Baseball on this Date - Thursday August 28,1997

Standings as of 1997-08-28

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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	130	84	46	.646	--	665	500	165	44-22	40-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	32	14	18	.438
2	2	3	New York Yankees	131	78	53	.595	6.5	724	555	169	40-27	38-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	31	18	13	.581
3	7	14	Boston Red Sox	134	67	67	.500	19.0	749	732	17	34-32	33-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	28	11	17	.393
4	8	15	Toronto Blue Jays	132	65	67	.492	20.0	550	564	-14	32-34	33-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	30	11	19	.367
5	11	21	Detroit Tigers	132	61	71	.462	24.0	649	664	-15	27-39	34-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	30	18	12	.600
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	129	68	61	.527	--	695	662	33	33-30	35-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	32	18	14	.563
2	6	13	Milwaukee Brewers	132	66	66	.500	3.5	580	623	-43	25-41	41-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	29	12	17	.414
3	9	17	Chicago White Sox	133	65	68	.489	5.0	645	687	-42	30-38	35-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	28	15	13	.536
4	12	24	Kansas City Royals	130	54	76	.415	14.5	597	664	-67	27-38	27-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	31	13	18	.419
5	13	25	Minnesota Twins	131	54	77	.412	15.0	619	690	-71	26-39	28-38	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	31	14	17	.452
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	134	74	60	.552	--	767	701	66	36-30	38-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	28	16	12	.571
2	4	9	Anaheim Angels	134	72	62	.537	2.0	705	654	51	31-35	41-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	28	12	16	.429
3	10	19	Texas Rangers	134	64	70	.478	10.0	670	685	-15	32-34	32-36	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	28	13	15	.464
4	14	27	Oakland Athletics	134	53	81	.396	21.0	621	779	-158	23-44	30-37	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	28	12	16	.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	133	82	51	.617	--	647	477	170	40-26	42-25	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	29	19	10	.655
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	132	77	55	.583	4.5	584	528	56	34-32	43-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	30	15	15	.500
3	5	8	New York Mets	132	71	61	.538	10.5	623	581	42	31-35	40-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	30	17	13	.567
4	8	16	Montreal Expos	132	65	67	.492	16.5	577	612	-35	28-38	37-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	30	13	17	.433
5	14	28	Philadelphia Phillies	129	49	80	.380	31.0	537	705	-168	21-44	28-36	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	33	19	14	.576
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	133	70	63	.526	--	631	551	80	32-34	38-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	29	14	15	.483
2	7	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	134	67	67	.500	3.5	590	641	-51	32-35	35-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	28	12	16	.429
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	133	61	72	.459	9.0	538	531	7	26-40	35-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	29	12	17	.414
4	12	23	Cincinnati Reds	131	58	73	.443	11.0	518	627	-109	26-40	32-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	31	18	13	.581
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	134	54	80	.403	16.5	550	627	-77	19-47	35-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	28	14	14	.500
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	Los Angeles Dodgers	135	76	59	.563	--	600	500	100	35-33	41-26	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	27	12	15	.444
2	4	7	San Francisco Giants	134	73	61	.545	2.5	640	656	-16	35-32	38-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	28	17	11	.607
3	9	18	Colorado Rockies	135	65	70	.481	11.0	756	772	-16	27-42	38-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	27	18	9	.667
4	10	20	San Diego Padres	135	63	72	.467	13.0	673	732	-59	32-37	31-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	27	13	14	.481

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Houston Astros	2	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Denny Neagle	Darryl Kile	Mark Wohlers
Florida Marlins	3	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Terry Adams	Antonio Alfonseca	(none)
Seattle Mariners	5	Colorado Rockies	9	Box	Pedro Astacio	Omar Olivares	(none)
Oakland Athletics	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Hideo Nomo	Eric Ludwick	(none)
Anaheim Angels	2	San Diego Padres	9	Box	Paul Menhart	Jason Dickson	(none)
Texas Rangers	11	San Francisco Giants	5	Box	Matt Whiteside	Rod Beck	(none)
Montreal Expos	5	St. Louis Cardinals	11	Box	Andy Benes	Jose Paniagua	(none)
Kansas City Royals	5	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Jose Rosado	Mike Mussina	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Paul Quantrill	Chuck McElroy	(none)

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Rick Ankiel	RF-CF	18.040	signed
Cristian Guerrero	OF	17.047	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Brewers

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