Baseball on Thursday, August 15, 1996

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THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Games and Standings

Births, Deaths and Debuts

Feats and Milestones

Transactions

Vis		Home		Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing pitcher	Home Runs	Best Hitter Impact
Baltimore Orioles	18	Oakland Athletics	5	Box	Mike Mussina (15-8)	Willie Adams (1-2)	BAL R Alomar (20), B Bonilla (17), C Hoiles 2 (20), R Palmeiro (29) OAK G Berroa (31), M Bordick (4), M Stairs (6)	Rafael Palmeiro (27.9)
San Diego Padres	2	Cincinnati Reds	3	Box	Dave Burba (7-11)	Bob Tewksbury (9-8)	SDN W Joyner (7)	Joe Oliver (26.2)
Colorado Rockies	6	Florida Marlins	7	Box	Jay Powell (3-0)	Bruce Ruffin (5-5)	FLO G Sheffield (34)	Alex Arias (60.6)
Atlanta Braves	8	Philadelphia Phillies	5	Box	Terrell Wade (4-0)	Curt Schilling (5-6)	ATL M Grissom (19)	Scott Rolen (17.6)
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	St. Louis Cardinals	2	Box	Hideo Nomo (12-9)	Mike Morgan (4-6)	LAN G Gagne (8) SLN R Gant (24)	Greg Gagne (16.7)

Standings as of this date

American League
Central	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	72	49	.595	--	704	593	39-27	33-22	L2	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	67	54	.554	5.0	676	582	33-29	34-25	L1	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	60	60	.500	11.5	684	673	32-28	28-32	W2	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	57	65	.467	15.5	586	599	31-31	26-34	W1	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	55	66	.455	17.0	689	684	27-32	28-34	L9	Game Log
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
New York Yankees	70	49	.588	--	614	571	32-29	38-20	W1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	64	56	.533	6.5	725	681	32-26	31-31	W3	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	59	62	.488	12.0	700	715	26-36	33-26	W2	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	54	67	.446	17.0	610	644	26-34	28-33	L2	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	42	78	.350	28.5	591	827	19-45	23-33	L4	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Texas Rangers	69	53	.566	--	713	598	28-30	41-23	W6	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	61	58	.513	6.5	732	681	30-25	31-33	L1	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	60	63	.488	9.5	663	691	32-29	28-34	L3	Game Log
California Angels	55	65	.458	13.0	580	728	19-38	36-27	W2	Game Log

National League
Central	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Houston Astros	65	56	.537	--	590	599	31-33	34-23	W1	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	64	57	.529	1.0	573	539	32-29	32-28	L1	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	59	58	.504	4.0	539	572	29-29	30-29	W3	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	59	60	.496	5.0	573	559	27-31	32-29	L1	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	52	68	.433	12.5	556	620	25-32	27-36	W1	Game Log
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	74	46	.617	--	599	457	33-25	41-21	W1	Game Log
Montreal Expos	66	53	.555	7.5	587	504	28-28	38-25	L1	Game Log
New York Mets	57	65	.467	18.0	568	580	23-37	34-28	W1	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	49	73	.402	26.0	481	603	23-40	26-33	L1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	64	57	.529	--	508	495	33-32	31-25	W1	Game Log
San Diego Padres	65	58	.528	1.0	586	531	34-29	31-29	L3	Game Log
Colorado Rockies	61	59	.508	2.5	715	720	21-40	40-19	L4	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	50	68	.424	12.5	551	619	23-38	27-30	L1	Game Log

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