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Games on 2006-08-23

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Boston Red Sox	5	Los Angeles Angels	4	Box	Jon Lester	Kelvim Escobar	Jonathan Papelbon
Minnesota Twins	4	Baltimore Orioles	1	Box	Matt Garza	Rodrigo Lopez	Joe Nathan
Chicago White Sox	7	Detroit Tigers	5	Box	Freddy Garcia	Zach Miner	Bobby Jenks
Cleveland Indians	15	Kansas City Royals	13	Box	Rafael Betancourt	Andy Sisco	Tom Mastny
New York Yankees	9	Seattle Mariners	2	Box	Chien-Ming Wang	Felix Hernandez	(none)
Texas Rangers	3	Tampa Bay Rays	7	Box	Shawn Camp	Kevin Millwood	(none)
Oakland Athletics	6	Toronto Blue Jays	0	Box	Esteban Loaiza	Gustavo Chacin	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	Atlanta Braves	4	Box	Matt Capps	Chad Paronto	Mike Gonzalez
Philadelphia Phillies	2	Chicago Cubs	1	Box	Brett Myers	Bob Howry	Geoff Geary
Houston Astros	7	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Roy Oswalt	Todd Coffey	(none)
Washington Nationals	7	Florida Marlins	9	Box	Scott Olsen	Tony Armas	(none)
Colorado Rockies	1	Milwaukee Brewers	7	Box	Ben Sheets	Byung-Hyun Kim	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	8	New York Mets	10	Box	Steve Trachsel	Mark Mulder	Billy Wagner
Los Angeles Dodgers	2	San Diego Padres	7	Box	Woody Williams	Brad Penny	(none)
Arizona Diamondbacks	6	San Francisco Giants	7	Box	Steve Kline	Brandon Lyon	Armando Benitez

Standings as of 2006-08-23

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2006 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	New York Yankees	125	76	49	.608	--	709	589	120	37-26	39-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium I	37	21	16	.568
2	6	7	Boston Red Sox	126	70	56	.556	6.5	692	652	40	31-32	39-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Theo Epstein	Fenway Park	36	16	20	.444
3	7	9	Toronto Blue Jays	127	67	60	.528	10.0	651	624	27	28-34	39-26	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Gibbons	JP Ricciardi	Rogers Centre	35	20	15	.571
4	12	25	Baltimore Orioles	126	56	70	.444	20.5	618	696	-78	23-37	33-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Sam Perlozzo	Mike Flanagan	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	36	14	22	.389
5	13	28	Tampa Bay Rays	127	52	75	.409	25.0	552	672	-120	18-45	34-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	35	9	26	.257
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2006 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	127	81	46	.638	--	642	497	145	41-23	40-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	35	14	21	.400
2	3	4	Chicago White Sox	126	75	51	.595	5.5	699	610	89	33-29	41-23	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	36	15	21	.417
3	4	5	Minnesota Twins	125	73	52	.584	7.0	626	551	75	29-32	44-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	37	23	14	.622
4	10	23	Cleveland Indians	125	57	68	.456	23.0	686	628	58	25-38	32-30	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Mark Shapiro	Jacobs Field	37	21	16	.568
5	14	30	Kansas City Royals	128	45	83	.352	36.5	590	769	-179	17-46	29-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buddy Bell	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	34	17	17	.500
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2006 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	5	6	Oakland Athletics	127	72	55	.567	--	583	559	24	36-29	36-26	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ken Macha	Billy Beane	McAfee Coliseum	35	21	14	.600
2	8	10	Los Angeles Angels	127	67	60	.528	5.0	615	595	20	35-31	32-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Bill Stoneman	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	35	22	13	.629
3	9	15	Texas Rangers	128	65	63	.508	7.5	667	629	38	34-32	31-31	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Jon Daniels	Ameriquest Field	34	15	19	.441
4	11	24	Seattle Mariners	126	57	69	.452	14.5	572	610	-38	25-39	32-30	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bill Bavasi	Safeco Field	36	21	15	.583
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2006 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	New York Mets	125	77	48	.616	--	661	565	96	37-26	40-22	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Willie Randolph	Omar Minaya	Shea Stadium	37	20	17	.541
2	6	14	Philadelphia Phillies	126	64	62	.508	13.5	671	648	23	31-27	33-35	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Pat Gillick	Citizens Bank Park	36	21	15	.583
3	10	19	Florida Marlins	126	60	66	.476	17.5	586	602	-16	29-36	31-30	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Larry Beinfest	Dolphin Stadium	36	18	18	.500
4	13	21	Atlanta Braves	126	59	67	.468	18.5	645	632	13	33-34	26-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	John Schuerholz	Turner Field	36	20	16	.556
5	14	26	Washington Nationals	127	54	73	.425	24.0	582	666	-84	24-43	30-30	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Bowden	RFK Memorial Stadium	35	17	18	.486
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2006 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	8	St. Louis Cardinals	125	66	59	.528	--	614	605	9	31-35	35-24	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	Walt Jocketty	Busch Stadium III	36	17	19	.472
2	3	11	Cincinnati Reds	127	66	61	.520	1.0	637	649	-12	31-28	35-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jerry Narron	Dan O'Brien	Great American Ballpark	35	14	21	.400
3	9	18	Milwaukee Brewers	126	61	65	.484	5.5	570	643	-73	23-39	38-26	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	36	14	22	.389
4	11	20	Houston Astros	127	60	67	.472	7.0	569	589	-20	26-36	34-31	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tim Purpura	Minute Maid Park	35	22	13	.629
5	15	27	Chicago Cubs	126	53	73	.421	13.5	529	650	-121	27-37	26-36	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Jim Hendry	Wrigley Field	36	13	23	.361
6	16	29	Pittsburgh Pirates	127	49	78	.386	18.0	557	641	-84	17-48	32-30	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Dave Littlefield	PNC Park	35	18	17	.514
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2006 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	12	Los Angeles Dodgers	127	66	61	.520	--	629	582	47	27-35	39-26	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Grady Little	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	35	22	13	.629
2	5	13	San Diego Padres	127	65	62	.512	1.0	563	552	11	32-26	33-36	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Kevin Towers	Petco Park	35	23	12	.657
4	8	16	San Francisco Giants	127	62	65	.488	4.0	586	588	-2	27-35	35-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Felipe Alou	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	34	14	20	.412
3	7	17	Arizona Diamondbacks	127	62	65	.488	4.0	622	637	-15	32-34	30-31	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Josh Byrnes	Chase Field	35	14	21	.400
5	12	22	Colorado Rockies	126	59	67	.468	6.5	566	559	7	27-38	32-29	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	36	17	19	.472

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Sidney Ponson	P	29.294	Released by Yankees
Jose Vizcaino	SS-2B	38.150	Signed by Cardinals
Rick White	P	37.243	Claimed off waivers by Pirates from Mets

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