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Wednesday, April 23,1997

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Wednesday, April 23,1997

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Florida Marlins  3 Colorado Rockies  7 box | pbp Coors Field Jamey Wright Kevin Brown Bruce Ruffin 50,017 2:50
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Mark Guthrie Mark Petkovsek Todd Worrell 30,434 2:34
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Chicago Cubs  3 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Jim Bullinger Terry Mulholland Lee Smith 11,807 2:47
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Cincinnati Reds  2 New York Mets  10 box | pbp Shea Stadium Mark Clark Mike Morgan -- 26,492 2:33
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Philadelphia Phillies  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Ricardo Rincon Jerry Spradlin -- 8,850 2:42
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Houston Astros  11 San Diego Padres  7 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Ramon Garcia Tim Worrell -- 15,534 3:09
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Atlanta Braves  3 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Doug Henry Alan Embree -- 17,050 2:37
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Toronto Blue Jays  4 Anaheim Angels  5 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Rich DeLucia Paul Spoljaric -- 13,117 3:13
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Chicago White Sox  11 Baltimore Orioles  9 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Tony Castillo Armando Benitez Roberto Hernandez 42,902 3:56
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Boston Red Sox  7 Cleveland Indians  11 box | pbp Progressive Field Jack McDowell Ricky Trlicek -- 42,430 3:27
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Milwaukee Brewers  5 New York Yankees  10 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Kenny Rogers Ben McDonald Graeme Lloyd 22,704 3:04
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Minnesota Twins  1 Oakland Athletics  6 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Ariel Prieto Rich Robertson Aaron Small 8,494 2:36
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Kansas City Royals  12 Seattle Mariners  10 box | pbp Kingdome Randy Veres Edwin Hurtado Hipolito Pichardo 21,855 3:16
1997 reg season 1997-04-23 Detroit Tigers  1 Texas Rangers  2 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington John Wetteland Doug Brocail -- 35,230 2:21
14 record(s)
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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
1997 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 17 12 5 .706 0.0 90 67 23 L1 5-4 7-1 1 1 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Indians)
1997 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 19 10 9 .526 3.0 111 93 18 L1 5-5 5-4 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1997 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 3.5 80 69 11 L1 5-4 4-5 3 6 16 -- dnq
1997 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 4.0 122 95 27 W3 7-7 3-4 4 9 18 -- Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1997 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 5.0 118 130 -12 L1 4-6 5-6 5 13 22 -- 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
1997 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 20 11 9 .550 0.0 99 105 -6 L1 5-7 6-2 1 3 8 Yes dnq
1997 AL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 16 8 8 .500 1.0 68 73 -5 L4 3-6 5-2 2 8 17 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 1.5 118 135 -17 W1 5-5 4-5 3 10 19 -- Lost World Series (Marlins)
1997 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 18 8 10 .444 2.0 83 92 -9 W1 5-5 3-5 4 12 21 -- dnq
1997 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 20 6 14 .300 5.0 90 111 -21 W1 3-6 3-8 5 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
1997 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 21 13 8 .619 0.0 129 124 5 L1 6-1 7-7 1 2 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)
1997 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 17 9 8 .529 2.0 72 71 1 W1 3-3 6-5 2 4 9 Yes dnq
1997 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 20 10 10 .500 2.5 90 98 -8 W1 4-6 6-4 3 7 14 -- dnq
1997 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 3.0 103 110 -7 W1 4-4 5-6 4 11 20 -- 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
1997 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 19 14 5 .737 0.0 102 58 44 L1 6-4 8-1 1 2 2 Yes Lost NLCS (Marlins)
1997 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 19 10 9 .526 4.0 71 73 -2 L5 3-7 7-2 2 6 10 -- Won World Series (Indians)
1997 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 4.5 86 97 -11 W4 4-6 5-3 3 9 15 -- dnq
1997 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 6.5 85 77 8 W2 3-6 5-6 4 10 23 -- dnq
1997 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 19 6 13 .316 8.0 61 83 -22 L1 4-7 2-6 5 12 25 -- 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
1997 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 20 13 7 .650 0.0 91 67 24 W4 7-5 6-2 1 4 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1997 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 3.0 61 84 -23 W1 4-4 5-5 2 8 13 -- dnq
1997 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 19 7 12 .368 5.5 54 65 -11 L1 4-10 3-2 3 11 24 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 20 6 14 .300 7.0 71 126 -55 L4 2-12 4-2 4 13 26 -- dnq
1997 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 18 2 16 .111 10.0 50 94 -44 L2 2-10 0-6 5 14 28 -- 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
1997 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 18 14 4 .778 0.0 70 54 16 W1 5-0 9-4 1 1 1 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Marlins)
1997 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 18 13 5 .722 1.0 141 94 47 W3 6-2 7-3 2 3 3 Yes dnq
1997 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 18 11 7 .611 3.0 67 51 16 W1 3-1 8-6 3 5 7 Yes dnq
1997 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 18 9 9 .500 5.0 82 69 13 L2 3-1 6-8 4 7 12 -- dnq
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Jeff Huson Milwaukee Brewers Hist Traded from Colorado Rockies to Milwaukee Brewers for Creighton Gubanich (8/5/1997)
Sid Fernandez Houston Astros Injury DL - Arthritis in left elbow + Surgery
Dario Veras San Diego Padres Injury DL - Strained groin
Danny Bautista Atlanta Braves Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)