Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 18,1988

Games on 1988-08-18

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Oakland Athletics	1	Baltimore Orioles	10	Box	Jeff Ballard	Bob Welch	(none)
Seattle Mariners	6	Boston Red Sox	1	Box	Mark Langston	Mike Boddicker	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	3	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Rich Yett	Bill Wegman	Doug Jones
Chicago White Sox	4	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Mike Henneman	Bobby Thigpen	(none)
Texas Rangers	4	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Jeff Russell	Charlie Lea	(none)
California Angels	7	New York Yankees	1	Box	Chuck Finley	Tommy John	Greg Minton
Chicago Cubs	1	Cincinnati Reds	9	Box	Danny Jackson	Jamie Moyer	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Box	Jay Howell	Kevin Gross	Jesse Orosco
Montreal Expos	4	San Diego Padres	5	Box	Lance McCullers	Tim Burke	(none)
New York Mets	1	San Francisco Giants	4	Box	Mike Krukow	Bob Ojeda	Scott Garrelts
Houston Astros	1	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Bob Forsch	Mike Scott	Todd Worrell

Standings as of 1988-08-18

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1988 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Detroit Tigers	120	70	50	.583	--	546	467	79	31-27	39-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Lajoie	Tiger Stadium	42	18	24	.429
2	4	6	Boston Red Sox	120	67	53	.558	3.0	610	533	77	26-32	41-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	Fenway Park	42	22	20	.524
3	5	7	New York Yankees	117	65	52	.556	3.5	596	527	69	31-26	34-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Quinn	Yankee Stadium I	44	20	24	.455
5	9	16	Toronto Blue Jays	121	60	61	.496	10.5	562	520	42	32-31	28-30	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	41	27	14	.659
4	8	15	Milwaukee Brewers	123	61	62	.496	10.5	502	472	30	26-36	35-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	39	26	13	.667
6	10	19	Cleveland Indians	121	58	63	.479	12.5	531	577	-46	24-35	34-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Cleveland Stadium	41	20	21	.488
7	14	26	Baltimore Orioles	120	40	80	.333	30.0	430	609	-179	15-45	25-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Memorial Stadium	41	14	27	.341
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1988 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Oakland Athletics	122	77	45	.631	--	595	474	121	39-23	38-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	40	27	13	.675
2	3	5	Minnesota Twins	120	68	52	.567	8.0	577	514	63	35-27	33-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Andy MacPhail	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	42	23	19	.548
3	6	12	Kansas City Royals	120	62	58	.517	14.0	535	480	55	29-30	33-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Schuerholz	Royals Stadium	41	22	19	.537
4	7	14	California Angels	121	61	60	.504	15.5	561	588	-27	35-28	26-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Mike Port	Anaheim Stadium	41	14	27	.341
5	11	20	Chicago White Sox	121	54	67	.446	22.5	495	606	-111	23-35	31-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Himes	Comiskey Park	40	17	23	.425
6	12	21	Texas Rangers	119	53	66	.445	22.5	460	533	-73	25-35	28-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Grieve	Arlington Stadium	42	17	25	.405
7	13	24	Seattle Mariners	121	47	74	.388	29.5	497	597	-100	21-41	26-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	40	21	19	.525
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1988 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Mets	121	71	50	.587	--	516	425	91	33-29	38-21	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	39	29	10	.744
2	3	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	121	67	54	.554	4.0	511	472	39	32-27	35-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Syd Thrift	Three Rivers Stadium	39	18	21	.462
3	6	11	Montreal Expos	121	63	58	.521	8.0	475	448	27	31-32	32-26	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Olympic Stadium	41	18	23	.439
4	8	17	Chicago Cubs	119	59	60	.496	11.0	472	481	-9	29-31	29-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Frey	Wrigley Field	43	18	25	.419
5	10	22	St. Louis Cardinals	120	53	67	.442	17.5	421	470	-49	24-34	29-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dal Maxvill	Busch Stadium II	42	23	19	.548
6	11	23	Philadelphia Phillies	121	52	69	.430	19.0	464	543	-79	21-40	30-30	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	40	13	27	.325
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1988 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	121	69	52	.570	--	508	443	65	36-24	33-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	40	25	15	.625
2	4	9	Houston Astros	121	65	56	.537	4.0	498	483	15	29-32	36-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Wood	Astrodome	41	17	24	.415
3	5	10	San Francisco Giants	121	64	57	.529	5.0	535	480	55	28-31	36-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Roger Craig	Al Rosen	Candlestick Park	41	19	22	.463
4	7	13	Cincinnati Reds	119	61	58	.513	7.0	482	462	20	29-30	32-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Murray Cook	Riverfront Stadium	42	26	16	.619
5	9	18	San Diego Padres	121	58	63	.479	11.0	421	454	-33	23-36	35-27	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jack McKeon	Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	40	25	15	.625
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	120	41	79	.342	27.5	443	585	-142	21-41	20-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Russ Nixon	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	40	13	27	.325

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Bob Wells	P	21.290	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies.

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