Baseball on this Date - Wednesday September 3,1997

Games on 1997-09-03

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Detroit Tigers	12	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Willie Blair	John Smoltz	(none)
Minnesota Twins	6	Chicago Cubs	10	Box	Geremi Gonzalez	Frankie Rodriguez	(none)
Kansas City Royals	3	Cincinnati Reds	6	Box	Brett Tomko	Ricky Bones	Jeff Shaw
Baltimore Orioles	6	Florida Marlins	7	Box	Jay Powell	Shawn Boskie	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	0	Houston Astros	4	Box	Ramon Garcia	Scott Karl	(none)
Boston Red Sox	0	Montreal Expos	1	Box	Carlos Perez	Aaron Sele	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	2	New York Mets	4	Box	Dave Mlicki	Paul Quantrill	John Franco
New York Yankees	4	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Jerry Spradlin	Mike Stanton	(none)
Cleveland Indians	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Orel Hershiser	Esteban Loaiza	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Manny Aybar	Scott Eyre	Dennis Eckersley
San Francisco Giants	3	Oakland Athletics	12	Box	Brad Rigby	Danny Darwin	Aaron Small
San Diego Padres	6	Seattle Mariners	5	Box	Dario Veras	Mike Timlin	Trevor Hoffman
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	Texas Rangers	5	Box	Danny Patterson	Darren Dreifort	John Wetteland

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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	136	85	51	.625	--	688	540	148	44-25	41-26	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	26	13	13	.500
2	2	4	New York Yankees	137	79	58	.577	6.5	737	583	154	40-30	39-28	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Bob Watson	Yankee Stadium I	25	17	8	.680
3	8	17	Boston Red Sox	140	67	73	.479	20.0	762	774	-12	34-35	33-38	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	22	11	11	.500
5	11	21	Toronto Blue Jays	138	65	73	.471	21.0	561	599	-38	32-37	33-36	L6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	24	11	13	.458
4	10	20	Detroit Tigers	138	65	73	.471	21.0	674	680	-6	29-40	36-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	24	14	10	.583
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	4	9	Cleveland Indians	135	72	63	.533	--	733	696	37	35-31	37-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	26	14	12	.538
2	6	13	Milwaukee Brewers	138	70	68	.507	3.5	595	637	-42	27-42	43-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	23	8	15	.348
3	7	15	Chicago White Sox	139	69	70	.496	5.0	670	708	-38	31-40	38-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Bevington	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	22	11	11	.500
4	12	24	Minnesota Twins	137	57	80	.416	16.0	650	727	-77	27-41	30-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	25	11	14	.440
5	13	25	Kansas City Royals	136	56	80	.412	16.5	634	697	-63	28-40	28-40	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	25	11	14	.440
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	8	Seattle Mariners	139	76	63	.547	--	791	731	60	37-32	39-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	23	14	9	.609
2	5	10	Anaheim Angels	139	74	65	.532	2.0	721	677	44	33-36	41-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	23	10	13	.435
3	9	18	Texas Rangers	139	66	73	.475	10.0	696	713	-17	32-37	34-36	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	23	11	12	.478
4	14	28	Oakland Athletics	139	54	85	.388	22.0	646	809	-163	23-47	31-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Sandy Alderson	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	23	11	12	.478
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	139	86	53	.619	--	689	499	190	43-26	43-27	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	23	15	8	.652
2	2	3	Florida Marlins	138	83	55	.601	2.5	624	544	80	37-32	46-23	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	24	9	15	.375
3	4	6	New York Mets	138	76	62	.551	9.5	658	599	59	33-36	43-26	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	24	12	12	.500
4	7	12	Montreal Expos	138	70	68	.507	15.5	601	627	-26	30-39	40-29	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	24	8	16	.333
5	14	27	Philadelphia Phillies	135	53	82	.393	31.0	557	719	-162	22-46	31-36	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Lee Thomas	Veterans Stadium	27	15	12	.556
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	139	71	68	.511	--	646	575	71	32-37	39-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	23	13	10	.565
2	9	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	140	69	71	.493	2.5	610	667	-57	33-37	36-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	22	10	12	.455
3	11	22	St. Louis Cardinals	139	65	74	.468	6.0	571	566	5	28-41	37-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	23	8	15	.348
4	12	23	Cincinnati Reds	137	61	76	.445	9.0	544	652	-108	27-42	34-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	25	15	10	.600
5	13	26	Chicago Cubs	140	57	83	.407	14.5	595	663	-68	20-49	37-34	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	22	11	11	.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	140	78	62	.557	--	631	527	104	35-35	43-27	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Fred Claire	Dodger Stadium	22	10	12	.455
2	5	7	San Francisco Giants	139	76	63	.547	1.5	667	684	-17	36-33	40-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	23	14	9	.609
3	8	14	Colorado Rockies	140	70	70	.500	8.0	787	787	0	29-42	41-28	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	22	13	9	.591
4	10	19	San Diego Padres	140	66	74	.471	12.0	695	753	-58	33-38	33-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	22	10	12	.455

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
John Boker	P	22.245	On disabled list
Chip Hale	2B-3B	32.275	Released by Dodgers.
Jay Payton	CF-LF	24.285	On disabled list

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