Baseball on this Date - Tuesday July 3,2012

Standings as of 2012-07-03

Record in remaining games at far right

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	New York Yankees	80	47	33	.588	--	380	323	57	26-15	21-18	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	82	48	34	.585
2	5	9	Baltimore Orioles	80	44	36	.550	3.0	337	365	-28	24-18	20-18	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	82	49	33	.598
3	6	10	Tampa Bay Rays	81	44	37	.543	3.5	339	336	3	25-17	19-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	81	46	35	.568
4	10	17	Toronto Blue Jays	81	41	40	.506	6.5	407	383	24	22-18	19-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	81	32	49	.395
5	12	25	Boston Red Sox	81	34	47	.420	13.5	409	358	51	18-24	16-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	81	35	46	.432
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	3	7	Kansas City Royals	79	44	35	.557	--	324	356	-32	21-16	23-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	83	28	55	.337
2	7	12	Chicago White Sox	80	43	37	.538	1.5	387	328	59	23-18	20-19	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	82	42	40	.512
3	8	15	Detroit Tigers	81	42	39	.519	3.0	356	367	-11	21-16	21-23	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	81	46	35	.568
4	9	16	Cleveland Indians	80	41	39	.513	3.5	354	390	-36	21-19	20-20	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	82	27	55	.329
5	13	27	Minnesota Twins	80	33	47	.413	11.5	339	420	-81	16-26	17-21	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	82	33	49	.402
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	2	5	Los Angeles Angels	81	46	35	.568	--	355	312	43	21-18	25-17	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	81	43	38	.531
2	4	8	Texas Rangers	81	45	36	.556	1.0	429	346	83	25-17	20-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	81	48	33	.593
3	11	20	Oakland Athletics	82	39	43	.476	7.5	309	305	4	20-20	19-23	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50	25	25	.500
4	14	30	Seattle Mariners	83	31	52	.373	16.0	326	354	-28	16-24	15-28	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	79	44	35	.557
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	1	2	New York Mets	81	47	34	.580	--	376	344	32	26-15	21-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	81	27	54	.333
2	2	3	Washington Nationals	78	45	33	.577	0.5	325	271	54	22-13	23-20	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	84	53	31	.631
3	6	13	Miami Marlins	80	43	37	.538	3.5	314	374	-60	26-18	17-19	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	82	26	56	.317
4	11	22	Philadelphia Phillies	82	37	45	.451	10.5	348	373	-25	19-22	18-23	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	80	44	36	.550
5	12	23	Atlanta Braves	80	36	44	.450	10.5	368	343	25	16-24	20-20	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	82	58	24	.707
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	5	11	Pittsburgh Pirates	80	43	37	.538	--	316	300	16	23-15	20-22	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	82	36	46	.439
2	7	14	Cincinnati Reds	80	42	38	.525	1.0	340	303	37	21-18	21-20	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	82	55	27	.671
3	8	18	Milwaukee Brewers	80	40	40	.500	3.0	363	372	-9	23-18	17-22	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	82	43	39	.524
4	10	21	St. Louis Cardinals	81	37	44	.457	6.5	406	344	62	17-21	20-23	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	81	51	30	.630
5	13	24	Houston Astros	81	35	46	.432	8.5	330	393	-63	25-17	10-29	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brad Mills	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	81	20	61	.247
6	15	28	Chicago Cubs	80	33	47	.413	10.0	293	368	-75	18-21	15-26	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	82	28	54	.341
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	3	4	San Francisco Giants	81	46	35	.568	--	320	310	10	26-16	20-19	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	81	48	33	.593
