Baseball on this Date - Thursday July 26,2012

Standings as of 2012-07-26

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	2	New York Yankees	98	58	40	.592	--	470	390	80	32-15	26-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	64	37	27	.578
2	7	12	Baltimore Orioles	99	53	46	.535	5.5	404	457	-53	26-22	27-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	63	40	23	.635
3	8	13	Tampa Bay Rays	99	52	47	.525	6.5	411	402	9	30-23	22-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	63	38	25	.603
4	11	23	Toronto Blue Jays	98	45	53	.459	13.0	488	474	14	24-24	21-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	64	28	36	.438
5	12	26	Boston Red Sox	99	43	56	.434	15.5	485	451	34	24-29	19-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	63	26	37	.413
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	5	Detroit Tigers	99	56	43	.566	--	451	431	20	32-17	24-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	63	32	31	.508
2	5	10	Chicago White Sox	98	53	45	.541	2.5	466	411	55	30-19	23-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	64	32	32	.500
3	9	14	Cleveland Indians	99	51	48	.515	5.0	430	474	-44	28-24	23-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	63	17	46	.270
4	10	16	Kansas City Royals	98	50	48	.510	5.5	405	464	-59	24-23	26-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	64	22	42	.344
5	14	30	Minnesota Twins	98	38	60	.388	17.5	415	521	-106	17-32	21-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	64	28	36	.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	7	Texas Rangers	97	53	44	.546	--	488	399	89	29-19	24-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	65	40	25	.615
2	4	8	Los Angeles Angels	99	54	45	.545	--	451	400	51	27-22	27-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	63	35	28	.556
3	6	9	Oakland Athletics	98	53	45	.541	0.5	389	357	32	28-22	25-23	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	34	11	23	.324
4	13	27	Seattle Mariners	101	40	61	.396	15.0	395	409	-14	19-29	21-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	61	35	26	.574
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	Washington Nationals	98	58	40	.592	--	425	341	84	29-18	29-22	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	64	40	24	.625
2	6	15	New York Mets	99	51	48	.515	7.5	446	451	-5	28-24	23-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	63	23	40	.365
3	7	17	Miami Marlins	98	50	48	.510	8.0	364	441	-77	29-22	21-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	64	19	45	.297
4	8	18	Atlanta Braves	98	48	50	.490	10.0	450	420	30	21-27	27-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	64	46	18	.719
5	11	21	Philadelphia Phillies	99	46	53	.465	12.5	424	451	-27	23-27	23-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	63	35	28	.556
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	3	4	Cincinnati Reds	98	56	42	.571	--	413	353	60	29-20	27-22	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	64	41	23	.641
2	4	6	Pittsburgh Pirates	98	55	43	.561	1.0	399	360	39	30-19	25-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	64	24	40	.375
3	9	19	St. Louis Cardinals	99	48	51	.485	8.5	485	391	94	27-23	21-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	63	40	23	.635
4	12	22	Milwaukee Brewers	98	45	53	.459	11.0	435	455	-20	26-24	19-29	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	64	38	26	.594
5	13	24	Chicago Cubs	97	43	54	.443	12.5	356	428	-72	23-22	20-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	65	18	47	.277
6	16	29	Houston Astros	100	39	61	.390	18.0	381	499	-118	26-23	13-38	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Mills	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	62	16	46	.258
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	98	57	41	.582	--	398	378	20	31-17	26-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	64	37	27	.578
2	5	11	Los Angeles Dodgers	100	54	46	.540	4.0	387	381	6	28-21	26-25	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	62	32	30	.516
3	10	20	Arizona Diamondbacks	99	47	52	.475	10.5	444	420	24	26-25	21-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	63	34	29	.540
4	14	25	San Diego Padres	100	44	56	.440	14.0	364	427	-63	22-29	22-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	62	32	30	.516
5	15	28	Colorado Rockies	97	38	59	.392	18.5	462	545	-83	21-28	17-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	65	26	39	.400

