Baseball on this Date - Monday August 27,2012

Standings as of 2012-08-27

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	3	Baltimore Orioles	127	73	54	.575	--	536	581	-45	38-26	35-28	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Buck Showalter	Dan Duquette	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	35	20	15	.571
2	2	4	New York Yankees	128	72	56	.563	1.5	622	524	98	41-23	31-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Girardi	Brian Cashman	Yankee Stadium II	34	23	11	.676
3	7	11	Tampa Bay Rays	128	68	60	.531	5.5	540	469	71	37-28	31-32	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Joe Maddon	Andrew Friedman	Tropicana Field	34	22	12	.647
4	11	24	Boston Red Sox	129	59	70	.457	15.0	637	604	33	33-37	26-33	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Valentine	Ben Cherington	Fenway Park	33	10	23	.303
5	13	27	Toronto Blue Jays	127	54	73	.425	19.0	581	617	-36	30-31	24-42	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	John Farrell	Alex Anthopoulos	Rogers Centre	35	19	16	.543
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	6	Chicago White Sox	127	71	56	.559	--	603	529	74	41-23	30-33	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Robin Ventura	Kenny Williams	U.S. Cellular Field	35	14	21	.400
2	3	7	Detroit Tigers	127	71	56	.559	--	580	548	32	42-23	29-33	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Leyland	Dave Dombrowski	Comerica Park	35	17	18	.486
3	9	15	Kansas City Royals	127	64	63	.504	7.0	526	580	-54	33-26	31-37	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ned Yost	Dayton Moore	Kauffman Stadium	35	8	27	.229
4	10	21	Cleveland Indians	128	60	68	.469	11.5	521	657	-136	33-30	27-38	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Manny Acta	Chris Antonetti	Progressive Field	34	8	26	.235
5	14	29	Minnesota Twins	128	50	78	.391	21.5	554	665	-111	22-40	28-38	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Gardenhire	Terry Ryan	Target Field	34	16	18	.471
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	5	9	Los Angeles Angels	128	69	59	.539	--	601	577	24	33-29	36-30	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Scioscia	Jerry Dipoto	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	34	20	14	.588
2	6	10	Oakland Athletics	127	68	59	.535	0.5	513	473	40	37-29	31-30	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bob Melvin	Billy Beane	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	5	-4	9	-.800
3	8	13	Texas Rangers	128	66	62	.516	3.0	665	551	114	38-28	28-34	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Washington	Jon Daniels	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington	34	27	7	.794
4	12	25	Seattle Mariners	129	58	71	.450	11.5	507	503	4	33-30	25-41	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Eric Wedge	Jack Zduriencik	Safeco Field	33	17	16	.515
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	2	Washington Nationals	127	74	53	.583	--	551	450	101	36-24	38-29	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Davey Johnson	Michael Rizzo	Nationals Park	35	24	11	.686
2	6	14	Atlanta Braves	129	66	63	.512	9.0	589	502	87	33-32	33-31	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Brian Snitker	Frank Wren	Turner Field	33	28	5	.848
3	8	17	Miami Marlins	129	64	65	.496	11.0	485	581	-96	33-27	31-38	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ozzie Guillen		Marlins Park	33	5	28	.152
4	9	18	New York Mets	128	63	65	.492	11.5	534	574	-40	32-33	31-32	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Terry Collins	Sandy Alderson	Citi field	34	11	23	.324
5	10	19	Philadelphia Phillies	128	62	66	.484	12.5	530	554	-24	33-33	29-33	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Charlie Manuel	Ruben Amaro	Citizens Bank Park	34	19	15	.559
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	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	130	77	53	.592	--	566	494	72	41-25	36-28	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dusty Baker	Walt Jocketty	Great American Ballpark	32	20	12	.625