2	4	6	Los Angeles Dodgers	82	46	36	.561	0.5	317	303	14	25-17	21-19	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	80	40	40	.500
3	9	19	Arizona Diamondbacks	80	39	41	.488	6.5	351	346	5	20-19	19-22	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	82	42	40	.512
4	14	26	San Diego Padres	82	34	48	.415	12.5	288	358	-70	16-24	18-24	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	80	42	38	.525
5	16	29	Colorado Rockies	80	32	48	.400	13.5	400	461	-61	19-24	13-24	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	82	32	50	.390

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Luis Marte	RP	25.311	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Optioned to Toledo (AAA)
Danny Worth	2b	26.276	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Optioned to Toledo (AAA)
Jose Ortega	RP	23.264	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Recalled from Toledo (AAA)
Darin Downs	RP	27.189	Detroit Tigers	Detroit Tigers (MLB)	Contract purchased from Toledo (AAA)
Jake Pintar	P	18.140	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	Signed out of draft
Jose Tabata	lf	23.325	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Optioned to Indianapolis (AAA)
Gorkys Hernandez	rf	24.300	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)	Recalled from Indianapolis (AAA)
Jeff Baisley	3B	29.196	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Signed to minor league contract
Jose Morales	C	29.133	Pittsburgh Pirates	Indianapolis (AAA)	Activated from temporary inactive list
Timothy Sexton	P	25.023	-		Released by Royals
Timothy Sexton	P	25.023	Colorado Rockies	Tulsa (AA)	Signed to minor league contract
Dillon Thomas	LF	19.205	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Young	LF-CF	29.273	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Designated for Assignment
Chris Volstad	SP	25.283	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Recalled from Iowa (AAA)
Casey Coleman	RP	25.000	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Optioned to Iowa (AAA)
Joey Rickard	OF	21.043	Tampa Bay Rays	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)	Signed out of draft
Eric Campbell	3B	26.331	-		Released by Mariners
Liam Hendriks	SP	23.143	Minnesota Twins	Rochester (AAA)	Optioned to Rochester (AAA)
Cole Devries	SP	27.141	Minnesota Twins	Minnesota Twins (MLB)	Recalled from Rochester (AAA)
Marcus Stroman	P	21.063	Toronto Blue Jays	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)	Signed out of draft
Taylor Teagarden	C	28.195	Baltimore Orioles	Gulf Coast Orioles (Rk)	Assigned to Gulf Coast Orioles (Rk) for rehab
Bobby Jenks	P	31.111	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Activated from DL
Bobby Jenks	P	31.111	-		Released by Red Sox
Mauro Gomez	3b	27.299	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Recalled from Pawtucket (AAA)
Daisuke Matsuzaka	SP	31.293	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	DL-15 Neck
Will Ohman	RP	34.324	-		Released by White Sox
Bartolo Colon	SP	39.040	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Activated from DL
Brian Fuentes	RP	36.329	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Designated for Assignment
Xavier Paul	RF	27.128	-		Released by Nationals at his request
Chien-Ming Wang	RP	32.094	Washington Nationals	Washington Nationals (MLB)	DL-15 Strained right hip
Henry Rodriguez	RP	25.128	Washington Nationals	Washington Nationals (MLB)	Activated from DL
Brian Roberts	2b	34.267	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	DL-15 Groin
Xavier Avery	lf	22.183	Baltimore Orioles	Baltimore Orioles (MLB)	Recalled from Norfolk (AAA)
Todd Coffey	RP	31.297	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	DL-15 Right elbow soreness
Shawn Tolleson	RP	24.166	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	Recalled from Albuquerque (AAA)
Justin Amlung	P	22.043	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Signed out of draft
Ryan McNeil	P	18.152	Chicago Cubs	Chicago Cubs (MLB)	Signed out of draft