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Wilkin De La Rossa	P	27.155	Cincinnati Reds	Pensacola (AA)	Activated from DL
Blake Tekotte	CF	25.063	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Activated from DL
Jesse Bosnik	3B	24.003	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes (A)	Activated from DL
Zach Osborne	IF	22.097	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	Activated from DL
Anderson Feliz	2B	20.076	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Activated from DL
Donnie Murphy	3b	29.138	Miami Marlins	Miami Marlins (MLB)	Contract purchased from New Orleans (AAA)
Evan Meek	RP	29.075	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Optioned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Starling Marte	lf	23.290	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Recalled from Indianapolis (AAA)
Dana Eveland	RP	28.271	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	Contract purchased from Norfolk (AAA)
Steven Tolleson	lf	28.268	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Optioned to Norfolk (AAA)
Jeff Bianchi	ss	25.294	Milwaukee Brewers	Nashville (AAA)	Optioned to Nashville (AAA)
Jonathan Lucroy	c	26.043	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Activated from DL
Jim Henderson	RP	29.278	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Contract purchased from Nashville (AAA)
Adam Kennedy	2b-3b	36.198	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	DL-15 Right groin strain
George Kottaras	c	29.071	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee Brewers (MLB)	Designated for assignment
Shawn Tolleson	RP	24.189	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	Recalled from Albuquerque (AAA)
Miguel Batista	RP	41.157	-		Released by Mets
Jairo Asencio	RP	29.057	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Outrighted to Iowa (AAA)
Placido Polanco	3b	36.290	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	DL-15 Lower back inflammation
Kevin Frandsen	3b	30.063	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	Contract purchased from Lehigh Valley (AAA)
Gorkys Hernandez	rf	24.323	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Optioned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Trevor Bell	P	25.287	-		Released by Angels
Anthony Swarzak	RP	26.319	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	DL-15 Mild right rotator cuff strain
Dewayne Wise	rf	34.152	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Outrighted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Carl Pavano	P	36.200	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Kelvin De La Cruz	P	23.359	Detroit Tigers	Erie (AA)	Outrighted to Erie (AA)
Michael Gunter	P	22.021	Chicago White Sox	Chicago White Sox (MLB)	Signed as free agent out of college
David Haselden	P	22.268	Chicago White Sox	Chicago White Sox (MLB)	Signed as free agent out of college
Chris Ray	P	30.195	-		Released by Athletics
Brad Davis	C	29.209	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Traded from Marlins to Tigers
Hector Sanchez	c	22.251	San Francisco Giants	Fresno (AAA)	Assigned to Fresno (AAA) for rehab
Eric Junge	P	35.202	-		Released by Braves
Evan Longoria	3B	26.292	Tampa Bay Rays	Durham (AAA)	Assigned to Durham (AAA) for rehab
Dan Sattler	P	28.258	Minnesota Twins	Rochester (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Deolis Guerra	P	23.100	Minnesota Twins	Rochester (AAA)	Activated from DL
Cory Mazzoni	P	22.280	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	Activated from DL
Cameron Bayne	P	24.163	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Jonathan Garcia	RF	20.258	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rancho Cucamonga (A+)	Suspended
Casey McElroy	2B	22.210	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Luis Domoromo	LF	20.173	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	Activated from DL
Stephen Smith	P	26.072	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rancho Cucamonga (A+)	Activated from DL
Caleb Brewer	P	23.174	Atlanta Braves	Lynchburg (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Wes Thigpen	C	23.036	-		Announced retirement
Austin Romine	C	23.246	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+) for rehab
Andy Moye	P	24.319	Milwaukee Brewers	Brevard County (A+)	Activated from DL
Franklin Romero	RF	24.032	Milwaukee Brewers	Brevard County (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Parker Berberet	C-1B	22.279	Milwaukee Brewers	Brevard County (A+)	Activated from DL
Brooks Hall	P	22.030	Milwaukee Brewers	Brevard County (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Roberto Hernandez	P	31.330	Cleveland Indians	Lake County (A)	Assigned to Lake County (A)
Radhames Quezada	P	22.020	Cincinnati Reds	Clinton (A)	DL-7 Injured
Spencer Dickinson	CF	22.326	Cincinnati Reds	Clinton (A)	Activated from DL
Jefry Sierra	CF	22.101	Cincinnati Reds	Clinton (A)	DL-7 Dislocated left shoulder
Jamal Austin	CF	21.334	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	DL-7 Injured
Richard Vargas	P	21.098	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	DL-7 Injured
Kes Carter	CF	22.145	Tampa Bay Rays	Bowling Green (A)	Activated from DL
Keith Castillo	C	25.016	Tampa Bay Rays	Bowling Green (A)	DL-7 Injured
