Baseball on this Date - Tuesday August 18,1998

Games on 1998-08-18

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	4	Anaheim Angels	3	Box	John Snyder	Chuck Finley	Bill Simas
Minnesota Twins	1	Baltimore Orioles	7	Box	Sidney Ponson	Brad Radke	(none)
Texas Rangers	1	Boston Red Sox	4	Box	Pedro Martinez	John Burkett	Tom Gordon
Texas Rangers	4	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Derek Lowe	Danny Patterson	Tom Gordon
Tampa Bay Rays	2	Cleveland Indians	4	Box	Dwight Gooden	Bryan Rekar	Michael Jackson
New York Yankees	3	Kansas City Royals	2	Box	Joe Borowski	Matt Whisenant	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Oakland Athletics	10	Box	Jimmy Haynes	Woody Williams	(none)
Detroit Tigers	7	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	Seth Greisinger	Bobby Ayala	Todd Jones
Montreal Expos	7	Arizona Diamondbacks	1	Box	Javier Vazquez	Brian Anderson	(none)
San Francisco Giants	4	Atlanta Braves	8	Box	Greg Maddux	Kirk Rueter	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	1	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Steve Trachsel	Kent Mercker	Rod Beck
San Diego Padres	7	Florida Marlins	5	Box	Dan Miceli	Antonio Alfonseca	Trevor Hoffman
Cincinnati Reds	4	Milwaukee Brewers	8	Box	Brad Woodall	Mike Remlinger	(none)
Colorado Rockies	2	New York Mets	6	Box	Al Leiter	Pedro Astacio	(none)
Colorado Rockies	3	New York Mets	6	Box	Mel Rojas	Chuck McElroy	John Franco
Houston Astros	8	Philadelphia Phillies	2	Box	Jose Lima	Mike Grace	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	Box	Jason Schmidt	Carlos Perez	Rich Loiselle

Standings as of 1998-08-18

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	122	92	30	.754	--	742	464	278	44-21	48-9	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium I	40	22	18	.550
2	2	5	Boston Red Sox	123	73	50	.593	19.5	686	555	131	35-30	38-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jimy Williams	Dan Duquette	Fenway Park	39	19	20	.487
3	5	10	Baltimore Orioles	125	67	58	.536	26.5	665	599	66	32-33	35-25	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ray Miller	Pat Gillick	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	37	12	25	.324
4	7	13	Toronto Blue Jays	126	63	63	.500	31.0	607	628	-21	27-37	36-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gord Ash	SkyDome	36	25	11	.694
5	14	28	Tampa Bay Rays	123	48	75	.390	44.5	453	571	-118	22-36	26-39	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Larry Rothschild	Chuck Lamar	Tropicana Field	39	15	24	.385
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	6	Cleveland Indians	124	69	55	.556	--	656	579	77	35-27	34-28	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Hart	Jacobs Field	38	20	18	.526
2	8	18	Chicago White Sox	124	57	67	.460	12.0	624	728	-104	25-35	31-33	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jerry Manuel	Ron Schueler	Comiskey Park II	38	23	15	.605
3	10	23	Kansas City Royals	125	55	70	.440	14.5	553	714	-161	32-29	23-41	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Herk Robinson	Kauffman Stadium	36	17	19	.472
4	12	25	Minnesota Twins	124	54	70	.435	15.0	572	603	-31	29-35	25-35	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tom Kelly	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	38	16	22	.421
5	13	26	Detroit Tigers	123	49	74	.398	19.5	537	641	-104	24-36	25-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Randy Smith	Tiger Stadium	39	16	23	.410
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	9	Anaheim Angels	125	67	58	.536	--	617	596	21	34-26	33-32	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Bill Bavasi	Edison International Field	37	18	19	.486
2	6	12	Texas Rangers	124	65	59	.524	1.5	706	685	21	29-33	36-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Douglas Melvin	The Ballpark in Arlington	38	23	15	.605
3	9	20	Seattle Mariners	123	56	67	.455	10.0	658	640	18	25-36	31-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Woody Woodward	The Kingdome	38	20	18	.526
4	11	24	Oakland Athletics	125	55	70	.440	12.0	628	690	-62	25-36	30-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Monte Cross	Billy Beane	Network Associates Coliseum	37	19	18	.514
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Atlanta Braves	125	83	42	.664	--	651	463	188	40-22	43-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	37	23	14	.622
2	4	7	New York Mets	123	68	55	.553	14.0	549	467	82	30-29	38-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Steve Phillips	Shea Stadium	39	20	19	.513
3	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	124	61	63	.492	21.5	556	636	-80	29-33	32-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Ed Wade	Veterans Stadium	38	14	24	.368
4	14	27	Montreal Expos	126	50	76	.397	33.5	496	616	-120	17-42	33-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Beattie	Olympic Stadium	36	15	21	.417
5	16	30	Florida Marlins	125	44	81	.352	39.0	522	688	-166	18-44	26-37	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dave Dombrowski	Joe Robbie Stadium	37	10	27	.270
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	4	Houston Astros	126	77	49	.611	--	690	502	188	35-29	42-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Astrodome	36	25	11	.694
2	5	8	Chicago Cubs	125	69	56	.552	7.5	624	580	44	28-33	41-23	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Lynch	Wrigley Field	38	21	17	.553
3	9	16	Milwaukee Brewers	125	60	65	.480	16.5	535	594	-59	29-32	31-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Sal Bando	County Stadium	37	14	23	.378
4	10	17	St. Louis Cardinals	123	59	64	.480	16.5	600	615	-15	24-38	35-26	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	39	24	15	.615
5	11	19	Pittsburgh Pirates	125	57	68	.456	19.5	508	523	-15	25-36	32-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cam Bonifay	Three Rivers Stadium	37	12	25	.324
6	13	22	Cincinnati Reds	125	56	69	.448	20.5	548	599	-51	30-34	26-35	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	Cinergy Field	37	21	16	.568
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1998 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	San Diego Padres	125	81	44	.648	--	605	479	126	35-29	46-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Qualcomm Stadium	37	17	20	.459
2	6	11	San Francisco Giants	125	66	59	.528	15.0	614	573	41	30-33	36-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Brian Sabean	3Com Park at Candlestick Point	38	23	15	.605
3	7	14	Los Angeles Dodgers	125	62	63	.496	19.0	522	527	-5	28-37	34-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium	37	21	16	.568
4	12	21	Colorado Rockies	126	57	69	.452	24.5	622	673	-51	25-38	32-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Gebhard	Coors Field	36	20	16	.556
5	15	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	125	47	78	.376	34.0	513	631	-118	23-44	24-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Joe Garagiola	Bank One Ballpark	37	18	19	.486

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Israel Alcantara	RF-1B	25.104	Loaned by Devil Rays to Phillies June 22-
Shawn Sonnier	P	22.044	Signed as nondrafted free agent by Royals

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