Baseball on this Date - Tuesday May 20,1997

Games on 1997-05-20

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Montreal Expos	2	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Terrell Wade	Dustin Hermanson	Mark Wohlers
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Mark Leiter	Frank Castillo	Ricky Bottalico
New York Mets	5	Florida Marlins	6	Box	Robb Nen	John Franco	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	7	Houston Astros	4	Box	John Smiley	Russ Springer	Jeff Shaw
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	San Diego Padres	7	Box	Sterling Hitchcock	Ismael Valdez	(none)
Colorado Rockies	3	San Francisco Giants	6	Box	William VanLandingham	Roger Bailey	Rod Beck
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	St. Louis Cardinals	3	Box	Danny Jackson	Esteban Loaiza	Dennis Eckersley
Seattle Mariners	9	Anaheim Angels	11	Box	Rich DeLucia	Josias Manzanillo	Troy Percival
Detroit Tigers	3	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Scott Kamieniecki	Omar Olivares	Randy Myers
Boston Red Sox	1	Chicago White Sox	10	Box	Jaime Navarro	Tim Wakefield	(none)
Kansas City Royals	3	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Paul Shuey	Jamie Walker	Michael Jackson
Minnesota Twins	4	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Mike Trombley	Cal Eldred	Rick Aguilera
Toronto Blue Jays	2	New York Yankees	0	Box	Pat Hentgen	Andy Pettitte	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	Texas Rangers	8	Box	Bobby Witt	Ariel Prieto	(none)

Standings as of 1997-05-20

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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	42	29	13	.690	--	236	160	76	13-6	16-7	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	120	69	51	.575
2	3	7	New York Yankees	44	25	19	.568	5.0	255	183	72	13-10	12-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	118	71	47	.602
3	5	10	Toronto Blue Jays	41	22	19	.537	6.5	154	164	-10	12-9	10-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	121	54	67	.446
4	11	20	Detroit Tigers	43	19	24	.442	10.5	221	211	10	9-14	10-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	119	60	59	.504
5	13	25	Boston Red Sox	41	16	25	.390	12.5	212	231	-19	9-14	7-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	121	62	59	.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	7	14	Cleveland Indians	41	21	20	.512	--	238	233	5	11-12	10-8	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	120	65	55	.542
2	8	17	Kansas City Royals	41	20	21	.488	1.0	192	199	-7	11-10	9-11	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	120	47	73	.392
3	9	18	Milwaukee Brewers	40	19	21	.475	1.5	191	206	-15	5-14	14-7	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	121	59	62	.488
4	10	19	Chicago White Sox	41	19	22	.463	2.0	211	222	-11	8-11	11-11	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	120	61	59	.508
5	12	22	Minnesota Twins	44	18	26	.409	4.5	206	248	-42	9-12	9-14	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	118	50	68	.424
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	Texas Rangers	41	24	17	.585	--	198	178	20	10-8	14-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	121	53	68	.438
2	4	9	Seattle Mariners	44	24	20	.545	1.5	265	255	10	14-8	10-12	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	118	66	52	.559
3	6	12	Anaheim Angels	42	22	20	.524	2.5	215	226	-11	7-12	15-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	120	62	58	.517
4	14	26	Oakland Athletics	45	17	28	.378	9.0	200	278	-78	7-17	10-11	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	117	48	69	.410
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	44	31	13	.705	--	221	137	84	13-7	18-6	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	118	70	48	.593
2	2	3	Florida Marlins	43	27	16	.628	3.5	187	150	37	9-11	18-5	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	119	65	54	.546
3	4	6	Montreal Expos	42	24	18	.571	6.0	228	204	24	9-13	15-5	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	120	54	66	.450
4	7	13	New York Mets	44	23	21	.523	8.0	201	162	39	11-11	12-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Joe McIlvaine	Shea Stadium	118	65	53	.551
5	12	24	Philadelphia Phillies	43	17	26	.395	13.5	159	230	-71	8-13	9-13	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	119	51	68	.429
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	8	15	Houston Astros	45	23	22	.511	--	186	173	13	11-13	12-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	117	61	56	.521
2	9	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	43	21	22	.488	1.0	170	206	-36	12-10	9-12	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	119	58	61	.487
3	10	21	St. Louis Cardinals	43	18	25	.419	4.0	161	166	-5	6-17	12-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	119	55	64	.462
4	13	27	Chicago Cubs	43	15	28	.349	7.0	186	209	-23	6-17	9-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	119	53	66	.445
5	14	28	Cincinnati Reds	43	14	29	.326	8.0	157	237	-80	7-17	7-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	119	62	57	.521
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	3	4	San Francisco Giants	42	25	17	.595	--	174	181	-7	11-8	14-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	120	65	55	.542
2	5	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	42	23	19	.548	2.0	153	143	10	9-10	14-9	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	120	65	55	.542
3	6	11	Colorado Rockies	43	23	20	.535	2.5	261	231	30	11-13	12-7	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	119	60	59	.504
4	11	23	San Diego Padres	42	17	25	.405	8.0	185	200	-15	6-12	11-13	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	120	59	61	.492

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
DJ Boston	IF	25.257	Released by Athletics
Chuck Carr	CF-OF	29.284	Granted Free Agency.
Scott Leius	3B	31.238	Signed as Free Agent by White Sox.
Kyle Lohse	P	18.228	signed
Torey Lovullo	2B-3B	31.299	Signed as Free Agent by Indians.
Torey Lovullo	2B-3B	31.299	Released by Expos.
Steve Scarsone	2B-3B	31.039	Signed as Free Agent by Padres.
Ruben Sierra	RF	31.226	Signed by Blue Jays
Chad Zerbe	P	25.023	Released by Diamondbacks.

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