Baseball on this Date - Friday August 1,1997

Games on 1997-08-01

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Los Angeles Dodgers	13	Chicago Cubs	9	Box	Hideo Nomo	Geremi Gonzalez	(none)
San Francisco Giants	8	Cincinnati Reds	7	Box	Wilson Alvarez	Kent Mercker	Rod Beck
Atlanta Braves	2	Florida Marlins	3	Box	Jay Powell	Mike Cather	(none)
New York Mets	8	Houston Astros	5	Box	John Franco	Jose Lima	(none)
San Diego Padres	8	Montreal Expos	2	Box	Joey Hamilton	Jim Bullinger	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Philadelphia Phillies	4	Box	Garrett Stephenson	Andy Benes	Ricky Bottalico
Colorado Rockies	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Box	Steve Reed	Ricardo Rincon	Jerry DiPoto
Chicago White Sox	1	Anaheim Angels	9	Box	Allen Watson	Scott Eyre	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	7	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Pat Hentgen	Dan Miceli	Kelvim Escobar
Boston Red Sox	10	Kansas City Royals	3	Box	Steve Avery	Jose Rosado	(none)
Seattle Mariners	3	Milwaukee Brewers	8	Box	Cal Eldred	Bob Wolcott	(none)
Minnesota Twins	3	New York Yankees	8	Box	Andy Pettitte	Rich Robertson	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	1	Oakland Athletics	2	Box	T.J. Mathews	Jesse Orosco	(none)
Cleveland Indians	8	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Jose Mesa	Eric Gunderson	Paul Assenmacher

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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	106	67	39	.632	--	544	405	139	36-19	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	56	31	25	.554
2	2	3	New York Yankees	106	62	44	.585	5.0	567	437	130	29-21	33-23	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	56	34	22	.607
3	8	17	Toronto Blue Jays	106	51	55	.481	16.0	408	442	-34	26-25	25-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	56	25	31	.446
4	9	18	Boston Red Sox	109	52	57	.477	16.5	597	588	9	25-26	27-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	53	26	27	.491
5	11	22	Detroit Tigers	106	49	57	.462	18.0	535	533	2	20-29	29-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	56	30	26	.536
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	11	Cleveland Indians	103	55	48	.534	--	552	538	14	27-22	28-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	58	31	27	.534
2	6	13	Milwaukee Brewers	106	54	52	.509	2.5	462	489	-27	19-34	35-18	W9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	55	24	31	.436
3	7	14	Chicago White Sox	107	53	54	.495	4.0	527	546	-19	25-29	28-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	54	27	27	.500
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	107	48	59	.449	9.0	521	556	-35	24-28	24-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	55	20	35	.364
5	13	25	Kansas City Royals	105	44	61	.419	12.0	476	531	-55	21-32	23-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	56	23	33	.411
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	6	Anaheim Angels	109	61	48	.560	--	587	530	57	29-29	32-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	53	23	30	.434
2	4	7	Seattle Mariners	108	60	48	.556	0.5	625	585	40	31-26	29-22	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	54	30	24	.556
3	10	21	Texas Rangers	107	50	57	.467	10.0	517	525	-8	23-29	27-28	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	55	27	28	.491
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	111	43	68	.387	19.0	515	641	-126	20-40	23-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51	22	29	.431
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	110	69	41	.627	--	557	400	157	35-22	34-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	52	32	20	.615
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	107	62	45	.579	5.5	458	427	31	28-26	34-19	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	55	30	25	.545
3	3	5	New York Mets	107	61	46	.570	6.5	510	456	54	29-29	32-17	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	55	27	28	.491
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	107	55	52	.514	12.5	477	488	-11	23-29	32-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	55	23	32	.418
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	106	34	72	.321	33.0	409	616	-207	15-42	19-30	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	56	34	22	.607
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	6	10	Houston Astros	109	59	50	.541	--	502	447	55	28-27	31-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	53	25	28	.472
2	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	109	53	56	.486	6.0	466	509	-43	28-30	25-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	53	26	27	.491
3	11	20	St. Louis Cardinals	108	51	57	.472	7.5	449	430	19	22-32	29-25	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	54	22	32	.407
4	12	24	Cincinnati Reds	106	45	61	.425	12.5	404	507	-103	19-33	26-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	56	31	25	.554
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	110	43	67	.391	16.5	458	517	-59	16-41	27-26	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	52	25	27	.481
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
2	4	8	San Francisco Giants	109	60	49	.550	--	503	531	-28	26-24	34-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	53	30	23	.566
1	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	109	60	49	.550	--	494	410	84	24-26	36-23	W7	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	53	28	25	.528
3	9	15	San Diego Padres	109	53	56	.486	7.0	568	601	-33	27-24	26-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	53	23	30	.434
4	10	19	Colorado Rockies	110	52	58	.473	8.5	627	630	-3	23-34	29-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	52	31	21	.596

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Fabricio Benitez	P	16.083	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Red Sox
Guye Senjem	OF	22.091	Signed by independent St. Paul (Northern)
Jeff Sparks	P	25.119	Signed by independent Winnipeg (Northern)
Salomon Torres	P	25.143	On voluntary retired list
Rick Wilkins	C	30.058	Released by Giants.

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