Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 7,2015

Standings as of 2015-05-07

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	New York Yankees	29	18	11	.621	--	136	107	29	7-6	11-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	133	69	64	.519
2	6	10	Tampa Bay Rays	29	15	14	.517	3.0	105	105	0	6-7	9-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kevin Cash	Matt Silverman	Tropicana Field	133	65	68	.489
3	7	14	Toronto Blue Jays	29	14	15	.483	4.0	155	146	9	7-6	7-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	133	79	54	.594
4	8	19	Boston Red Sox	28	13	15	.464	4.5	128	144	-16	7-9	6-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	134	65	69	.485
5	9	21	Baltimore Orioles	26	12	14	.462	4.5	126	120	6	8-5	4-9	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	136	69	67	.507
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	5	Kansas City Royals	28	18	10	.643	--	143	100	43	11-5	7-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	134	77	57	.575
2	4	6	Detroit Tigers	29	18	11	.621	0.5	129	120	9	8-5	10-6	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Ausmus	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	132	56	76	.424
3	5	8	Minnesota Twins	29	16	13	.552	2.5	133	120	13	12-5	4-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Paul Molitor	Terry Ryan	Target Field	133	67	66	.504
4	12	25	Chicago White Sox	25	10	15	.400	6.5	83	120	-37	8-4	2-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Rick Hahn	U.S. Cellular Field	137	66	71	.482
5	15	28	Cleveland Indians	27	10	17	.370	7.5	119	135	-16	4-8	6-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	134	71	63	.530
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Houston Astros	29	19	10	.655	--	133	110	23	8-8	11-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	A.J. Hinch	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	133	67	66	.504
2	10	22	Los Angeles Angels	29	13	16	.448	6.0	108	114	-6	6-8	7-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	133	72	61	.541
3	11	23	Texas Rangers	28	12	16	.429	6.5	114	126	-12	3-9	9-7	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jeff Banister	Jon Daniels		134	76	58	.567
4	13	26	Oakland Athletics	30	12	18	.400	7.5	145	141	4	4-9	8-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	132	56	76	.424
5	14	27	Seattle Mariners	28	11	17	.393	7.5	102	129	-27	5-7	6-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lloyd McClendon	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	134	65	69	.485
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	4	New York Mets	28	18	10	.643	--	109	86	23	13-3	5-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	134	72	62	.537
2	7	13	Atlanta Braves	28	14	14	.500	4.0	125	124	1	8-8	6-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	John Hart	Turner Field	134	53	81	.396
4	9	17	Washington Nationals	29	14	15	.483	4.5	119	122	-3	7-6	7-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Matt Williams	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	133	69	64	.519
3	10	15	Miami Marlins	29	14	15	.483	4.5	128	112	16	8-7	6-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Redmond	Dan Jennings	Marlins Park	133	57	76	.429
5	14	29	Philadelphia Phillies	29	10	19	.345	8.5	82	140	-58	6-6	4-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ryne Sandberg	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	133	53	80	.398
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	28	21	7	.750	--	126	79	47	14-3	7-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	134	79	55	.590
2	4	9	Chicago Cubs	27	14	13	.519	6.5	114	115	-1	7-7	7-6	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	135	83	52	.615
3	6	11	Cincinnati Reds	28	14	14	.500	7.0	112	116	-4	6-5	8-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	134	50	84	.373
4	12	20	Pittsburgh Pirates	28	13	15	.464	8.0	101	90	11	7-6	6-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	134	85	49	.634
5	15	30	Milwaukee Brewers	29	9	20	.310	12.5	98	151	-53	5-12	4-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Craig Counsell	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	133	59	74	.444
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2015 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	28	18	10	.643	--	143	97	46	13-2	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Farhan Zaidi	Dodger Stadium	134	74	60	.552
2	5	12	San Diego Padres	30	15	15	.500	4.0	140	139	1	9-7	6-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	A.J. Preller	Petco Park	132	59	73	.447
3	8	16	San Francisco Giants	29	14	15	.483	4.5	90	116	-26	9-8	5-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Bobby Evans	AT&T Park	133	70	63	.526
4	11	18	Arizona Diamondbacks	27	13	14	.481	4.5	129	109	20	7-8	6-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Chip Hale	Dave Stewart	Chase Field	135	66	69	.489
5	13	24	Colorado Rockies	26	11	15	.423	6.0	107	149	-42	4-7	7-8	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Walt Weiss	Jeff Bridich	Coors Field	136	57	79	.419

