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Games on 2012-05-18

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Miami Marlins	3	Cleveland Indians	2	Box	Carlos Zambrano	Tony Sipp	Heath Bell
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Justin Verlander	Charlie Morton	(none)
Arizona Diamondbacks	6	Kansas City Royals	4	Box	Brad Ziegler	Kelvin Herrera	J.J. Putz
Cincinnati Reds	0	New York Yankees	4	Box	Andy Pettitte	Bronson Arroyo	(none)
Atlanta Braves	5	Tampa Bay Rays	3	Box	Tommy Hanson	James Shields	Craig Kimbrel
New York Mets	5	Toronto Blue Jays	14	Box	Ricky Romero	Jonathon Niese	(none)
Chicago White Sox	3	Chicago Cubs	2	Box	Matt Thornton	Jeff Samardzija	Addison Reed
Seattle Mariners	4	Colorado Rockies	0	Box	Kevin Millwood	Alex White	(none)
Texas Rangers	4	Houston Astros	1	Box	Robbie Ross	Wandy Rodriguez	Joe Nathan
St. Louis Cardinals	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Box	Kenley Jansen	Fernando Salas	(none)
Minnesota Twins	11	Milwaukee Brewers	3	Box	Scott Diamond	Marco Estrada	(none)
Boston Red Sox	4	Philadelphia Phillies	6	Box	Cole Hamels	Daniel Bard	Jonathan Papelbon
Los Angeles Angels	7	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Jered Weaver	Jeff Suppan	(none)
Oakland Athletics	6	San Francisco Giants	8	Box	Barry Zito	Jarrod Parker	Santiago Casilla
Baltimore Orioles	2	Washington Nationals	1	Box	Kevin Gregg	Ryan Mattheus	Pedro Strop

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Baltimore Orioles	40	27	13	.675	--	184	165	19	14-7	13-6	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	122	66	56	.541
2	2	3	Tampa Bay Rays	40	25	15	.625	2.0	177	164	13	14-5	11-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	122	65	57	.533
3	8	15	Toronto Blue Jays	40	21	19	.525	6.0	193	159	34	10-10	11-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	122	52	70	.426
4	10	21	New York Yankees	39	18	21	.462	8.5	182	171	11	11-9	7-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	123	77	46	.626
5	13	29	Boston Red Sox	39	13	26	.333	13.5	209	198	11	8-12	5-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	123	56	67	.455
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	4	8	Chicago White Sox	40	22	18	.550	--	161	161	0	11-8	11-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	122	63	59	.516
3	6	11	Detroit Tigers	39	21	18	.538	0.5	173	178	-5	13-8	8-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	123	67	56	.545
2	5	10	Cleveland Indians	39	21	18	.538	0.5	174	178	-4	11-10	10-8	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	123	47	76	.382
4	9	17	Kansas City Royals	38	19	19	.500	2.0	153	177	-24	8-12	11-7	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	124	53	71	.427
5	14	30	Minnesota Twins	39	11	28	.282	10.5	146	205	-59	6-14	5-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	123	55	68	.447
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	3	7	Los Angeles Angels	40	22	18	.550	--	149	158	-9	11-10	11-8	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	122	67	55	.549
2	7	14	Oakland Athletics	40	21	19	.525	1.0	144	158	-14	9-10	12-9	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	92	43	49	.467
3	11	23	Texas Rangers	40	18	22	.450	4.0	224	144	80	8-12	10-10	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	122	75	47	.615
4	12	24	Seattle Mariners	41	18	23	.439	4.5	148	169	-21	7-8	11-15	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	121	57	64	.471
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Washington Nationals	39	24	15	.615	--	141	128	13	15-6	9-9	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	123	74	49	.602
2	3	5	New York Mets	39	23	16	.590	1.0	166	196	-30	12-8	11-8	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	123	51	72	.415
3	4	6	Philadelphia Phillies	40	22	18	.550	2.5	165	155	10	11-8	11-10	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	122	59	63	.484
4	6	12	Miami Marlins	39	21	18	.538	3.0	147	146	1	9-7	12-11	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	123	48	75	.390
5	7	13	Atlanta Braves	40	21	19	.525	3.5	212	171	41	8-9	13-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	122	73	49	.598
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL Central	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	8	16	Pittsburgh Pirates	39	20	19	.513	--	111	143	-32	10-8	10-11	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	123	59	64	.480
2	9	18	Cincinnati Reds	38	19	19	.500	0.5	144	148	-4	9-8	10-11	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	124	78	46	.629
3	10	19	Milwaukee Brewers	39	19	20	.487	1.0	156	196	-40	11-8	8-12	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	123	64	59	.520
4	12	22	St. Louis Cardinals	39	18	21	.462	2.0	212	148	64	6-11	12-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	123	70	53	.569
5	14	26	Chicago Cubs	39	16	23	.410	4.0	145	173	-28	9-13	7-10	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	123	45	78	.366
6	13	25	Houston Astros	39	16	23	.410	4.0	160	153	7	12-9	4-14	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Mills	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	123	39	84	.317
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	2012 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Los Angeles Dodgers	39	25	14	.641	--	171	133	38	16-5	9-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	123	61	62	.496
2	5	9	San Francisco Giants	39	21	18	.538	4.0	149	153	-4	11-9	10-9	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	123	73	50	.593
3	11	20	Arizona Diamondbacks	40	19	21	.475	6.5	164	177	-13	8-11	11-10	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	122	62	60	.508
4	15	27	Colorado Rockies	38	15	23	.395	9.5	184	202	-18	8-13	7-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	124	49	75	.395
5	16	28	San Diego Padres	40	14	26	.350	11.5	127	164	-37	10-16	4-10	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	122	62	60	.508

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Chris Volstad	SP	25.237	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Optioned to Iowa (AAA)
Blake Lalli	c	29.006	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Contract purchased from Iowa (AAA)
Chris Young	cf	28.256	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Activated from DL
A.J. Pollock	cf	24.165	Arizona Diamondbacks	Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)	Optioned to Reno (AAA)
Evan Meek	RP	29.006	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Optioned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Gorkys Hernandez	lf	24.254	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Recalled from Indianapolis (AAA)
Allen Craig	rf	27.304	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	DL-15 Left hamstring
Kyle McClellan	RP	27.340	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	DL-15 Right elbow
Adron Chambers	cf-lf	25.222	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Recalled from Louisville (AAA)
Brandon Dickson	RP	27.196	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)	Recalled from Louisville (AAA)
Lew Ford	LF-CF	35.279	Baltimore Orioles	Norfolk (AAA)	Signed to minor league contract
James Darnell	lf	25.119	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	DL-15 Left shoulder subluxation
Tim Stauffer	P	29.350	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	DL-15 Right elbow sprain
Eric Stults	P	32.161	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Claimed off waivers from White Sox
Eric Stults	SP	32.161	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Recalled from Tucson (AAA)
Nick Vincent	P	25.310	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Recalled from Tucson (AAA)
Brad Penny	P	33.359	San Francisco Giants	Fresno (AAA)	Signed to minor league contract
Henry Sosa	P	26.294			Signed with Kia Tigers (Korea)

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