2	5	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	128	67	61	.523	9.0	527	517	10	34-30	33-31	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Clint Hurdle	Neal Huntington	PNC Park	34	12	22	.353
3	7	16	St. Louis Cardinals	128	64	64	.500	12.0	632	505	127	37-29	27-35	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Mike Matheny	John Mozeliak	Busch Stadium III	34	24	10	.706
4	13	23	Milwaukee Brewers	127	59	68	.465	16.5	591	583	8	37-29	22-39	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Ron Roenicke	Douglas Melvin	Miller Park	35	24	11	.686
5	15	28	Chicago Cubs	127	53	74	.417	22.5	474	581	-107	32-30	21-44	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Dale Sveum	Jed Hoyer	Wrigley Field	35	8	27	.229
6	16	30	Houston Astros	128	48	80	.375	28.0	468	655	-187	30-32	18-48	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Tony DeFrancesco	Jeff Luhnow	Minute Maid Park	34	7	27	.206
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	5	San Francisco Giants	128	72	56	.563	--	548	516	32	38-27	34-29	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bruce Bochy	Brian Sabean	AT&T Park	34	22	12	.647
2	4	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	129	70	59	.543	2.5	518	488	30	33-31	37-28	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Don Mattingly	Ned Colletti	Dodger Stadium	33	16	17	.485
3	11	20	San Diego Padres	130	62	68	.477	11.0	500	551	-51	32-32	30-36	W8	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bud Black	Josh Byrnes	Petco Park	32	14	18	.438
4	12	22	Arizona Diamondbacks	129	60	69	.465	12.5	576	546	30	31-34	29-35	L4	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Kirk Gibson	Kevin Towers	Chase Field	33	21	12	.636
5	14	26	Colorado Rockies	127	56	71	.441	15.5	599	699	-100	31-35	25-36	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Jim Tracy	Daniel O'Dowd	Coors Field	35	8	27	.229

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Player Name	Pos	Age	Organization	Actual Team	Transaction Notes
Eli Whiteside	c	32.310	San Francisco Giants	San Francisco Giants (MLB)	Recalled from Fresno (AAA)
Brian Bass	P	30.233	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Alex Meyer	P	22.236	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Shane McCatty	P	25.101	Washington Nationals	Potomac (A+)	Activated from DL
Tim Melville	P	22.322	Kansas City Royals	Kane County (A)	DL-7 Injured
Greg Hopkins	3B	23.278	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	DL-7 Injured
Clark Murphy	1B	22.252	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Brook Hart	P	23.139	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	DL-7 Injured
Josh Slaats	P	23.248	Colorado Rockies	Tri-City (A-)	Activated from DL
Rodney Daal	C	18.157	San Diego Padres	Eugene (A-)	Activated from DL
Pedro Beato	RP	25.304	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA)
Ryan Kalish	lf	24.152	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Recalled from Pawtucket (AAA)
Daisuke Matsuzaka	SP	31.348	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	Activated from DL
David Ortiz	dh	36.283	Boston Red Sox	Boston Red Sox (MLB)	DL-15 Aggravated right Achilles strain
Jeremy Jeffress	RP	24.341	Kansas City Royals	Omaha (AAA)	Optioned to Omaha (AAA)
Vincent Mazzaro	RP	25.334	Kansas City Royals	Kansas City Royals (MLB)	Recalled from Omaha (AAA)
Brandon Laird	3B	24.351	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Designated for assignment
Steve Pearce	1b	29.136	New York Yankees	New York Yankees (MLB)	Traded from Astros to Yankees for cash considerations
Franklin Gutierrez	cf	29.187	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	DL-15 Concussion
Luis Hernandez	ss	28.062	Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers (MLB)	Designated for assignment