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Preston Tucker	RF-LF	24.305	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Williams Perez	P	23.352	Atlanta Braves	Atlanta Braves (MLB)	Recalled from Gwinnett (AAA)
Jose Pirela	SS	25.167	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Activated from DL
Gregorio Petit	SS	30.148	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	DL-15 Right hand contusion
Javy Guerra	RP	29.188	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Designated for Assignment
Erik Kratz	c	34.326	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	DL-15 Plantar Fasciitis
Francisco Pena	C	25.207	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	Recalled from Omaha (AAA)
Blake Parker	RP	29.322			Released by Cubs
Chris Rusin	SP	28.197	Colorado Rockies	Colorado Rockies (MLB)	Recalled from Albuquerque (AAA)
Cesar Puello	CF-RF	24.036	New York Mets	New York Mets (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Edward Mujica	RP	30.362	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Chris Heisey	lf	30.144	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	Recalled from Oklahoma City (AAA)
Joe Wieland	P	25.106	Los Angeles Dodgers	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Fernando Rodriguez	RP	30.323	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Contract purchased from minors
Chad Smith	P	25.217	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Brandon Finnegan	P	22.023	Kansas City Royals	Northwest Arkansas (AA)	Assigned to Northwest Arkansas (AA)
Luke Hochevar	RP	31.235	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	Activated from DL
Robbie Ray	P	23.219	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Assigned to Reno (AAA)
Scott Baker	P	33.230	Los Angeles Dodgers	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Tom Belza	RF-2B	25.280	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Assigned to Reno (AAA)
Clayton Blackburn	P	22.121	San Francisco Giants	Sacramento (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Madison Boer	P	25.179	Minnesota Twins	Chattanooga (AA)	Assigned to Chattanooga (AA)
Zach Borenstein	LF	24.288	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Assigned to Mobile (AA)
Colten Brewer	P	22.190	Pittsburgh Pirates	West Virginia (A)	Reinstated to active roster
Shane Carle	P	23.251	Colorado Rockies	Albuquerque (AAA)	Assigned to Albuquerque (AAA)
Matt Chapman	IF	22.009	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Jake Cose	P	24.252	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Jeff Ferrell	P	24.165	Detroit Tigers	Erie (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Billy Fleming	2B	22.229	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+)
Darwin Frias	P	23.079	New York Mets	Savannah (A)	Assigned to Savannah (A)
Cory Gearrin	RP	29.023	San Francisco Giants	Sacramento (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Granden Goetzman	OF	22.174	Tampa Bay Rays	Charlotte (A+)	Assigned to Charlotte (A+)
Marcus Greene	C	20.261	Texas Rangers	Hickory (A)	Assigned to Hickory (A)
Trevor Gretzky	1B	22.235	Los Angeles Angels	Burlington (A)	Assigned to Burlington (A)
Junior Guerra	C	30.111	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Assigned to Charlotte (AAA)
Ralph Henriquez	C	28.030	Los Angeles Dodgers	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Brian Holmes	P	24.097	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	Reinstated to active roster
Brett Jackson	cf	26.278	San Francisco Giants	Sacramento (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Michael Kohn	RP	28.315	Atlanta Braves	Gwinnett (AAA)	Assigned to Gwinnett (AAA)
George Kottaras	c	31.357	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Jake Kuebler	1B	25.246	New York Mets	St. Lucie (A+)	Assigned to St. Lucie (A+)
Jairo Labourt	P	21.061	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Ryan Leonards	SS	23.290	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)	Assigned to Kannapolis (A)
Matt Marsh	P	23.302	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+)
Jio Mier	SS	24.254	Houston Astros	Corpus Christi (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Chan Moon	SS	24.045	Houston Astros	Fresno (AAA)	Assigned to Fresno (AAA)
Bryan Muniz	1B	21.336	Houston Astros	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Luis Ortiz	P	19.228	Texas Rangers	Hickory (A)	Assigned to Hickory (A)
Juan Paniagua	P	25.033	Chicago Cubs	Myrtle Beach (A+)	Activated from disabled list
Austin Pettibone	P	22.239	Texas Rangers	Hickory (A)	Assigned to Hickory (A)
Noe Ramirez	P	25.136	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Activated from disabled list
Clayton Richard	SP	31.238	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bradenton (A+)	Assigned to Bradenton (A+)
Nick Routt	P	24.252	Cincinnati Reds	Daytona (A+)	Assigned to Daytona (A+)
Logan Schafer	cf-lf	28.241	Milwaukee Brewers	Colorado Springs (AAA)	Assigned to Colorado Springs (AAA)
