Baseball on this Date - Saturday July 31,2004

Games on 2004-07-31

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
New York Mets	0	Atlanta Braves	8	Box	Jaret Wright	Kris Benson	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	4	Chicago Cubs	3	Box	Kevin Millwood	Matt Clement	Tim Worrell
Houston Astros	8	Cincinnati Reds	0	Box	Darren Oliver	Brandon Claussen	(none)
Arizona Diamondbacks	4	Colorado Rockies	8	Box	Shawn Estes	Brandon Webb	Shawn Chacon
Montreal Expos	8	Florida Marlins	5	Box	Rocky Biddle	Josias Manzanillo	Chad Cordero
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	Milwaukee Brewers	1	Box	Ryan Vogelsong	Victor Santos	Jose Mesa
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Akinori Otsuka	Darren Dreifort	Trevor Hoffman
St. Louis Cardinals	7	San Francisco Giants	8	Box	Kirk Rueter	Matt Morris	Jason Christiansen
Seattle Mariners	8	Anaheim Angels	9	Box	Brendan Donnelly	Eddie Guardado	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Detroit Tigers	3	Box	Ugueth Urbina	Cliff Politte	(none)
Cleveland Indians	3	Kansas City Royals	10	Box	Zack Greinke	Kazuhito Tadano	(none)
Boston Red Sox	4	Minnesota Twins	5	Box	Juan Rincon	Alan Embree	Joe Nathan
Baltimore Orioles	4	New York Yankees	6	Box	Javier Vazquez	Erik Bedard	Mariano Rivera
Toronto Blue Jays	5	Tampa Bay Rays	6	Box	Jorge Sosa	David Bush	Danys Baez
Oakland Athletics	9	Texas Rangers	4	Box	Barry Zito	Ryan Drese	(none)

Standings as of 2004-07-31

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Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2004 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Yankees	103	65	38	.631	--	565	504	61	28-25	37-13	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium I	59	36	23	.610
2	5	9	Boston Red Sox	102	56	46	.549	8.5	573	495	78	23-28	33-18	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Theo Epstein	Fenway Park	60	42	18	.700
3	10	23	Tampa Bay Rays	103	49	54	.476	16.0	454	499	-45	19-32	30-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lou Piniella	Chuck Lamar	Tropicana Field	58	21	37	.362
4	11	24	Baltimore Orioles	102	46	56	.451	18.5	516	554	-38	24-27	22-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lee Mazzilli	Mike Flanagan	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	60	32	28	.533
5	12	26	Toronto Blue Jays	103	45	58	.437	20.0	451	491	-40	18-33	27-25	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Carlos Tosca	J.P. Ricciardi	SkyDome	58	22	36	.379
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2004 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Minnesota Twins	103	58	45	.563	--	485	465	20	29-22	29-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	59	34	25	.576
2	7	13	Chicago White Sox	101	52	49	.515	5.0	538	479	59	22-28	30-21	L7	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	61	31	30	.508
3	8	14	Cleveland Indians	104	53	51	.510	5.5	577	576	1	21-28	32-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Mark Shapiro	Jacobs Field	58	27	31	.466
4	9	20	Detroit Tigers	104	50	54	.481	8.5	551	531	20	23-30	27-24	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Alan Trammell	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	58	22	36	.379
5	14	29	Kansas City Royals	102	36	66	.353	21.5	429	570	-141	13-38	23-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony Pena	Allard Baird	Kauffman Stadium	60	22	38	.367
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2004 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	5	Oakland Athletics	103	58	45	.563	--	520	464	56	22-30	36-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ken Macha	Billy Beane	Network Associates Coliseum	59	33	26	.559
2	4	6	Texas Rangers	102	57	45	.559	0.5	560	508	52	26-29	31-16	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	John Hart	Ameriquest Field	60	32	28	.533
3	6	10	Anaheim Angels	104	56	48	.538	2.5	532	480	52	27-24	29-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Stoneman	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	58	36	22	.621
4	13	28	Seattle Mariners	103	39	64	.379	19.0	433	527	-94	14-37	25-27	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bavasi	Safeco Field	59	24	35	.407
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2004 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	8	Atlanta Braves	103	57	46	.553	--	490	419	71	28-24	29-22	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	59	39	20	.661
2	7	15	Philadelphia Phillies	104	53	51	.510	4.5	512	512	0	24-27	29-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Larry Bowa	Ed Wade	Citizens Bank Park	58	33	25	.569
3	9	16	Florida Marlins	104	52	52	.500	5.5	451	459	-8	24-28	28-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Beinfest	Pro Player Stadium	58	31	27	.534
4	13	22	New York Mets	103	49	54	.476	8.0	451	453	-2	22-31	27-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Art Howe	Jim Duquette	Shea Stadium	59	22	37	.373
5	15	27	Montreal Expos	104	41	63	.394	16.5	377	486	-109	18-34	23-29	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Omar Minaya	Olympic Stadium,Hiram Bithorn Stadium	58	26	32	.448
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2004 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	103	66	37	.641	--	556	426	130	35-17	31-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium II	59	39	20	.661
2	5	11	Chicago Cubs	104	56	48	.538	10.5	483	402	81	26-27	30-21	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Jim Hendry	Wrigley Field	58	33	25	.569
3	8	17	Houston Astros	104	52	52	.500	14.5	484	441	43	25-25	27-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Gerry Hunsicker	Minute Maid Park	58	40	18	.690
4	10	18	Cincinnati Reds	104	51	53	.490	15.5	480	567	-87	22-31	29-22	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Miley	Dan O'Brien	Great American Ballpark	58	25	33	.431
5	11	19	Milwaukee Brewers	103	50	53	.485	16.0	414	452	-38	23-29	27-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	58	17	41	.293
6	12	21	Pittsburgh Pirates	102	49	53	.480	16.5	454	450	4	23-27	26-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lloyd McClendon	Dave Littlefield	PNC Park	59	23	36	.390
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2004 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	103	60	43	.583	--	479	419	60	28-24	32-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Paul DePodesta	Dodger Stadium	59	33	26	.559
2	3	7	San Diego Padres	104	58	46	.558	2.5	466	433	33	28-23	30-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Petco Park	58	29	29	.500
3	6	12	San Francisco Giants	106	57	49	.538	4.5	529	525	4	27-26	30-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Felipe Alou	Brian Sabean	SBC Park	56	34	22	.607
4	14	25	Colorado Rockies	104	46	58	.442	14.5	560	606	-46	20-31	26-27	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	58	22	36	.379
5	16	30	Arizona Diamondbacks	106	33	73	.311	28.5	425	602	-177	17-36	16-37	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Al Pedrique	Joe Garagiola	Bank One Ballpark	56	18	38	.321