Jorge Padilla	RF-CF	32.327	-		Released by Padres
Greg Miclat	2B	24.346	Texas Rangers	Round Rock (AAA)	Activated from DL
Matt Adams	1b	23.306	St. Louis Cardinals	Memphis (AAA)	DL-7 Elbow
Tyler Thornburg	SP	23.277	Milwaukee Brewers	Nashville (AAA)	Activated from DL
Matt Joyce	RF	27.334	Tampa Bay Rays	Durham (AAA)	Assigned to Durham (AAA) for rehab
Carl Crawford	LF	30.332	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	Assigned to Portland (AA) for rehab
Kyle Bellows	3B	23.318	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	DL-7 Sprained left wrist
Bryce Stowell	P	25.283	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	DL-7 Strained left oblique
Jose Gil	C	25.302	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	DL-7 Clavicular contusion
Jose Alvarez	P	23.058	Miami Marlins	Jacksonville (AA)	DL-7 Left groin strain
Corey Madden	P	28.095	Miami Marlins	Jacksonville (AA)	DL-7 Right shoulder impingement
Graham Taylor	P	28.039	Miami Marlins	Jacksonville (AA)	DL-7 RIght hamstring strain
Matt Kemp	CF	27.283	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rancho Cucamonga (A+)	Assigned to Rancho Cucamonga (A+) for rehab for rehab
Aubrey Huff	1B	35.195	San Francisco Giants	San Jose (A+)	Assigned to San Jose (A+) for rehab
Tyler Blandford	P	24.160	Seattle Mariners	High Desert (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Brandon Erbe	P	24.191	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Kevin Nolan	SS-1B	24.203	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Anthony Giansanti	RF	23.278	Chicago Cubs	Peoria (A)	DL-7 Left ankle sprain
Rand Smith	CF-LF	25.022	Miami Marlins	Greensboro (A)	Placed on temporary inactive list
Josh Smoker	P	23.219	Washington Nationals	Hagerstown (A)	DL-7 Injured
Jackson Valera	C	20.086	New York Yankees	Staten Island (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Matt Argyropoulos	3B-1B	23.313	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Vincent Mazzaro	RP-SP	25.279	Kansas City Royals	Omaha (AAA)	Optioned to Omaha (AAA)
Jimmy Cesario	2B	26.261	Colorado Rockies	Tulsa (AA)	Assigned to Tulsa (AA)
Ryan McCurdy	C	24.188	Houston Astros	Lexington (A)	Assigned to Lexington (A)
TJ Mittelstaedt	LF	24.141	Milwaukee Brewers	Huntsville (AA)	Assigned to Huntsville (AA)
Bryan Pounds	3B	26.272	Detroit Tigers	Toledo (AAA)	Assigned to Toledo (AAA)
Jeremy Barnes	3B	25.081	Philadelphia Phillies	Lehigh Valley (AAA)	Assigned to Lehigh Valley (AAA)
James Ewing	IF	25.249	Cincinnati Reds	Bakersfield (A+)	Assigned to Bakersfield (A+)
Justin Jackson	RF-CF	23.204	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	Assigned to Dunedin (A+)
Steve Nikorak	P	22.303	Chicago White Sox	Bristol (Rk)	Assigned to Bristol (Rk)
Pierce Rankin	C	23.068	Toronto Blue Jays	Dunedin (A+)	Assigned to Dunedin (A+)
Bobby Borchering	1B-3B	21.251	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Assigned to Mobile (AA)
Jeremy Dowdy	C	21.355	Chicago White Sox	Winston-Salem (A+)	Assigned to Winston-Salem (A+)
Tyler Austin	P	20.301	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+)
Peter O'Brien	C	21.353	New York Yankees	Gulf Coast Yankees (Rk)
Roberto De La Cruz	3B	21.235	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Roberto De La Cruz	3B	21.235	St. Louis Cardinals	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Gary Sanchez	C	19.213	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+)
Patrick Leyland	C	20.266	Detroit Tigers	West Michigan (A)
Cody Gabella	2B	20.211	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	Assigned to Eugene (A-)
Mason Williams	CF	20.317	New York Yankees	Tampa (A+)	Assigned to Tampa (A+)
Evan Marzilli	OF	21.112	Arizona Diamondbacks	Missoula (Rk)
Joel Capote	OF	22.207	Los Angeles Angels	Orem (Rk)	Assigned to Orem (Rk)
Nick Hamilton	IF	22.226	Cleveland Indians	Arizona Indians (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Indians (Rk)
Austin Cowen	IF	22.291	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arizona Dodgers (Rk)
