minor league contract
Matt Adams	1B	23.319	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	Activated from DL
Aubrey Huff	1B	35.208	San Francisco Giants	Fresno (AAA)	Assigned to Fresno (AAA) for rehab
Chris Carpenter	P	26.202	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA) for rehab
Ronnier Mustelier	LF	27.342	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Domonic Brown	RF	24.317	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Activated from DL
Les Walrond	P	35.251	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	Contract purchased from Lancaster (Indy)
Nestor Molina	P	23.188	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	Activated from DL
Wilson Eusebio	P	23.330	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	DL-7 Injured
Jay Austin	CF	21.340	Houston Astros	Lexington (A)	Activated from DL
David Perez	P	19.208	Texas Rangers	Spokane (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Hague	1B	26.330	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Optioned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Alex Presley	rf	26.356	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Activated from DL
Miles Mikolas	RP	23.327	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Optioned to Tucson (AAA)
Nick Vincent	RP	26.004	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Recalled from Tucson (AAA)
Nate Robertson	P	34.316	Toronto Blue Jays	Las Vegas (AAA)	Contract purchased from Wichita (Indy)
Angel Sanchez	SS	28.300	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Cole Armstrong	C	28.327	Miami Marlins	New Orleans (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Tyler Henson	RF	24.214	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	DL-7 Right quad strain
Luis Hurtado	C	23.254	Toronto Blue Jays	Las Vegas (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Mikey O'Brien	P	22.135	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	Activated from DL
Eric Smith	P	23.274	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Jesse Simpson	P	25.168	-		Released by Cardinals
Kevin Kouzmanoff	3B	30.356	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	Activated from DL
Ryan Jenkins	C	25.171	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Dan Haren	SP	31.302	Los Angeles Angels	Inland Empire (A+)	Assigned to Inland Empire (A+) for rehab
Matty Johnson	LF-RF	24.097	Boston Red Sox	Salem (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Felix Sanchez	CF	29.347	Boston Red Sox	Salem (A+)	Activated from DL
Adam Bryant	2B	23.056	Minnesota Twins	Beloit (A)	DL-7 Right turf toe sprain
Ralston Cash	P	20.331	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes (A)	DL-7 Injured
Blake Logan	P	20.186	Miami Marlins	Jamestown (A-)	DL-7 Right shoulder tendinitis
Hector Veloz	3B	18.165	Baltimore Orioles	Gulf Coast Orioles (Rk)	Suspended
Jhondaniel Medina	P	19.158	Baltimore Orioles	Gulf Coast Orioles (Rk)	Suspended
Scott Van Slyke	rf	25.357	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	Assigned to Albuquerque (AAA)
Jamie Johnson	CF	25.081	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Assigned to Toledo (AAA)
Joey Wong	3B-SS	24.095	Colorado Rockies	Modesto (A+)	Assigned to Modesto (A+)
Evan Bigley	RF	25.129	Minnesota Twins	Rochester (AAA)	Assigned to Rochester (AAA)
Jordan Kreke	2B	25.056	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Joe Benson	CF	24.133	Minnesota Twins	New Britain (AA)	Assigned to New Britain (AA)
Elian Herrera	rf	27.165	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	Optioned to Albuquerque (AAA)
Ryan Dent	SS	23.123	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	Assigned to Portland (AA)
Christian Colon	SS	23.063	Kansas City Royals	Arizona Royals (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Royals (Rk)
Elliot Soto	SS	22.329	Chicago Cubs	Daytona (A+)	Assigned to Daytona (A+)
Geoff Rowan	C	22.259	Tampa Bay Rays	Hudson Valley (A-)	Assigned to Hudson Valley (A-)
Luis Alvarez	C	22.138	Houston Astros	Lexington (A)	Assigned to Lexington (A)
Jeremy Patton	2B	23.338	St. Louis Cardinals	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Eric Garcia	IF	21.148	Atlanta Braves	Gulf Coast Braves (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Braves (Rk)
Brett Harrison	3B	20.037	Detroit Tigers	Gulf Coast Tigers (East) (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Tigers (Rk)
Nellie Rodriguez	C	18.034	Cleveland Indians	Arizona Indians (Rk)
Nathan Minnich	1B	21.360	Boston Red Sox	Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rk)
Rich Brooks	C	32.167	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Springs (AAA)
Matt Fox	P	29.224	Seattle Mariners	Arizona Mariners (Rk)
Steven Hirschfeld	P	26.311	Minnesota Twins	New Britain (AA)	Assigned to New Britain (AA)
Cole McCurry	P	26.294	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	Assigned to Gwinnett (AAA)
Bryan Price	P	25.245	Cleveland Indians	Columbus (AAA)	Assigned to Columbus (AAA)
Ryan Pressly	P	23.213	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	Assigned to Portland (AA)
Will Latimer	P	26.224	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA)
Rusty Shellhorn	P	22.141	Seattle Mariners	Everett (A-)	Assigned to Everett (A-)
Chris Dwyer	P	24.097	Kansas City Royals	Omaha (AAA)	Assigned to Omaha (AAA)
Dan Barnes	P	22.268	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	Assigned to New Hampshire (AA)
Timothy Crabbe	P	24.147	Cincinnati Reds	Bakersfield (A+)	Assigned to Bakersfield (A+)
Matt Iannazzo	P	22.196	Chicago Cubs	Boise (A-)	Assigned to Boise (A-)
Adam Schrader	P	25.128	San Diego Padres	Arizona Padres (Rk)
Drew Steckenrider	OF-P	21.187	Miami Marlins	Jamestown (A-)
Chase De Jong	P	18.199	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)
Mitch Brown	P	18.094	Cleveland Indians	Arizona Indians (Rk)
Logan Seifrit	P	17.325	Seattle Mariners	Arizona Mariners (Rk)
LJ Hollins	P	20.351	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	Assigned to Hagerstown (A)
Nick Pasquale	P	21.262	Cleveland Indians	Mahoning Valley (A-)	Assigned to Mahoning Valley (A-)
Adam Matthews	OF	22.097	Cincinnati Reds	Arizona Reds (Rk)	Assigned to AZL Reds (Rk)

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	1	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Vicente Padilla	Leyson Septimo	(none)
Los Angeles Angels	6	Detroit Tigers	8	Box	Octavio Dotel	LaTroy Hawkins	Jose Valverde
Seattle Mariners	9	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Jason Vargas	Jonathan Sanchez	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	7	Minnesota Twins	19	Box	Scott Diamond	Chris Tillman	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	3	New York Yankees	6	Box	David Robertson	Aaron Loup	Rafael Soriano
Cleveland Indians	3	Tampa Bay Rays	2	Box	Zach McAllister	Alex Cobb	Chris Perez
Arizona Diamondbacks	5	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Wade Miley	Bronson Arroyo	J.J. Putz
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Colorado Rockies	5	Box	Rex Brothers	Jason Grilli	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Joe Blanton	Nathan Eovaldi	Jonathan Papelbon
Washington Nationals	3	Miami Marlins	5	Box	Carlos Zambrano	Edwin Jackson	Michael Dunn
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Jason Motte	John Axford	(none)
Houston Astros	2	San Diego Padres	0	Box	J.A. Happ	Kip Wells	Brett Myers

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