Robby Scott	P	25.251	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	Assigned to Portland (AA)
John Stilson	P	24.283	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	Assigned to Dunedin (A+) for rehab
Jordan Swagerty	P	25.297	St. Louis Cardinals	Springfield (AA)	Activated from disabled list
Everett Teaford	RP	30.357	Tampa Bay Rays	Durham (AAA)	Reinstated to active roster
Jesus Tinoco	P	20.007	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	Assigned to Lansing (A)
Andy Vasquez	2B-LF	27.212	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Assigned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Jon Velasquez	P	29.204	New York Mets	Binghamton (AA)	Assigned to Binghamton (AA)
Andy Wilkins	1B	26.236	Los Angeles Dodgers	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Matt Wotherspoon	P	23.214	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+)
Daniel Cabrera	P	33.344			Released by Reds
David Huff	RP	30.258	Los Angeles Dodgers	Oklahoma City (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Dustin Richardson	P	31.119	Los Angeles Dodgers	Ogden (Rk)	Assigned to Ogden (Rk)
Kevin Whelan	P	31.120	Oakland Athletics	Nashville (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Caleb Clay	P	27.082	Arizona Diamondbacks	Hillsboro (A-)	Assigned to Hillsboro (A-)
Justin Jirschele	OF	25.022			Released by White Sox
Martire Garcia	P	25.067			Released by Rangers
Michael Brenly	C	28.205			Announced retirement
Michael Lee	P	28.170	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Blake Logan	P	23.116	Miami Marlins	Jacksonville (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Dustin Antolin	P	25.271	Toronto Blue Jays	New Hampshire (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Erick Castillo	C	22.071	Chicago Cubs	Eugene (A-)	Assigned to Eugene (A-)
Kyle Hunter	P	25.323	Seattle Mariners	Jackson (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Levi Michael	SS	24.087	Minnesota Twins	Chattanooga (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Will Locante	P	25.094	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Yoan Lopez	P	22.125	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Yonathan Mendoza	3b	21.086	Cleveland Indians	Mahoning Valley (A-)	Assigned to Mahoning Valley (A-)
Alberto Mineo	C	20.288	Chicago Cubs	Myrtle Beach (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Kevin Walter	P	23.006			Released by Phillies
Matthew Taylor	P	24.036	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Ryan Longstreth	P	25.021	Detroit Tigers	Lakeland (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Wendell Rijo	2b	19.246	Boston Red Sox	Salem (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Casey Soltis	OF	19.334	Miami Marlins	Greensboro (A)	DL-7 Injured
Chad Johnson	C	20.341	Kansas City Royals	Lexington (A)	DL-7 Injured
Isael Soto	OF	18.186	Miami Marlins	Greensboro (A)	DL-7 Injured
Jeremy Sy	IF	25.205	San Francisco Giants	Augusta (A)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Tenuta	P	21.142	Kansas City Royals	Lexington (A)	DL-7 Injured
Pedro Perez	1b	20.249	New York Mets	Brooklyn (A-)	Assigned to Brooklyn (A-)
Samir Duenez	1B	18.330	Kansas City Royals	Idaho Falls (Rk)	Assigned to Idaho Falls (Rk)
Zach Hirsch	P	24.305	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	DL-7 Injured
Junior Sosa	RF-LF	24.216	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
Joey Votto	1B	31.240	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati Reds (MLB)	Suspended 1 game for making contact with umpire
Charles Leesman	SP	28.058	Pittsburgh Pirates	West Virginia (A-)	Assigned to West Virginia (A-)
Brett Booth	C	24.207	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Assigned to extended spring training
Jed Lowrie	2B	31.020	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Casey Janssen	RP	33.232	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	Assigned to Potomac (A+) for rehab

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Houston Astros	3	Los Angeles Angels	2	Box	Pat Neshek	Huston Street	Luke Gregerson
Detroit Tigers	4	Chicago White Sox	1	Box	Kyle Lobstein	Jose Quintana	Joakim Soria
Cleveland Indians	4	Kansas City Royals	7	Box	Franklin Morales	Corey Kluber	Greg Holland
Oakland Athletics	5	Minnesota Twins	6	Box	Ricky Nolasco	Drew Pomeranz	Glen Perkins
Baltimore Orioles	3	New York Yankees	4	Box	Nathan Eovaldi	Chris Tillman	Andrew Miller
Texas Rangers	5	Tampa Bay Rays	4	Box	Alex Claudio	Chris Archer	Neftali Feliz
San Diego Padres	0	Arizona Diamondbacks	11	Box	Rubby de la Rosa	Odrisamer Despaigne	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	14	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Carlos Frias	Michael Fiers	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	A.J. Burnett	Anthony DeSclafani	(none)
Miami Marlins	7	San Francisco Giants	2	Box	Dan Haren	Tim Hudson	(none)
Chicago Cubs	1	St. Louis Cardinals	5	Box	John Lackey	Jake Arrieta	Trevor Rosenthal

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