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Games on 2009-08-20

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
San Francisco Giants	1	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Francisco Cordero	Bob Howry	(none)
Florida Marlins	1	Houston Astros	4	Box	Wandy Rodriguez	Josh Johnson	Jose Valverde
Chicago Cubs	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	Box	Ronald Belisario	Angel Guzman	(none)
Atlanta Braves	3	New York Mets	2	Box	Kenshin Kawakami	Johan Santana	Rafael Soriano
Arizona Diamondbacks	3	Philadelphia Phillies	12	Box	Joe Blanton	Doug Davis	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	5	San Diego Padres	1	Box	Joel Pineiro	Tim Stauffer	(none)
Colorado Rockies	4	Washington Nationals	1	Box	Jason Hammel	Garrett Mock	Huston Street
Los Angeles Angels	3	Cleveland Indians	11	Box	Justin Masterson	John Lackey	(none)
Seattle Mariners	6	Detroit Tigers	7	Box	Bobby Seay	David Aardsma	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	8	Tampa Bay Rays	7	Box	Brian Matusz	James Shields	Jim Johnson
Minnesota Twins	1	Texas Rangers	11	Box	Derek Holland	Anthony Swarzak	(none)
Boston Red Sox	8	Toronto Blue Jays	1	Box	Jon Lester	Brett Cecil	(none)

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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	121	76	45	.628	--	667	560	107	38-21	38-24	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	41	27	14	.659
2	5	12	Boston Red Sox	120	63	57	.525	12.5	620	527	93	35-21	28-36	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Francona	Theo Epstein	Fenway Park	42	32	10	.762
3	8	19	Tampa Bay Rays	120	60	60	.500	15.5	624	548	76	39-21	21-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	42	24	18	.571
4	10	22	Toronto Blue Jays	119	57	62	.479	18.0	568	546	22	31-29	26-33	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Cito Gaston	JP Ricciardi	Rogers Centre	43	18	25	.419
5	14	28	Baltimore Orioles	121	50	71	.413	26.0	562	655	-93	28-33	22-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dave Trembley	Andy MacPhail	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	41	14	27	.341
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	6	14	Detroit Tigers	120	62	58	.517	--	553	538	15	37-23	25-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	43	24	19	.558
2	7	15	Minnesota Twins	121	62	59	.512	0.5	604	603	1	37-23	25-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Bill Smith	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	42	25	17	.595
3	11	24	Chicago White Sox	121	55	66	.455	7.5	563	547	16	32-31	23-35	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	41	24	17	.585
4	12	27	Cleveland Indians	120	53	67	.442	9.0	607	630	-23	26-34	27-33	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Mark Shapiro	Progressive Field	42	12	30	.286
5	13	26	Kansas City Royals	120	53	67	.442	9.0	484	612	-128	30-31	23-36	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Trey Hillman	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	42	12	30	.286
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	2	Texas Rangers	120	67	53	.558	--	585	522	63	39-26	28-27	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	42	20	22	.476
2	3	8	Los Angeles Angels	119	63	56	.529	3.5	685	605	80	30-28	33-28	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Tony Reagins	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	43	34	9	.791
3	4	9	Seattle Mariners	121	64	57	.529	3.5	482	533	-51	35-24	29-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Wakamatsu	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	41	21	20	.512
4	9	20	Oakland Athletics	120	59	61	.492	8.0	541	579	-38	30-30	29-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Geren	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	42	16	26	.381
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	5	7	Philadelphia Phillies	118	63	55	.534	--	626	526	100	30-31	33-24	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	44	30	14	.682
2	7	10	Florida Marlins	121	64	57	.529	0.5	575	574	1	37-25	27-32	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Michael Hill	LandShark Stadium	41	23	18	.561
3	8	13	New York Mets	121	63	58	.521	1.5	514	565	-51	37-25	26-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jerry Manuel	Omar Minaya	Citi field	41	7	34	.171
4	11	18	Atlanta Braves	121	61	60	.504	3.5	549	490	59	31-28	30-32	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	41	25	16	.610
5	15	29	Washington Nationals	121	47	74	.388	17.5	545	651	-106	28-34	19-40	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Riggleman	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	41	12	29	.293
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	4	6	St. Louis Cardinals	123	67	56	.545	--	553	495	58	36-24	31-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony La Russa	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	39	24	15	.615
2	6	11	Houston Astros	121	64	57	.529	2.0	512	583	-71	37-25	27-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Ed Wade	Minute Maid Park	41	10	31	.244
3	9	16	Milwaukee Brewers	120	61	59	.508	4.5	572	606	-34	29-30	32-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ken Macha	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	42	19	23	.452
4	10	17	Chicago Cubs	119	60	59	.504	5.0	529	509	20	36-21	24-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Lou Piniella	Jim Hendry	Wrigley Field	42	23	19	.548
5	13	23	Cincinnati Reds	120	55	65	.458	10.5	472	564	-92	32-29	23-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	42	23	19	.548
6	16	30	Pittsburgh Pirates	119	45	74	.378	20.0	485	553	-68	28-30	17-44	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Russell	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	42	17	25	.405
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	3	San Francisco Giants	121	67	54	.554	--	482	443	39	39-20	28-34	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	41	21	20	.512
2	2	4	Los Angeles Dodgers	122	67	55	.549	0.5	598	474	124	36-26	31-29	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Torre	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	40	28	12	.700
3	3	5	Colorado Rockies	121	66	55	.545	1.0	611	530	81	28-27	38-28	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	41	26	15	.634
4	12	21	Arizona Diamondbacks	122	59	63	.484	8.5	543	594	-51	36-27	23-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	AJ Hinch	Josh Byrnes	Chase Field	40	11	29	.275
5	14	25	San Diego Padres	123	55	68	.447	13.0	473	622	-149	32-32	23-36	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Kevin Towers	Petco Park	39	20	19	.513

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Zack Dodson	P	19.028	Signed by Pirates
Jordan Drake	OF	18.183	Signed by Angels
Livan Hernandez	P	34.181	Released by Mets
Tom Jones	1B	132.210	Traded by Browns to Tigers for Claude Rossman.
Chris Lambert	P	26.165	Claimed off waivers by Orioles from Tigers
Scott Patterson	P	30.061	Traded by Padres to Athletics for cash considerations
Phil Rorabaugh	P	22.314	Signed by Astros
Claude Rossman	1B	128.064	Traded by Tigers to Browns for Tom Jones.
Jose Vallejo	2B	22.343	Traded by Rangers to Astros

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