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Reggie Abercrombie	OF	23.016	Traded by Dodgers to Diamondbacks July 31 2004
Francis Beltran	P	24.245	Traded by Cubs with Justin Jones, Alex Gonzalez and Brendan Harris to Expos for Matt Murton and Nomar Garciaparra.
Orlando Cabrera	2B	29.271	Traded by Expos to Red Sox for Francis Beltran, Alex Gonzalez and Brendan Harris.
Travis Chick	P	20.051	Traded by Marlins to Padres July 31 2004
Jose Contreras	P	32.238	Traded by Yankees with Cash to White Sox for Esteban Loaiza.
Scott Erickson	P	36.180	Traded by Mets to Rangers for Josh Hoffpauir.
Steve Finley	CF	39.141	Traded by Diamondbacks with Brent Mayne to Dodgers for Reggie Abercrombie, Bill Murphy and Koyie Hill.
Nomar Garciaparra	SS	31.008	Traded by Red Sox with Matt Murton to Cubs for Doug Mientkiewicz and Orlando Cabrera.
Alex Gonzalez	SS	31.114	Traded by Cubs with Justin Jones, Francis Beltran and Brendan Harris to Expos for Matt Murton and Nomar Garciaparra.
Brendan Harris	SS	23.339	Traded by Cubs with Justin Jones, Francis Beltran and Alex Gonzalez to Expos for Matt Murton and Nomar Garciaparra.
Koyie Hill	C	25.144	Traded by Dodgers with Reggie Abercrombie and Bill Murphy to Diamondbacks for Brent Mayne and Steve Finley.
Justin Jones	P	19.309	Traded by Cubs to Twins July 31 2004
Esteban Loaiza	P	32.213	Traded by White Sox to Yankees for Jose Contreras and Cash.
Tom Martin	P	34.071	Traded by Dodgers to Braves for Matt Merricks.
Brent Mayne	C	36.103	Traded by Diamondbacks with Steve Finley to Dodgers for Reggie Abercrombie, Bill Murphy and Koyie Hill.
Matt Merricks	P	21.359	Traded by Braves to Dodgers July 31 2004
Doug Mientkiewicz	1B	30.042	Traded by Twins to Red Sox for Justin Jones.
Bill Murphy	P	23.083	Traded by Dodgers to Diamondbacks July 31 2004
Matt Murton	OF	22.301	Traded by Red Sox to Cubs July 31 2004
Abraham Nunez	RF-LF	27.176	Traded by Marlins to Royals for Rudy Seanez.
Dave Roberts	CF-LF	32.061	Traded by Dodgers to Red Sox for Henri Stanley.
Rudy Seanez	P	35.284	Traded by Royals to Marlins for Abraham Nunez.
Jason Shelley	P	27.134	Released by Brewers
Henri Stanley	OF	26.228	Traded by Red Sox to Dodgers July 31 2004
Ismael Valdez	P	30.344	Traded by Padres to Marlins for Travis Chick.

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