Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 12,1987

Games on 1987-08-12

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Cleveland Indians	8	Baltimore Orioles	6	Box	Darrel Akerfelds	Mike Griffin	Doug Jones
Toronto Blue Jays	10	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Dave Stieb	Jeff Sellers	(none)
Detroit Tigers	8	Chicago White Sox	7	Box	Guillermo Hernandez	Bobby Thigpen	(none)
New York Yankees	1	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Charlie Leibrandt	Rick Rhoden	(none)
Texas Rangers	12	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Paul Kilgus	Ray Burris	(none)
California Angels	8	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Kirk McCaskill	Les Straker	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Mark Langston	Gene Nelson	Bill Wilkinson
Cincinnati Reds	0	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Box	Tim Leary	Bill Gullickson	Matt Young
Montreal Expos	2	New York Mets	4	Box	Ron Darling	Bob Sebra	Roger McDowell
Chicago Cubs	7	Philadelphia Phillies	13	Box	Jeff Calhoun	Ed Lynch	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	0	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	Box	Bob Walk	Joe Magrane	(none)
Atlanta Braves	2	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Zane Smith	Eric Nolte	(none)
Houston Astros	1	San Francisco Giants	8	Box	Atlee Hammaker	Mike Scott	Don Robinson

Standings as of 1987-08-12

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Toronto Blue Jays	114	68	46	.596	--	608	474	134	33-27	35-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	48	28	20	.583
2	2	3	Detroit Tigers	111	65	46	.586	1.5	625	518	107	29-24	36-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Lajoie	Tiger Stadium	51	33	18	.647
3	3	4	New York Yankees	115	66	49	.574	2.5	582	540	42	29-32	37-17	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	Yankee Stadium I	47	23	24	.489
4	5	8	Milwaukee Brewers	113	59	54	.522	8.5	600	620	-20	27-28	32-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	49	32	17	.653
5	11	19	Boston Red Sox	113	53	60	.469	14.5	585	591	-6	19-39	34-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	Fenway Park	49	25	24	.510
6	12	22	Baltimore Orioles	114	51	63	.447	17.0	553	605	-52	29-30	22-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	48	16	32	.333
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	114	43	71	.377	25.0	506	669	-163	18-38	25-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Klein	Cleveland Stadium	48	18	30	.375
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	7	Minnesota Twins	115	62	53	.539	--	578	581	-3	24-36	38-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Andy MacPhail	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	47	23	24	.489
2	6	12	California Angels	114	58	56	.509	3.5	548	557	-9	29-28	29-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Mike Port	Anaheim Stadium	48	17	31	.354
3	7	13	Kansas City Royals	113	57	56	.504	4.0	477	460	17	23-36	34-20	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Schuerholz	Royals Stadium	49	26	23	.531
4	8	15	Oakland Athletics	114	57	57	.500	4.5	583	549	34	26-29	31-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	48	24	24	.500
5	9	16	Seattle Mariners	114	56	58	.491	5.5	538	583	-45	25-28	31-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Balderson	The Kingdome	48	22	26	.458
6	10	18	Texas Rangers	112	54	58	.482	6.5	608	601	7	23-31	31-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Grieve	Arlington Stadium	50	21	29	.420
7	13	25	Chicago White Sox	112	45	67	.402	15.5	503	546	-43	24-30	21-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Himes	Comiskey Park	50	32	18	.640
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	113	69	44	.611	--	616	511	105	38-24	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dal Maxvill	Busch Stadium II	49	26	23	.531
2	2	5	New York Mets	114	65	49	.570	4.5	568	494	74	29-26	36-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	48	27	21	.563
3	3	6	Montreal Expos	113	62	51	.549	7.0	524	512	12	29-26	33-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Stoneman	Olympic Stadium	49	29	20	.592
4	4	9	Philadelphia Phillies	113	58	55	.513	11.0	529	546	-17	26-29	32-26	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Giles	Veterans Stadium	49	22	27	.449
5	7	14	Chicago Cubs	114	57	57	.500	12.5	521	543	-22	28-31	29-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dallas Green	Wrigley Field	47	19	28	.404
6	10	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	114	51	63	.447	18.5	488	536	-48	21-34	30-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Syd Thrift	Three Rivers Stadium	48	29	19	.604
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1987 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
2	5	11	San Francisco Giants	115	59	56	.513	--	542	501	41	30-29	29-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Roger Craig	Al Rosen	Candlestick Park	47	31	16	.660
1	6	10	Cincinnati Reds	115	59	56	.513	--	573	550	23	28-29	31-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bergesch	Riverfront Stadium	47	25	22	.532
3	8	17	Houston Astros	113	55	58	.487	3.0	454	472	-18	24-34	31-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Astrodome	49	21	28	.429
4	9	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	113	51	62	.451	7.0	451	490	-39	20-34	31-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	49	22	27	.449
5	11	23	Atlanta Braves	113	50	63	.442	8.0	537	558	-21	22-33	28-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Chuck Tanner	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	48	19	29	.396
6	12	24	San Diego Padres	114	46	68	.404	12.5	473	563	-90	20-38	26-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	48	19	29	.396

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Doyle Alexander	P	36.342	Traded by Braves to Tigers for John Smoltz.
Morris Madden	P	26.346	Traded by Tigers with Darnell Coles to Pirates for Jim Morrison.
John Smoltz	P	20.089	Traded by Tigers to Braves for Doyle Alexander.

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