Michael Young	dh-1b	35.312	Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers (MLB)	Activated from Paternity Leave List
Scott Maine	P	27.206	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Designated for assignment
Anthony Recker	C	28.364	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Traded from Athletics to Cubs for Blake Lalli
Jimmy Paredes	rf	23.275	Houston Astros	Houston Astros (MLB)	Recalled from Oklahoma City (AAA)
Shawn Tolleson	RP	24.221	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	Optioned to Albuquerque (AAA)
Josh Wall	RP	25.218	Los Angeles Dodgers	Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	Recalled from Albuquerque (AAA)
Brad Boxberger	RP	24.092	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Optioned to Tucson (AAA)
Nick Hundley	c	28.354	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Transferred to 60-day DL
Casey Kelly	SP	22.327	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Recalled from San Antonio (AA)
Josh Spence	P	24.218	San Diego Padres	Tucson (AAA)	Optioned to Tucson (AAA)
Dale Thayer	RP	31.253	San Diego Padres	San Diego Padres (MLB)	Activated from Paternity Leave List
Casper Wells	rf	27.277	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Optioned to Tacoma (AAA)
Wes Timmons	2B-1B	33.046	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Adam Eaton	RF-CF	23.264	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Jaye Chapman	RP	25.097	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Activated from DL
Sergio Perez	P	27.265	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Activated from DL
Cole Gillespie	RF	28.068	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Rafael Dolis	RP	24.230	Chicago Cubs	Iowa (AAA)	Activated from DL
Bobby Abreu	DH	38.169	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albuquerque (AAA)	Activated from DL
Brad Peacock	P	24.207	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Peter Bourjos	cf	25.149	Los Angeles Angels	Salt Lake (AAA)	Assigned to Salt Lake (AAA) for rehab
Mike Carp	1b	26.058	Seattle Mariners	Tacoma (AAA)	Assigned to Tacoma (AAA) for rehab
Shane Lindsay	P	27.214	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Placed on temporarily inactive list
Cole Garner	LF-RF	27.255	New York Yankees	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)	Activated from DL
Oswaldo Navarro	3B	27.329	New York Mets	Buffalo (AAA)	DL-7 Injured
Brandon Tripp	RF	27.147	Philadelphia Phillies	Reading (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Pedro Feliciano	P	36.002	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	Assigned to Trenton (AA) for rehab
Ty Linton	LF	21.222	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Activated from DL
Brett Nommensen	RF	25.325	Tampa Bay Rays	Montgomery (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Bobby Coyle	LF	23.174	Los Angeles Dodgers	Chattanooga (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Mayobanex Acosta	C	24.281	Tampa Bay Rays	Montgomery (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Aaron Miller	P	24.344	Los Angeles Dodgers	Chattanooga (AA)	DL-7 Injured
Kyle Greene	RF-3B	26.093	-		Released by Diamondbacks
Rafael Valenzuela	1B-3B	24.312	Houston Astros	Lancaster (A+)	Activated from DL
Jeremy Rodriguez	C	22.362	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	DL-7 Injured
Kyle Shelton	3B-1B	26.104	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Activated from DL
Kyle Zimmer	P	20.349	Kansas City Royals	Kane County (A)	DL-7 Injured
Casey Beck	P	25.152	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	DL-7 Injured
Connor Powers	1B	24.250	San Diego Padres	Fort Wayne (A)	DL-7 Injured
Michael Crouse	RF	21.278	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	DL-7 Injured
Jesus Solorzano	CF	22.019	Miami Marlins	Jamestown (A-)	DL-7 Right groin strain
Orlando Hudson	2b	34.258	Chicago White Sox	Charlotte (AAA)	Assigned to Charlotte (AAA) for rehab
