Baseball on this Date - Saturday August 2,1997

Games on 1997-08-02

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Los Angeles Dodgers	1	Chicago Cubs	5	Box	Kevin Tapani	Tom Candiotti	(none)
San Francisco Giants	1	Cincinnati Reds	5	Box	Brett Tomko	Mark Gardner	(none)
Atlanta Braves	4	Florida Marlins	2	Box	Denny Neagle	Al Leiter	Mark Wohlers
New York Mets	0	Houston Astros	6	Box	Mike Hampton	Bobby Jones	(none)
San Diego Padres	0	Montreal Expos	6	Box	Carlos Perez	Pete Smith	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	2	Philadelphia Phillies	1	Box	Todd Stottlemyre	Matt Beech	Dennis Eckersley
Colorado Rockies	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Box	Francisco Cordova	Bill Swift	Rich Loiselle
Chicago White Sox	2	Anaheim Angels	5	Box	Dennis Springer	Chris Clemons	Troy Percival
Toronto Blue Jays	7	Detroit Tigers	8	Box	Doug Brocail	Paul Quantrill	Todd Jones
Boston Red Sox	3	Kansas City Royals	10	Box	Tim Belcher	Aaron Sele	(none)
Seattle Mariners	14	Milwaukee Brewers	4	Box	Jeff Fassero	Steve Woodard	(none)
Minnesota Twins	5	New York Yankees	4	Box	Greg Swindell	David Cone	Rick Aguilera
Baltimore Orioles	13	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Mike Mussina	Carlos Reyes	(none)
Cleveland Indians	7	Texas Rangers	3	Box	John Smiley	Bobby Witt	(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	1	Baltimore Orioles	107	68	39	.636	--	557	408	149	37-19	31-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	55	30	25	.545
2	2	3	New York Yankees	107	62	45	.579	6.0	571	442	129	29-21	33-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	55	34	21	.618
3	8	18	Toronto Blue Jays	107	51	56	.477	17.0	415	450	-35	26-26	25-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	55	25	30	.455
4	9	19	Boston Red Sox	110	52	58	.473	17.5	600	598	2	25-27	27-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	52	26	26	.500
5	10	21	Detroit Tigers	107	50	57	.467	18.0	543	540	3	20-29	30-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	55	29	26	.527
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	104	56	48	.538	--	559	541	18	28-22	28-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	57	30	27	.526
2	6	13	Milwaukee Brewers	107	54	53	.505	3.5	466	503	-37	19-34	35-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	54	24	30	.444
3	7	15	Chicago White Sox	108	53	55	.491	5.0	529	551	-22	25-30	28-25	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	53	27	26	.509
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	108	49	59	.454	9.0	526	560	-34	25-28	24-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	54	19	35	.352
5	13	25	Kansas City Royals	106	45	61	.425	12.0	486	534	-48	21-32	24-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	55	22	33	.400
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	110	62	48	.564	--	592	532	60	29-29	33-19	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	52	22	30	.423
2	4	7	Seattle Mariners	109	61	48	.560	0.5	639	589	50	32-26	29-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	53	29	24	.547
3	11	22	Texas Rangers	108	50	58	.463	11.0	520	532	-12	23-29	27-29	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	54	27	27	.500
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	112	43	69	.384	20.0	518	654	-136	20-40	23-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50	22	28	.440
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	111	70	41	.631	--	561	402	159	36-22	34-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	51	31	20	.608
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	108	62	46	.574	6.5	460	431	29	28-26	34-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	54	30	24	.556
3	3	5	New York Mets	108	61	47	.565	7.5	510	462	48	29-30	32-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	54	27	27	.500
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	108	56	52	.519	12.5	483	488	-5	23-29	33-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	54	22	32	.407
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	107	34	73	.318	34.0	410	618	-208	15-42	19-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	55	34	21	.618
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	9	Houston Astros	110	60	50	.545	--	508	447	61	28-27	32-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	52	24	28	.462
2	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	110	54	56	.491	6.0	472	514	-42	28-30	26-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	52	25	27	.481
3	10	17	St. Louis Cardinals	109	52	57	.477	7.5	451	431	20	23-32	29-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	53	21	32	.396
4	12	24	Cincinnati Reds	107	46	61	.430	12.5	409	508	-99	19-33	27-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	55	30	25	.545
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	111	44	67	.396	16.5	463	518	-55	16-41	28-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	51	24	27	.471
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	110	60	50	.545	--	504	536	-32	26-25	34-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	52	30	22	.577
1	6	10	Los Angeles Dodgers	110	60	50	.545	--	495	415	80	24-27	36-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	52	28	24	.538
3	9	16	San Diego Padres	110	53	57	.482	7.0	568	607	-39	27-25	26-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	52	23	29	.442
4	11	20	Colorado Rockies	111	52	59	.468	8.5	632	636	-4	23-35	29-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	51	31	20	.608

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Over Alcantara	P	16.325	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Marlins
Jose Bautista	SS	18.057	Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals.
Mike Brunet	P	20.150	signed

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