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Thursday, April 23,1998

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1998 reg season 1998-04-23 Chicago White Sox  4 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Progressive Field Eric Plunk Tony Castillo Michael Jackson 42,865 3:00
1998 reg season 1998-04-23 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  12 Texas Rangers  5 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Jason Johnson Darren Oliver -- 33,319 3:12
1998 reg season 1998-04-23 Arizona Diamondbacks  1 Atlanta Braves  3 box | pbp Turner Field Tom Glavine Willie Blair Mark Wohlers 33,013 2:27
1998 reg season 1998-04-23 San Diego Padres  4 Chicago Cubs  1 box | pbp Wrigley Field Andy Ashby Mark Clark Trevor Hoffman 20,276 2:30
1998 reg season 1998-04-23 Colorado Rockies  4 Florida Marlins  3 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Jerry DiPoto Rob Stanifer -- 15,098 2:34
1998 reg season 1998-04-23 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 Milwaukee Brewers  2 box | pbp County Stadium Jose Mercedes Hideo Nomo Doug Jones 12,389 2:18
1998 reg season 1998-04-23 St. Louis Cardinals  2 Montreal Expos  5 box | pbp Stade Olympique Dustin Hermanson Cliff Politte Ugueth Urbina 7,480 2:29
1998 reg season 1998-04-23 Cincinnati Reds  3 Philadelphia Phillies  6 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jerry Spradlin Scott Sullivan Mark Leiter 10,445 2:58
1998 reg season 1998-04-23 San Francisco Giants  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Francisco Cordova Shawn Estes -- 9,899 2:30
9 record(s)
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1998 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 17 12 5 .706 0.0 102 81 21 W3 8-5 4-0 1 1 2 Yes Won World Series (Padres)
1998 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 20 14 6 .700 0.5 107 90 17 W4 5-5 9-1 2 2 4 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
1998 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 20 12 8 .600 1.5 105 89 16 L1 6-5 6-3 3 5 10 Yes dnq
1998 AL East Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise | log 19 11 8 .579 2.0 100 87 13 W1 6-5 5-3 4 6 11 -- dnq
1998 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 5.5 80 109 -29 L3 3-6 5-6 5 11 23 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1998 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 20 13 7 .650 0.0 123 104 19 W1 7-4 6-3 1 4 7 Yes Lost ALCS (Yankees)
1998 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 4.5 95 114 -19 L1 6-7 3-5 2 9 20 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 20 8 12 .400 5.0 117 92 25 W1 5-5 3-7 3 10 22 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 19 7 12 .368 5.5 86 121 -35 L1 5-9 2-3 4 12 24 -- dnq
1998 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 18 4 14 .222 8.0 61 119 -58 L2 1-8 3-6 5 14 30 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1998 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 19 13 6 .684 0.0 134 86 48 L1 3-2 10-4 1 3 5 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
1998 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 4.0 137 129 8 W1 5-5 5-6 2 7 14 -- dnq
1998 AL West Anaheim Angels franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 4.0 80 89 -9 W1 1-3 8-7 3 8 17 -- dnq
1998 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 19 6 13 .316 7.0 85 102 -17 L1 0-6 6-7 4 13 27 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1998 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 21 14 7 .667 0.0 107 73 34 W3 6-5 8-2 1 3 6 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 19 12 7 .632 1.0 89 67 22 W1 5-3 7-4 2 4 8 Yes dnq
1998 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 19 9 10 .474 4.0 83 91 -8 W2 2-8 7-2 3 9 16 -- dnq
1998 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 20 7 13 .350 6.5 62 93 -31 W2 2-7 5-6 4 14 26 -- dnq
1998 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 21 6 15 .286 8.0 100 132 -32 L1 2-8 4-7 5 15 28 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1998 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 20 14 6 .700 0.0 95 67 28 W1 7-2 7-4 1 2 3 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 21 13 8 .619 1.5 127 114 13 L2 5-5 8-3 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1998 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 2.5 101 82 19 L2 4-5 8-4 3 6 12 -- Lost in 1st Round (Braves)
1998 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 21 11 10 .524 3.5 112 94 18 L1 5-6 6-4 4 7 13 -- Lost in 1st Round (Padres)
1998 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 5.5 105 109 -4 L2 4-6 5-6 5 11 19 -- dnq
1998 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 21 9 12 .429 5.5 76 94 -18 W2 3-6 6-6 6 12 21 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1998 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 20 16 4 .800 0.0 113 80 33 W2 9-4 7-0 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Yankees)
1998 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 21 10 11 .476 6.5 91 82 9 L2 5-7 5-4 2 8 15 -- dnq
1998 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 20 9 11 .450 7.0 77 79 -2 L1 4-9 5-2 3 10 18 -- dnq
1998 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 22 8 14 .364 9.0 120 162 -42 W1 5-4 3-10 4 13 25 -- dnq
1998 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 22 6 16 .273 11.0 79 118 -39 L2 2-10 4-6 5 16 29 -- dnq
30 record(s)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Phil Hiatt -- Hist Released by Yankees
Pete Incaviglia -- Hist Released by Tigers
Richie Lewis Baltimore Orioles Hist Signed to Minor League contract
Steve Ontiveros -- Hist Released by Cardinals
Roberto Ramirez San Diego Padres Hist Signed to Minor League contract
John Jaha Milwaukee Brewers Injury DL - Torn ligaments in ankle *Twisted his ankle while rounding 2b*
Tim Salmon Anaheim Angels Injury DL - Strained ligament in left foot *Running to first base*
7 record(s)