Baseball on Thursday, August 06, 1998

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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
Kansas City Royals	8	Minnesota Twins	7	Box	Scott Service (4-2)	Rick Aguilera (3-7)	KCA J King (21), J Offerman (6) MIN M Cordova (9)	Jeff King (80.7)
Boston Red Sox	4	Texas Rangers	7	Box	John Burkett (7-11)	Bret Saberhagen (11-6)	BOS M Stanley (23), M Vaughn 2 (29) TEX J Gonzalez (33)	Juan Gonzalez (28.1)
Cincinnati Reds	0	Atlanta Braves	5	Box	Greg Maddux (15-5)	Mike Remlinger (6-12)	ATL A Galarraga (34), A Jones 2 (19)	Andres Galarraga (20.8)
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	Montreal Expos	9	Box	Jeremy Powell (1-1)	Carlos Perez (7-11)	MON T Jones (1), M Mordecai (2)	Mike Mordecai (14.1)
San Francisco Giants	8	New York Mets	9	Box	Turk Wendell (4-0)	Robb Nen (7-3)	NYN E Alfonzo (7), B McRae (17), J Olerud (15), T Phillips (2) SFN C Hayes (8), J Kent (16)	Charlie Hayes (65.4)
Colorado Rockies	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Box	John Thomson (6-8)	Jason Schmidt (8-9)	COL D Bichette (17)	Mike Lansing (19.5)
Philadelphia Phillies	3	San Diego Padres	2	Box	Mark Leiter (6-2)	Trevor Hoffman (3-1)	SDN S Finley (9)	Mark Lewis (26.8)

Standings as of this date

American League
Central	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Cleveland Indians	63	50	.558	--	609	530	33-26	30-24	W1	Game Log
Kansas City Royals	52	61	.460	11.0	503	623	31-24	21-37	W3	Game Log
Minnesota Twins	51	61	.455	11.5	519	516	27-28	24-33	L5	Game Log
Chicago White Sox	50	63	.442	13.0	570	674	24-34	25-30	L1	Game Log
Detroit Tigers	46	65	.414	16.0	484	572	23-35	23-30	L2	Game Log
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
New York Yankees	80	29	.734	--	647	422	42-21	38-8	L1	Game Log
Boston Red Sox	66	46	.589	15.5	612	497	33-29	33-17	L1	Game Log
Baltimore Orioles	58	55	.513	24.0	585	556	25-30	33-25	W3	Game Log
Toronto Blue Jays	56	59	.487	27.0	546	572	26-36	30-23	L2	Game Log
Tampa Bay Rays	44	67	.396	37.0	411	515	20-32	24-35	W1	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Texas Rangers	62	51	.549	--	658	622	27-27	35-24	W5	Game Log
Anaheim Angels	60	53	.531	2.0	556	553	28-22	32-31	L1	Game Log
Oakland Athletics	51	63	.447	11.5	574	627	22-30	29-33	W1	Game Log
Seattle Mariners	50	62	.446	11.5	594	578	20-32	30-30	L1	Game Log

National League
Central	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Houston Astros	68	46	.596	--	625	467	34-28	34-18	L1	Game Log
Chicago Cubs	64	51	.557	4.5	571	527	24-28	40-23	L1	Game Log
Milwaukee Brewers	57	57	.500	11.0	510	533	27-24	30-33	L2	Game Log
St. Louis Cardinals	53	60	.469	14.5	543	567	24-37	29-23	W2	Game Log
Cincinnati Reds	51	64	.443	17.5	493	559	30-33	21-31	L1	Game Log
Pittsburgh Pirates	51	64	.443	17.5	461	484	20-32	31-32	L2	Game Log
East	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
Atlanta Braves	76	39	.661	--	600	434	34-19	42-20	W1	Game Log
New York Mets	60	52	.536	14.5	496	419	24-26	36-26	W1	Game Log
Philadelphia Phillies	56	57	.496	19.0	512	574	25-28	31-29	W1	Game Log
Montreal Expos	47	68	.409	29.0	454	557	16-35	31-33	W4	Game Log
West	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Home	Away	Strk	Game Log
San Diego Padres	74	41	.643	--	563	452	34-29	40-12	L1	Game Log
San Francisco Giants	62	53	.539	12.0	567	509	30-32	32-21	L1	Game Log
Los Angeles Dodgers	58	57	.504	16.0	493	494	28-36	30-21	L3	Game Log
Colorado Rockies	52	63	.452	22.0	556	618	25-36	27-27	W2	Game Log
Arizona Diamondbacks	43	71	.377	30.5	472	584	22-42	21-29	W1	Game Log

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