Baseball on this Date - Saturday May 17,1997

Games on 1997-05-17

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
St. Louis Cardinals	6	Atlanta Braves	11	Box	John Smoltz	Matt Morris	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Mark Gardner	Amaury Telemaco	Rod Beck
San Diego Padres	6	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Joey Hamilton	Kent Mercker	Trevor Hoffman
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Hideo Nomo	Carlos Perez	(none)
Colorado Rockies	1	New York Mets	3	Box	Bobby Jones	John Thomson	John Franco
Houston Astros	2	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Curt Schilling	Shane Reynolds	Ricky Bottalico
Florida Marlins	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Box	Pat Rapp	Steve Cooke	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	5	Anaheim Angels	6	Box	Troy Percival	Mike Fetters	(none)
Detroit Tigers	9	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Tim Pugh	Jim Pittsley	(none)
Boston Red Sox	4	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	Tom Gordon	Brad Radke	(none)
Chicago White Sox	7	Oakland Athletics	6	Box	Danny Darwin	Steve Karsay	Roberto Hernandez
Baltimore Orioles	4	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Jimmy Key	Scott Sanders	Armando Benitez
New York Yankees	11	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Ramiro Mendoza	John Burkett	(none)
Cleveland Indians	8	Toronto Blue Jays	1	Box	Albie Lopez	Woody Williams	(none)

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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	2	Baltimore Orioles	40	27	13	.675	--	224	150	74	12-6	15-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	122	71	51	.582
2	2	5	New York Yankees	42	25	17	.595	3.0	253	177	76	13-9	12-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	120	71	49	.592
3	5	11	Toronto Blue Jays	39	21	18	.538	5.5	146	156	-10	11-9	10-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	123	55	68	.447
4	10	19	Detroit Tigers	41	18	23	.439	9.5	212	202	10	8-13	10-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	121	61	60	.504
5	12	22	Boston Red Sox	39	16	23	.410	10.5	206	214	-8	9-12	7-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	123	62	61	.504
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	7	14	Kansas City Royals	39	20	19	.513	--	184	189	-5	11-9	9-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	122	47	75	.385
2	8	17	Milwaukee Brewers	38	19	19	.500	0.5	184	197	-13	5-13	14-6	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	123	59	64	.480
3	9	18	Cleveland Indians	39	19	20	.487	1.0	226	224	2	10-12	9-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	122	67	55	.549
4	11	20	Chicago White Sox	39	17	22	.436	3.0	191	217	-26	7-11	10-11	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	122	63	59	.516
5	14	25	Minnesota Twins	42	16	26	.381	5.5	195	240	-45	8-12	8-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	120	52	68	.433
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	3	9	Texas Rangers	39	22	17	.564	--	186	173	13	10-8	12-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	123	55	68	.447
2	4	10	Seattle Mariners	41	23	18	.561	--	236	232	4	13-7	10-11	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	121	67	54	.554
3	6	13	Anaheim Angels	39	20	19	.513	2.0	195	200	-5	7-12	13-7	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	123	64	59	.520
4	13	23	Oakland Athletics	43	17	26	.395	7.0	193	260	-67	7-16	10-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	119	48	71	.403
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	1	Atlanta Braves	41	28	13	.683	--	205	131	74	13-7	15-6	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	121	73	48	.603
2	3	4	Florida Marlins	41	25	16	.610	3.0	176	142	34	8-11	17-5	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	121	67	54	.554
3	6	8	Montreal Expos	39	22	17	.564	5.0	217	195	22	9-12	13-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	123	56	67	.455
4	8	16	New York Mets	41	21	20	.512	7.0	182	149	33	11-10	10-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	121	67	54	.554
5	12	26	Philadelphia Phillies	40	15	25	.375	12.5	146	216	-70	7-13	8-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	122	53	69	.434
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	7	12	Houston Astros	42	22	20	.524	--	170	156	14	10-12	12-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	120	62	58	.517
2	9	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	41	21	20	.512	0.5	166	198	-32	12-9	9-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	121	58	63	.479
3	10	21	St. Louis Cardinals	40	17	23	.425	4.0	154	153	1	6-15	11-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	122	56	66	.459
4	13	27	Chicago Cubs	40	13	27	.325	8.0	164	199	-35	6-17	7-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	122	55	67	.451
5	14	28	Cincinnati Reds	40	12	28	.300	9.0	139	220	-81	6-17	6-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	122	64	58	.525
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	San Francisco Giants	39	24	15	.615	--	161	158	3	11-6	13-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	123	66	57	.537
2	4	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	39	23	16	.590	1.0	145	127	18	9-7	14-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	123	65	58	.528
3	5	7	Colorado Rockies	40	23	17	.575	1.5	251	211	40	11-10	12-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	122	60	62	.492
4	11	24	San Diego Padres	39	15	24	.385	9.0	165	186	-21	5-11	10-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	123	61	62	.496

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Giovanni Carrara	P	29.074	Signed as Free Agent by Reds.
Roger Carter	P	18.273	signed

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