Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 6,1997

Games on 1997-08-06

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
St. Louis Cardinals	3	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Mark Wohlers	Mark Petkovsek	(none)
San Francisco Giants	7	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Pat Rapp	Terry Mulholland	(none)
San Diego Padres	6	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Joey Hamilton	Stan Belinda	Trevor Hoffman
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Montreal Expos	7	Box	Dustin Hermanson	Chan Ho Park	(none)
Colorado Rockies	4	New York Mets	0	Box	John Thomson	Dave Mlicki	(none)
Houston Astros	4	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Garrett Stephenson	Ramon Garcia	Ricky Bottalico
Florida Marlins	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Kevin Brown	Esteban Loaiza	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Anaheim Angels	8	Box	Allen Watson	Cal Eldred	Troy Percival
Detroit Tigers	4	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Jose Rosado	A.J. Sager	Jeff Montgomery
Boston Red Sox	5	Minnesota Twins	2	Box	Tim Wakefield	Rich Robertson	Butch Henry
Chicago White Sox	2	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	T.J. Mathews	Jaime Navarro	Billy Taylor
Baltimore Orioles	4	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Jesse Orosco	Heathcliff Slocumb	Randy Myers
New York Yankees	2	Texas Rangers	6	Box	Darren Oliver	Andy Pettitte	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Toronto Blue Jays	6	Box	Pat Hentgen	Albie Lopez	Kelvim Escobar

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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	110	70	40	.636	--	571	420	151	39-20	31-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	52	28	24	.538
2	2	4	New York Yankees	111	65	46	.586	5.5	588	458	130	31-22	34-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	51	31	20	.608
3	8	16	Boston Red Sox	114	55	59	.482	17.0	635	611	24	28-28	27-31	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	48	23	25	.479
4	9	18	Toronto Blue Jays	111	53	58	.477	17.5	434	470	-36	27-28	26-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	51	23	28	.451
5	10	20	Detroit Tigers	111	52	59	.468	18.5	560	558	2	20-30	32-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	51	27	24	.529
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	108	57	51	.528	--	580	563	17	29-25	28-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	53	29	24	.547
2	6	13	Milwaukee Brewers	111	55	56	.495	3.5	487	525	-38	20-36	35-20	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	50	23	27	.460
3	7	15	Chicago White Sox	111	54	57	.486	4.5	535	558	-23	26-32	28-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	50	26	24	.520
4	12	23	Minnesota Twins	112	50	62	.446	9.0	545	582	-37	25-29	25-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	50	18	32	.360
5	13	24	Kansas City Royals	110	47	63	.427	11.0	501	549	-48	21-32	26-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	51	20	31	.392
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	5	Anaheim Angels	114	65	49	.570	--	612	549	63	29-29	36-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	48	19	29	.396
2	4	7	Seattle Mariners	112	63	49	.563	1.0	652	601	51	33-26	30-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	50	27	23	.540
3	11	21	Texas Rangers	112	52	60	.464	12.0	540	569	-29	23-29	29-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	50	25	25	.500
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	115	44	71	.383	21.5	526	666	-140	20-40	24-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	47	21	26	.447
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	115	72	43	.626	--	579	418	161	37-24	35-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	47	29	18	.617
2	2	3	Florida Marlins	112	66	46	.589	4.5	490	444	46	29-26	37-20	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	50	26	24	.520
3	3	6	New York Mets	112	63	49	.563	7.5	521	475	46	29-31	34-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	50	25	25	.500
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	111	58	53	.523	12.0	500	499	1	23-29	35-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	51	20	31	.392
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	111	37	74	.333	33.0	435	630	-195	15-42	22-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	51	31	20	.608
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	114	61	53	.535	--	521	465	56	28-30	33-23	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	48	23	25	.479
2	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	114	56	58	.491	5.0	488	540	-52	28-30	28-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	48	23	25	.479
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	113	52	61	.460	8.5	461	454	7	23-36	29-25	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	49	21	28	.429
4	12	25	Cincinnati Reds	111	47	64	.423	12.5	423	534	-111	19-33	28-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	51	29	22	.569
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	114	45	69	.395	16.0	473	536	-63	16-41	29-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	48	23	25	.479
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	4	8	San Francisco Giants	114	64	50	.561	--	536	546	-10	30-25	34-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	48	26	22	.542
2	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	113	61	52	.540	2.5	506	430	76	25-29	36-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	49	27	22	.551
3	9	17	San Diego Padres	113	54	59	.478	9.5	580	623	-43	28-27	26-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	49	22	27	.449
4	10	19	Colorado Rockies	115	54	61	.470	10.5	647	653	-6	25-37	29-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	47	29	18	.617

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Rene Arocha	P	31.163	Released by Giants.
Rafael Lopez	P	16.286	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Mets
Derrick May	LF	29.023	Released by Phillies.

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