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Wednesday, August 13,2008

Wednesday, August 13,2008

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Chicago Cubs  10 Atlanta Braves  2 box | pbp Turner Field Jason Marquis Charlie Morton -- 27,220 3:24
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Chicago Cubs  8 Atlanta Braves  0 box | pbp Turner Field Rich Harden Jorge Campillo -- 33,714 2:53
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Arizona Diamondbacks  5 Colorado Rockies  6 box | pbp Coors Field Taylor Buchholz Jon Rauch Brian Fuentes 30,247 2:42
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 St. Louis Cardinals  6 Florida Marlins  4 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Braden Looper Renyel Pinto Chris Perez 15,223 3:16
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 San Francisco Giants  2 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Minute Maid Park Randy Wolf Barry Zito -- 30,330 2:48
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Philadelphia Phillies  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Jonathan Broxton Clay Condrey -- 45,786 3:08
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Cincinnati Reds  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  5 box | pbp PNC Park Paul Maholm Josh Fogg John Grabow 15,787 2:14
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Milwaukee Brewers  7 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp PETCO Park CC Sabathia Josh Banks -- 32,771 3:04
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 New York Mets  12 Washington Nationals  0 box | pbp Nationals Park John Maine Jason Bergmann Brian Stokes 30,814 2:52
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Seattle Mariners  10 Los Angeles Angels  7 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Roy Corcoran Justin Speier -- 42,754 3:27
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Texas Rangers  4 Boston Red Sox  8 box | pbp Fenway Park Jon Lester Luis Mendoza -- 37,876 2:53
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Kansas City Royals  0 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Mark Buehrle Luke Hochevar -- 37,838 2:17
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Baltimore Orioles  6 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Progressive Field Jeremy Guthrie Anthony Reyes -- 21,299 3:01
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Toronto Blue Jays  4 Detroit Tigers  3 box | pbp Comerica Park David Purcey Kenny Rogers Brandon League 39,073 2:52
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 New York Yankees  2 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Kevin Slowey Darrell Rasner Joe Nathan 35,187 3:08
2008 reg season 2008-08-13 Tampa Bay Rays  3 Oakland Athletics  2 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Andy Sonnanstine Justin Duchscherer Troy Percival 21,438 2:56
16 record(s)
Standings on this date
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 119 72 47 .605 0.0 543 478 65 W1 45-17 27-30 1 2 3 Yes Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 121 70 51 .579 3.0 622 504 118 W3 42-16 28-35 2 3 5 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 121 64 57 .529 9.0 580 542 38 L1 36-26 28-31 3 6 11 -- dnq
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 121 62 59 .512 11.0 517 477 40 W3 34-26 28-33 4 7 13 -- dnq
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 120 58 62 .483 14.5 594 607 -13 W1 31-24 27-38 5 10 18 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 0.0 598 525 73 W2 41-20 26-33 1 5 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 120 67 53 .558 0.0 596 556 40 W1 41-22 26-31 2 4 7 Yes dnq
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 120 58 62 .483 9.0 604 584 20 L3 31-26 27-36 3 9 19 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 119 54 65 .454 12.5 561 552 9 L1 31-27 23-38 4 12 23 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 120 54 66 .450 13.0 496 589 -93 L2 28-34 26-32 5 13 24 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 119 75 44 .630 0.0 567 504 63 L1 37-23 38-21 1 1 1 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 121 61 60 .504 15.0 688 733 -45 L2 31-26 30-34 2 8 17 -- dnq
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 119 55 64 .462 20.0 474 470 4 L1 33-30 22-34 3 11 20 -- dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 120 46 74 .383 29.5 499 583 -84 W1 24-38 22-36 4 14 28 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 120 64 56 .533 0.0 586 538 48 W2 36-23 28-33 1 5 10 Yes dnq
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 120 64 56 .533 0.0 588 517 71 L3 32-27 32-29 2 4 9 Yes Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 121 63 58 .521 1.5 570 591 -21 L1 34-28 29-30 3 6 12 -- dnq
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 120 55 65 .458 9.0 546 537 9 L3 33-27 22-38 4 11 22 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 121 44 77 .364 20.5 448 591 -143 L6 23-35 21-42 5 16 30 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 120 73 47 .608 0.0 645 490 155 W3 45-17 28-30 1 1 2 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 121 70 51 .579 3.5 570 520 50 W8 36-23 34-28 2 2 4 -- Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 123 67 56 .545 7.5 587 549 38 W1 33-28 34-28 3 3 8 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 120 61 59 .508 12.0 548 572 -24 W7 32-26 29-33 4 9 14 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 120 55 65 .458 18.0 572 653 -81 W1 33-27 22-38 5 10 21 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 121 53 68 .438 20.5 517 616 -99 L1 31-31 22-37 6 13 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 120 61 59 .508 0.0 543 524 19 L1 33-26 28-33 1 7 15 Yes dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 120 61 59 .508 0.0 509 479 30 W3 35-27 26-32 2 8 16 Yes Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 122 54 68 .443 8.0 565 637 -72 W1 34-28 20-40 3 12 25 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 119 50 69 .420 10.5 453 559 -106 L3 24-36 26-33 4 14 27 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 120 46 74 .383 15.0 462 571 -109 L2 25-36 21-38 5 15 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
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  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
David Price Tampa Bay Rays Minors Assigned to Durham (AAA)
Justin Wilson Pittsburgh Pirates Minors Signed out of draft (Fresno State)
Gordon Beckham Chicago White Sox Hist Signed out of draft (Georgia)
Roger Kieschnick San Francisco Giants Hist Signed out of draft (Texas Tech)
Brian Falkenborg San Diego Padres Hist Claimed on waivers from Dodgers by Padres
Marcus McBeth Boston Red Sox Hist Claimed on waivers from Reds by Red Sox
Jose Vidro -- Hist Released by Mariners
Ryan Sweeney Oakland Athletics Injury DL - sprained right thumb *Making a diving catch in right field*
Russell Branyan Milwaukee Brewers Injury DL - right oblique strain
Mike Lowell Boston Red Sox Injury DL - strained right oblique
Joel Zumaya Detroit Tigers Injury DL - Sore right shoulder
John Maine New York Mets Hist Activated from Disabled List
Doug Slaten Arizona Diamondbacks Hist Activated from Disabled List
13 record(s)