Brent Clevlen	RF-CF	28.305	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Assigned to Reno (AAA)
Ollie Linton	LF	26.142	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Assigned to Mobile (AA)
Jordan Schafer	CF	25.357	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Assigned to Oklahoma City (AAA) for rehab
Yazy Arbelo	1B	24.142	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mobile (AA)	Assigned to Mobile (AA)
Roger Kieschnick	RF-LF	25.218	San Francisco Giants	Arizona Giants (Rk)	Assigned to Arizona Giants (Rk) for rehab
Ronald Bermudez	RF-CF	24.082	Boston Red Sox	Portland (AA)	Assigned to Portland (AA)
Luis Sanz	C	24.282	Detroit Tigers	Erie (AA)	Assigned to Erie (AA)
Jeremy Hazelbaker	CF-RF	25.013	Boston Red Sox	Pawtucket (AAA)	Assigned to Pawtucket (AAA)
Jacob Williams	1B	21.237	Arizona Diamondbacks	Visalia (A+)	Assigned to Visalia (A+)
Adrian Williams	2B	21.236	Milwaukee Brewers	Wisconsin (A)	Assigned to Wisconsin (A)
Sean Jamieson	SS	23.178	Oakland Athletics	Burlington (A)	Assigned to Burlington (A)
Bryan Brito	SS	20.193	Seattle Mariners	Clinton (A)	Assigned to Clinton (A)
Renaldo Jenkins	SS	19.179	Milwaukee Brewers	Helena (Rk)	Assigned to Helena (Rk)
Gary Apelian	RF	21.339	St. Louis Cardinals	Quad Cities (A)	Assigned to Quad Cities (A)
Jairo Gomez	C	20.234	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore (A+)	Assigned to Lake Elsinore (A+)
Kolby Copeland	OF	18.203	Miami Marlins	Jamestown (A-)	Assigned to Jamestown (A-)
Avery Romero	SS	19.108	Miami Marlins	Jamestown (A-)	Assigned to Jamestown (A-)
Brett Tomko	P	39.142	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno (AAA)	Assigned to Reno (AAA)
Tim Dillard	RP	29.039	Milwaukee Brewers	Huntsville (AA)	Assigned to Huntsville (AA)
Lee Hyde	P	27.194	New York Yankees	Trenton (AA)	Assigned to Trenton (AA)
Mike Rayl	P	23.299	Cleveland Indians	Akron (AA)	Assigned to Akron (AA)
Jordan Hershiser	P	23.346	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes (A)	Assigned to Great Lakes (A)
Alex Moshier	P	23.189	Tampa Bay Rays	Hudson Valley (A-)	Assigned to Hudson Valley (A-)
Matt Koch	P	21.298	New York Mets	Brooklyn (A-)	Assigned to Brooklyn (A-)
Ryan Newell	P	21.070	Miami Marlins	Jamestown (A-)	Assigned to Jamestown (A-)
Reinaldo Lopez	P	21.122	Tampa Bay Rays	Bowling Green (A)	Assigned to Bowling Green (A)
Tim Brechbuehler	P	22.310	Toronto Blue Jays	Lansing (A)	Assigned to Lansing (A)
Josh McElwee	P	23.076	Texas Rangers	Myrtle Beach (A+)	Assigned to Myrtle Beach (A+)
Armando Galarraga	P	30.224	Houston Astros	Oklahoma City (AAA)	Outrighted to Oklahoma City (AAA)
Blake Lalli	1B-C	29.107	Oakland Athletics	Sacramento (AAA)	Traded from Cubs to Athletics for Anthony Recker
Michael Zouzalik	P	22.045	Texas Rangers	Texas Rangers (MLB)	Signed as undrafted free agent (Texas-Pan American)

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Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Chicago White Sox	3	Baltimore Orioles	4	Box	Pedro Strop	Brett Myers	Jim Johnson
Kansas City Royals	1	Boston Red Sox	5	Box	Daisuke Matsuzaka	Luke Hochevar	(none)
Oakland Athletics	3	Cleveland Indians	0	Box	Brett Anderson	Fausto Carmona	Grant Balfour
Seattle Mariners	1	Minnesota Twins	0	Box	Felix Hernandez	Liam Hendriks	(none)
Toronto Blue Jays	8	New York Yankees	7	Box	Darren Oliver	Derek Lowe	(none)
Tampa Bay Rays	5	Texas Rangers	6	Box	Derek Holland	David Price	Joe Nathan
Cincinnati Reds	3	Arizona Diamondbacks	2	Box	Bronson Arroyo	Tyler Skaggs	Aroldis Chapman
Milwaukee Brewers	15	Chicago Cubs	4	Box	Marco Estrada	Justin Germano	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Colorado Rockies	10	Box	Jeff Francis	Josh Beckett	Matt Belisle
St. Louis Cardinals	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Box	Kyle Lohse	A.J. Burnett	Jason Motte
Atlanta Braves	0	San Diego Padres	3	Box	Casey Kelly	Paul Maholm	Luke Gregerson

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