Baseball on this Date - Wednesday August 20,1997

Games on 1997-08-20

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Colorado Rockies	5	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Frank Castillo	Gabe White	Jerry DiPoto
Chicago Cubs	5	Florida Marlins	6	Box	Livan Hernandez	Kevin Tapani	Robb Nen
Atlanta Braves	3	Houston Astros	1	Box	Tom Glavine	Shane Reynolds	Mark Wohlers
St. Louis Cardinals	6	Montreal Expos	3	Box	Curtis King	Steve Kline	Dennis Eckersley
San Diego Padres	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	Box	Jason Schmidt	Andy Ashby	(none)
New York Yankees	7	Anaheim Angels	3	Box	Dwight Gooden	Ken Hill	Ramiro Mendoza
New York Yankees	8	Anaheim Angels	5	Box	Hideki Irabu	Mark Langston	Mariano Rivera
Toronto Blue Jays	6	Chicago White Sox	12	Box	James Baldwin	Robert Person	(none)
Minnesota Twins	11	Detroit Tigers	1	Box	Brad Radke	Scott Sanders	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	4	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Jimmy Key	Glendon Rusch	Randy Myers
Boston Red Sox	7	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Tim Wakefield	Jimmy Haynes	Butch Henry
Boston Red Sox	5	Oakland Athletics	4	Box	Joe Hudson	Don Wengert	Tom Gordon
Cleveland Indians	0	Seattle Mariners	1	Box	Randy Johnson	Charles Nagy	Heathcliff Slocumb
Milwaukee Brewers	6	Texas Rangers	2	Box	Bryce Florie	Terry Clark	Doug Jones

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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	123	79	44	.642	--	636	478	158	43-22	36-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	39	19	20	.487
2	2	3	New York Yankees	125	75	50	.600	5.0	677	520	157	37-24	38-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	37	21	16	.568
3	6	12	Boston Red Sox	127	64	63	.504	17.0	714	682	32	31-28	33-35	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	35	14	21	.400
4	9	18	Toronto Blue Jays	125	60	65	.480	20.0	504	530	-26	29-33	31-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	37	16	21	.432
5	11	21	Detroit Tigers	125	58	67	.464	22.0	620	635	-15	24-35	34-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	37	21	16	.568
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	10	Cleveland Indians	123	65	58	.528	--	659	632	27	30-27	35-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	38	21	17	.553
2	7	14	Milwaukee Brewers	125	62	63	.496	4.0	548	584	-36	25-41	37-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	36	16	20	.444
3	8	15	Chicago White Sox	126	62	64	.492	4.5	608	632	-24	28-34	34-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	35	18	17	.514
4	12	24	Kansas City Royals	123	52	71	.423	13.0	565	626	-61	25-37	27-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	38	15	23	.395
5	13	25	Minnesota Twins	125	52	73	.416	14.0	597	668	-71	26-36	26-37	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	37	16	21	.432
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	Seattle Mariners	126	70	56	.556	--	712	648	64	36-29	34-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	36	20	16	.556
2	4	8	Anaheim Angels	127	69	58	.543	1.5	672	615	57	31-34	38-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	35	15	20	.429
3	10	20	Texas Rangers	127	60	67	.472	10.5	609	642	-33	30-32	30-35	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	35	17	18	.486
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	127	50	77	.394	20.5	586	728	-142	23-43	27-34	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	35	15	20	.429
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	127	78	49	.614	--	612	452	160	40-26	38-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	35	23	12	.657
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	125	73	52	.584	4.0	552	510	42	32-30	41-22	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	37	19	18	.514
3	5	9	New York Mets	124	67	57	.540	9.5	579	541	38	31-35	36-22	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	38	21	17	.553
4	8	16	Montreal Expos	124	61	63	.492	15.5	544	569	-25	25-34	36-29	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	38	17	21	.447
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	122	45	77	.369	30.5	503	678	-175	21-44	24-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	40	23	17	.575
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	11	Houston Astros	126	66	60	.524	--	592	524	68	31-32	35-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	36	18	18	.500
2	7	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	126	63	63	.500	3.0	553	594	-41	32-35	31-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	36	16	20	.444
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	125	58	67	.464	7.5	507	498	9	25-37	33-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	37	15	22	.405
4	12	23	Cincinnati Reds	124	55	69	.444	10.0	484	581	-97	23-36	32-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	38	21	17	.553
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	127	50	77	.394	16.5	520	595	-75	19-47	31-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	35	18	17	.514
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	5	San Francisco Giants	127	71	56	.559	--	604	609	-5	33-28	38-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	35	19	16	.543
2	4	7	Los Angeles Dodgers	125	68	57	.544	2.0	548	471	77	28-31	40-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	37	20	17	.541
3	9	17	Colorado Rockies	126	61	65	.484	9.5	709	719	-10	26-39	35-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	36	22	14	.611
4	10	19	San Diego Padres	126	60	66	.476	10.5	626	679	-53	30-31	30-35	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	36	16	20	.444

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Erik Hiljus	P	24.238	Released by Cardinals.
Roberto Kelly	CF-LF	32.323	Traded by Twins to Mariners for Jeromy Palki and Joe Mays.
Eddie Murray	1B	41.178	Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers.
Bill Swift	P	35.297	Released by Rockies.

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