Baseball on this Date - Monday May 18,2009

Standings as of 2009-05-18

Record in remaining games at far right

Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2009 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	New York Yankees	38	24	14	.632	--	205	218	-13	11-6	13-8	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	124	79	45	.637
2	3	4	Toronto Blue Jays	41	25	16	.610	0.5	234	174	60	14-8	11-8	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Cito Gaston	JP Ricciardi	Rogers Centre	121	50	71	.413
3	6	10	Boston Red Sox	38	20	18	.526	4.0	208	190	18	12-5	8-13	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Theo Epstein	Fenway Park	124	75	49	.605
4	7	17	Tampa Bay Rays	40	19	21	.475	6.0	221	196	25	11-7	8-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	122	65	57	.533
5	11	25	Baltimore Orioles	38	16	22	.421	8.0	192	225	-33	10-12	6-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Trembley	Andy MacPhail	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	124	48	76	.387
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2009 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	6	Detroit Tigers	36	21	15	.583	--	201	170	31	10-6	11-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	127	65	62	.512
2	8	18	Kansas City Royals	38	18	20	.474	4.0	173	155	18	12-9	6-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Trey Hillman	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	124	47	77	.379
3	9	20	Minnesota Twins	39	18	21	.462	4.5	189	207	-18	15-8	3-13	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Bill Smith	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	124	69	55	.556
4	13	28	Cleveland Indians	39	15	24	.385	7.5	203	225	-22	8-10	7-14	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Mark Shapiro	Progressive Field	123	50	73	.407
5	14	29	Chicago White Sox	37	14	23	.378	7.5	144	179	-35	8-8	6-15	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	125	65	60	.520
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2009 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	Texas Rangers	37	23	14	.622	--	209	179	30	13-7	10-7	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	125	64	61	.512
2	5	9	Los Angeles Angels	37	21	16	.568	2.0	185	186	-1	11-9	10-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Tony Reagins	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	125	76	49	.608
3	10	21	Seattle Mariners	39	18	21	.462	6.0	156	186	-30	9-9	9-12	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Wakamatsu	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	123	67	56	.545
4	12	26	Oakland Athletics	35	14	21	.400	8.0	153	183	-30	7-11	7-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Geren	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	127	61	66	.480
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2009 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	New York Mets	38	22	16	.579	--	191	167	24	12-8	10-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jerry Manuel	Omar Minaya	Citi field	124	48	76	.387
2	6	12	Atlanta Braves	37	19	18	.514	2.5	157	170	-13	7-10	12-8	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	125	67	58	.536
3	11	19	Florida Marlins	38	18	20	.474	4.0	174	193	-19	8-8	10-12	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Michael Hill	LandShark Stadium	124	69	55	.556
4	13	23	Washington Nationals	38	17	21	.447	5.0	200	247	-47	8-10	9-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	124	42	82	.339
5	14	24	Philadelphia Phillies	36	16	20	.444	5.0	207	195	12	6-14	10-6	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	126	77	49	.611
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2009 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	5	Milwaukee Brewers	38	23	15	.605	--	194	157	37	10-9	13-6	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ken Macha	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	124	57	67	.460
2	4	8	Cincinnati Reds	37	21	16	.568	1.5	167	161	6	10-6	11-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	125	57	68	.456
3	5	11	St. Louis Cardinals	38	20	18	.526	3.0	186	175	11	12-8	8-10	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	124	71	53	.573
4	8	14	Chicago Cubs	36	18	18	.500	4.0	182	167	15	11-8	7-10	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lou Piniella	Jim Hendry	Wrigley Field	125	65	60	.520
5	9	16	Houston Astros	37	18	19	.486	4.5	164	184	-20	8-10	10-9	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Wade	Minute Maid Park	125	56	69	.448
6	15	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	38	15	23	.395	8.0	174	165	9	10-10	5-13	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Russell	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	123	47	76	.382
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2009 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	40	25	15	.625	--	225	154	71	14-4	11-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	122	70	52	.574
2	7	13	San Diego Padres	38	19	19	.500	5.0	145	192	-47	11-6	8-13	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Kevin Towers	Petco Park	124	56	68	.452
3	10	15	Arizona Diamondbacks	37	18	19	.486	5.5	144	172	-28	13-11	5-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	AJ Hinch	Josh Byrnes	Chase Field	125	52	73	.416
4	12	22	San Francisco Giants	37	17	20	.459	6.5	150	165	-15	11-10	6-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	125	71	54	.568
5	16	30	Colorado Rockies	37	14	23	.378	9.5	188	184	4	4-13	10-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	125	78	47	.624

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Colorado Rockies	5	Atlanta Braves	1	Box	Jason Marquis	Derek Lowe	(none)
New York Mets	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Ramon Troncoso	Brian Stokes	(none)
Milwaukee Brewers	8	St. Louis Cardinals	4	Box	Braden Looper	Kyle Lohse	(none)
Pittsburgh Pirates	12	Washington Nationals	7	Box	Ross Ohlendorf	Garrett Mock	(none)
Minnesota Twins	6	New York Yankees	7	Box	Andy Pettitte	Glen Perkins	Phil Coke
Los Angeles Angels	10	Seattle Mariners	6	Box	John Lackey	Jarrod Washburn	(none)
Oakland Athletics	4	Tampa Bay Rays	13	Box	Jeff Niemann	Sean Gallagher	(none)
Chicago White Sox	2	Toronto Blue Jays	3	Box	Jesse Carlson	Octavio Dotel	Scott Downs

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Jimmy Barthmaier	P	25.133	Released by Pirates
Steven Jackson	P	27.064	Claimed off waviers by Pirates from Yankees

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