Taiwan Easterling	CF	23.152	Chicago Cubs	Peoria (A)	DL-7 Injured
Demondre Arnold	P	20.130	San Francisco Giants	Augusta (A)	DL-7 Injured
Andrew Berger	P	24.245	San Francisco Giants	Augusta (A)	Activated from DL
Dawerd Cruz	P	23.231	New York Yankees	Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)	DL-7 Injured
Jackson Valera	C	20.109	New York Yankees	Staten Island (A-)	Activated from DL
Jonathan Clark	CF	21.301	New York Mets	Brooklyn (A-)	DL-7 Right shoulder
Stephen Perez	SS	21.222	Washington Nationals	Auburn (A-)	Activated from DL
Trent Blank	P	22.329	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	Activated from DL
Colton Turner	P	21.190	Toronto Blue Jays	Vancouver (A-)	Activated from DL
Isaias Encarnacion	P	21.016	-		Released by Indians
Cody Weiss	P	21.346	-		Released by Mariners
Yeiker Lovera	P	19.184	-		Released by Indians
Tim Smalling	2B-SS	24.286	Colorado Rockies	Modesto (A+)
Justin Greene	CF-LF	26.289	Chicago White Sox	Birmingham (AA)	Assigned to Birmingham (AA)
Anthony Rendon	SS	22.050	Washington Nationals	Auburn (A-)	Assigned to Auburn (A-)
Jordan Leyland	1B	22.323	Toronto Blue Jays	Bluefield (Rk)	Assigned to Bluefield (Rk)
Luis Sanz	C	24.250	Detroit Tigers	Erie (AA)	Assigned to Erie (AA)
Kevan Smith	C	24.028	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	Assigned to Winston-Salem (A+)
Mike Marjama	3B	23.006	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)	Assigned to Kannapolis (A)
Dennis Jones	CF	19.325	Toronto Blue Jays	Bluefield (Rk)	Assigned to Bluefield (Rk)
James Zamarripa	CF	18.312	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	Assigned to Clinton (A)
Reynaldo Mateo	C	23.010	Oakland Athletics	Vermont (A-)	Assigned to Vermont (A-)
Daniel Devonshire	1B	20.118	Toronto Blue Jays	Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rk)
Jamiel Orozco		19.178	New York Yankees	Charleston (sc) (A)	Assigned to Charleston (Sc) (A)
Chris Jakubauskas	P	33.216	Toronto Blue Jays	Las Vegas (AAA)	Assigned to Las Vegas (AAA)
Brent Leach	P	29.250	Atlanta Braves	Mississippi (AA)	Assigned to Mississippi (AA)
Mitch Stetter	P	31.191	Milwaukee Brewers	Nashville (AAA)	Assigned to Nashville (AAA)
Craig Whitaker	P	27.249	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	Assigned to San Jose (A+)
Jo-Jo Reyes	P	27.248	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Assigned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Brett Anderson	SP	24.176	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	Assigned to Sacramento (AAA) for rehab
Rudy Owens	P	24.221	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
DJ Mitchell	RP	25.074	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Assigned to Tacoma (AAA)
Jon Bachanov	P	23.177	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	Assigned to Winston-Salem (A+)
Taylor Jordan	P	23.190	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	Assigned to Hagerstown (A)
Jose Jimenez	P	25.125	Seattle Mariners	Jackson (AA)	Assigned to Jackson (AA)
Arquimedes Caminero	P	25.040	Miami Marlins	Jacksonville (AA)	Assigned to Jacksonville (AA)
Chris Haney	P	23.163	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	Assigned to Lake Elsinore (A+)
Shawn Griffith	P	25.063	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	Assigned to Lansing (A)
Matt Heidenreich	P	21.190	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Assigned to Corpus Christi (AA)
Chris Joyce	P	22.213	Cincinnati Reds	Bakersfield (A+)	Assigned to Bakersfield (A+)
Gonzalez Germen	P	24.307	New York Mets	Buffalo (AAA)	Assigned to Buffalo (AAA)
Kevin Walter	P	20.086	Philadelphia Phillies	Gulf Coast Phillies (Rk)
Adam Schrader	P	25.138	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	Assigned to Eugene (A-)
DJ Baxendale	P	21.230	Minnesota Twins	Beloit (A)	Assigned to Beloit (A)
Kyle Zimmer	P	20.317	Kansas City Royals	Kane County (A)	Assigned to Kane County (A)
Chris Mazza	P	22.282	Minnesota Twins	Elizabethton (Rk)	Assigned to Elizabethton (Rk)
Dayton Dawe	P	18.104	New York Yankees	Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)
Andre Martinez	P	19.034	Minnesota Twins	Gulf Coast Twins (Rk)
Delvi Francisco		19.336	Philadelphia Phillies	Gulf Coast Phillies (Rk)
Humberto Quintero	C	32.359	-		Released by Marlins
Yonata Ortega	P	25.257	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Outrighted to Mobile (AA)
Scott Patterson	P	33.036			Released by Mariners

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Tampa Bay Rays	2	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Chris Tillman	James Shields	(none)
Detroit Tigers	3	Cleveland Indians	5	Box	Joe Smith	Justin Verlander	Chris Perez
Kansas City Royals	1	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Jason Vargas	Luis Mendoza	Tom Wilhelmsen
Oakland Athletics	4	Toronto Blue Jays	10	Box	Brandon Lyon	Tom Milone	(none)
New York Mets	3	Arizona Diamondbacks	1	Box	Matt Harvey	Wade Miley	Bobby Parnell
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Houston Astros	3	Box	A.J. Burnett	Dallas Keuchel	Joel Hanrahan
Washington Nationals	8	Milwaukee Brewers	2	Box	Edwin Jackson	Yovani Gallardo	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	St. Louis Cardinals	7	Box	Jake Westbrook	Chris Capuano	Jason Motte

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