Rashad Harlin	RF	19.146	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Michael Vaughn	C	21.196	Miami Marlins	Gulf Coast Marlins (Rk)
Matt Bischoff	P	25.043	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	Assigned to Frederick (A+)
Mike Ojala	P	24.314	Miami Marlins	Jacksonville (AA)	Assigned to Jacksonville (AA)
James Paxton	P	23.239	Seattle Mariners	Jackson (AA)
Joe Zeller	P	24.260	Chicago Cubs	Peoria (A)	Assigned to Peoria (A)
Chuck James	P	30.236	New York Mets	Buffalo (AAA)
Brandon Hynick	P	27.118	Colorado Rockies	Tulsa (AA)	Assigned to Tulsa (AA)
Cole Kimball	P	26.336	Washington Nationals	Harrisburg (AA)	Assigned to Harrisburg (AA) for rehab
Bobby Wilkins	P	22.317	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	Assigned to Frederick (A+)
Daniel Coulombe	P	22.250	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes (A)	Assigned to Great Lakes (A)
Andrew Kittredge	P	22.108	Seattle Mariners	High Desert (A+)	Assigned to High Desert (A+)
Collin Cargill	P	24.271	Miami Marlins	Greensboro (A)	Assigned to Greensboro (A)
Max Peterson	P	24.006	Chicago White Sox	Kannapolis (A)
Erik Miller	P	22.085	Cincinnati Reds	Billings (Rk)	Assigned to Billings (Rk)
Josh Poytress	P	21.348	Pittsburgh Pirates	Gulf Coast Pirates (Rk)	Assigned to GCL Pirates (Rk) for rehab
Oscar Melendez	P	25.291	Baltimore Orioles	Frederick (A+)	Assigned to Frederick (A+)
Cesar Aguilar	P	20.049	St. Louis Cardinals	Johnson City (Rk)	Assigned to Johnson City (Rk)
Ronald Barnes	P	21.359	Miami Marlins	Jupiter (A+)	Assigned to Jupiter (A+)
Brandon Parrent	P	21.354	Chicago White Sox	Great Falls (Rk)
Amir Garrett	P	20.061	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Joel Dicent		20.334	Milwaukee Brewers	Arizona Brewers (Rk)
Carlos Martinez-Puminaro		21.092	Chicago Cubs	Arizona Cubs (Rk)
Jose Williams		21.136	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Victor Araujo		19.236	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arizona Dodgers (Rk)
Pedro Tirado		21.197	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Ryne Slack		19.346	Texas Rangers	Arizona Rangers (Rk)
Juan Caballero		19.317	St. Louis Cardinals	Gulf Coast Cardinals (Rk)
Anderson Polanco		19.300	Cleveland Indians	Arizona Indians (Rk)
Roberto De La Cruz	3B	21.235	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	Assigned to Tri-City (A-)
Roberto De La Cruz	3B	21.235	St. Louis Cardinals	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
DJ Carrasco	P	35.082	-		Released by Braves
Joshua Alvarado	P	24.196			Released by Angels

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Texas Rangers	2	Chicago White Sox	19	Box	Chris Sale	Roy Oswalt	(none)
Los Angeles Angels	5	Cleveland Indians	9	Box	Zach McAllister	Dan Haren	(none)
Minnesota Twins	8	Detroit Tigers	6	Box	Jeff Gray	Brayan Villarreal	Glen Perkins
Boston Red Sox	2	Oakland Athletics	3	Box	Jerry Blevins	Alfredo Aceves	(none)
Baltimore Orioles	5	Seattle Mariners	4	Box	Darren O'Day	Charlie Furbush	Jim Johnson
New York Yankees	4	Tampa Bay Rays	7	Box	James Shields	Ivan Nova	Fernando Rodney
Kansas City Royals	3	Toronto Blue Jays	6	Box	Brett Cecil	Vin Mazzaro	Casey Janssen
San Diego Padres	9	Arizona Diamondbacks	5	Box	Ross Ohlendorf	Trevor Bauer	(none)
Chicago Cubs	3	Atlanta Braves	10	Box	Jair Jurrjens	Chris Volstad	(none)
Cincinnati Reds	1	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	Box	Scott Elbert	Johnny Cueto	Kenley Jansen
Miami Marlins	12	Milwaukee Brewers	13	Box	Livan Hernandez	Heath Bell	(none)
Philadelphia Phillies	1	New York Mets	11	Box	Jonathon Niese	Vance Worley	(none)
Houston Astros	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	Box	Joel Hanrahan	Wesley Wright	(none)
Colorado Rockies	3	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Jeff Francis	Joe Kelly	Rafael Betancourt
San Francisco Giants	3	Washington Nationals	9	Box	Jordan Zimmermann	Tim Lincecum	(none)

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