Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 13,1997

Games on 1997-08-13

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	Atlanta Braves	1	Box	Jon Lieber	John Smoltz	Rich Loiselle
Philadelphia Phillies	12	Colorado Rockies	8	Box	Mark Leiter	Jamey Wright	(none)
Florida Marlins	8	Houston Astros	6	Box	Alex Fernandez	Jose Lima	Robb Nen
Montreal Expos	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Tom Candiotti	Carlos Perez	Todd Worrell
Cincinnati Reds	2	San Diego Padres	0	Box	Mike Morgan	Pete Smith	Jeff Shaw
Chicago Cubs	6	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Geremi Gonzalez	Mark Gardner	Terry Adams
New York Mets	5	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Cory Lidle	Tony Fossas	John Franco
Oakland Athletics	4	Baltimore Orioles	2	Box	Andrew Lorraine	Mike Mussina	Mike Mohler
Texas Rangers	7	Boston Red Sox	6	Box	Tanyon Sturtze	Steve Avery	John Wetteland
Anaheim Angels	2	Chicago White Sox	5	Box	Scott Eyre	Allen Watson	Matt Karchner
Detroit Tigers	13	Cleveland Indians	3	Box	Willie Blair	John Smiley	(none)
Detroit Tigers	1	Cleveland Indians	9	Box	Orel Hershiser	Glenn Dishman	(none)
Kansas City Royals	3	New York Yankees	9	Box	Hideki Irabu	Tim Belcher	(none)
Minnesota Twins	2	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Paul Quantrill	Mike Trombley	(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	115	73	42	.635	--	594	433	161	41-21	32-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	47	25	22	.532
2	2	3	New York Yankees	118	70	48	.593	4.5	630	485	145	35-23	35-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	44	26	18	.591
3	7	15	Toronto Blue Jays	118	58	60	.492	16.5	468	485	-17	27-28	31-32	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	44	18	26	.409
4	10	18	Boston Red Sox	121	58	63	.479	18.0	669	659	10	29-28	29-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	41	20	21	.488
5	11	21	Detroit Tigers	119	56	63	.471	19.0	598	599	-1	24-34	32-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	43	23	20	.535
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	116	60	56	.517	--	617	604	13	29-26	31-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	45	26	19	.578
2	6	13	Chicago White Sox	117	58	59	.496	2.5	557	576	-19	28-34	30-25	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	44	22	22	.500
3	8	16	Milwaukee Brewers	117	57	60	.487	3.5	511	556	-45	22-40	35-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	44	21	23	.477
4	12	24	Minnesota Twins	119	51	68	.429	10.5	570	626	-56	25-31	26-37	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	43	17	26	.395
5	13	25	Kansas City Royals	116	49	67	.422	11.0	529	586	-57	23-35	26-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	45	18	27	.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	5	Seattle Mariners	118	66	52	.559	--	677	616	61	33-26	33-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	44	24	20	.545
2	4	6	Anaheim Angels	119	66	53	.555	0.5	628	575	53	29-31	37-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	43	18	25	.419
3	9	17	Texas Rangers	120	58	62	.483	9.0	588	602	-14	29-30	29-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	42	19	23	.452
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	121	48	73	.397	19.5	547	694	-147	21-41	27-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	41	17	24	.415
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	122	75	47	.615	--	597	439	158	37-24	38-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	40	26	14	.650
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	119	69	50	.580	4.5	515	480	35	32-30	37-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	43	23	20	.535
3	3	7	New York Mets	119	66	53	.555	7.5	560	516	44	30-32	36-21	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	43	22	21	.512
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	118	60	58	.508	13.0	520	531	-11	24-31	36-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	44	18	26	.409
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	117	42	75	.359	30.5	470	651	-181	19-43	23-32	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	45	26	19	.578
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	121	65	56	.537	--	573	501	72	31-32	34-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	41	19	22	.463
2	8	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	120	59	61	.492	5.5	517	565	-48	30-33	29-28	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	42	20	22	.476
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	119	54	65	.454	10.0	478	476	2	23-37	31-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	43	19	24	.442
4	12	23	Cincinnati Reds	118	52	66	.441	11.5	458	558	-100	21-34	31-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	44	24	20	.545
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	121	49	72	.405	16.0	501	560	-59	18-42	31-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	41	19	22	.463
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	121	67	54	.554	--	566	573	-7	32-27	35-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	41	23	18	.561
2	5	9	Los Angeles Dodgers	120	65	55	.542	1.5	535	456	79	27-31	38-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	42	23	19	.548
3	9	19	San Diego Padres	120	57	63	.475	9.5	601	653	-52	30-29	27-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	42	19	23	.452
4	10	20	Colorado Rockies	121	57	64	.471	10.0	680	699	-19	25-38	32-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	41	26	15	.634

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Tony Armas	P	19.106	Traded by Yankees with Jim Mecir to Red Sox for Randy Brown and Mike Stanley.
Brandon Duckworth	P	21.203	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies.
Julio Franco	SS-2B	38.355	Signed as Free Agent by Brewers.
Julio Franco	SS-2B	38.355	Released by Indians.
Ryan Hancock	P	25.276	Traded by Angels with George Arias and Stevenson Agosto to Padres for Rickey Henderson.
Rickey Henderson	LF-OF	38.231	Traded by Padres to Angels for George Arias, Stevenson Agosto and Ryan Hancock.
Jim Mecir	P	27.089	Traded by Yankees to Red Sox S completing trade in which Red Sox sent 1B Mike Stanley and 2B Randy Brown to Yankees for RHP Tony Armas and a player to be named
Terry Shumpert	2B-3B	30.362	Signed as Free Agent by Rockies.
Mike Stanley	C-1B	34.049	Traded by Red Sox with Randy Brown to Yankees for Jim Mecir and Tony Armas.

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