Baseball on this Date - Thursday May 8,1997

Games on 1997-05-08

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Pittsburgh Pirates	10	Colorado Rockies	8	Box	Esteban Loaiza	Jamey Wright	Rich Loiselle
Atlanta Braves	1	Florida Marlins	5	Box	Tony Saunders	Tom Glavine	(none)
New York Mets	2	Houston Astros	4	Box	Mike Hampton	Rick Reed	Billy Wagner
Chicago Cubs	6	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Terry Mulholland	Fernando Valenzuela	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	2	St. Louis Cardinals	6	Box	Andy Benes	Mike Mimbs	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Baltimore Orioles	13	Box	Mike Mussina	Randy Johnson	(none)
Minnesota Twins	10	Boston Red Sox	7	Box	Rich Robertson	Rich Garces	Rick Aguilera
Oakland Athletics	6	Chicago White Sox	10	Box	James Baldwin	Mike Mohler	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	4	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Juan Guzman	Chad Ogea	Paul Quantrill
Kansas City Royals	4	Detroit Tigers	0	Box	Tim Belcher	Brian Moehler	(none)
Texas Rangers	4	New York Yankees	5	Box	Andy Pettitte	Darren Oliver	Mariano Rivera

Standings as of 1997-05-08

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	31	22	9	.710	--	182	115	67	8-4	14-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	131	76	55	.580
2	3	8	New York Yankees	34	19	15	.559	4.5	204	146	58	9-8	10-7	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	128	77	51	.602
3	6	14	Toronto Blue Jays	31	16	15	.516	6.0	118	121	-3	7-7	9-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	131	60	71	.458
4	9	19	Boston Red Sox	32	15	17	.469	7.5	183	164	19	8-9	7-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	130	63	67	.485
5	13	23	Detroit Tigers	33	13	20	.394	10.0	161	173	-12	6-12	7-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	129	66	63	.512
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	13	Milwaukee Brewers	29	15	14	.517	--	145	154	-9	5-9	10-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	132	63	69	.477
2	8	16	Cleveland Indians	31	16	15	.516	--	196	190	6	7-7	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	130	70	60	.538
3	7	15	Kansas City Royals	31	16	15	.516	--	144	146	-2	10-7	6-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	130	51	79	.392
4	12	22	Minnesota Twins	34	14	20	.412	3.5	158	199	-41	8-12	6-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	128	54	74	.422
5	14	25	Chicago White Sox	30	11	19	.367	4.5	132	158	-26	4-8	7-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	131	69	62	.527
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	5	Seattle Mariners	32	19	13	.594	--	192	188	4	10-5	9-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	130	71	59	.546
2	4	12	Texas Rangers	30	16	14	.533	2.0	138	130	8	7-8	9-6	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	132	61	71	.462
3	10	20	Anaheim Angels	30	14	16	.467	4.0	142	158	-16	7-9	7-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	132	70	62	.530
4	11	21	Oakland Athletics	34	15	19	.441	5.0	153	206	-53	7-13	8-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	128	50	78	.391
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Atlanta Braves	33	23	10	.697	--	158	94	64	10-6	13-4	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	129	78	51	.605
2	6	9	Montreal Expos	31	17	14	.548	5.0	168	147	21	8-10	9-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	131	61	70	.466
3	7	11	Florida Marlins	33	18	15	.545	5.0	125	119	6	4-11	14-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	129	74	55	.574
4	10	18	New York Mets	34	16	18	.471	7.5	156	135	21	8-10	8-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	128	72	56	.563
5	13	26	Philadelphia Phillies	32	10	22	.313	12.5	116	173	-57	7-13	3-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	130	58	72	.446
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	7	Houston Astros	34	19	15	.559	--	139	119	20	7-7	12-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	128	65	63	.508
2	8	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	33	18	15	.545	0.5	129	144	-15	12-9	6-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	129	61	68	.473
3	9	17	St. Louis Cardinals	33	16	17	.485	2.5	127	117	10	5-12	11-5	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	129	57	72	.442
4	12	27	Cincinnati Reds	32	10	22	.313	8.0	112	186	-74	5-15	5-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	130	66	64	.508
5	14	28	Chicago Cubs	32	9	23	.281	9.0	121	161	-40	5-15	4-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	130	59	71	.454
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1997 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Colorado Rockies	32	21	11	.656	--	220	175	45	9-4	12-7	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	130	62	68	.477
2	3	4	San Francisco Giants	31	19	12	.613	1.5	111	120	-9	8-4	11-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	131	71	60	.542
3	4	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	31	18	13	.581	2.5	116	105	11	6-5	12-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	131	70	61	.534
4	11	24	San Diego Padres	31	12	19	.387	8.5	124	127	-3	4-7	8-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	131	64	67	.489

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Jason Jacome	P	26.165	Claimed on waivers by Indians from Royals.
Rusty Meacham	P	29.102	Signed as Free Agent by Red Sox.

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