Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 9,1989

Games on 1989-08-09

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Minnesota Twins	7	Baltimore Orioles	0	Box	Allan Anderson	Mark Thurmond	(none)
Seattle Mariners	1	California Angels	4	Box	Kirk McCaskill	Brian Holman	Bryan Harvey
Oakland Athletics	2	Chicago White Sox	3	Box	Tom McCarthy	Jim Corsi	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Chuck Crim	Jack Morris	Dan Plesac
Boston Red Sox	6	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Mike Boddicker	Luis Aquino	(none)
Cleveland Indians	7	New York Yankees	4	Box	Rod Nichols	Andy Hawkins	Steve Olin
Texas Rangers	4	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Charlie Hough	Dave Stieb	Jeff Russell
Montreal Expos	0	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Rick Sutcliffe	Bryn Smith	Mitch Williams
Atlanta Braves	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Pete Smith	John Wetteland	Jim Acker
New York Mets	6	Philadelphia Phillies	0	Box	Bob Ojeda	Dennis Cook	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Box	Joe Magrane	Doug Drabek	(none)
Houston Astros	1	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Mark Davis	Dave Smith	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	1	San Francisco Giants	10	Box	Don Robinson	Rick Mahler	(none)

Standings as of 1989-08-09

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1989 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	11	Baltimore Orioles	112	58	54	.518	--	505	487	18	26-30	32-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Memorial Stadium	50	29	21	.580
2	6	12	Toronto Blue Jays	114	57	57	.500	2.0	513	476	37	28-27	29-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	48	32	16	.667
3	8	15	Cleveland Indians	113	56	57	.496	2.5	434	447	-13	28-32	28-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Cleveland Stadium	49	17	32	.347
4	9	16	Boston Red Sox	111	55	56	.495	2.5	529	515	14	26-29	29-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	Fenway Park	51	28	23	.549
5	10	17	Milwaukee Brewers	114	55	59	.482	4.0	490	489	1	23-32	32-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	48	26	22	.542
6	12	21	New York Yankees	114	53	61	.465	6.0	504	569	-65	23-33	30-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Quinn	Yankee Stadium I	47	21	26	.447
7	14	26	Detroit Tigers	113	41	72	.363	17.5	432	565	-133	16-39	25-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Lajoie	Tiger Stadium	49	18	31	.367
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1989 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	California Angels	112	68	44	.607	--	495	379	116	30-25	38-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Mike Port	Anaheim Stadium	50	23	27	.460
2	2	2	Oakland Athletics	114	68	46	.596	1.0	477	418	59	28-26	40-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	48	31	17	.646
3	3	7	Kansas City Royals	113	62	51	.549	6.5	474	456	18	25-34	37-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Schuerholz	Royals Stadium	49	30	19	.612
4	4	10	Texas Rangers	112	59	53	.527	9.0	496	505	-9	28-31	31-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Grieve	Arlington Stadium	50	24	26	.480
5	7	13	Minnesota Twins	114	57	57	.500	12.0	541	509	32	27-32	30-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Andy MacPhail	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	48	23	25	.479
6	11	18	Seattle Mariners	113	54	59	.478	14.5	530	523	7	23-33	31-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	49	19	30	.388
7	13	22	Chicago White Sox	113	48	65	.425	20.5	477	559	-82	22-35	26-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Himes	Comiskey Park	48	21	27	.438
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1989 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	3	Chicago Cubs	114	66	48	.579	--	462	407	55	34-25	32-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Frey	Wrigley Field	48	27	21	.563
2	4	5	Montreal Expos	114	63	51	.553	3.0	466	433	33	30-29	33-22	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Olympic Stadium	48	18	30	.375
3	5	8	St. Louis Cardinals	111	60	51	.541	4.5	435	415	20	27-25	32-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dal Maxvill	Busch Stadium II	51	26	25	.510
4	6	9	New York Mets	112	60	52	.536	5.0	479	415	64	24-34	36-18	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Frank Cashen	Shea Stadium	50	27	23	.540
5	10	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	114	48	66	.421	18.0	437	478	-41	23-33	25-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Doughty	Three Rivers Stadium	48	26	22	.542
6	11	24	Philadelphia Phillies	114	46	68	.404	20.0	441	508	-67	19-37	26-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	48	21	27	.438
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1989 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	San Francisco Giants	114	65	49	.570	--	502	419	83	28-31	37-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Roger Craig	Al Rosen	Candlestick Park	48	27	21	.563
2	3	6	Houston Astros	114	63	51	.553	2.0	468	462	6	31-26	32-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Wood	Astrodome	48	23	25	.479
3	7	14	San Diego Padres	114	57	57	.500	8.0	403	454	-51	29-30	28-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jack McKeon	Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium	48	32	16	.667
4	8	19	Cincinnati Reds	113	54	59	.478	10.5	439	483	-44	25-30	29-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Murray Cook	Riverfront Stadium	49	21	28	.429
5	9	20	Los Angeles Dodgers	115	54	61	.470	11.5	395	385	10	23-33	31-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	45	23	22	.511
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	115	46	69	.400	19.5	399	467	-68	21-35	25-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Russ Nixon	Bobby Cox	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	45	17	28	.378

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Mike Farmer	P	21.037	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies.
Dave Hajek	3B-2B	21.300	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Astros.
Donnie Hill	2B-SS	28.270	Released by Athletics.

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